Motorola Astro Digital Saber II User Manual page 35

Common Radio Features
3a. Emergency Alarm
During a non-silent
emergency alarm
state:
• the LED will
light,
• a short,
medium-
pitched tone
will be heard,
• the display will
show
"EMERGENCY,"
• when the
emergency
alarm is
acknowledged
by the
dispatcher, the
radio sounds
four beeps and
the alarm ends.
Notes
• For all types of emergency signals — If you change channels while in
emergency operation, the emergency alarm or call will be moved to, and
continue on, the new channel if the new channel is also programmed for
emergency operation. If the new channel is not programmed for emergency
operation, an invalid-mode tone will sound until the emergency state is
exited, or you change to a channel programmed for emergency operation.
• For emergency-alarm with emergency-call signals — After receiving the
acknowledgment from the dispatcher, your radio will enter the
emergency-call state.
• For emergency-call signals — While your radio is in emergency-call state,
it operates in the usual dispatch manner. Or, if enabled in your radio, your
radio will return to one of the following operations:
Tactical/Non-Revert Operation — you will talk on the channel you selected
before entering the emergency state.
Non-Tactical/Revert Operation — you will talk on a preprogrammed
emergency channel, and the emergency alarm will also be sent to this
preprogrammed emergency channel.
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3b. Silent-Emergency Alarm
During a silent-
emergency state:
OR
• the LED will not
light,
• tones will not be
heard,
• the display will not
change,
• the audio will be
muted (turned off)
and will remain so
until you exit the
emergency alarm
state.
The silent-emergency
state will continue until
you press the PTT
Switch.
3c. Emergency Call
Press the PTT
Switch.
OR