Motorola W4 User Manual page 10

ALERT TONES
Type of Tone Name
1 Low-Pitched Invalid Key
Tone Alert
1 High-Pitched Central
Tone Acknowledge
or Valid Key
4 High-Pitched Dispatcher or
Tones Mobile Unit
Acknowledge
5 High-Pitched
Tones
2 High-Pitched Private
Tones Conversation
4 High-Pitched Call Alert Page
Tones every 6
seconds
Phone-Type System Busy
Busy Tone
(when pressing
the PTT button)
ALERT TONES (Continued)
Explanation Type of Tone
Feature button 3 Short High-
pressed is not valid Tones (after
in selected mode, or requesting a
a Call Alert or busy channel)
emergency alarm upon pressing
was not the PTT button)
acknowledged.
Low-Pitched
Central controller Tone (upon
has received request pressing the
for Call Alert or PTT button
emergency alarm during Transmit)
transmission. (Operation
You pressed a valid Error)
key.
Dispatcher is
acknowledging your
emergency
transmission. Mobile
unit has received
your Call Alert.
High-Pitched
The above two
Tone every 10
acknowledge tones,
seconds in
heard in tandem.
unmuted receive
You have an condition
incoming call. Press
Call, then the PTT
button, then talk.
Call Alert page has
been received.
Examples: Not exiting phone mode after a call (radio
cannot receive fleet or subfleet calls), transmitting in
All system radio receive-only conventional mode, trying to select a dynamic
channels in use. mode when no dynamic ID assignment has been made.
Release the PTT
button, and wait for
callback.
Name Explanation
Automatic Call Channel is available
Back or Talk for previously
Permit requested
transmission.
System is accepting
your transmission.
Talk Prohibit/ Out of trunked radio
Out-of-Range system range or
or Time-Out system is out of
Timer or Illegal service.
Mode Present transmission
will soon be disabled.
You have entered a
mode where normal
system traffic will be
missed, or you
attempted something
that is not allowed.
(See examples
below.)
Failsoft System central
controller failure. The
radio reverts from
trunked operation to
operation similar to a
conventional
repeater.
Others may share
the channel.