Motorola i870 User Guide - Page 73

Joining a Talkgroup, Making Group Calls, Turning off Group Calls, Contacts, Settings > 2-Way

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Joining a Talkgroup Your sales representative or your service provider establishes Talkgroups for you and assigns each Talkgroup a Talkgroup number. You can choose a name for each of your Talkgroups when you create entries for them in Contacts. To receive group calls made to any of these Talkgroups, you must join the Talkgroup. 1 From the main menu, select Contacts. 2 Scroll to the Talkgroup you want to join. 3 Press A under Join. Note: You can only monitor one Talkgroup at a time. Making Group Calls 1 Press #. Then enter the Talkgroup number using the keypad. -or- Choose the Talkgroup name from Contacts or recent calls list. 2 Proceed as if making a Private call. Receiving Group Calls To answer a group call: Proceed as if answering a Private call. Only one person at a time may speak on a group call. Group Calls The Private ID or name of the person who is speaking will appear on the display below the Talkgroup number. Turning off Group Calls To set your phone to prevent you from hearing group calls to your Talkgroup: 1 From the main menu, select Settings > 2-Way Radio > Tkgrp Silent. 2 Set this option On. To set your phone to let you hear group calls to your Talkgroup: Set Tkgrp Silent to Off in step 2. 61

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Group Calls
Joining a Talkgroup
Your sales representative or your service provider
establishes Talkgroups for you and assigns each
Talkgroup a Talkgroup number. You can choose a
name for each of your Talkgroups when you create
entries for them in Contacts.
To receive group calls made to any of these
Talkgroups, you must join the Talkgroup.
1
From the main menu, select
Contacts
.
2
Scroll to the Talkgroup you want to join.
3
Press
A
under
Join
.
Note:
You can only monitor one Talkgroup at a
time.
Making Group Calls
1
Press
#
. Then enter the Talkgroup number
using the keypad.
-or-
Choose the Talkgroup name from Contacts or
recent calls list.
2
Proceed as if making a Private call.
Receiving Group Calls
To answer a group call:
Proceed as if answering a Private call. Only one
person at a time may speak on a group call.
The Private ID or name of the person who is
speaking will appear on the display below the
Talkgroup number.
Turning off Group Calls
To set your phone to prevent you from hearing
group calls to your Talkgroup:
1
From the main menu, select
Settings > 2-Way
Radio > Tkgrp Silent
.
2
Set this option
On
.
To set your phone to let you hear group calls to
your Talkgroup:
Set
Tkgrp Silent
to
Off
in step 2.