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8.8 ALERT TONES
The P5300 radio also provides audible Alert Tones or “beeps” to indicate the various operating conditions
(see Table 8-3).
Table 8-3: 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.