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PECIAL FEATURES
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Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm
Canceling an Emergency Alarm
The alarm can also be canceled (without sounding the
emergency-exit tone) by:
•
pressing the PTT switch (see following note),
•
turning the radio off, or
•
receiving an acknowledge from the dispatcher.
Note:
Pressing the PTT switch while the radio is in
emergency alarm operation places the radio
in emergency call operation if emergency call
is enabled.
Sending an Emergency Call
Note:
The mode you use during an emergency is
controlled by whether your radio is
programmed for tactical or non-tactical
operation. If tactical, you will talk to the mode
you selected before entering emergency call;
if non-tactical, you will talk to a
preprogrammed emergency mode.
1
In radios with the silent emergency alarm
option enabled, pressing the emergency
button sends an emergency signal to the
dispatcher.
2
During the emergency alarm procedure: the
LED will not light, tones will not sound, and the
display will not change.
3
The audio is muted (turned off), and remains
so until you exit the emergency state.
1
Press the emergency button for more than 1
1
/
2
seconds (programmable by the CPS).
2
A medium-pitched emergency-exit tone
sounds until the button is released and the
radio returns to normal operation.
1
Press the emergency
button.
Alternates between
and
2
A short, medium-pitched emergency tone
sounds.
3
Press the PTT switch requesting a priority
mode assignment in the trunked system.
4
While the radio is in emergency call operation,
it operates in the usual dispatch manner.
EMERGENCY
PLANT POLICE
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