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G5 Very Loud Tone

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TonyCono

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I have a new G5 and occasionally it will emit a very, very loud tone. This tone is so loud that people down the hallway can heard it. The tone occurs when an existing talkgroup begins transmitting. There are times that the tone will remain on until the G5 is turned off and there are times that it stops when the talkgroup transmission stops. Then it starts up again with the next talkgroup transmission. This issue is not isolated to a specific talkgroup, zone or knob position. The talkgroups that have had this issue are not encrypted and seem to work fine most of the time. I am monitoring various counties on the Ohio MARCS-IP radio system. The G5 is running Firmware V1.20.

Any information, suggestions or assistance would be appreciated.

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In your programming software "View Edit Existing Profile". Select the profile you are running if there is more than one. In the profile go to 4 "Group ID setting". Set alert mode to None. Do this for the "Group and Group Call ID Setting" and "Member and Private Call ID setting". SAVE. Program that to the G5.
 

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In your programming software "View Edit Existing Profile". Select the profile you are running if there is more than one. In the profile go to 4 "Group ID setting". Set alert mode to None. Do this for the "Group and Group Call ID Setting" and "Member and Private Call ID setting". SAVE. Program that to the G5.

I have made the suggested changes. Thank you for your quick response.

Is it common for the alert tone to be extremely loud even when the G5 volume is at 0?
 

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Yes. I accidentally had the alert tone enabled for one talkgroup out of ~400, and when that TG finally lit up it scared the bejeezus out of me. The volume knob didn't control the tone volume.
 

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Yes. I accidentally had the alert tone enabled for one talkgroup out of ~400, and when that TG finally lit up it scared the bejeezus out of me. The volume knob didn't control the tone volume.

Well lets hope that doesn't happen again, lol.

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There are options on tab D7 in PPS to make the "Tone Volume"s "By Volume Knob".
 
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