Motorola APX 6000 User Manual page 92

Term
A life-saving feature that senses the radio
user may be in trouble by monitoring the
whether the radio is in a vertical or
horizontal position or whether the radio is
Man Down motionless.
When this feature is triggered, the radio
alerts the user with audio and visual alerts.
It can also trigger Emergency Alarm if
enabled.
Check channel activity by pressing the
Monitor button. If the channel is clear, you
hear static. If the channel is in use, you
Monitor hear conversation. It also serves as a way
to check the volume level of the radio,
since the radio "opens the squelch" when
the monitor button is pressed.
Multi-System
A scan list that can include both talkgroups
Talkgroup Scan
(trunked) and channels (conventional).
List
Network Access Code (NAC) operates on
Network Access digital channels to reduce voice channel
Code interference between adjacent systems
and sites.
NiMH Nickel-metal-hydride.
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English
Definition Term
The user talks on a preprogrammed
Non-Tactical/
emergency channel. The emergency alarm
Revert
is sent out on this same channel.
OTAR Over-the-air rekeying.
A one-way alert, with audio and/or display
Page
messages.
Personality A set of unique features specific to a radio.
Refers to a software feature that has been
Preprogrammed
activated by a qualified radio technician.
A sub-audible tone that is transmitted such
Private Line
that only receivers decoding the tone
(PL)
receives it.
Refers to a radio control that can have a
Programmable
radio feature assigned to it.
Push-To-Talk – the PTT button engages
PTT the transmitter and puts the radio in
transmit (send) operation when pressed.
The part of the general frequency spectrum
Radio
between the audio and infrared light
Frequency (RF)
regions (about 10 kHz to 10,000,000 MHz).
Definition