How to use the Channels page of the Tango Tango mobile app
To Transmit
- Tap a channel and hold down the large green PTT button at the bottom of the screen to transmit. Release the button when you're done talking.
To Mute the Tango Tango app
- Put the app into Do Not Disturb (DND) mode by tapping the grey speaker button near the bottom right corner. Tap the button again to unmute and go back to hearing transmissions.
Filter Channels
- If you have a long Channels list, click the grey button in the bottom right corner to bring up filtering options. You can show/exclude by Open Channels, Private Channels, and Archived Channels.
Customize your Channel settings
- Long press on any channel to pull up Channel Settings.
- From Channel Settings, you can view Channel Members or go to detailed Channel settings.
In Channel Settings, you'll see 4 toggle buttons:
- Default - You can only have 1 Default Channel at a time. Your Default channel is the channel on which you will transmit if you use a Bluetooth accessory to transmit with your phone's screen off or from the phone's lock screen.
- Priority - If you make a Channel a Priority channel, it will override traffic from non-Priority channels. Use this if you never want to miss traffic on a specific channel. Common use case - if you're sharing a channel from another department, you might want to make your own "home" channel a Priority channel. This will enable you to hear the other department's traffic when your channel is not transmitting. But, your channel will take over if it has traffic.
- Favorite - Channels which are Favorited will appear at the top of the Channels list. Use this to customize the order of your Channels list.
- Mute - This will Mute this specific channel. You won't hear traffic from this Channel until you un-mute the Channel. You will continue to receive traffic from other Channels - if you want to block traffic from all Channels use the "Mute" or "DND" button detailed in the second bullet above.
