Broadcasting to a Group

The broadcast feature lets you send a message from the badge to the entire group.

Broadcasting is different from calling a group:

• Broadcasting—Simultaneously contacts everyone in a group who is online and available. Broadcast is not recorded for members who are offline or unavailable.
• Calling—A group connects you to the first available member in a group.

Recipients of a broadcast may cancel it by pressing the Call button during the broadcast. Recipients may also respond to everyone in the broadcast group by pressing and holding the Call button before the broadcast ends.

The following table summarizes the commands you use to communicate in a broadcast:

Action	Recommended Commands
Initiate a broadcast to a group	Broadcast to Tech Support.
Initiate an urgent broadcast to a group	Urgently broadcast to Tech Support. *
Initiate an urgent broadcast to the emergency broadcast group	Double-click the Call button.
Cancel a broadcast	Press the Call button while listening to the broadcast.
Reply to everyone	Press and hold the Call button before the broadcast ends. When it is OK to talk, the device plays a chime. If somebody else has already started to reply, you hear a warning sound. Begin speaking. Everyone in the broadcast group hears you immediately. When finished, release the Call button. Everyone in the broadcast group hears a chime, letting them know they can now reply.

You cannot initiate a broadcast to a group already receiving one. The Genie prevents you from starting the second broadcast, but it allows you to join the broadcast in progress (if you are a member of that group), or it tells you to try later (if you are not a member of that group). An urgent broadcast to a group that is already receiving a broadcast will always break-in.

If you are already listening to one broadcast, when someone attempts to include you in another broadcast, you receive the call waiting tone. Similarly, you receive the call waiting tone when someone calls you while receiving a broadcast.