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Chapter 2: Advanced Features
The radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the Emergency Call state when one of the
following scenarios occur:
•
You receive the dispatcher acknowledgment. The display shows Ack received.
•
You receive no acknowledgment. The display shows No acknowledge.
If unsuccessful, a tone sounds 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 The microphone remains active for the hot mic time specified in your radio's codeplug
programming.
4 To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button.
Turning off the radio also cancels the emergency state.
2.5.8
Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm
When and where to use: This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to the system without
triggering any audio or visual indicators.
Procedure:
1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
The display shows no changes, the LED does not light up, and you hear no tones. The silent
emergency state continues until you perform the next step.
2 Perform one of the following actions:
•
Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second to exit the Silent
Emergency Alarm mode.
•
Press and release the PTT button to exit the Silent Emergency Alarm mode and enter regular
dispatch or Emergency Call mode.
2.5.9
Change of Channels during Emergency
For ALL Emergency transmissions, when changing channels:
•
If the new channel is also preprogrammed for Emergency, you can change channels while in
Emergency operation. The emergency alarm or call continues on the new channel.
•
If the new channel is not preprogrammed for Emergency, the display shows No emergency, and
you hear an invalid tone until you exit the Emergency state or change to a channel preprogrammed
for Emergency.
2.5.10
Emergency Keep-Alive Feature
This feature, when enabled, prevents the radio from being turned off by using the MFK when the radio
is in the Emergency state.
NOTICE: The radio only exits the Emergency state using one of the ways mentioned in the
previous sections.
See
Sending an Emergency Alarm on page
page
50,
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call on page
Emergency Alarm on page
52
49,
Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only) on
52.
51, or
Sending a Silent
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