Nextel comm I760 - Manual (Page 46)

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Direct Talk SM
Making and Receiving Calls in Direct
Talk
SM Mode
To make a call on a specific code and channel
using Direct Talk:
1 From the Direct Talk idle screen or the channel
and code edit screen, press and hold the PTT
button. Transmit appears on the display. Begin
speaking after your phone emits the Direct Talk
tone.
2 Release the PTT button to listen.
The tone emitted from your phone when making a
Direct Talk call is 4 beeps and sounds different
from the standard tone heard with Direct Connect
calls, Group Connect calls, and Talkgroup calls.
If you receive an error message:
• There may be no parties on your channel or
code.
• You are out of range.
When you receive a call using Direct Talk, Receive
appears on the display.
Receive All
You can set your phone to receive Direct Talk
transmissions from any phone that is set to the
same channel, regardless of the code (1-15), by
setting the code to Receive All. When you receive
transmissions with the code set to Receive All, the
display changes from Receive All to the code on
which the transmission was received.
Note: You cannot initiate a call when the code is
set to Receive All. If you press the PTT
button with the code set to Receive All,
you will receive an error message.
To set the code to Receive All:
1 From the Direct Talk idle screen, press A under
Edit.
2 Scroll to Code.
3 Press
A under Edit.
4 Select Receive All.
5 When you are finished, press
A under Back to
return to the idle screen.
Private Direct Talk SM Calls
You can have a private conversation with another
person using Direct Talk. When on a private Direct
Talk call, no other parties can hear your
conversation. In order to make a private Direct Talk