Monitoring Conventional Mode - Motorola APX MOBILE O9 User Manual

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General Radio Operation
1.8.2

Monitoring Conventional Mode

Prerequisites: This feature must first be enabled by a qualified radio technician or system
administrator.
When and where to use:
This feature allows you to monitor channel traffic on conventional channels by defeating the coded
squelch. Thus, you can to listen to another user active on the channel. This way, you may be
prevented from taking over someone else's conversation.
Procedure:
1 To activate monitoring, perform one of the following actions:
• At Home mode where the default zone and channel are being displayed, or to Monitor
and press the Menu Select button directly below Monitor momentarily.
• Take the control head off the hook.
The display shows Monitor On. You hear all channel traffic.
2 Press the Menu Select button again to deactivate the monitoring.
The display shows Monitor off.
Pressing the Menu Select button again turns monitor off and you don't hear all channel traffic. If you
try to transmit on a receive-only channel, you hear an invalid tone until you release the PTT button.
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