Motorola ASTRO XTS 5000 III User Manual page 50

2 The silent emergency state
continues until you:
Press and hold the
Emergency button for about
a second to exit the
emergency state.
OR
Press and release the PTT
button to exit silent
emergency and enter regular
dispatch or emergency call.
Note: For ALL Emergency signals, when changing channels:
• If the new channel is also programmed 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 programmed for Emergency, you
see NO EMERGENCY, and hear an invalid tone until you exit
the Emergency state or change to a channel programmed for
emergency.
Emergency Keep-Alive
If the radio is in the Emergency state, with Emergency Keep-Alive
enabled, you cannot turn off the radio by using the On/Off Control
knob.
With Keep-Alive, the radio will only exit the Emergency state using
one of the ways mentioned in the previous sections (Emergency
Alarm, Silent Emergency Alarm, or Emergency Call).
ASTRO XTS 5000 Model III
Common Radio Features
• Press and hold Emergency
button
OR
• Press and release the PTT
button
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