Tools
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Create your own channels
To create a new preconfigured channel select
Options
>
New channel
>
Create new
.
You can create your own public channels, choose your own
channel name, and invite members. Those members can
invite more members to the public channel.
You may also set up private channels. Only users invited by
the host are allowed to join and use private channels.
For each channel, define
Channel name
,
Channel privacy
,
Nickname
, and
Thumbnail
(optional).
When you have successfully created a channel, you are
asked if you want to send channel invitations. Channel
invitations are text messages.
Talk to a channel
To talk to a channel after you log in to the PTT service,
press
. You hear a tone indicating that access is
granted.
Continue to press and hold
the entire time you are
talking. When you finish talking, release
.
If you try to respond to a channel by pressing
while
another member is talking,
Wait
is displayed. Release
,
wait for the other person to finish talking, and press
again when the speaker has finished. Alternatively, keep
pressed and wait for
Talk
to be displayed.
When you are talking in a channel, the first person to press
when someone stops talking talks next.
When you have finished the PTT call, select
Disconnect
or
press .
To view currently active members of a channel when you
have an active call to the channel, select
Options
>
Active
members
.
To invite new members to a channel when you are
connected to it, select
Options
>
Send invitation
to open
the invitation view. You can only invite new members
when you are the host of a private channel, or when the
channel is a public channel. Channel invitations are text
messages.
Respond to a channel invitation
To save a received channel invitation, select
Options
>
Save channel
. The channel is added to your PTT contacts,
channels view.
After you save the channel invitation, you are asked if you
want to connect to the channel. To open the PTT sessions
view, select
Yes
. Your device logs in to the service, if you
are not logged in already.
If you reject or clear the invitation, the invitation is stored
in your messaging inbox. To join the channel later, open