■ Make and receive a PTT call
Set the phone to use the loudspeaker or earpiece for PTT communication. When
the earpiece is selected, use the phone normally by holding it to your ear.
Warning: Do not hold the device near your ear when the loudspeaker is
in use, because the volume may be extremely loud.
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When connected to the PTT service, you can make or receive channel calls, group
calls, or one-to-one calls. One-to-one calls are calls you make to only one person.
Press and hold the volume up key the entire time you are talking, and hold the
phone in front of you so that you can see the display. When you are finished,
release the volume up key. Talking is allowed on a first come, first served basis.
When someone stops talking, the first person to press the key used for PTT can
talk next.
To check the login status of your contacts, select
Menu
>
Push to talk
>
Contacts list
. This service depends on your service provider and is only available
for subscribed contacts.
indicates the contact is available.
indicates the contact is not logged into the PTT service.
indicates the contact is unknown.
indicates the contact does not want to be disturbed. You cannot call the
contact, but you can send a callback request.
To subscribe a contact, select
Options
>
Subscribe contact
; or if one or more
contacts are marked, select
Subscribe marked
.
Make a channel or a group call
To make a call to the default channel, press the volume up key. A tone sounds,
indicating that the access is granted, and the phone displays your nickname and
channel name. See ”PTT channels,” p. 82.
To make a call to a nondefault channel, select
Channel list
in the PTT menu, scroll
to the channel you want, and press the volume up key.
To make a group call from
Contacts
, the recipients must be connected to the PTT
service. Select
Menu
>
Contacts
>
Groups
, scroll to the group you want, and
press the volume up key.
Make a one-to-one call
To start a one-to-one call from the list of contacts to which you added the PTT
address, select
Contacts list
. Scroll to a contact, and press the volume up key.
You can also select the contact from
Contacts
.
To start a one-to-one call from the list of PTT channels, select
Channel list
, and
scroll to the channel you want. Select
Members
, scroll to the contact you want,
and press the volume up key.
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To start a one-to-one call from the list of callback requests you have received,
select
Callback inbox
. Scroll to the contact you want, and press the volume up
key.
Make a PTT call to multiple recipients
You can select multiple PTT contacts from the contact list. The recipients receive
an incoming call and must accept the call to participate.
Select
Menu
>
Push to talk
>
Contacts list
, and mark the contacts you want. To
make the call, press the volume up key. The contacts who accept the call are
shown.
Receive a PTT call
A short tone notifies you of an incoming PTT call. Information such as the
channel name or the nickname (network service) of the caller is displayed.
If you have set the phone to first notify you of one-to-one calls, accept or reject
the call.
If you press the volume up key to try to respond to a call while another member is
talking, you hear a tone, and
Queuing
is displayed as long as you press the
volume up key. Press and hold the volume up key, and wait for the other person to
finish; then you can talk.