General Radio Operation; Selecting A Zone; Selecting A Radio Channel; Receiving And Responding To A Radio Call - Motorola APX Series User Manual

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General Radio Operation

This chapter explains the general radio operations in your
radio.

Selecting a Zone

Your radio must be preprogrammed for you to use this
feature.
A zone is a group of channels.
• Select a zone using the preprogrammed Zone (3-
Position A/B/C) switch:
a. Move the preprogrammed Zone (3-Position
A/B/C) switch to the position of the required
zone.
If the zone number entered is unprogrammed, the
display shows INVALID. Repeat this step.
b. Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed
zone channel.

Selecting a Radio Channel

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A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as
transmit/receive frequency pairs.
• Select a channel using the preprogrammed 16–
Position Select Knob to the desired channel.
a. Rotate the preprogrammed 16–Position Select
Knob to the desired channel.
b. Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed
zone channel.
Receiving and Responding to a
Radio Call
Once you have selected the required channel and/or zone,
you can proceed to receive and respond to calls.
The radio shows different indicators based on the system
the radio is configured.
• The LED lights up solid red while the radio is
transmitting.
• In conventional mode, the LED lights up solid yellow
when the radio is receiving a transmission.
• In trunking mode, there is no LED indication when the
radio receives a transmission.