Sending A Silent Emergency Alarm; Change Of Channels During Emergency; Emergency Keep-Alive Feature - Motorola APX4000 XH User Manual

2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0
cm) from your mouth.
3 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into
the microphone.
4 Release the PTT button to end the transmission
and wait for a response from the dispatcher.
5 To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the
preprogrammed Emergency button for about a
second.
Turning off the radio also cancels the emergency
state.

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm
to the system without triggering any audio or visual
indicators.
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
The display shows no changes, the LED does not
light up, and you hear no tones. The silent
emergency state continues until you perform the
next step.
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2 Perform one of the following actions:
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• You press and hold the preprogrammed
Emergency button for about a second to exit
the Silent Emergency Alarm mode.
• Press and release the PTT button to exit the
Silent Emergency Alarm mode and enter
regular dispatch or Emergency Call mode.

Change of Channels during Emergency

For ALL Emergency transmissions, when changing
channels:
• If the new channel is also preprogrammed for
Emergency, you can change channels while in
Emergency operation. The emergency alarm or
call continues on the new channel.
• If the new channel is not preprogrammed for
Emergency, the display shows No emergency,
and you hear an invalid tone until you exit the
Emergency state or change to a channel
preprogrammed for Emergency.

Emergency Keep-Alive Feature

This feature, when enabled, prevents the radio from
being turned off via the On/Off/Volume Control Knob
when the radio is in the Emergency state.