Radio Operation - Ritron RPM 60 Series Owner's Manual

WHAT THE RADIO TONES MEAN
Power On:
Programmable Buttons:
Receive Courtesy Beep:
Transmit Clear to Talk:
Busy Channel Lockout:
Transmit Time-Out:
2-Tone Decode:
Start/Resume Scan:
Last Active Channel:
Priority Scan Channel:
Out-Of-Lock:
Low Battery:
Channel 1 Marker Tone:
Monitor/Squelch:
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OPERATION
Single high frequency tone when the radio is turned on.
Single high frequency tone when the button is pressed.
Single high frequency tone at the end of a received call to let the user know when to reply.
Single high frequency tone after the PTT is pressed to let the user know when to begin speaking.
A repeating single low frequency tone when the PTT is pressed while the channel is busy.
A repeating single low frequency tone after the PTT has been pressed longer than the transmit time-out time period.
A fast alternating high and low frequency tone when the radio has decoded a valid 2-tone signal.
A single low frequency tone when the radio begins/resumes the channel scan function.
A single low frequency tone to alert the user what channel was last received during the channel scan.
A single high frequency tone during the channel scan to alert the user the Priority channel has been received.
A slow alternating high and low frequency tone to alert the user the radio synthesizer is not operating correctly.
A short high frequency tone every 20 seconds to alert the user that the supply voltage to the radio has dropped below the minimum
usable voltage.
When incrementing or decrementing the channels, a long, high frequency tone to alert the user that the radio display
is at Channel 1.
If one of the programmable buttons is programmed for MONITOR and a channel is programmed for carrier, tone, or 2-Tone, when
the Monitor button is pressed a single, double, or triple high frequency tone will be heard.
- single tone = Tone Squelch
- double tone = Carrier Squelch
- triple tone = 2-Tone Squelch