Motorola ASTRO XTL 2500 User Manual page 160

ALERT TONES
Type of Tone Name
1 Low-Pitched Invalid Key Alert Feature button
Tone
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
A series of low-
pressed is not valid pitched tones
in selected mode, or followed by a
a Call Alert or series of high-
emergency alarm pitched tones.
was not
acknowledged.
A series of high-
Central controller pitched tones
has received followed by a
request for Call Alert series of low-
or emergency alarm pitched tones.
transmission.
You pressed a valid
key.
Unique chirping
Dispatcher is sound
acknowledging your
emergency
Unique, low-
transmission.
pitched chirping
Mobile unit has
sound
received your Call
Alert. Unique, high-
pitched chirping
The above two
sound
acknowledge tones,
heard in tandem. 2 Short High-
Tones (after
You have an
requesting a
incoming call. Press
busy channel)
Call, then the PTT
upon pressing
button, then talk.
the PTT button)
Call Alert page has
been received.
All system radio
channels in use.
Release the PTT
button, and wait for
callback.
Name Explanation
Scan Alert On Indicates that Scan
feature is activated
through the pre-
programmed button
or 3-Position Rotary
Switch.
Scan Alert Off Indicates that Scan
feature is
deactivated through
the pre-
programmed button
or 3-Position Rotary
Switch.
Dynamic Indicates that a
Reprogramming dynamic ID is
assigned.
New Message Indicates the arrival
of a new mesage.
Priority Indicates the arrival
Message of a priority
message.
Automatic Call Channel is available
Back or Talk for previously
Permit requested
transmission.
System is accepting
your transmission.
ALERT TONES (Continued)
Type of Tone Name
Low-Pitched Talk Prohibit/
Tone (upon Out-of-Range or
pressing the Time-Out Timer
PTT button or Illegal Mode
during Transmit)
(Operation
Error)
High-Pitched Failsoft
Tone every 10
seconds in
unmuted receive
condition
Examples: Not exiting phone mode after a call (radio
cannot receive fleet or subfleet calls), transmitting in
receive-only conventional mode, trying to select a dynamic
mode when no dynamic ID assignment has been made.
Explanation
Out of trunked radio
system range or
system is out of
service.
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.)
System central
controller failure.
The radio reverts
from trunked
operation to
operation similar to
a conventional
repeater.
Others may share
the channel.