Motorola 4550 - Manual (Page 30)

Receiving and Making Calls
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Talkaround
You can continue to communicate when your repeater is not
operating, or when your radio is out of the repeater’s range but
within talking range of other radios. This is called “talkaround”.
NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus.
Procedure:
Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround button to toggle
between talkaround and repeater modes.
OR
Follow the procedure below.
1 S to access the menu.
2 P or Q to Utilities and press N to select.
3 P or Q to Radio Settings and press N to select.
4 P or Q to Talkaround and press N to select.
5 You see Turn On if the radio is currently in Repeater mode.
OR
You see Turn Off if the radio is currently in Talkaround
mode.
6 Press N to select.
7 The display shows Talkaround On.
OR
The display shows Talkaround Off.
8 The screen automatically returns to the previous menu.
The Talkaround setting is retained even after powering down.
Permanent Monitor
Use the Permanent Monitor feature to continuously monitor a
selected channel for activity.
NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus.
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button.
2 Radio sounds an alert tone, the yellow LED lights up, and
the display shows Permanent Monitor On. The monitor
icon appears on the display.
3 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button to exit
Permanent Monitor mode.
4 Radio sounds an alert tone, the yellow LED turns off, and
display shows Permanent Monitor Off.
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