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DISPLAY AND LIGHT INDICATORS
Display/Light
Meaning
BUSY light on
Displayed conventional mode has
activity on it, or selected trunked
system is currently busy. Wait for
callback.
XMIT light on
Indicates you are transmitting.
Dir indicator lit
Radio is in direct (mobile-to-
mobile) operation.
PRI, NPRI
Mode displayed is in scan list with
indicators lit
the indicated priority level.
P displayed
Telephone dialing pause. Press
Sel to continue the dialing.
NO ACK displayed
Unit being called with the
Enhanced Private Conversation or
Call Alert Page feature is not in
service, or emergency alarm or
status/message transmission is
not acknowledged by dispatcher.
Unit being called with Enhanced
NO ANSWR
displayed
Private Conversation or Call Alert
Page does not respond, but is
operational.
Radio is in emergency alarm or
EMERGNCY
displayed
call state.
NO EMERG
A mode incapable of emergency
displayed
transmission has been selected.
OUT RNG displayed
Radio is out of range of the
trunking system.
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
3 Short High-
Automatic Call
Tones (after
Back or Talk
requesting a
Permit
busy channel)
(upon pressing
the PTT button)
ALERT TONES (Continued)
Explanation
Type of Tone
Feature button
Low-Pitched
pressed is not valid
Tone (upon
in selected mode, or
pressing the
a Call Alert or
PTT button
emergency alarm
during Transmit)
was not
(Operation
acknowledged.
Error)
Central controller
has received request
for Call Alert or
emergency alarm
transmission.
You pressed a valid
key.
High-Pitched
Dispatcher is
Tone every 10
acknowledging your
seconds in
emergency
unmuted receive
transmission. Mobile
condition
unit has received
your Call Alert.
The above two
acknowledge tones,
heard in tandem.
Examples: Not exiting phone mode after a call (radio
You have an
cannot receive fleet or subfleet calls), transmitting in
incoming call. Press
receive-only conventional mode, trying to select a dynamic
Call, then the PTT
mode when no dynamic ID assignment has been made.
button, then talk.
Call Alert page has
been received.
Channel is available
for previously
requested
transmission.
System is accepting
your transmission.
Name
Explanation
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.

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