Motorola 4580 User Manual

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Advanced Features
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When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is received, 
the Emergency tone sounds and the green LED blinks. The 
display shows Emergency Alarm Successful.
OR
If your radio does not receive an Emergency Alarm 
acknowledgement, and after all retries have been 
exhausted, a tone sounds and the display shows 
Emergency Alarm Failed. 
4
Radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode and returns to the 
Home screen.
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual 
indicators during Emergency mode.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group 
of radios. Upon acknowledgement by a radio within the group, 
the group of radios can communicate over a programmed 
Emergency channel.
Procedure: 
1
Press the programmed Emergency On button or the 
Emergency footswitch.
2
The display shows Sending Alarm, which alternates with 
your radio ID. The green LED lights up and the Emergency 
icon appears on the Home screen display.
3
When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is received, 
the Emergency tone sounds and the green LED blinks. The 
display shows Emergency Alarm Successful.
4
Press PTT button to make the call. The green LED lights up 
and the group icon appears on the display. 
5
Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and 
speak clearly into the microphone.
OR
 Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and 
speak clearly into the microphone.
6
Release the PTT button to listen.
7
When the channel is free for you to respond, a short alert 
tone sounds (
 if the Channel Free Indication feature is 
enabled). Press the PTT button to respond.
OR
Once your call ends, press Emergency Off button to exit 
the Emergency mode.
8
The radio returns to the Home screen.
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual 
indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls 
to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT 
button to initiate the call.
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