Alert Tones - Motorola Astro APX User Manual

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An alert tone is a sound or group of sounds. Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio's conditions. The following table
lists these tones and when they occur.
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Radio Self Test Fail When radio fails its power-up self test.
Reject When an unauthorized request is made.
Time-Out Timer Warning Four seconds before time out.
No ACK Received When radio fails to receive an acknowledgment.
Individual Call
When radio is in an individual call for greater than 6 seconds without any activity.
Warning Tone
Time-Out Timer
When the Time-Out Timer has expired.
Timed Out
(When  button is pressed) transmissions are not allowed.
Talk Prohibit/ Inhibit
Out of Range (When  button is pressed) the radio is out of range of the system.
Invalid Mode When radio is on an unpreprogrammed channel.
Busy When system is busy.
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