10 alert tones – Tyco Electronics MM23772 User Manual

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7.10 ALERT TONES

The P7200 radio also provides audible Alert Tones or “beeps” to indicate the various operating conditions
(see Table 7-3).

Table 7-3: Alert Tones

NAME

TONE

DESCRIPTION

Call Queued

one low tone/two high tones

Call queued for processing

Call Denied

three short

Radio is out of coverage area or requested talk group is
active.

Grant (or Go-Ahead)

single short beep

Sounded when resources become available for a call
request placed in the queue (if enabled) upon channel
access.
If the radio roams to another site while transmitting, then
it will auto rekey and begin transmitting on that tower. It
gives a second grant tone to let the user know they have
roamed.

Call Removed

single long low-pitched tone

Notifies the user access to the channel has been lost
(out of coverage area or pre-empted by higher-priority
call)

Low Battery

one low-pitched/one short
mid-pitched

Low battery

Selective Alert
Received

four short tones

Only played once to indicate a selective alert has been
receive

Emergency Alert
Tone

three (3) short beeps

Sounds when an emergency alert is declared

Emergency Cleared
Tone

one long low-pitched tone

Sounds when an emergency is cleared

Selective Call Ring
Tone

a ringing tone similar to a
telephone

Ringing is repeated every four (4) seconds until the call
is accepted or rejected by the radio being called or until
the network drops the call if unanswered after one (1)
minute

Roam Tone

Two short tones, one high-
pitched and one low-pitched

Sounds when the radio transitions from one radio base
station site to another.

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