All Active Mode - Motorola APX 6500 Manual

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ADVANCED FEATURES
 Multiple Control Head Features

All Active Mode

The All Active mode enables all connected control heads
attached to the radio to operate concurrently with each other.
When you activate a feature on one control head, the rest of
the control heads will have the same activated features and
indicators on their respective display.
Note: The multiple control head feature allows only control
heads of the same type to be connected. Upon power up, if a
control head of a different type is connected to the radio, the
radio reports the FATAL error CH MISMATCH on the display
of all attached control heads.
Intercom Feature in All Active Mode
The intercom feature allows one control head user to talk to
another control head user in a Multiple Control Head
configuration. At any given time, when a control head being
operated has priority for the intercom call, all other control
heads are blocked until the active control head releases PTT
button.
This can be made on any attached control head.
This feature only applies to control heads in the All Active
mode.
Procedure:
1 Press the Menu Select button directly below INTC to
activate the intercom feature of any of the control heads.
2 Press the PTT button to initiate an intercom transmission.
All control heads that are attached will receive the same
intercom call.
The display of the control heads receiving the intercom call
shows the alias/ID number of the transmitting control head.
3 Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to
deactivate the intercom feature.
OR
Press to deactivate the intercom feature.
The intercom feature also deactivates when user initiates a
mode change.
If the radio is on an emergency channel, pressing of the
Emergency button or the emergency footswitch button on
any control head also deactivates the intercom feature.
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