All Active Mode; Activating And Deactivating Intercom In All Active Mode; One Active Mode - Motorola APX E5 User Manual

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Chapter 6: Advanced Features
3 While continuing to depress these two buttons, press the Power button to power on the radio
and the control head.
The radio and the control head powers on into FPP mode. The display shows the ID number of
the control head.
4 Turn the Mode knob to change the ID number of the control head.
5 Press the Power button to power off the radio and exit FPP mode.
6 Repeat step 1 to step 5
6.3.2

All Active Mode

The All Active mode enables all connected control heads attached to the radio to operate concurrently
with each other. When you activate a feature on one control head, the rest of the control heads have
the same activated features and indicators on their respective display.
6.3.3

Activating and Deactivating Intercom in All Active Mode

Prerequisites:This feature only applies to control heads in the All Active mode.
When and where to use:The intercom feature allows one control head user to talk to another control
head user in a MCH configuration. At any given time, when a control head being operated has priority
for the intercom call, all other control heads are blocked until the active control head releases PTT
button.
Procedure:
1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Intc to activate the intercom feature of any of the
control heads.
2 Press the PTT button to initiate an intercom transmission.
All control heads that are attached will receive the same intercom call. The display of the control
heads receiving the intercom call shows the alias/ID number of the transmitting control head.
3 Press or the Menu Select button directly below Exit to deactivate the intercom feature.
The intercom feature also deactivates when you initiate a mode change. If the radio is on an
emergency channel, pressing of the Emergency button or the emergency footswitch button on
any control head also deactivates the intercom feature.
6.3.4

One Active Mode

One Active mode enables only one control head to be visibly active at a time in a two control head
system.
The Volume knob, DIM button, Front/Rear (F/R) softkey, Emergency, the Emergency footswitch, and
VIP inputs remain active on the inactive control head, while all other controls are disabled.
The VIP input control head is configurable in the CPS and VIP should be attached to the control head
selected in the CPS.
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to set the ID number for the rest of the attached control heads.