Push-To-Talk (Ptt) Button; Identifying Status Indicators - Motorola ASTRO APX 7500 Series Quick Reference Card

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side
of the microphone serves
two basic purposes:
While a call is in progress,
•
the PTT button allows the
radio to transmit to other
radios in the call.
Press and hold down PTT
button to talk. Release the
PTT button to listen.
The microphone is
activated when the PTT
button is pressed.
While a call is not in
•
progress, the PTT button
is used to make a new
call. See Making a Radio
Call on page 33 for more
information.
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English
PTT
Button

Identifying Status Indicators

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19
Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19
TMS Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20
Call Type Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23
Alert Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24
Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27