Sending An Emergency Call With Hot Mic (Trunking Only) - Motorola APX 8500 Manual

Emergency Operation

Sending an Emergency Call With Hot Mic (Trunking Only)

This feature allows you to send an Emergency Call with hot mic to a group of radios.
Your radio must be programmed for this type of operation.
Your radio microphone is automatically activated, allowing you to communicate with the group of radios
without pressing the PTT button. This activated microphone state is also known as hot mic. The hot mic
applies to the first voice transmission from your radio during the Emergency call.
For subsequent transmissions in the same Emergency call, you must press the PTT button.
Procedure:
1. Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
The display shows EMERGENCY on the current zone and channel. A tone sounds and the LED blinks red
momentarily.
OR
A tone sounds to indicate that the selected channel does not support emergency and rejects to launch
emergency mode.
2. Hold the microphone vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.0 to 2.5 cm) from your mouth.
3. The microphone remains active for the hot mic time specified in the radio's codeplug programming.
4. To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second.
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