Tait TM8105 User Manual - Radio

10 Getting Started

Radio 

Indicators

The LED indicators and the radio’s audible tones all 

combine to give you information about the state of your 

radio. The way these indicators behave is affected by the 

way your radio is programmed.

The following sections describe the most common opera-

tion of the radio indicators.

LED Indicators

Audible Indicators

Your radio may be programmed so that whenever you 

press a key, the radio beeps to indicate whether or not 

your action is permitted.

A short, medium-pitched beep indicates that an action 

or selection is permitted. A long, low-pitched beep indi-

cates that the action or selection is not permitted.

LED

Meaning

red

(transmit)

glowing: your radio is transmitting

flashing: your transmit timer is about to 

expire

green

(receive and 

monitor)

glowing: there is activity on the current 

channel, even though you may not be able 

to hear it

flashing: you have received a call with valid 

special signalling, or you have activated 

monitor or squelch override

amber

(scanning)

glowing: your radio is scanning a group of 

channels for activity

flashing: your radio has detected activity on 

a channel, and has halted on this channel

function

key LEDs

the operation of these leds depends on the 

type of function programmed for each 

function key.