Entering Fireground Zone Channel - Motorola APX 8000 3 User Manual

Incident Management Software at the command
terminal.
The Fireground signals transmission is always
exchanging data between your radio and the RF
Modem and command terminal. The status of your
radio includes:
• Powering up or down the radio
• Automatic response to Polling
• Response to Evacuation commands
• Pressing the PTT button to make voice
transmission
• Sending an Emergency Alarm and Call

Entering Fireground Zone Channel

1 Upon powering up, perform one of the following
actions:
• If the Fireground Zone Channel is set as
default, you hear gurgle tone and the home
screen. You are in Fireground zone channel.
• If the Fireground Zone Channel is set as
default, but you hear a short, low-pitched tone,
the display shows Reg failed to indicate that
the command terminal does not respond to
Fireground Zone Channel. Get a qualified
technician for assistance.
• If your home channel is not Fireground Zone
Channel, toggle or change the radio zone
channel to Fireground Zone Channel.
2 Listen for a transmission. Adjust the Volume
Control Knob if necessary.
3 Perform one of the following actions:
• Press and hold the preprogrammed Volume
Set button to hear the volume set tone. Adjust
the Volume Control Knob if necessary.
Release the Volume Set button.
• At the desired Fireground zone and channel,
press the preprogrammed Monitor button and
listen for activity. Adjust the Volume Control
Knob if necessary.
• If your radio is working in Fireground Zone
Channel, proceed to next step.
4 Press and hold the PTT button to transmit. The
LED lights up solid red while transmitting. Talk into
the microphone clearly if needed.
5 Release the PTT button to receive.
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