Sending A Silent Emergency Alarm - Motorola APX Series User Manual

Follow the procedure to send Emergency Alarms and Call
with hot mic on your radio.
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
If successful, the display shows EMERGNCY on the
current zone and channel. A tone sounds and the
LED blinks red momentarily.
The radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the
Emergency Call state when one of the following
scenarios occur:
• You receive the dispatcher acknowledgment. The
display shows ACK RCVD.
• You receive no acknowledgment. The display
shows NO ACK.
If unsuccessful, a tone sounds to indicate the
selected channel does not support emergency and
rejects to launch emergency mode.
2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm)
from your mouth.
3 The microphone remains active for the hot mic time
specified in your radio's codeplug programming.
4 To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the
preprogrammed Emergency button.
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.
2 Perform one of the following actions:
• 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.
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