Sending An Emergency Call (Trunking Only) - Motorola APX Series User Manual

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NOTICE:
The default timer of Emergency button press to
activate Emergency is 50 milliseconds. This timer is
programmable from 50–6200 milliseconds by a
qualified technician.
Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
One of the following scenarios occurs:
• The display shows EMERGENCY and the current
zone or channel. You hear a short medium-
pitched tone and the LED blinks red momentarily.
• The radio sounds a short low-pitched tone to
indicate that the selected channel does not
support emergency and rejects to launch
emergency mode.
When you receive the dispatcher's acknowledgment, the
display shows ACK RCVD. Four tones sound, the alarm
ends, and the radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.
If no acknowledgment is received, the display shows NO
ACK. The alarm ends and the radio exits the Emergency
Alarm mode.
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Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking
Only)
This feature gives your radio priority access to a talkgroup.
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
One of the following scenarios occurs:
• The display shows EMERGNCY and the current
zone or channel. You hear a short medium-
pitched tone and the LED blinks red momentarily.
• You hear the radio sounds a short low-pitched
tone to indicate the selected channel does not
support emergency and rejects to launch
emergency mode.
2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm)
from your mouth.
3 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into
the microphone.
4 Release the PTT button to end the transmission and
wait for a response from the dispatcher.