Tait TP9100 Series P25, User Manual, Page: 4 / 168

4 Contents
Adjusting the speaker volume ........................................ 48
Locking and unlocking the keypad ................................. 49
Selecting a zone............................................................. 49
Selecting a channel ........................................................ 50
Limiting call time............................................................. 51
Checking recent calls ..................................................... 52
5 Operating in conventional mode ........................53
Making a call .................................................................. 54
Making an individual call ................................................ 54
Understanding talkgroups .............................................. 55
Making an emergency call.............................................. 56
Receiving calls ............................................................... 57
Identifying the talking party ........................................ 57
Receiving a two-tone call ........................................... 58
Communicating directly with other radios....................... 59
Checking that the channel is clear ................................. 60
Turning monitor on and off ......................................... 60
Using the radio in different repeater areas ..................... 60
Selecting a voting group............................................. 61
Suspending a channel from a voting group................ 61
Hearing faint and noisy signals ...................................... 62
Turning squelch override on and off........................... 62
6 Operating in P25 trunking mode .........................63
About P25 trunking......................................................... 64
Checking that the system is available ............................ 64
Making a talkgroup call................................................... 66
Receiving a talkgroup call .............................................. 68
Making an individual call ................................................ 68
Receiving an individual call ............................................ 69
Emergency calls ............................................................. 69
Making a phone call ....................................................... 70
Unconnected calls .......................................................... 71
Failsoft mode operation.................................................. 72
Radio-based failsoft ................................................... 72
Infrastructure failsoft................................................... 72
Dynamic regrouping ....................................................... 73
7 Scanning ...............................................................74
About scanning............................................................... 75
Activating standard scanning ......................................... 77
Activating background scanning..................................... 77
Changing the background scan group assigned
to the function key ...................................................... 78
Activating in-zone scanning............................................ 78