Hello RR community, so at my job we are given this radio and are responsible for responding to alarms. The alarms go off on "Channel 1" on the radio, and I know this because everyday at 11:45 am a test tone goes out to make sure your radio is working. I have done 0 configuring of this radio, I literally pulled it out of the box and put it together. However every night when I go to bed and put the radio on the charger sometimes the green LED light on the radio starts to blink for a few minutes and eventually quits blinking. It never blinks if the radio is not on the charger unless an alarm goes off. There is 0 audio coming out of the radio when it does this (I put my ear against the speaker and there isn't even a bit of static). I was just wondering if I will still hear the alarms if one goes off during that time. If anyone could shed some light on this it would be great, thank you.
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I use the radio during work, so it's off the charger about 8-9 hours a day.
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Usually the green light flashing on a radio (not the charger) indicates the radio is receiving something. It may mean it is hearing someone else on the same frequency but with a different PL code since the speaker is not un-muting. Push the monitor button (this un-mutes the speaker) and see what you hear.
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Thanks for the reply, I watched the radio today and it was blinking a minute or so before the test tone went out, but the test tone came through anyway, so all is good, thank you again.
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