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ASTRO® APX™ 7000 Series

Digital Portable Radios

Quick Reference Card

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance

ATTENTION!

This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy FCC RF

energy exposure requirements. Before using this product, read

the RF energy awareness information and operating instructions

in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with

your radio (Motorola Publication part number 6881095C98) to

ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

Radio Controls

Radio On/Off

Zones and Channels

Receiving and Transmitting

Sending an Emergency Alarm

To exit emergency at any time, press and hold

the Emergency button.

Before using this product, read the operating instructions

for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF

Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio.

Secondary Speake

Top (Orange)

Button

__________

2-Position

Concentric Switch

__________

Main Display

Keypad

Menu Select

Buttons

3-Position A/B/C

Switch

__________

4-Way Navigation

Button

Accessory

Connector

Home Button

Microphone

Data Feature

Button

•On – On/Off/Volume knob clockwise.

•Off – On/Off/Volume knob counterclockwise.

•Zone – Zone switch to desired zone.

•Channel – Channel switch to desired channel.

Battery

Side Button 1

__________

Side Button 2

__________

PTT Button

On/Off/Volume

Control Knob

16-Position

Select Knob

__________

Top Side (Select)

Button

__________

Main

Speaker

Top

Display

Antenna 1Select zone/channel.

2Listen for a transmission.

Press and hold Volume Set button.

Press Monitor button and listen for activity.

3Adjust volume, if necessary.

4Press the PTT button to transmit; release to

receive.

1Press the Emergency button.

2The display shows Emergency and the

current zone/channel. A short, medium-

pitched tone sounds, and the LED rapidly

blinks red.

3When acknowledgment is received, you hear

four beeps; alarm ends; and radio exits

emergency.

*68007024034*

68007024034-A

1301 E. Algonquin Rd., Schaumburg,

IL 60196-1078, U.S.A.

English

Menu Navigation

< or > to Menu Entry.

{, |, or } directly below Menu

Entry to select.

H to exit.

U or D to scroll through sub-list.

{, |, or } directly below Menu

Entry to select.

Sending an Emergency Call

To exit emergency at any time, press and hold

the Emergency button.

Sending a Silent Emergency Call

To exit emergency at any time, press and hold

the Emergency button.

Display Status Icons

1Press the Emergency button.

2Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly

into the microphone.

3Release the PTT button to end call.

4Press and hold Emergency button to exit

emergency.

1Press the Emergency button.

2The display does not change; the LED does

not light up, and there is no tone.

3Silent emergency continues until you:

Press and hold the Emergency button to exit

emergency state.

Press and release the PTT button to exit silent

emergency mode and enter regular

emergency (alarm, call, or alarm with call)

mode.

Receiving a call or data

Transmitting a call or data

Received an Individual Call.

Blinks when the battery is low.

The more stripes, the stronger the

signal strength for the current site

(trunking only).

Direct radio to radio communication or

connected through a repeater.

On = Direct

Off = Repeater

L = Radio is set at Low power.

H = Radio is set at High power.

Scanning a scan list.

Blinking dot = Detects activity on the

Priority-One Channel

during scan.

Steady dot = Detects activity on the

Priority-Two Channel

during scan.

HOR .

The vote scan feature is enabled.

This channel is being monitored.

On = Secure operation.

Off = Clear operation.

Blinking = Receiving an encrypted

voice call.

On = AES Secure operation.

Off = Clear operation.

Blinking = Receiving an encrypted

voice call.

On = Location feature enabled, and

location signal available.

Off = Location feature disabled.

Blinking = Location feature enabled,

but location signal

unavailable.

On = User is currently associated with

the radio.

Off = User is currently not associated

with the radio.

Blinking = Device registration or user

registration with the server

failed due to an invalid

username or pin.

Data activity is present.

Declaration of Conformity

English

Declaration of Conformity

This declaration is applicable to your radio only if your radio is labeled with the FCC logo shown below.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC CFR 47 Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)

Responsible Party

Name: Motorola, Inc.

Address: 1301 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196-1078, U.S.A.

Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744

Hereby declares that the product:

Model Name: APX 7000

conforms to the following regulations:

FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.107(a), 15.107(d) and section 15.109(a)

Class B Digital Device

As a personal computer peripheral, this device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Declaration of Conformity

English

Note:This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part

15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a

residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not

installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by

turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the

following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Contents

English

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Contents

This User Guide contains all the information you need

to use the APX™ 7000 Series Digital Portable Radios.

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . . . .ix

Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Documentation Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Notations Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Preparing Your Radio for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Battery Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Attaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Attaching the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Attaching the Accessory Connector Cover . . . . . . . . 5

Using the Carry Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Turning On the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Radio Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Programmable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . 11

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions . . . . . . . 12

Using the Menu Select Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using the Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Home Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Data Feature Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

4-Way Navigation Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Keypad Characters – Uppercase Mode . . . . . . . . . 13

Contents

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Keypad Characters – Lowercase Mode . . . . . . . . . 14

Keypad Characters – Numeric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Keypad Characters – Hexadecimal Mode . . . . . . . 16

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons . . . . . . . . . . 21

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

TMS Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Call Type Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts . . . . . . . . . . 29

General Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Selecting a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 32

Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup Call . . . 33

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call

(Trunking Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call

(Trunking Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Making a Talkgroup Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Making a Private Call (Trunking Only) . . . . . . . . . . .35

Making an Enhanced Private Call (Trunking Only) .36

Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only) . . . . . . . .37

Repeater or Direct Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Monitoring a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Conventional Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Advanced Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Receiving and Making a Selective Call (ASTRO

Conventional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Receiving a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Making a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Using the Talkgroup Call Feature (Conventional

Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Selecting a Talkgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Sending a Status Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Using the Dynamic Regrouping Feature

(Trunking Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Requesting a Reprogram (Trunking Only) . . . . . . .43

Classifying Regrouped Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Contents

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Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Adding a New Contact Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Deleting a Contact Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Adding a Contact to a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Removing a Contact from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Editing a Contact in a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Editing an Entry Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Editing as Entry ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Editing a Call Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Viewing Details of a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Viewing a Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Changing the Scan List Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Viewing and Changing the Priority Status . . . . . . .53

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Turning Scan On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Making a Dynamic Priority Change (Conventional

Scan Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Call Alert Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Receiving a Call Alert Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Sending a Call Alert Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only) . . . . 58

Sending an Emergency Alarm with

Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using the Emergency Keep-Alive Feature . . . . . . . 59

Automatic Registration Service (ARS) . . . . . . . . . . 60

Selecting or Changing the ARS Mode . . . . . . . . . . 60

Accessing the User Login Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Logging In as a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Text Messaging Service (TMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Accessing the TMS Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Composing and Sending a New Text Message . . . 64

Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Using the Priority Status and Request Reply

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message . . 67

Removing a Priority Status from a Text Message 67

Appending a Request Reply to a Text Message . 67

Removing a Request Reply from a Text

Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Appending a Priority Status and a Reply

Request to a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Removing a Priority Status and a Reply

Request from a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Managing Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Contents

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Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . . . . 69

Replying to a Received Text Message . . . . . . . . . 70

Accessing the Drafts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Managing Sent Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Viewing a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Sending a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Deleting a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Deleting All Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Secure Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Selecting Secure Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Selecting Clear Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Managing Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Loading an Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Using the Multikey Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Selecting an Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Selecting a Keyset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Erasing the Selected Encryption Keys . . . . . . . . . . 77

Requesting an Over-the-Air Rekey (ASTRO

Conventional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Radio Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Unlocking Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Changing Your Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Enabling or Disabling the Radio Lock Feature

(Secure Radios Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

The Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . 80

Understanding the GPS Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Enhancing GPS Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS) . . . . . .81

Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature . . . . . . . .82

Saving a Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Viewing a Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Editing the Alias of a Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint . . . . . . . . . .85

Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Deleting All Saved Waypoints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a

Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Using the Location Feature While in Emergency

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Trunking System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Using the Failsoft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Going Out of Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Using the Site Trunking Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Locking and Unlocking a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Viewing and Changing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Viewing the Current Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Changing the Current Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Viewing the Recent Calls List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Using the Flip Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Contents

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Selecting a Zone Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Selecting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Selecting a Radio Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias . . . . . . . . .92

Selecting the Audio Speaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Controlling the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Locking and Unlocking the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Turning Voice Mute On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Using the Time-Out Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Setting the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Editing the Time and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Using the Conventional Squelch Operation

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Analog Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Digital Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Using the PL Defeat Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Using the Digital PTT ID Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Using the Smart PTT Feature (Conventional

Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Accessing the Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Accessing the General Radio Information . . . . . . . .98

Accessing the Radio Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Viewing the IP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Viewing the Control Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Editing the Soft ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Voice Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103

Caring for Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Cleaning Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Handling Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Servicing Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Taking Care of the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Checking the Battery Charge Status . . . . . . . . . . 105

LED and Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Fuel Gauge Icon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Battery Recycling and Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF

Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Special Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Emergency Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Non-Commercial Call Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Operating Frequency Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Contents

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Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Commercial Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Important Safety Information

English

Important Safety Information

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance

ATTENTION!

This radio is restricted to occupational use only to

satisfy FCC RF energy exposure requirements.

Before using this product, read the RF energy awareness

information and operating instructions in the Product

Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio

(Motorola Publication part number 6881095C98) to

ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas, batteries, and

other accessories, visit the following website:

http://www.motorola.com/governmentandenterprise

Software Version

All the features described in the following sections are

supported by the radio's software version R02.00.00 or

later.

See Accessing the Radio Information on page 98 to

determine your radio's software version.

Check with your dealer or system administrator

for more details of all the features supported.

Before using this product, read the operating

instructions for safe usage contained in the

Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet

enclosed with your radio.

Computer Software Copyrights

English

Computer Software Copyrights

The Motorola products described in this manual may

include copyrighted Motorola computer programs stored

in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the

United States and other countries preserve for Motorola

certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer

programs, including, but not limited to, the exclusive right

to copy or reproduce in any form the copyrighted

computer program. Accordingly, any copyrighted

Motorola computer programs contained in the Motorola

products described in this manual may not be copied,

reproduced, modified, reverse-engineered, or distributed

in any manner without the express written permission of

Motorola. Furthermore, the purchase of Motorola

products shall not be deemed to grant either directly or by

implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license under the

copyrights, patents or patent applications of Motorola,

except for the normal non-exclusive license to use that

arises by operation of law in the sale of a product.

Documentation Copyrights

No duplication or distribution of this document or any

portion thereof shall take place without the express

written permission of Motorola. No part of this manual

may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any

form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any

purpose without the express written permission of

Motorola.

Disclaimer

The information in this document is carefully examined,

and is believed to be entirely reliable. However, no

responsibility is assumed for inaccuracies. Furthermore,

Motorola reserves the right to make changes to any

products herein to improve readability, function, or

design. Motorola does not assume any liability arising out

of the applications or use of any product or circuit

described herein; nor does it cover any license under its

patent rights, nor the rights of others.

Getting Started

English

Getting Started

Take a moment to review the following:

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

Notations Used in This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

How to Use This Guide

This User Guide covers the basic operation of the APX™ 7000

Portables.

However, your dealer or system administrator may have

customized your radio for your specific needs. Check with your

dealer or system administrator for more information.

Notations Used in This Manual

Throughout the text in this publication, you will notice the use of

WARNING, Caution, and Note. These notations are used to

emphasize that safety hazards exist, and the care that must be

taken or observed.

An operational procedure, practice, or condition,

etc., which may result in injury or death if not

carefully observed.

An operational procedure, practice, or

condition, etc., which may result in damage

to the equipment if not carefully observed.

Note: An operational procedure, practice, or condition,

etc., which is essential to emphasize.

Getting Started

English

The following special notations identify certain items: What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You

Check with your dealer or system administrator, if the radio is to

be operated in extremely cold temperatures (less than -20°C),

for the correct radio settings to ensure proper top display

operation.

You can also consult your dealer or system administrator about

the following:

•Is your radio preprogrammed with any preset conventional

channels?

•Which buttons have been preprogrammed to access other

features?

•What optional accessories may suit your needs?

Example Description

Home button

or H

Buttons and keys are shown in bold print

or as an icon.

Phone Menu entries are shown similar to the

way they appear on the radio’s display.

>This means “Press the right side of the

4-way Navigation button.”

Preparing Your Radio for Use

English

Preparing Your Radio for Use

Assemble your radio by following these steps:

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Battery Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Attaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Attaching the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Using the Carry Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6

Attaching the Accessory Connector Cover . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Turning On the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

Charging the Battery

The Motorola-approved battery shipped with your radio is

uncharged. Prior to using a new battery, charge it for a minimum

of 16 hours to ensure optimum capacity and performance.

For a list of Motorola-authorized batteries available for use

with your radio, see Accessories on page 107.

Note: When charging a battery attached to a radio, turn the

radio off to ensure a full charge.

Battery Charger

To charge the battery, place the battery, with or without the

radio, in a Motorola-approved charger. The charger’s LED

indicates the charging progress; see your charger’s user guide.

For a list of chargers, see Accessories on page 107.

To avoid a possible explosion:

•DO NOT replace the battery in any area

labeled “hazardous atmosphere”.

•DO NOT discard batteries in a fire.

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Preparing Your Radio for Use

English

Attaching the Battery

With the radio turned off, slide the battery into the radio’s frame

until side latches click into place.

To remove the battery,

turn the radio off. Squeeze

the release latches on the

bottom of the battery until

the battery releases from

the radio. Remove the

battery from the radio.

Note: If your radio is

preprogrammed

with volatile-key

retention, the

encryption keys

are retained for

approximately 30

seconds after

battery removal.

Check with your

dealer or system

administrator for

more information.

You can view the status of your IMPRES battery. See

Accessing the Radio Information on page 98 for more

information.

Battery

Latch

Preparing Your Radio for Use

English

Attaching the Antenna

With the radio turned off, set the antenna in its receptacle and

turn clockwise to attach it to the radio.

To remove the antenna, turn the antenna counterclockwise.

Make sure you turn off the radio first.

Attaching the Accessory Connector

Cover

The accessory connector is located on the antenna side of the

radio. It is used to connect accessories to the radio.

Note: To prevent damage to the connector, shield it with the

connector cover when not in use.

Insert the hooked

end of the cover

into the slot above

the connector.

Press downward on

the cover’s top to

seat it in the slot.

Once in place, rotate

the thumbscrew

clockwise by hand

until tight.

To remove the accessory connector cover, rotate the

thumbscrew counterclockwise until it disengages from the radio.

If the thumbscrew is too tight, use an Allen wrench to loosen

it first.

Rotate and lift the connector cover to disengage it from

the radio.

Hooked End

Thumbscrew

Hex Socket Head

Preparing Your Radio for Use

English

Using the Carry Holder

Position the radio within

the carry holder with the

main speaker facing

outward. Slide the radio

down into the carry

holder until it clicks in

place.

To remove the radio from

the carry holder, place the

tip of your fingers on the

ledge of the carry holder

and push at the bottom of

the radio until the radio

releases from it.

Preparing Your Radio for Use

English

Turning On the Radio

Rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise until you

hear a click.

If the power-up test is successful, you see SELFTEST on the

radio’s display momentarily, followed by the Home screen.

Note: If the power-up test is unsuccessful, you see Error

XX/YY (XX/YY is an alphanumeric code).

Turn off the radio, check the battery, and turn the

radio back on. If the radio fails the power-up test

again, record the Error XX/YY code and contact

your dealer.

To turn off the radio, rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob

counterclockwise until you hear a click.

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English

Adjusting the Volume

To increase the volume, turn the On/Off/Volume Control Knob

clockwise.

To decrease the volume, turn this knob counterclockwise.

Note: Ensure that the main speaker is pointed towards you

for increased loudness and intelligibility, especially in

areas with loud background noises.

Identifying Radio Controls

Take a moment to review the following:

Radio Parts and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9

Programmable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Assignable Radio Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . page 11

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions. . . . . . . . . . page 12

Using the Menu Select Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12

Using the Navigation Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13

Keypad Characters – Uppercase Mode. . . . . . . . . . page 13

Keypad Characters – Lowercase Mode. . . . . . . . . . page 14

Keypad Characters – Numeric Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . page 15

Keypad Characters – Hexadecimal Mode . . . . . . . . page 16

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17

Main

Speaker

Identifying Radio Controls

English

Radio Parts and Controls

Antenna

LED

Accessory

Connector

On/Off/Volume

Control Knob

Keypad

Home Button

74-Way

Navigation

Button Battery Latch

11 Menu Select

Buttons

14 2-Position Concentric

Switch*

15 3-Position A/B/C

Switch*

Battery

25 16-Position

Select Knob*

Secondary Speaker

13 24 Top

Display

22 Main

Speaker

Side Button 2*

Side Button 1*

18 Push-to-Talk

(PTT) Button

Microphone

* These radio controls/buttons are programmable

17 Top Side (Select)

Button* Microphone

Main Display

10 Data Feature

Button

Top (Orange)

Button*

Identifying Radio Controls

English

Programmable Features

Any reference in this manual to a control that is

“preprogrammed” means that the control must be programmed

by a dealer or qualified radio technician using the radio's

programming software, in order to assign a feature to that

control.

The programmable buttons can be programmed as shortcuts to

radio functions or preset channels/groups depending on the

duration of a button press:

•Press – Pressing and releasing rapidly.

•Long press – Pressing and holding for the preprogrammed

duration (between 0.25 seconds and 3.75 seconds).

•Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.

Assignable Radio Functions

Call Alert – Allows the radio to function like a pager, or to verify

if a radio is active on the system.

Call Response – Allows you to answer a private call.

Channel – Selectes a channel.

Contacts – Selects the Contacts menu.

Dynamic Priority (Conventional Only) – Allows any channel

in a scan list (except for the Priority-One channel) to temporarily

replace the Priority-Two channel.

Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or

cancels an emergency alarm or call.

Information – Displays the information of the radio.

Internet Protocol Address – Displays the Internet Protocol (IP)

address, device name and status of the radio.

Location – Determines the current location (latitude, longitude,

time and date), and also the distance and bearing to another

location. Or, turns the GPS functionality on or off for all location.

Message – Enters the current message list.

Monitor (Conventional Only) – Monitors a selected channel

for all radio traffic until function is disabled.

Multiple Private Line (Conventional Only) – Selects the

Mulitple Private Line lists.

Nuisance Delete – Temporarily removes an unwanted channel,

except for priority channels or the designated transmit channel,

from the scan list.

One Touch 1 – 4 – Launches a specific feature with one single

button-press. You can setup as much as four separately

programmed buttons for four different features.

Phone – Allows you to make and receive calls similar to

standard phone calls.

Private Call (Trunking Only) – Allows a call from an individual

radio to another individual radio.

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English

Radio Profiles – Allows for easy access to a set of

preprogrammed visual and audio settings of the radio.

Recent Calls – Allows for easy access to the list of calls

recently received or made.

Rekey Request – Notifies the dispatcher that you want a new

encryption keys.

Repeater Access Button (RAB) (Conventional Only) –

Allows to manually send a repeater access codeword.

Reprogram Request (Trunking Only) – Notifies the dispatcher

that you want a new dynamic regrouping assignment.

Request-To-Talk (Conventional Only) – Notifies the

dispatcher that you want to send a voice call.

Scan – Toggles scan on or off.

Select – Selects the assigned list for editing.

Selective Call (Conventional Only) – Calls an assigned radio.

Site Display (Trunking Only) – Displays the current site ID and

RSSI value.

Site Lock/Unlock – Locks onto a specific site.

Site Search (Trunking Only) – Performs site search for AMSS

(Automatic Multiple Site Select) or SmartZone operation.

Status – Sends data calls to the dispatcher about a predefined

status.

Talkaround/Direct (Conventional Only) – Toggles between

using a repeater and communicating directly with another radio.

Talkgroup (Conventional Only) – Allows a call from an

individual radio to a group of radios.

Text Messaging Service (TMS) – Selects the text messaging

menu.

TMS Quick Text – Selects a predefined message.

User – Automatically registers with the server.

Zone Select – Allows selection from a list of zones.

Zone Bank – Allows selection from a larger list of zones.

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions

Flip – Flips the content of the top display.

Keypad Lock – Toggles the keypad lock on or off.

Light – Toggles display backlight on or off.

Voice Announcement – Audibly indicates the current feature

mode, Zone or Channel the user has just assigned.

Voice Mute – Toggles voice mute on or off.

Volume Set Tone – Sets the volume set tone.

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English

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions

You can access various radio functions through one of the

following ways:

•A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons.

•Use the Menu Select Buttons ({, |, and }).

Using the Menu Select Buttons

The Menu Select buttons access the menu entries of features.

Note: Check with your dealer or system administrator for the

list of features activated in your radio.

Your radio may be preprogrammed differently from the following

example, but the steps for selecting a channel may appear as

shown below:

•Press the Menu Select button ( | ) directly below Chan.

Using the Navigation Buttons

Home Button

The H button returns you to the Home (default) screen. In most

cases, this is the current mode.

For selected radio features, the H button is also used to save

user-edited radio settings or information before returning you to

the Home screen.

Note: Some features do not require you to press H to go to

the Home screen. Refer to the individual feature

sections in this manual for further details on saving

user-edited radio settings or information.

Data Feature Button

Use this button to access data-related features, such as the

Text Messaging Service (TMS) feature screen.

4-Way Navigation Button

Use this button to scroll up, down, left or right.

Press and release one of the button to scroll from one entry to

the next one. Press and hold one of the button to have the radio

toggles through the list automatically (release the button to

stop).

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Data Feature

Button

4-Way Navigation Button

Home Button

Zone | Chan | MyId Menu Select

Buttons

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Identifying Radio Controls

English

Using the Keypad

You can use the 3 x 4 alphanumeric keypad to access your radio’s features. The keypad functions in a manner similar to a standard

telephone keypad when entering numeric digits. When the keypad is used to edit a list, each key can generate different characters of

the alphabet. The tables below show the number of times a key needs to be pressed to generate the required character.

Keypad Characters – Uppercase Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718 1920

11.,?!;@_-*#&$/+=\“‘()

2ABC

3DEF

4GH I

5JKL

6MNO

7PQRS

8TUV

9WX Y Z

0 Toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase mode, and lowercase mode.

*Space

#Toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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English

Keypad Characters – Lowercase Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718192021

11.,?!;@_-*#&$/+=\“‘()

2abc

3def

4gh i

5jkl

6mno

7pqr s

8tuv

9wxyz

0 Toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase mode, and lowercase mode.

*Space

#Toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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Identifying Radio Controls

English

Keypad Characters – Numeric Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718 1920

11.,?!;@_-*#&$/+=\“‘()

*Space

#Toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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English

Keypad Characters – Hexadecimal Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718192021

22ABC

33DEF

*Not applicable

#Not applicable

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Identifying Status Indicators

English

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side

of the radio serves two basic

purposes:

•While a call is in progress,

the PTT button allows the

radio to transmit to other

radios in the call.

Press and hold down PTT

button to talk. Release the

PTT button to listen.

The microphone is

activated when the PTT

button is pressed.

•While a call is not in

progress, the PTT button

is used to make a new

call. See Making a Radio

Call on page 35 for more

information.

Identifying Status Indicators

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 18

Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 21

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 21

TMS Menu Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 22

Call Type Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 23

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 24

Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 25

Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 26

Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 29

PTT

Button

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Status Icons

The 240 x 320 pixel front liquid crystal display (LCD) of your

radio shows radio status, text entries, and menu entries. The

top two display rows contain color icons that indicate radio

operating conditions.

Selected icons are also shown on the first row of the 112 x 32

pixel top monochrome display screen of your radio.

The following icons are for the front display screen unless

indicated otherwise.

Receiving

Radio is receiving a call or data.

Transmitting

Radio is transmitting a call or data.

Call Received

Radio has received an Individual Call.

Battery

The number of bars (0 – 4) shown indicates the

charge remaining in the battery. Blinks when the

battery is low.

Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)

The number of bars displayed represents the

received signal strength for the current site, for

trunking only. The more stripes in the icon, the

stronger the signal.

Direct

•On = Radio is currently configured for direct

radio-to-radio communication (during

conventional operation only).

•Off = Radio is connected with other radios

through a repeater.

Top Display

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Monitor (Carrier Squelch)

Selected channel is being monitored (during

conventional operation only).

In-Call User Alert

•On = The feature is enabled. Voice muting of

the affiliated trunking talkgroup or

selected conventional channel is

activated.

•Off = The feature is disabled. Voice muting of

the affiliated trunking talkgroup or

selected conventional channel is

deactivated.

Power Level

•L = Radio is set at Low power.

•H = Radio is set at High power.

Top Display

H or L

H or .

Scan

Radio is scanning a scan list.

Priority Channel Scan

•Blinking dot = Radio detects activity on

channel designated as

Priority-One.

•Steady dot = Radio detects activity on channel

designated as Priority-Two.

View/Program Mode

Radio is in the view or program mode.

•On steady = View mode

•Blinking = Program mode

Vote Scan Enabled

The vote scan feature is enabled.

Top Display

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English

Zone Bank 1

•A = Radio is in Zone 1.

•B = Radio is in Zone 2.

•C = Radio is in Zone 3.

Zone Bank 2

•D = Radio is in Zone 4.

•E = Radio is in Zone 5.

•F = Radio is in Zone 6.

Secure Operation

•On = Secure operation.

•Off = Clear operation.

•Blinking = Receiving an encrypted voice call.

Top Display

A or B

or C

Top Display

D or E

or F

Top Display

AES Secure Operation

•On = AES Secure operation.

•Off = Clear operation.

•Blinking = Receiving an encrypted voice call.

Location Signal

•On = Location feature is enabled, and location

signal is available.

•Off = Location feature is disabled.

•Blinking = Location feature is enabled, but no

location signal is available.

User Login Indicator (IP Packet Data)

•On = User is currently associated with the

radio.

•Off = User is currently not associated with the

radio.

•Blinking = Device registration or user

registration with the server failed

due to an invalid username or pin.

Data Activity

Data activity is present.

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons

This feature allows you to send and receive text messages. See

Text Messaging Service (TMS) on page 63 for more

information.

Status Icons

The following icons appear on the radio’s display when you

send and receive text messages.

Inbox Full

The Inbox is full.

Message Sent

The text message is sent successfully.

Message Unsent

The text message cannot be sent.

Unread Message

•User receives a new message.

•The selected text message in the Inbox has not

been read.

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Read Message

The selected text message in the Inbox has been

read.

Normal Message

User is composing a message with normal priority

and without a request for a reply.

3/6 Message Index

Indicates the index of the current message the

user is viewing.

Example: If the user is looking at the third

message out of a total of 6 messages in the Inbox

folder, the icon is displayed as the icon on the left

column.

Priority Status

•The “Priority” feature is toggled on before the

message is sent.

•Messages in the Inbox folder are flagged with

“Priority”.

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English

Request Reply

•The “Request Reply” feature is toggled on

before the message is sent.

•Messages in the Inbox folder are flagged with

“Request Reply”.

Priority Status and Request Reply

•User is composing a message with a priority

status and a request for a reply.

•Messages in the Inbox folder are flagged with

“Priority” and “Request Reply”.

Numeric

Indicates that the text entry is currently in numeric

mode.

Start Case

Indicates that the first character of the text entry is

capitalized.

Mixed Case

Indicates that the text entry is currently in normal

text mode.

Uppercase

Indicates that the text entry is currently in

uppercase mode.

Lowercase

Indicates that the text entry is currently in

lowercase mode.

Hexadecimal

Indicates that the text entry is currently in

hexadecimal mode.

Identifying Status Indicators

English

TMS Menu Options Call Type Icons

The following icons appear on the radio’s main display, when

you make or receive a call, or view selected call lists, to indicate

the different call types associated with an alias or ID.

Menu Option Description/Function

Back Brings you back to the previous screen.

Clr Deletes all messages.

Del Deletes a message or text.

Edit Brings you to the edit screen.

Exit Exits to the Home screen.

No Returns to the previous screen.

Optn Brings you to the Options main screen.

Rply Replies to a message.

Sel Selects the highlighted command.

Send Sends the message.

Yes Updates or saves a command.

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Radio number.

Radio number added to a Call List.

Mobile number.

Mobile number added to a Call List.

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English

LED Indicator

The LED indicator shows the operational status of your radio.

Solid red – Radio is transmitting.

Blinking red – Radio is transmitting at low battery condition.

Landline phone number.

Landline phone number added to a Call List.

Incoming call or data.

Outgoing call or data.

LED Indicator

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Rapidly blinking red – Radio has failed the self test upon

powering up or encountered a fatal error.

Solid yellow – Channel is busy.

Blinking yellow – Radio is receiving a secured transmission.

Solid green – Radio is powering up, or is on a non-priority

channel while in the Scan List Programming mode.

Blinking green – Radio is receiving an individual or telephone

call, or is on a Priority-Two channel while in the Scan List

Programming mode.

Rapidly blinking green – Radio is on a Priority-One channel

while in the Scan List Programming mode.

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Intelligent Lighting Indicators

This feature temporary changes the backlight of the top display screen and the keypad, and adds a color bar to the main display

screen to help signal that a radio event has occurred.

Note: This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

Backlight and Bar Color Notification When

Orange Emergency Alerts The radio initiates an emergency alarm or call.

The radio receives an emergency alarm or call.

Red Critical Alerts

The radio battery is low.

The radio is out of range.

The radio enters failsoft mode.

The radio is unable to establish a full connection with the system.

Green Call Alerts

The radio receives a private call.

The radio receives a phone call.

The radio receives a call alert.

The radio receives a selective call.

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English

Alert Tones

An alert tone is a sound or group of sounds. Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio’s conditions. The following table

lists these tones and when they occur.

You Hear Tone Name Heard

Short,

Low-Pitched

Tone

Radio Self Test Fail When radio fails its power-up self test.

Reject When unauthorized request is made.

Time-Out Timer Warning Four seconds before time out.

No ACK Received When radio fails to receive an acknowledgment.

Individual Call

Warning Tone When radio is in an individual call for greater than 6 seconds without any activity.

Long,

Low-Pitched

Tone

Time-Out Timer

Timed Out After time out.

Talk Prohibit/PTT Inhibit (When PTT button is pressed) transmissions are not allowed.

Out of Range (When PTT button is pressed) the radio is out of range of the system.

Invalid Mode When radio is on an unpreprogrammed channel.

A Group of

Low-Pitched

Tones Busy When system is busy.

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English

Short,

Medium-Pitched

Tone

Valid Key-Press When correct key is pressed.

Radio Self Test Pass When radio passes its power-up self test.

Clear Voice At beginning of a non-coded communication.

Priority Channel

Received When activity on a priority channel is received.

Emergency Alarm Entry When entering the emergency state.

Central Echo When central controller has received a request from a radio.

Long,

Medium-Pitched

Tone

Volume Set When volume is changed on a quiet channel.

Emergency Exit When exiting the emergency state.

A Group of

Medium-Pitched

Tones

Failsoft When the trunking system fails.

Automatic Call Back When voice channel is available from previous request.

Talk Permit (When PTT button is pressed) verifying system accepting transmissions.

Keyfail When encryption key has been lost.

Console Acknowledge When status, emergency alarm, or reprogram request ACK is received.

Received Individual Call When Call Alert or Private Call is received.

Call Alert Sent When Call Alert is received by the target radio.

Site Trunking When a SmartZone trunking system fails.

You Hear Tone Name Heard

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Short,

High-Pitched

Tone (Chirp) Low-Battery Chirp When battery is below preset threshold value.

Ringing

Fast Ringing When system is searching for target of Private Call.

Enhanced Call Sent When waiting for target of Private Call to answer the call.

Phone Call Received When a land-to-mobile phone call is received.

Gurgle Dynamic Regrouping (When the PTT button is pressed) a dynamic ID has been received.

Unique,

Low-Pitched

Chirp New Message When a new message is received.

Unique,

High-Pitched

Chirp Priority Status When a priority message is received.

You Hear Tone Name Heard

Identifying Status Indicators

English

Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts

The following appears on the radio’s display when you make and receive Phone calls. The radio also uses alert tones to indicate the

current status.

You Hear You See When Notes

A Long

Tone

No phone You press the PTT button and the

phone system is not available. Press H to hang up. The radio returns to the Home screen.

Phone busy The phone system is busy. Press H to exit the phone mode and try your call later.

A Busy

Tone Phone busy When a channel is not available. The radio automatically connects when a channel opens.

–No

acknowledge The call is not acknowledged. Press H to hang up. The radio returns to the Home screen.

A High-

Pitched

Tone –When you release the PTT button. The radio indicates to the landline party that he or she may begin

talking.

Note: You have the option of sending additional digits (overdial), such as an extension number, or credit card or PIN numbers, to the

phone system. If the radio is preprogrammed for live overdial, every digit entered after the call is connected is sent to the

phone system.

If the radio is preprogrammed for buffered overdial, the digits pressed are entered into memory and then sent when the PTT

button is pressed. Press the PTT button to send either digits or voice, but not both at the same time.

General Radio Operation

English

General Radio Operation

Once you understand how your APX 7000 Portable is

configured, you are ready to use your radio.

Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic

Call features:

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30

Selecting a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 31

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call. . . . . . . . . page 32

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35

Repeater or Direct Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38

Monitoring Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 38

Selecting a Zone

A zone is a group of channels.

Use the following procedure to select a zone.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

Procedure:

Move the preprogrammed Zone (3-Position A/B/C) switch to

the position of the required zone and proceed to Step 3.

3-Position

A/B/C Switch

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Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Zone.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Zone.

3U or D to the required zone.

Use the keypad to enter the zone number.

4If the zone number entered is unprogrammed, the display

shows Invalid entry. Repeat Step 3.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to confirm

the displayed zone.

5Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone

channel.

Selecting a Radio Channel

A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit/

receive frequency pairs.

Use the following procedure to select a channel.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature. If you select a channel that is not within the

preprogrammed band, the radio indicates that it is on

an unsupported frequency with both audio and visual

warnings.

Consult a qualified radio technician for the right choice

between the following methods.

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Procedure:

Turn the preprogrammed 16-Position Select knob to the

desired channel.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Chan.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Chan.

3U or D to the required channel.

Use the keypad to enter the channel number.

4If the channel number entered is unprogrammed, the display

shows Invalid entry. Repeat Step 3.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to confirm

the selected channel.

5Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone

channel.

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

Once you have selected the required channel and/or zone, you

can proceed to receive and respond to calls.

The LED lights up solid red while the radio is transmitting, and

solid yellow when the radio is receiving a transmission

(conventional mode only). There is no LED indication when the

radio receives a transmission in trunking mode.

If the radio is receiving a secure transmission, the LED blinks

yellow.

LED Indicator

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Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup Call

To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be

configured as part of that talkgroup.

Procedure:

When you receive a talkgroup call (while on the Home screen),

depending on how your radio is preprogrammed:

1ASTRO Conventional Only:

The LED lights up solid yellow. The display shows the

talkgroup alias or ID, and the caller alias or ID.

Trunking Only:

The display shows the caller alias or ID.

2Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

3Press the PTT button to respond to the call. The LED lights

up solid red.

4Release the PTT button to listen.

See Making a Talkgroup Call on page 35 for details on making

a Talkgroup Call.

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call

(Trunking Only)

A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another

individual radio.

These one-to-one calls between two radios are not heard by

others in the current talkgroup. The calling radio automatically

verifies that the receiving radio is active on the system and can

display the caller ID.

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Procedure:

When you receive a Private Call:

1You hear two alert tones and the LED blinks green. The

display shows Call received and the call received icon

blinks.

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2Press the Menu Select button directly below Resp.

Press the Call Response button within 20 seconds after the

call indicators begin.

3During the call, the display shows the caller alias (name), if it

is in the call list.

During the call, the display shows the caller ID (number), if

the caller’s name is not in the call list.

4Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the PTT

button to listen.

5Press H or the Call Response button to hang up and

return to the Home screen.

See Making a Private Call (Trunking Only) on page 35 for

details on making a Private Call.

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call

(Trunking Only)

This feature allows you to receive calls similar to standard

phone calls from a landline phone.

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Procedure:

Use the preprogrammed Call Response button to answer a

Telephone Call:

1You hear a telephone-type ringing and the LED blinks green.

The backlight of the screen and the bar turns green. The

display shows Phone Call and the call received icon blinks.

2Press the Call Response button within 20 seconds after the

call indicators begin.

3Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the PTT

button to listen.

4Press H or the Call Response button to hang up and

return to the Home screen.

See Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only) on page 37 for

details on making a Telephone Call.

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Making a Radio Call

You can select a zone, channel, subscriber ID, or talkgroup by

using:

•The preprogrammed Zone switch

•The Channel Selector Knob

•A preprogrammed One Touch Call button

•The Contacts list (see Viewing Details of a Contact on

page 50)

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Making a Talkgroup Call

To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be

configured as part of that talkgroup.

Procedure:

1Turn the Channel Selector Knob to select the channel with

the desired talkgroup.

2Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

3Press the PTT button to make the call.

4ASTRO Conventional Only:

The LED lights up solid red. The display shows the

talkgroup alias or ID.

Trunking Only:

The LED lights up solid red.

5Speak clearly into the microphone.

6Release the PTT button to listen.

Making a Private Call (Trunking Only)

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Quick Access (One-Touch) Private

Call button to dial the preprogrammed ID (number) and proceed

to Step 5.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Call.

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2Press the Menu Select button directly below Call. The

display shows the last transmitted or received ID.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts to scroll

through and select the required ID.

Press the Menu Select button directly below LNum to go to

the last number dialed.

U or D to the required ID.

Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

4Press the PTT button to start the Private Call.

5The display shows Calling... <Number>.

6Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

7When you are connected, the display shows the ID of the

target radio. Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release

the PTT button to listen.

If no acknowledgment is received, the display shows No

acknowledge.

8Press H to return to the Home screen.

Making an Enhanced Private Call (Trunking Only)

This feature allows you to send an individual Call Alert page if

there is no answer from the target radio. See Sending a Call

Alert Page on page 55 for more information.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Quick Access (One-Touch)

Enhanced Private Call button to dial the preprogrammed ID

and proceed to Step 5.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Call.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Call. The

display shows the last transmitted or received ID.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts to scroll

through and select the required ID.

Press the Menu Select button directly below LNum to go to

the last number dialed.

U or D to the required ID.

Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

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4Press the PTT button to start the Private Call.

5The display shows Calling... <Number>.

6Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

7When you are connected, the display shows the ID of the

target radio. Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release

the PTT button to listen.

If no acknowledgment is received, the display shows No

acknowledge.

If the target radio does not respond before the time out, the

display shows No answer.

8Press H to return to the Home screen.

Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only)

This feature allows you to make calls similar to standard phone

calls to a mobile or landline phone.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Quick Access (One-Touch) Phone

Call button to dial the preprogrammed phone number and

proceed to Step 5.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Phon.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Phon. The

display shows the last transmitted phone number.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts to scroll

through and select the required ID.

Press the Menu Select button directly below LNum to go to

the last number dialed.

U or D to the required phone number.

Use the keypad to enter the required phone number.

4Press and release the PTT button to dial the phone number.

5Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

6When your call is answered, press the PTT button to talk.

Release the PTT button to listen.

7Press H to return to the Home screen.

See Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts on page 29 for

more information if your call is NOT answered.

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Repeater or Direct Operation

The REPEATER operation increases the radio’s range by

connecting with other radios through a repeater. The transmit

and receive frequencies are different.

The DIRECT or “talkaround operation” allows you to bypass the

repeater and connect directly to another radio. The transmit and

receive frequencies are the same.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Repeater/Direct switch to toggle

between talkaround and repeater modes.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Dir.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Dir.

3The display shows Repeater mode if the radio is currently

in Repeater mode.

The display shows Direct mode and the Talkaround icon if

the radio is currently in Direct mode (during conventional

operation only).

Monitoring Features

Radio users who switch from analog to digital radios often

assume that the lack of static on a digital channel is an

indication that the radio is not working properly. This is not the

case.

Digital technology quiets the transmission by removing the

“noise” from the signal and allowing only the clear voice or data

information to be heard.

Use the Monitor feature to make sure a channel is clear before

transmitting.

Monitoring a Channel

Procedure:

Use the preprogrammed Volume Set Button button.

1Select the desired zone and channel.

2Press and hold the Volume Set button to hear the volume

set tone.

3Adjust the Volume Control knob if necessary.

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4Release the Volume Set button.

5Press and hold the PTT button to transmit. The LED lights

up solid red.

6Release the PTT button to receive (listen).

Press the preprogrammed Monitor button and proceed to

Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1Select the desired zone and channel.

2Listen for a transmission.

3Adjust the Volume Control knob if necessary.

4Press and hold the PTT button to transmit. The LED lights

up solid red.

5Release the PTT button to receive (listen).

The Carrier Squelch indicator appears on the display when you

monitor a channel via the preprogrammed Monitor button.

Conventional Mode Operation

Your radio may be preprogrammed to receive Private-Line®

(PL) calls.

Procedure:

1Momentarily press the Monitor button to listen for activity.

The Carrier Squelch indicator appears on the display.

2Press and hold the Monitor button to set continuous

monitor operation. The duration of the button press is

programmable.

3Press the Monitor button again, or the PTT button, to return

to the original squelch setting.

If you try to transmit on a receive-only channel, you hear an

invalid tone until you release the PTT button.

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Advanced Features

Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced

features available with your radio:

Advanced Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 44

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 51

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 53

Call Alert Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 55

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 57

Automatic Registration Service (ARS) . . . . . . . . . . . . page 60

Text Messaging Service (TMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 63

Secure Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 74

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 78

The Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . page 80

Trunking System Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 88

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 90

Advanced Call Features

Receiving and Making a Selective Call (ASTRO

Conventional Only)

This feature allows you to receive a call from or to call a specific

individual. It is intended to provide privacy and to eliminate the

annoyance of having to listen to conversations that are of no

interest to you.

Receiving a Selective Call

Procedure:

1When you receive a Selective Call, you hear two alert tones

and the LED lights up solid yellow. The call received icons

blinks and the display shows Call received.

2The speaker unmutes.

3Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

4Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the PTT

button to listen.

5Press H to return to the Home screen.

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Making a Selective Call

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Quick Access (One-Touch)

Selective Call button to dial the preprogrammed ID and

proceed to Step 4.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Call.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Call. The

display shows the last transmitted or received ID.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts to scroll

through and select the required ID.

Press the Menu Select button directly below LNum to go to

the last number dialed.

U or D to the required ID.

Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

4Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

5Press and hold the PTT button to start the Selective Call.

The display shows the ID of the target radio.

6Release the PTT button to listen.

7Press H to return to the Home screen.

Using the Talkgroup Call Feature (Conventional

Operation Only)

This feature allows you to define a group of conventional

system users so that they can share the use of a conventional

channel.

Note: Encryption keys are associated to talkgroups. When

talkgroups are associated, encryption keys are

changed by changing the active talkgroup. See Secure

Operations on page 74 for more information.

Selecting a Talkgroup

Procedure:

1< or > to Tgrp.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Tgrp. The

display shows the last talkgroup that was selected and

stored, Sel and Exit.

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3U or D to Preset for the preset preprogrammed talkgroup.

U or D to the required talkgroup.

Use the keypad to enter the number of the corresponding

talkgroup in the list.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to save the

currently selected talkgroup and return to the Home screen.

5If the encryption key associated to the new talkgroup is

erased, a momentary key fail tone sounds and the display

shows Key fail.

If the encryption key that is associated to the new talkgroup

is not allowed, a momentary key fail tone sounds and the

display shows Illegal key.

6Press H or the PTT button to exit.

Turn the 16-Position Select knob to exit.

Sending a Status Call

This feature allows you to send data calls to the dispatcher

about a predefined status.

Each status can have up to a 14-character name. A maximum

of eight status conditions is possible.

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Status button and proceed to

Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Sts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Sts.

3The display shows the last acknowledged status call, or the

first status in the list.

4U or D to the required status.

Use the keypad to enter a number corresponding to the

location in the status list.

5Press the PTT button to send the status.

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6When the dispatcher acknowledges, four tones sound and

the display shows Ack received. The radio returns to

normal dispatch operation.

If no acknowledgment is received, a low-pitched tone

sounds and the display shows No acknowledge.

7Press H to return to the Home screen.

No traffic is heard on trunked channels while Status Calls is

selected. If the radio detects no Status Call activity for six

seconds, an alert tone sounds until you press H or the PTT

button.

Using the Dynamic Regrouping Feature (Trunking

Only)

This feature allows the dispatcher to temporarily reassign

selected radios to a single special channel so they can

communicate with each other. This feature is typically used

during special operations and is enabled by a qualified radio

technician.

You will not notice whether your radio has this feature enabled

until a dynamic regrouping command is sent by the dispatcher.

Note: If you try to access a zone or channel that has been

reserved by the dispatcher as a dynamically regrouped

mode for other users, an invalid tone sounds.

Procedure:

1When your radio is dynamically regrouped, it automatically

switches to the dynamically regrouped channel. A “gurgle”

tone sounds and the display shows the dynamically

regrouped channel’s name.

2Press the PTT button to talk. Release PTT button to listen.

When the dispatcher cancels dynamic regrouping, the radio

automatically returns to the zone and channel that you were

using before the radio was dynamically regrouped.

Requesting a Reprogram (Trunking Only)

This feature lets you notify the dispatcher that you want a new

dynamic regrouping assignment.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Reprogram Request button to send

reprogram request to the dispatcher and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Rpgm.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Rpgm to send

reprogram request to the dispatcher.

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3The display shows Reprgrm rqst and Please wait.

4If you hear five beeps, the dispatcher has acknowledged the

reprogram request. The display shows Ack received and

the radio returns to the Home screen.

If the dispatcher does not acknowledge the reprogram

request within six seconds, a low-pitched alert tone sounds

and the display shows No acknowledge.

Try again or press H to cancel and return to the Home

screen.

Classifying Regrouped Radios

The dispatcher can classify regrouped radios into either of two

categories: Select Enabled or Select Disabled.

•Select-enabled radios are free to change to any available

channel, including the dynamic-regrouping channel, once the

user has selected the dynamic-regrouping position.

•Select-disabled radios cannot change channels while

dynamically regrouped. The dispatcher has forced the radio

to remain on the dynamic-regrouping channel.

The Scan or Private Call feature cannot be selected while your

radio is Select Disabled.

Contacts

This feature provides “address-book” capabilities on your radio.

Each entry corresponds to an alias (name) or ID (number) that

you use to initiate a call.

Contacts manages up to 2,500 contact entries, alphabetically

sorted according to entry alias. Each alias can have up to 5 IDs

of different call types associated with it.

Additionally, each entry, depending on context (conventional,

trunking, or phone), associates with one or more of the four

types of calls: Phone Call, Selective Call, Private Call, or Call

Alert.

Each entry within Contacts displays the following information:

•Call Alias (Name)

•Call ID (Number)

•Call Type (Icon)

•WACN ID (Astro 25 Trunking IDs only)

•System ID

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to

add, edit, or delete the contact entries.

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Your radio also supports a maximum of 50 call lists. Each list

can store up to 100 IDs (numbers).

Note: Your radio is preprogrammed with a number of

contacts per Call Lists. Check with your dealer or

system administrator for more information.

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Making a Private Call from Contacts

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

Procedure:

Use the Options Menu.

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the required subscriber alias.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

5U or D to Call and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

6U or D to select the call type.

7Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

8Press the PTT button to initiate the call. During the call, the

display shows the subscriber alias.

9Press and hold the PTT button to talk. The LED lights up

solid red.

Release the PTT button to listen.

10 If there is no voice activity for a preprogrammed period of

time, the call ends.

The call ends when it reaches the maximum ring time.

Use the PTT button.

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the required subscriber alias.

4< or > to scroll through the available IDs for the selected

subscriber alias.

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5Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

6Press the PTT button to initiate the call. During the call, the

display shows the subscriber alias.

7Press and hold the PTT button to talk. The LED lights up

solid red.

Release the PTT button to listen. The LED lights up solid

yellow.

8If there is no voice activity for a preprogrammed period of

time, the call ends.

The call ends when it reaches the maximum ring time.

Adding a New Contact Entry

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to {New Contact} and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

4U or D to Name and press the Menu Select button directly

below Edit.

5The display shows Edit name and a blinking cursor

appears.

Use the keypad to enter the name.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

have entered the name.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return

to the previous screen.

7U or D to {Add Number} and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

8U or D to Number 1 and press the Menu Select button

directly below Edit.

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9The display shows Edit Number 1 and a blinking cursor

appears.

Use the keypad to enter the number.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

10 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

have entered the number.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return

to the previous screen.

11 U or D to Type 1 and press the Menu Select button directly

below Edit.

U or D to the required mode and press the Menu Select

button directly below Ok.

Repeat Steps 8 through 10 to enter or edit the existing

system IDs.

U or D to {Add Number} and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel to add a new number. Repeat Steps 8

through 10.

12 Press the Menu Select button directly below Done once you

have finished.

13 The display shows <Entry> Stored, confirming that the

contact entry has been added.

14 The radio returns to the main Contacts screen.

Deleting a Contact Entry

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to delete and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to Delete and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

5The display shows Delete <Entry> confirm?.

6Select Yes to delete the entry.

The display shows <Entry> deleted and the radio returns

to the main screen for Contacts.

Select No to return to the main screen for Contacts.

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Adding a Contact to a Call List

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to add to a call list and press

the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to Add to CallLst and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

5U or D to the required Call List and press the Menu Select

button directly below Add.

U or D to Cncl to return to the main display for Contacts.

6The display momentarily shows Please wait before

showing <Entry> added to Call List, confirming the

addition of the contact to the list.

7The radio returns to the main display for Contacts.

Removing a Contact from a Call List

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to remove from a call list and

press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to Rm frm CallLst and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

5The display shows Remove <Entry> frm Call List?.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to remove

the entry from the Call List.

Press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to

the main display for Contacts.

7The display momentarily shows Please wait before

showing <Entry> removed from Call List, confirming the

removal of the contact from the list.

8The radio returns to the main display for Contacts.

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Editing a Contact in a Call List

Editing an Entry Alias

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to Edit and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

5U or D to the entry alias you wish to change and press the

Menu Select button directly below Edit.

6A blinking cursor appears.

Use the keypad to edit the name.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

have finished. The display returns to the Edit Contact

screen.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below Done to save

your changes and return to the main screen for Contacts.

Editing as Entry ID

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to Edit and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

5U or D to the entry ID you wish to change and press the

Menu Select button directly below Edit.

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6A blinking cursor appears.

Use the keypad to edit the name.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

have finished. The display returns to the Edit Contact

screen.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below Done to save

your changes and return to the main screen for Contacts.

Editing a Call Type

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to Edit and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

5U or D to Type and press the Menu Select button directly

below Edit.

6U or D to choose from the list of call types given and press

the Menu Select button directly below Ok to select.

7The display returns to the Edit Contact screen.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below Done to save

your changes and return to the main screen for Contacts.

Viewing Details of a Contact

Procedure:

1< or > to Cnts.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3U or D to the entry you want to view and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

4U or D to View and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

5The display shows all the numbers associated with the

entry.

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Scan Lists

Scan lists are created and assigned to individual channels/

groups. Your radio scans for voice activity by cycling through the

channel/group sequence specified in the scan list for the current

channel/group.

Your radio can support up to 125 different scan lists. These lists

must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

Viewing a Scan List

Procedure:

1< or > to ScnL.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below ScnL.

3U or D to view the members on the list.

4Press H to exit the current display and return to the Home

screen.

Editing the Scan List

This feature lets you change scan list members and priorities.

Note: The maximum number of members for a trunking

priority monitor scan list is 50; for a conventional scan

list, 30; and for a talkgroup scan list, 250.

Procedure:

Long press the preprogrammed Scan List Programming

button (side button) and proceed to Step 3.

Move the preprogrammed Scan List Programming switch to

programming position and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to ScnL.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below ScnL. The

display shows the lists that can be changed.

3U or D to the entry you want to edit.

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4Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to add and/

or change the priority of the currently displayed channel in

the scan list.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

the currently displayed channel from the scan list.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Rcl to view the

next member of the scan list.

5U or D to select more channels to be added or deleted.

Use the keypad to go directly to additional channels to be

added or deleted.

Use the 16-Position Select knob to select additional

channels to be added or deleted.

6Move the Scan List Programming switch out of

programming position.

Press H to exit scan list programming and return to the

Home screen.

See Viewing and Changing the Priority Status on page 53 for

more information on how to add and/or change the priority of

the currently displayed channel in the scan list.

Changing the Scan List Status

Procedure:

1Long press the preprogrammed Scan List Programming

button (side button).

Move the preprogrammed Scan List Programming switch

to programming position.

2The display shows the programming mode icon and the first

list member.

3U or D to the number you want to edit.

4Press the Select button once to add the currently displayed

channel to the scan list.

Press the Select button one or more times to change the

scan list status icon of the currently displayed channel.

5U or D to select more list members whose scan status you

want to change.

Use the keypad to go directly to that scan list member.

Use the 16-Position Select knob to select another scan list

member.

6Move the Scan List Programming switch out of

programming position.

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Viewing and Changing the Priority Status

Procedure:

1Below the Sel, Del, and Rcl screen, press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to view and/or change the priority

status of the currently displayed channel.

Below the Sel, Del, and Rcl screen, press the Select button

one or more times to view and/or change the scan list status

icon of the currently displayed channel.

2A Scan icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan

list as a non-priority channel. The LED lights up solid green.

A Priority-Two Channel Scan icon indicates that the current

channel is in the scan list as the Priority-Two channel. The

LED blinks green.

A Priority-One Channel Scan icon indicates that the current

channel is in the scan list as the Priority-One channel. The

LED rapidly blinks green. You hear all traffic on the Priority-

One channel, regardless of traffic on non-priority channels.

No icon indicates that the current channel is deleted from

the scan list.

Scan

This feature allows you to monitor traffic on different channels

by scanning a preprogrammed list of channels.

Turning Scan On or Off

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Scan button, or turn the

preprogrammed Scan switch to the Scan on or Scan off

position, to start or stop scan.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Scan.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Scan.

3The display shows Scan off if scan is disabled. Press the

Menu Select button directly below Scan to enable scan.

The display shows Scan on and the scan status icon if scan

is enabled. Press the Menu Select button directly below

Scan to disable scan.

4The radio returns to the Home screen.

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Making a Dynamic Priority Change (Conventional

Scan Only)

While the radio is scanning, the dynamic priority change feature

allows you to temporarily change any channel in a scan list

(except for the Priority-One channel) to the Priority-Two

channel.

This change remains in effect until scan is turned off. Scan then

reverts to the preprogrammed (original) setting.

Procedure:

1When the radio locks onto the channel designated as the

new Priority-Two channel, press the preprogrammed

Dynamic Priority button.

2The radio continues scanning the remaining channels in the

list.

Deleting a Nuisance Channel

If a channel continually generates unwanted calls or noise

(termed a “nuisance” channel), you can temporarily remove the

unwanted channel from the scan list.

This capability does not apply to priority channels or the

designated transmit channel.

Note: Deleting a “nuisance” channel is only possible through

the preprogrammed Nuisance Channel Delete

button. This feature is not accessible through the

menu.

Procedure:

1When the radio is locked onto the channel to be deleted,

press the preprogrammed Nuisance Delete button.

2The radio continues scanning the remaining channels in the

list.

Restoring a Nuisance Channel

Procedure:

To restore the deleted nuisance channel, do one of the

following:

•Turn the radio off and then turning it on again.

•Stop and restart a scan via the preprogrammed Scan button

or menu.

•Change the channel via the 16-Position Select knob.

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Call Alert Paging

This feature allows your radio to work like a pager.

Even if other users are away from their radios, or if they are

unable to hear their radios, you can send them an individual

Call Alert page. You can also verify if a radio is active on the

system.

Depending on how your radio is programmed, when you make

an Enhanced Private Call, the radio either automatically sends

a call alert page if there is no answer after the maximum ring

time, OR when you press the PTT button.

Note: This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified

radio technician.

Receiving a Call Alert Page

Procedure:

1When you receive a Call Alert page, you hear four repeating

alert tones and the LED blinks green.

2The call received icons blinks and the display shows Page

received.

Press any button to clear the Call Alert page. See Making a

Talkgroup Call on page 35 or Making a Private Call

(Trunking Only) on page 35 for more information on returning

the call.

Sending a Call Alert Page

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Quick Access (One-Touch) Call

Alert Paging button to send a page to the preprogrammed ID

and proceed to Step 5.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Page.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Page.

3Press Cnts to scroll through and select the required ID.

U or D to the required ID.

Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

4Press the PTT button to send the page.

5The display shows Paging... <Number>.

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6If the call alert page is sent successfully, a tone sounds and

the display shows Ack received.

If the call alert page is not acknowledged, a low tone sounds

and the display shows No acknowledge.

7The radio returns to the Home screen.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to return to

the main screen for Contacts.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Call.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Call.

3U or D to select the alias or ID, and press the PTT button to

initiate the call.

4If the target radio does not respond after a preprogrammed

period of time, the display shows Send page?.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to send

the call alert page.

Press the Menu Select button directly below No to exit the

screen without sending the call alert page.

6The display shows Paging... <Alias>.

7If the call alert page is sent successfully, a tone sounds and

the display shows Ack received.

If the call alert page is not acknowledged, a low tone sounds

and the display shows No acknowledge.

8The radio returns to the Home screen.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to return to

the main screen for Contacts.

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Emergency Operation

The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation.

If the Top (Orange) button is preprogrammed to send an

emergency signal, this signal overrides any other

communication over the selected channel.

Your radio supports the following Emergency modes:

•Emergency Alarm

•Emergency Call (Trunking Only)

•Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call

•Silent Emergency Alarm

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more

information on the programming of this feature.

Only one of the Emergency modes above can be assigned to

the preprogrammed Emergency button.

Note: To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the

preprogrammed Emergency button for about a

second.

Sending an Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which

identifies the radio sending the emergency, to the dispatcher.

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

2The display shows Emergency and the current zone or

channel. A short, medium-pitched tone sounds and the

LED rapidly blinks red.

The display shows No emergency, if the selected channel

does not support emergency.

3When you receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, the

display shows Ack received. Four tones sound, the alarm

ends, and the radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.

If no acknowledgement is received, the display shows

No acknowledge. The alarm ends and the radio exits the

Emergency Alarm mode.

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Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)

This feature gives your radio priority access on a channel.

Note: The radio operates in the normal dispatch manner

while in Emergency Call, except, if enabled, it returns

to one of the following:

•Tactical/Non-Revert – You talk on the channel you

selected before you entered the emergency state.

•Non-Tactical/Revert – You talk on a preprogrammed

emergency channel. The emergency alarm is sent

on this same channel.

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

2The display shows Emergency and the current zone or

channel. A short, medium-pitched tone sounds and the

LED rapidly blinks red.

The display shows No emergency, if the selected channel

does not support emergency.

3Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

4Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the

microphone.

5Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for

a response from the dispatcher.

6Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for

about a second to exit the Emergency Call mode.

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency

Call

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

2The display shows Emergency and the current zone or

channel. A short, medium-pitched tone sounds and the

LED rapidly blinks red.

The display shows No emergency, if the selected channel

does not support emergency.

3The radio enters the Emergency Call state when:

You receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment. The display

shows Ack received.

You press the PTT button while in the Emergency Alarm

mode.

4Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

5Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the

microphone.

6Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for

a response from the dispatcher.

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7Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for

about a second to exit the Emergency Call mode.

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to another

radio without any audio or visual indicators.

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

2The display shows no changes, the LED does not light up,

and you hear no tones.

3The silent emergency state continues until you:

Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for

about a second to exit the Silent Emergency Alarm mode.

Press and release the PTT button to exit the Silent

Emergency Alarm mode and enter regular dispatch or

Emergency Call mode.

Note: For ALL Emergency signals, when changing channels:

•If the new channel is also preprogrammed for

Emergency, you can change channels while in

Emergency operation. The emergency alarm or call

continues on the new channel.

•If the new channel is NOT preprogrammed for

Emergency, the display shows No emergency, and

you hear an invalid tone until you exit the Emergency

state or change to a channel preprogrammed for

Emergency.

Using the Emergency Keep-Alive Feature

This feature, when enabled, prevents the radio from being

turned off via the On/Off Control knob when the radio is in the

Emergency state.

Note: The radio only exits the Emergency state using one of

the ways mentioned in the previous sections.

See Sending an Emergency Alarm on page 57,

Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only) on

page 58, Sending an Emergency Alarm with

Emergency Call on page 58, or Sending a Silent

Emergency Alarm on page 59.

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Automatic Registration Service (ARS)

This feature provides an automated data application registration

for the radio. When you turn on the radio, the device

automatically registers with the server.

Data applications within the fixed network can determine the

presence of a device on the system and send data to the

device. For example: Text Messaging Service (TMS).

The Automatic Registration Service for the radio consists of

two (2) modes:

•ARS Server Mode (default mode)

•ARS Non-Server Mode

Note: The default ARS mode can be changed by a qualified

radio technician using the radio’s programming

software.

Selecting or Changing the ARS Mode

Procedure:

Turn the preprogrammed 16-Position Select knob, once the

zone you want is displayed, to the desired mode.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Chan.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Chan. The

display shows the User Login Indicator icon, the zone, and a

blinking current channel name.

3U or D to the required channel or mode.

4In ARS Server Mode, the display shows the User Login

Indicator icon, the zone, and ARSsvr.

In ARS Non-Server Mode, the display shows the User Login

Indicator icon, the zone, and Nonsvr.

If the channel or mode selected is unprogrammed, the

display shows Unprogrammed. Repeat Step 3.

5Press H to confirm the displayed zone and channel.

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Accessing the User Login Feature

This feature allows you as the user to be associated with the

radio. With this association, every data application (Example:

Text Messaging Service) takes on a friendly username.

You can still send text messages without logging in as a user.

The user login feature only enables the recipient of your

message to identify you as the sender by assigning a username

to your message.

Note: Valid characters for a username entry are capital

letters (A – Z), small letters (a – z), numbers (0 – 9),

symbols (*, -, #, /), and the space character.

The maximum length for a username is eight (8)

characters. Usernames are not case sensitive in server

mode but are case sensitive in non-server mode.

A predefined username may sometimes be invalid

because the programming software that is used to set

predefined usernames allows you to set usernames

comprising of eight (8) characters or more.

Logging In as a User

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed User Login button and proceed to

Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to User.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below User.

3The display shows the User Login screen.

4U or D to {ID Entry} and press the Menu Select button

directly below Edit.

A blinking cursor appears beside Id:. Use the keypad to

enter a username.

U or D to scroll through the list of predefined usernames.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Logn to select

the predefined username.

Press and hold U or D to scroll through the list of predefined

usernames at a fast scroll rate.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Logn to select

the predefined username.

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5If the selected predefined username has more than eight (8)

characters, or an invalid character in it, the display

momentary shows Invalid ID. Repeat Step 4.

A blinking cursor appears beside PIN:.

Use the keypad to enter your Personal Identification

Number (PIN) number. The maximum PIN length is 4 digits.

The PIN number appears as asterisks.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Logn.

7In ARS Server Mode, the display shows the User Login

Indicator icon, the ID, and In progress, with Cncl.

In ARS Non-Server Mode, the display shows the User Login

Indicator icon, the ID, and Logged in, with Logt and Exit.

In non-ARS enabled mode, the display shows Offline, with

Logt and Exit.

8If the username is invalid, login fails and the user login

failure indicator (IP indicator) icon blinks. The display also

momentary shows Login failed. Repeat Step 4.

If the PIN is invalid, login fails and the user login failure

indicator (IP indicator) icon blinks. The display also

momentary shows Login failed. Repeat Step 6.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to cancel

the login in progress screen and return to the initial user

Wait for the logged in confirmation screen. If the login

process is successful, the display shows the successful user

and Exit.

Logging Out

Once the data application registration is completed, you can log

out.

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Logt.

2The display shows the User Login Indicator icon and Clear

private data?.

3Select Yes to clear all your private data. The display

momentary shows Private data cleared.

Select No to keep your private data.

Note: Private data refers to all messages in the text

messaging inbox, Draft, and Sent folder. The next user

is able to access the Inbox, Draft and Sent messages if

private data is not deleted.

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Text Messaging Service (TMS)

This feature allows you to send and receive text messages. The

maximum length of characters for a text message is 200.

There are three (3) types of text messages:

•A new text message (free form message).

•A predefined message (quick text message).

•An edited quick text message.

The main menu consists of the following options:

•Inbox

•Compose

•Drafts

•Sent

Note: See Status Icons on page 18 for more information on

the TMS icons and TMS Menu Options on page 22 for

more information on each menu option.

Accessing the TMS Features

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back at

any time to return to the previous screen.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS

Feature button to access the TMS feature screen.

Press and hold the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the

TMS Feature button to access the Inbox.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3U or D to scroll through the main menu options.

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Composing and Sending a New Text Message

Note: During the uppercase and lowercase mode, multi-

tapping the keys only scrolls through the letters. For

example, A->B->C, a->b->c.

During the numeric mode, except for 1, pressing the

keypad only enters the numeric digits. Subsequent

presses of the same key inserts the same digit to the

text message (no multi-tap).

Procedure:

1< or > to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3U or D to Compose and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to return to

the Home screen.

4U or D to Text Message and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to compose a new message.

5A blinking cursor appears on the Compose screen.

Use the keypad to type or edit your message.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn once the

message is composed.

7U or D to Send Message and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

8U or D to scroll through the address list and highlight the

required address.

U or D to {Other Recpnt} and press the Menu Select

button below Edit.

A blinking cursor appears on the Enter Address screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

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Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

9Press the Menu Select button below Send or the PTT

button to send the message.

10 The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg.

11 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows

Msg sent.

If the message is not sent, a low tone sounds and the

display shows Send failed.

If the message fails to send, the radio returns you to the main

TMS screen.

Note: You can append a priority status and/or a request reply

to your message. See Using the Priority Status and

Request Reply Features on page 67 for more

information.

You can also select the Save to Drafts option to save

your message in the Drafts folder to send it at a later

time. See Accessing the Drafts Folder on page 71 for

more information.

Sending a Quick Text Message

Quick Text messages are messages that are predefined and

usually consist of messages that are used most frequently.

Each Quick Text message has a maximum length of 50

characters.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Quick Text button and proceed to

Step 4.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3U or D to Compose and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to return to

the Home screen.

4U or D to Quick Text and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel for a predefined message.

5U or D to scroll through the list of messages and press the

Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the required

message.

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6The message appears on the Compose screen, with a

blinking cursor at the end of it.

Use the keypad to edit the message, if required.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

8U or D to Send Message and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

9U or D to scroll through the address list and highlight the

required address.

U or D to {Other Recpnt} and press the Menu Select

button below Edit.

A blinking cursor appears on the Enter Address screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

10 Press the Menu Select button below Send or the PTT

button to send the message.

11 The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg.

12 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows

Msg sent.

If the message is not sent, a low tone sounds and the

display shows Send failed.

If the message fails to send, the radio returns you to the main

TMS screen.

Note: You can append a priority status and/or a request reply

to your message. See Using the Priority Status and

Request Reply Features on page 67 for more

information.

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Using the Priority Status and Request Reply

Features

Before sending your message, you can append a priority status

and/or a request reply to your message.

Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message

Note: The Priority Status icon on a message does not imply

that the message gets higher priority over the other

messages when it is being transmitted. It is just an

indication that can be embedded into a message to let

the receiver know that the message is important.

Procedure:

After the outgoing message is composed (see Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 64 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Mark Important and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to indicate the message as

important.

3The priority status icon appears beside the normal message

icon on the label bar.

Removing a Priority Status from a Text Message

Procedure:

After the outgoing message is composed (see Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 64 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Mark as Normal and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to remove the priority status from

the message.

3The display shows the normal message icon on the label

bar.

Appending a Request Reply to a Text Message

Procedure:

After the outgoing message is composed (see Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 64 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Req Reply and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel to request for a reply.

3The request reply icon appears beside the normal message

icon on the label bar.

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Removing a Request Reply from a Text Message

Procedure:

After the outgoing message is composed (see Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 64 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to No Req Reply and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel to remove the priority status from the

message.

3The display shows the normal message icon on the label

bar.

Appending a Priority Status and a Reply Request to a

Text Message

Procedure:

After the outgoing message is composed (see Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 64 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Mark Important and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to indicate the message as

important.

AND

U or D to Req Reply and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel to request for a reply.

3The priority status and request reply icons appear beside

the normal message icon on the label bar.

Removing a Priority Status and a Reply Request from

a Text Message

Procedure:

After the outgoing message is composed (see Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 64 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Mark as Normal and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to indicate the message as

important.

AND

U or D to No Req Reply and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel to request for a reply.

3The display shows the normal message icon on the label

bar.

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Managing Text Messages

Receiving a Text Message

Note: When you receive a message that is flagged with the

“Request Reply” icon, you must manually respond to

the sender that you have received the message. The

system will not automatically send back a notification

that the radio has received such message.

Procedure:

When you receive a message, press and hold the

preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS Feature

button to access the Inbox and go to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1The new message icon appears and the display

momentarily shows New msg.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the Inbox.

3The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the sender of

the latest received message on top.

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox

The Inbox can hold up to thirty (30) messages.

Note: U or D to read the message if fills more than one

screen.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS

Feature button to access the TMS feature screen, and proceed

to Step 3.

Press and hold the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the

TMS Feature button to access the Inbox and proceed to Step 4.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3U or D to Inbox and press the Menu Select button below

Sel.

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4The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the sender of

the latest received message on top.

5U or D to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu

Select button below Sel to view the message.

While on the view message screen, press the Menu Select

button directly below

Optn

Del

, or

Back

to access the option.

•Select

Optn

to configure the message settings.

•Select

Del

to delete the message.

•Select

Back

to return to the previous screen.

Note: The icon at the top right corner of the screen indicates

the status of the message. See Text Messaging

Service (TMS) Icons on page 21 for more information.

Replying to a Received Text Message

Note: The original date and time stamp, address and

message content is automatically appended to the

reply message.

Procedure:

1U or D to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu

Select button below Sel to view the message.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Rply to reply to

a message.

3U or D to Text Message and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

U or D to Quick Text and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel for a predefined message.

U or D to scroll through the list of messages and press the

Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the required

message.

4A blinking cursor appears on the Compose screen.

The predefined message appears on the Compose screen,

with a blinking cursor at the end of it.

5Use the keypad to type or edit your message.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn once you

have finished writing the message.

7U or D to Send Message and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel to send the message.

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8The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back

at any time to

return to the previous screen.

Note: You can append a priority status and/or a request reply

to your message. See Using the Priority Status and

Request Reply Features on page 67 for more

information.

Accessing the Drafts Folder

This folder stores the messages that were saved previously.

The Drafts folder can hold up to 10 messages. The oldest draft

in the folder is deleted when the 11th message comes in.

Procedure:

1< or > to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3U or D to Drafts and press the Menu Select button below

Sel.

4The display shows a list of drafts, with the latest text

message drafted on top.

5U or D to the required text message press the Menu Select

button below Sel to view the message.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

Edit

Del.

, or

Back

to access the option.

•Select

Edit

to edit the message before sending it.

•Select

Del

to delete the message.

•Select

Back

to return to the previous screen.

Managing Sent Text Messages

Once a message is sent to another radio, it is saved in the Sent

folder. The most recent sent text message is always added to

the top of the Sent list.

The Sent folder is capable of storing a maximum of ten (10) last

sent messages. When the folder is full, the oldest message in

the folder is deleted when the 11th message comes in.

Viewing a Sent Text Message

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS

Feature button to access the TMS feature screen, and proceed

Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to TMS.

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2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3U or D to Sent and press the Menu Select button below

Sel.

4The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the recipient

of latest sent message on top.

5U or D to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu

Select button below Sel to view the message.

While on the view message screen, press the Menu Select

button directly below

Optn

Del

, or

Back

to access the option.

•Select

Optn

to configure the message settings.

•Select

Del

to delete the message.

•Select

Back

to return to the previous screen.

Note: The icon at the top right corner of the screen indicates

the status of the message. See Text Messaging

Service (TMS) Icons on page 21 for more information.

Sending a Sent Text Message

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn while

viewing the message.

2U or D to Send Message and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

3U or D to scroll through the address list and highlight the

required address.

U or D to {Other Recpnt} and press the Menu Select

button below Edit.

A blinking cursor appears on the Enter Address screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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4Press the Menu Select button below Send or the PTT

button to send the message.

5The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back

at any time to

return to the previous screen.

Note: You can append a priority status and/or a request reply

to your message. See Using the Priority Status and

Request Reply Features on page 67 for more

information.

Deleting a Text Message

Procedure:

From the Inbox, Draft, or Sent screen:

1U or D to scroll through the messages.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

the current message.

3The display shows Delete Message Confirm?.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete

the message.

Press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to

the main TMS screen.

Deleting All Text Messages

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS

Feature button to access the TMS feature screen, and proceed

Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

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3U or D to Inbox and press the Menu Select button below

Sel to select all messages in the folder.

U or D to Drafts and press the Menu Select button below

Sel to select all messages in the folder.

U or D to Sent and press the Menu Select button below

Sel to select all messages in the folder.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Clr.

5The display shows Delete All Messages Confirm?.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete

all the messages in the selected folder.

Press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to

the main TMS screen.

Secure Operations

Secure radio operation provides the highest commercially

available level of voice security on both trunked and

conventional channels.

Unlike other forms of security, Motorola digital encryption

provides signaling that makes it virtually impossible for others to

decode any part of an encrypted message.

Selecting Secure Transmissions

Procedure:

Turn the preprogrammed Secure/Clear switch to the secure

position.

Note: If the selected channel is preprogrammed for clear-only

operation – when you press the PTT button, an invalid

mode tone sounds and the display shows Clear TX

only.

The radio will not transmit until you set the Secure/

Clear switch to the clear position.

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Selecting Clear Transmissions

Procedure:

Turn the preprogrammed Secure/Clear switch to the clear

position.

Note: If the selected channel is preprogrammed for secure-

only operation – when you press the PTT button, an

invalid mode tone sounds and the display shows

Secure TX only.

The radio will not transmit until you set the Secure/

Clear switch to the secure position.

Managing Encryption

Loading an Encryption Key

Note: Refer to the key-variable loader (KVL) manual for

equipment connections and setup.

Procedure:

1Attach the KVL to your radio.

2The display shows Keyloading, and all other radio

functions, except for power down, backlight, and volume,

are locked out.

3Select the required keys and press the Menu Select button

directly below LOAD on the KVL. This loads the encryption

keys into your radio.

4When the key has been loaded successfully, the radio

sounds a short tone for single-key radios.

When the key has been loaded successfully, the radio

sounds an alternating tone for multikey radios.

Using the Multikey Feature

This feature allows the radio to be equipped with as many as 48

different encryption keys and supports the DES-OFB algorithm.

There are two types:

•Conventional Multikey – The encryption keys can be tied

(strapped), on a one-per-channel basis, through Customer

Programming Software. In addition, you can have operator-

selectable keys, operator-selectable keysets, and operator-

selectable key erasure. If talkgroups are enabled in

conventional, then the encryption keys are strapped to the

talkgroups.

•Trunked Multikey – If you use your radio for both

conventional and trunked applications, you have to strap your

encryption keys for trunking on a per-talkgroup or

announcement-group basis. In addition, you may strap a

different key to other features, such as dynamic regrouping,

failsoft, or emergency talkgroup. You can have operator-

selectable key erasure.

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Selecting an Encryption Key

Procedure:

1< or > to Key.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Key. The

display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption

key, and the available menu selections.

3U or D to scroll through the encryption keys.

Use the keypad to enter the number of the desired key.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to save the

newly selected key and return to the Home screen.

Press H, the PTT button, or the Menu Select button directly

below Exit to exit.

Turn the 16-Position Select knob to exit.

Note: If the selected key is erased, a momentary keyfail tone

sounds and the display shows Key fail.

If the selected key is not allowed, a momentary illegal

key tone sounds and the display shows Illegal key.

Selecting a Keyset

This feature allows you to select one or more groups of several

encryption keys from among the available keys stored in the

radio.

For example, you could have a group of three keys structured to

one keyset, and another group of three different keys structured

to another keyset; by changing keysets, you would

automatically switch from one set of keys to the other.

Every channel to which one of the original keys was tied now

has the equivalent new key instead.

Note: Press H, the PTT button, or the Exit menu selection,

or turn the 16-Position Select knob to exit this menu at

any time without changing the keyset selection.

Procedure:

1< or > to KSet.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below KSet. The

display shows the last user-selected and stored keyset, and

the available keyset menu selections.

3U or D to scroll through the keysets.

Use the keypad to enter the number of the desired keyset.

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4Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to save the

newly selected keyset.

5The radio exits keyset selection and returns to the Home

screen.

Erasing the Selected Encryption Keys

This feature allows you to erase all or selected encryption keys.

Procedure:

1< or > to Eras.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Eras. The

display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption

key, and the available menu selections.

3U or D to the desired encryption key.

Use the keypad to enter the number of the desired key.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn. The

display shows the available key erase options.

5U or D to the required option and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

6At Erase all keys?, press the Menu Select button directly

below Yes to erase all the encryption keys in the radio OR

No to return to the previous screen.

At Erase single key?, press the Menu Select button

directly below Yes to erase the displayed encryption key

OR No to return to the previous screen.

7Press H, the PTT button, or the Menu Select button directly

below Exit to exit.

Turn the 16-Position Select knob to exit.

Use the preprogrammed Top Side (Select) button and Top

(Orange) button to erase the single key in radios with the

single-key option, and to erase all keys in radios with the

multikey option.

1Press and hold the Top Side (Select) button.

2While holding Top Side (Select) button down, press the Top

(Orange) button.

3The display shows Please wait.

4When all the encryption keys have been erased, the display

shows All keys erased.

Note: DO NOT press the Top (Orange) button before

pressing the Top Side (Select) button, unless you are

in an emergency situation as this sends an emergency

alarm.

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Requesting an Over-the-Air Rekey (ASTRO

Conventional Only)

This feature, also known as OTAR, allows the dispatcher to

reprogram the encryption keys in the radio remotely. The

dispatcher performs the rekey operation upon receiving a rekey

request from the user.

Procedure:

1< or > to Reky.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Reky.

3Press the PTT button to send the rekey request.

Press the PTT button again, or the Home or Emergency

button, to exit the feature and transmit in normal mode.

4If the rekey operation fails, a bad-key tone sounds and the

display shows Rekey fail.

Note: The rekey operation failure indicates that your radio

does not contain the Unique Shadow Key (USK). This

key must be loaded into the radio with the key-variable

loader (KVL) before the rekey request can be sent.

Refer to your local key management supervisor for

more information.

Security

Radio Lock

This feature changes your radio to a more robust security

system that protects the use of the secure encryption keys.

If this feature is enabled in your radio by a qualified radio

technician, when you turn the radio on, the display shows Radio

locked.

Unlocking Your Radio

Procedure:

1Enter your numeric password.

Secure-equipped radios – 6 to 8 characters.

Clear radios – 0 to 8 characters.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to enter the

code.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to exit the

feature.

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3If the password is correct, the radio unlocks.

If the password is incorrect, the display show Incorrect

password and the radio remains locked.

If you enter three incorrect passwords in a row, the display

shows

Deadlock

. Turn the radio off and then on, and begin

again at Step 1.

IMPORTANT:

For Secure Radios Only – After a total of 17 consecutive

incorrect passwords (turning the radio off and on does not reset

this number), the radio erases all of its encryption keys and

shows Deadlock. See a qualified radio technician.

If you forget the password, enter ******** to erase all keys

and revert the password in the radio back to the default

password of 01234567.

Changing Your Password

Procedure:

1< or > to Pswd.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Pswd.

3Enter the old password.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok.

5Enter the new password.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel.

7Re-enter the new password.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel. The

password is updated.

If the two passwords do not match, repeat Steps 5 through

Note: If you enter three incorrect old passwords, the radio

exits the password feature. You cannot access this

feature again until you turn the radio off and on.

Enabling or Disabling the Radio Lock Feature

(Secure Radios Only)

This feature allows you to enable or disable the radio lock

feature. It is programmable by a qualified radio technician.

Procedure:

1< or > to Logf.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Logf.

3Display shows Pswd enabled, indicating that the radio lock

feature is enabled.

Display shows Pswd disabled, indicating that the radio lock

feature is disabled.

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The Global Positioning System (GPS)

This feature uses information from the Global Positioning

System (GPS) satellites orbiting the Earth to determine the

approximate geographical location of your radio, expressed as

latitude and longitude. The availability and accuracy of this

location information (and the amount of time that it takes to

calculate it) varies depending on the environment in which you

are using the GPS feature.

For example, GPS location fixes are very difficult to obtain

indoors, in covered locations, between high buildings, or in

situations where you have not established a clear broad view of

the sky.

Understanding the GPS Feature

The GPS technology uses radio signals from earth orbiting

satellites, to establish the location coordinates, maximizing your

view of clear unobstructed sky is essential for optimum

performance.

Where adequate signals from multiple satellites are not

available (usually because you cannot establish a view of a

wide area of the sky), the GPS feature of your radio will not

work. Such situations include but are not limited to:

•In underground locations

•Inside of buildings, trains, or other covered vehicles

•Under any other metal or concrete roof or structure

•Between tall buildings or under dense tree-cover

•In temperature extremes outside the operating limits of your

radio

Even where location information can be calculated in such

situations, it may take longer to do so, and your location

estimate may not be as accurate. Therefore, in any emergency

situation, always report your location to your dispatcher.

Note: Even where adequate signals from multiple satellites

are available, your GPS feature only provides an

approximate location, usually within 20 meters from

your actual location, but sometimes further away.

Keep in mind that the accuracy of the location information and

the time it takes to obtain it varies depending upon

circumstances, particularly the ability to receive signals from an

adequate number of satellites.

Note: The satellites used by the GPS feature are controlled

by the U.S. government and are subject to changes

implemented in accordance with the Department of

Defense GPS user policy and the Federal Radio

Navigation Plan. These changes may affect the

performance of the GPS feature on your radio.

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Enhancing GPS Performance

Sometimes, the GPS feature may be unable to complete a

location calculation successfully. You then see a message

indicating that your radio cannot connect to enough visible

satellites.

To maximize the ability of your radio to determine a fix, please

note the following guidelines:

•For your initial fix, hold the radio in the face position.

•Stay in the open. The GPS feature works best where there is

nothing between your radio and a large amount of open sky.

The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS)

This feature allows you to determine your current location using

a location menu, as well as your current distance and bearing in

relation to another location. Radio location may be requested

and reported over-the-air.

Your radio stores up to a maximum of sixty (60) programmable

location coordinates, also known as waypoints. When the

memory is full, the next waypoints automatically replaces the

oldest waypoints in the radio.

The radio also stores four (4) preprogrammed waypoints. These

coordinates cannot be deleted.

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

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User-configurable location

coordinates.

Fixed location coordinates:

•Home

•Emergency

•Last Known Location

•Destination

Only the alias is editable, not

the coordinates. The Home and Destination

coordinates are editable.

Coordinates can be deleted

one at a time, or all at once. Coordinates cannot be

deleted.

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Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature

Note: An ON menu key may be present on the location menu

if it is preprogrammed by the dealer or system

administrator.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed GPS button to toggle the Outdoor

Location feature on or off.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Loc.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Loc.

3The display shows Location off.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below On to obtain a

location fix.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

U or D to Turn On GPS and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

5The front display shows the latitude, longitude, time and

date of the last successful location fix.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Rfsh to obtain

a new location fix.

7The top line temporarily displays Please wait while the new

location is being determined.

While the new location is being determined, the location

signal can be a solid or blinking icon.

8Once the location coordinates are fixed, the display shows

the current latitude and longitude, along with the UTC (Zulu)

time and date that the location fix was obtained.

The location coordinates are updated automatically every

five seconds while the location signal is present.

If the radio fails to get a location fix, the display shows No

service and returns to the previous display.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the

feature and return to the main screen.

Press H, the PTT button, or the preprogrammed GPS

button to return to the Home screen.

The radio also exits the menu if the emergency button is

pressed.

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Saving a Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Save As Waypt and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

3A blinking cursor appears in the Save As Waypt screen.

Use the keypad to edit the auto-generated waypoint, if

required.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return

to the Location main screen.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

are done.

5The display shows Current loc saved as <waypoint

name>.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the

feature and return to the main screen.

Press H, the PTT button, or the preprogrammed GPS

button to return to the Home screen.

Viewing a Saved Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

3The display shows a list of waypoints.

4U or D to scroll through the list.

U or D to select a waypoint to view the location information

in full.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

6U or D to View and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel to view the latitude, longitude, time and date of

the selected waypoint.

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7Press the Menu Select button directly below Back to return

to the previous screen.

Press H, the PTT button, or the preprogrammed GPS

button to return to the Home screen.

Editing the Alias of a Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

3The display shows a list of waypoints.

4U or D to the required saved waypoint, and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

5U or D to Edit name and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

6A blinking cursor appears in the Edit Name screen.

Use the keypad to edit the alias.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

are done.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return

to the Waypoints main screen.

8The display shows <Waypoint name> Updated and the

radio returns to the Waypoints main screen.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below Back to return

to the previous screen.

Press H, the PTT button, or the preprogrammed GPS

button to return to the Home screen.

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Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint

Note: Only the preprogrammed coordinates of Home and

Destination are editable.

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

3The display shows a list of waypoints.

4U or D to {Home} and press the Menu Select button directly

below Optn.

U or D to {Destination} and press the Menu Select button

directly below Optn.

5U or D to Edit Location and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

6The first number blinks.

Press < to move to the previous number/coordinates.

Press > to move back to the next number/coordinates.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit to change

the number/coordinates.

7A blinking cursor appears in the Edit Location screen.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

are done.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return

to the previous screen.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

are done with the new coordinates.

10 The display shows {Home} Updated and the radio returns

to the Waypoints main screen.

The display shows {Destination} Updated and the radio

returns to the Waypoints main screen.

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Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

3The display shows a list of waypoints.

4U or D to the required saved waypoint, and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn.

U or D to Edit name and press the Menu Select button

directly below Del.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del.

5The display shows Delete <Waypoint name> Confirm?.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete

the waypoint.

Press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to

the Waypoints main screen.

7The display momentarily shows <Waypoint name>

deleted before the radio returns to the Waypoints main

screen.

Deleting All Saved Waypoints

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

3The display shows a list of waypoints.

4U or D to a saved waypoint, and press the Menu Select

button directly below Optn.

5U or D to Delete All and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

6The display shows Delete All saved waypnts Confirm?.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete

all waypoints.

Press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to

the Waypoints main screen.

8The display momentarily shows All saved waypnts

deleted before the radio returns to the Waypoints main

screen.

You cannot delete any of the preprogrammed waypoints.

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Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a Saved

Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.

2U or D to Dist frm here and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

3The display shows a list of waypoints.

4U or D to the required waypoint, and press the Menu Select

button directly below Sel.

5The display shows the distance and bearing from the current

to the selected coordinates.

Using the Location Feature While in Emergency

Mode

When the Emergency feature is activated by pressing the

emergency button, the radio exits the Location menu and

returns to the Home (default) screen so that you can see which

channel the emergency signal is going out on.

However, you may re-enter the Location menu while still in

emergency mode, provided that Silent Emergency has not been

activated.

If you have turned Location off using the ON/OFF menu key, it

automatically turns back on when Emergency is activated.

If there is a solid location signal during Emergency, the current

location and the location information received is saved as

Emergency and Last Known Location waypoints, respectively.

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Trunking System Controls

Using the Failsoft System

The failsoft system ensures continuous radio communications

during a trunked system failure. If a trunking system fails

completely, the radio goes into failsoft operation and

automatically switches to its failsoft channel.

Procedure:

1During failsoft operation, your radio transmits and receives

in conventional operation on a predetermined frequency.

2A medium-pitched tone sounds every 10 seconds and the

display shows Failsoft.

When the trunking system returns to normal operation, your

radio automatically leaves failsoft operation and returns to

trunked operation.

Going Out of Range

When your radio goes out of the range of the system, it can no

longer lock onto a control channel.

Procedure:

1A low-pitched tone sounds.

AND/OR

The display shows the currently selected zone/channel

combination and Out of range.

2Your radio remains in this out-of-range condition until:

It locks onto a control channel.

It locks onto a failsoft channel.

It is turned off.

Using the Site Trunking Feature

If the zone controller loses communication with any site, that

site reverts to site trunking.

The display shows the currently selected zone/channel

combination and Site trunking.

Note: When this occurs, you can communicate only with

other radios within your trunking site.

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Locking and Unlocking a Site

This feature allows your radio to lock onto a specific site and not

roam among wide-area talkgroup sites. This feature should be

used with caution, since it inhibits roaming to another site in a

wide-area system.

Procedure:

Use the preprogrammed Site Lock/Unlock button to toggle the

lock state between locked and unlocked.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Site.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Site.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below Lock to lock

the site. The display shows Site locked.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Unlk to unlock

the site. The display shows Site unlocked.

4The radio saves the new site lock state and returns to the

Home screen.

Viewing and Changing a Site

This feature allows you to view the number of the current site or

force your radio to change to a new one.

Viewing the Current Site

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Site Search button.

2The display momentarily shows the name of the current site

and its corresponding received signal strength indicator

(RSSI).

Changing the Current Site

Procedure:

1Press and hold down the preprogrammed Site Search

button.

2A tone sounds and the display momentarily shows

Scanning site.

3When the radio finds a new site, it returns to the Home

screen.

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Viewing the Recent Calls List

This feature allows you to view the recent incoming and

outgoing call information of the following call types:

•Call Alert

•Selective Call

•Private Call

•Phone Call (Outgoing Only)

Note: The radio can also be preprogrammed to log only the

radio IDs associated with incoming Dispatch Calls.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for

more information.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Recent Calls button and proceed to

Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Rcnt.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Rcnt to access

the Recent Calls feature screen.

3U or D to scroll through the list.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to return to

the Home screen.

Press H or the PTT button to return to the Home screen.

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity

timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer

expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature

exit.

Using the Flip Display

This feature allows you to flip the content of the top display

upside down. It is particularly useful when you would like to read

the top display while the radio is still in the carry holder attached

to your belt.

Procedure:

Press and hold the preprogrammed Light button to flip the

display.

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Selecting a Zone Bank

This feature allows twice as many zones to be accessed from a

switch, doubling the amount of switch positions.

Note: The Zone Select feature must to be preprogrammed to

the 3-position A-B-C switch, while the Zone Bank

feature must be preprogrammed to any side button or

Top (Orange) button before you can use this feature.

Procedure:

1Use the preprogrammed Zone Bank button to toggle the

position between Bank 1 and Bank 2.

2The top display shows the status icons (A, B, C, D, E or F) or

the zone name based on the bank and switch position

selected.

See Zone Bank 1 and Zone Bank 2 on page 20 for more

information on the status icons.

Selecting the Power Level

You can select the power level at which your radio transmits.

The radio always turns on to the default setting.

Note: This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified

radio technician.

Settings:

•Select Low for a shorter transmitting distance and to

conserve power.

•Select High for a longer transmitting distance.

Procedure:

Use the preprogrammed Transmit Power Level Switch to

toggle the power level between low and high power.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Pwr.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Pwr.

3The display shows Low power and the low power icon.

The display shows High power and the high power icon.

Selecting a Radio Profile

This feature allows you to manually switch the visual and audio

settings of the radio. The display, backlight, alert tones, and

audio settings are defined according to the preprogrammed

radio settings of each radio profile.

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You can have up to a maximum of twelve (12) radio profiles

programmed into your radio by a qualified radio technician.

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Procedure:

Use the preprogrammed Profile button and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Prfl.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Prfl to access

the Profiles feature screen.

3U or D to scroll through the menu selections.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select

the required radio profile.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the

screen without making any changes.

5The radio returns to the Home screen. The profile name on

the Home screen indicates the current selected radio profile.

Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias

This feature allows you to display or hide the radio alias (name).

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below MyId.

2The display momentarily shows Radio id off, and the radio

alias disappears from the Home screen.

The display momentarily shows Radio id on, and the radio

alias appears on the Home screen.

Selecting the Audio Speaker

This feature allows you to select the speaker route for the

radio's audio from either the main or the secondary speaker

using the radio profile settings.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

While both speakers function together with the secondary

speaker enhancing intelligibility of the received audio

during typical radio operation, each speaker has an

independently-tuned frequency response and volume

level operation.

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The secondary speaker also has a "whisper" mode with a

modified volume taper for quieter modes of operation.

Note: If an external speaker or microphone accessory is

attached to the radio, neither internal speaker is

operational as audio is routed to the accessory.

Procedure:

Use the preprogrammed Profile button and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Prfl.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Prfl to access

the Profiles feature screen.

3U or D to scroll through the menu selections.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select

the radio profile with the required speaker routing.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the

screen without making any changes.

5The radio returns to the Home screen. The profile name on

the Home screen indicates the current selected radio profile.

Controlling the Display Backlight

You can enable or disable the radio’s display backlight as

needed, if poor light conditions make the display or keypad

difficult to read.

Depending on how your radio is preprogrammed, you can also

maintain a minimum backlight level on the radio's front display.

Note: The backlight setting also affects the Menu Select

buttons, the Menu Navigation buttons and the keypad

backlighting accordingly.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Light button to toggle the backlight

on or off.

Press any key of the keypad, the Menu Select or Menu

Navigation buttons, or any programmable radio controls or

buttons to turn the backlight on.

Note: The backlight remains on for a preprogrammed time

before it automatically turns off completely or returns to

the minimum backlight level.

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Locking and Unlocking the Keypad

You can lock your radio’s keypad to avoid inadvertent key entry.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Keypad Lock button to toggle the

keypad lock on or off.

Turning Keypad Tones On or Off

You can enable and disable keypad tones, if needed.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Keypad Mute button to turn the

tones off or on.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Mute.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Mute.

3The display momentarily shows Tones off, indicating that

the keypad tones are disabled.

The display momentarily shows Tones on, and a short tone

sounds, indicating that the keypad tones are enabled.

Turning Voice Mute On or Off

You can enable and disable voice transmission, if needed.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Voice Mute button to turn the feature

off or on.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to VMut.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below VMut.

3The display momentarily shows Voice mute off, and a

short tone sounds, indicating that the feature is disabled.

The display momentarily shows Voice mute on, and a short

tone sounds, indicating that the feature is enabled.

Using the Time-Out Timer

This feature turns off your radio’s transmitter. You cannot

transmit longer than the preset timer setting.

If you attempt to do so, the radio automatically stops your

transmission, and you hear a talk-prohibit tone.

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The timer is defaulted at 60 seconds, but it can be

preprogrammed from 3 to 120 seconds, in 15-second intervals,

or it can be disabled entirely for each radio mode, by a qualified

radio technician.

Note: You will hear a brief, low-pitched, warning tone four

seconds before the transmission times out.

Procedure:

1Hold down the PTT button longer than the preprogrammed

time. You hear a short, low-pitched warning tone, the

transmission is cut-off, and the LED goes out until you

release the PTT button.

2Release the PTT button. The timer resets.

3Press the PTT button to re-transmit. The time-out timer

restarts and the LED lights up solid red.

Setting the Time and Date

You can set the time and date for your radio.

Settings:

•The default time setting is a 12-hour clock.The display shows

12:00AM.

•The AM/PM selection is not available for the 24-hour clock

setting.

•The default setting for the domestic date shows Day/Mth/Yr.

Note: Check with your dealer or system administrator for

additional programmable settings for this feature.

Editing the Time and Date

Procedure:

1< or > to Clck.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Clck. The

display shows the current setting of the radio.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit. The first

item blinks.

4U or D to change the selected item.

< or > one or more times to move to an item you wish to

change.

U or D to change the selected item.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the

screen without making any changes and return to the Home

screen.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you

have finished to save your changes and return to the Home

screen.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to discard

all changes and return to the Home screen.

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Press H at any time to return to the Home screen without

saving your changes.

Note: If a call arrives while the radio is in the clock-setting

menu, the radio exits clock setting and displays the call

information. Any changes made before the call is NOT

saved.

Using the Conventional Squelch Operation

Features

This feature filters out unwanted calls with low signal strength or

channels that have a higher than normal background noise.

Analog Options

Tone Private Line (PL), Digital Private-Line (DPL), and carrier

squelch can be available (preprogrammed) per channel.

Digital Options

One or more of the following options may be preprogrammed in

your radio. Check with your dealer or system administrator for

more information.

Using the PL Defeat Feature

This feature allows you to override any coded squelch (DPL or

PL) that might be preprogrammed to a channel. The radio will

also unmute to any digital activity on a digital channel.

Procedure:

Place the preprogrammed PL Defeat switch in the PL Defeat

position. You hear any activity on the channel.

The radio is muted if no activity is present.

Note: When this feature is active, the Carrier Squelch status

indicator is displayed.

Mode Result

Carrier squelch (C) You hear all traffic on a channel.

PL or DPL The radio responds only to your

messages.

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Digital Carrier-Operated

Squelch (COS) You hear any digital traffic.

Normal Squelch You hear any digital traffic having

the correct network access code.

Selective Switch You hear any digital traffic having

the correct network access code

and correct talkgroup.

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Using the Digital PTT ID Feature

This feature allows you to see the radio ID (number) of the radio

from whom you are currently receiving a transmission. This ID,

consisting up to a maximum of eight characters, can be viewed

by both the receiving radio and the dispatcher.

Your radio’s ID number is also automatically sent every time the

PTT button is pressed. This is a per-channel feature. For digital

voice transmissions, your radio’s ID is sent continuously during

the voice message.

Using the Smart PTT Feature (Conventional Only)

Smart PTT is a per-personality, programmable feature used in

conventional radio systems to keep radio users from talking

over other radio conversations.

When smart PTT is enabled in your radio, you cannot transmit

on an active channel.

If you try to transmit on an active smart-PTT channel, you hear

an alert tone, and the transmission is inhibited. The LED lights

up solid yellow to indicate that the channel is busy.

Three variations of smart PTT are available:

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Mode Description

Transmit Inhibit

on Busy Channel

with Carrier

You cannot transmit if any traffic is

detected on the channel.

Transmit Inhibit

on Busy Channel

with Wrong

Squelch Code

You cannot transmit on an active

channel with a squelch code or

(if secure-equipped) encryption key

other than your own. If the PL code is

the same as yours, the transmission is

not prevented.

Quick-Key

Override

This feature can work in conjunction

with either of the two above variations.

You can override the transmit-inhibit

state by quick-keying the radio. In other

words, two PTT button presses within

the preprogrammed time limit.

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Accessing the Battery Information

This feature allows you to check the charge status of the

battery.

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below Batt.

2The display shows the current battery charge, remaining

capacity, and the estimated number of times the battery has

been charged.

3Press H or the Menu Select button directly below Exit to

return to the Home screen.

Accessing the General Radio Information

Your radio contains information on the following:

•Radio Information

•IP Display

•Control Assignments

•Soft ID (If Enabled)

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle

and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Accessing the Radio Information

This feature displays the following information of your radio:

Note: Press H at any time to return to the Home screen.

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•Host Version •KG (Secure Algorithm)

•Model Number •Memory Size

•Serial Number •Tuning Version

•ESN •Processor Version

•Flash Code •RF Band

•Flash Size •Secure Version

•CH 1 – 4 Version

(depending on the

number of channel

connected)

•DSP Version

•DVRS App Version (only when

DVRS is available)

•AUX CH Version •DVRS DSP Version (only when

DVRS is available)

•TRC Version •DVRS CP Version (only when

DVRS is available)

•VRS Version •CHIB Version

•MCHB Version •Siren Version

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Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Info button and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Info.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Info.

3U or D to Radio Info and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

4The display shows the Information screen.

5U or D to scroll through the various information.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back to return

to the previous screen.

Press H to return to the Home screen.

Viewing the IP Information

This feature displays the device name, IP address, and status of

your radio.

Note: The device name of your radio is preprogrammed.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for

more information.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Info button and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Info.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Info.

3U or D to IP Info and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

4The display shows the IP Info screen.

5U or D to scroll through the various information.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back to return

to the previous screen.

Press H to return to the Home screen.

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Viewing the Control Assignments

This feature displays the programmable radio functions

assigned to the controls of your radio for the currently selected

channel.

See Programmable Features on page 10 for more information

on the various programmable features of your radio.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Info button and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Info.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Info.

3U or D to Control map and press the Menu Select button

directly below Sel.

4The display shows the Control Map screen.

5U or D to scroll through the various information.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back to return

to the previous screen.

Press H to return to the Home screen.

Editing the Soft ID

This feature allows you to change your username.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Info button and proceed to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1< or > to Info.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below Info.

3U or D to Soft ID and press the Menu Select button directly

below Sel.

4The display shows the current Soft ID.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit to edit the

current Soft ID.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back to return

to the previous screen.

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6A blinking cursor appears in the Edit Soft ID screen.

Use the keypad to edit the text.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete

any unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to save the

new Soft ID and return to the previous screen.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return

to the previous screen.

Voice Announcement

This feature enables the radio to audibly indicate the current

feature mode, Zone or Channel the user has just assigned. This

is typically useful when the user is in a difficult condition to read

the content shown on the display. A maximum of 2000 unique

voice announcements are allowed in a radio. The sum total

duration for all voice announcements in a radio shall be no more

than 1000 seconds.

The features which Voice Announcement supports are:

•Zone

•Channel

•Scan

•Monitor

•Talkaround/Direct

•Tx Inhibit

Note: Voice announcements support certain number of zone-

channel, but not all. Seek advise from your dealer or

qualified technician for the best selections for this

feature.

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You can select to determine the priority given to this Voice

Announcement feature. The two options available are:

•High – enables the voice of the feature to announce even

when the radio is receiving calls.

•Low – disables the voice of the feature from announcing

when the radio is receiving calls.

The Voice Announcement and above mentioned options are

enabled by a qualified radio technician.

All the three programmable buttons at the side of the radio

support this feature.

The procedure below is applicable only on activation of voice

announcement for the current zone and channel assigned to the

radio.

Procedure:

During power up of the radio, the radio announces the current

zone and channel it is transmitting.

1Press the preprogrammed button.

2The radio produces audible indication of the current zone

and channel.

3The radio produces audible indication of the activated

features when you launch a feature (if preprogrammed).

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Helpful Tips

Take a moment to review the following:

Caring for Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 103

Cleaning Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 104

Handling Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 104

Servicing Your Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 105

Taking Care of the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 105

Checking the Battery Charge Status . . . . . . . . . . . page 105

Battery Recycling and Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 106

Caring for Your Radio

•The APX 7000 radio

casting has a vent

port that allows for

pressure equalization

in the radio. Never

poke this vent with

any objects, such as

needles, tweezers, or

screwdrivers. This

could create leak

paths into the radio

and the radio’s

submergibility will be

lost.

•(For APX 7000 R Radios Only)

The APX 7000 R radio is designed to be

submerged to a maximum depth of 6 feet, with a

maximum submersion time of 2 hours.

Exceeding either maximum limit may result in

damage to the radio.

Vent

Port

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Cleaning Your Radio

To clean the external surfaces of your radio:

1Combine one teaspoon of mild dishwashing detergent to

one gallon of water (0.5% solution).

2Apply the solution sparingly with a stiff, non-metallic, short-

bristled brush, making sure excess detergent does not get

entrapped near the connectors, controls or crevices. Dry the

radio thoroughly with a soft, lint-free cloth.

3Clean battery contacts with a lint-free cloth to remove dirt or

grease.

Handling Your Radio

•Do not pound, drop, or throw the radio unnecessarily. Never

carry the radio by the antenna.

•Avoid subjecting the radio to an excess of liquids. Do not

submerge the radio unless it is a ruggedized, APX 7000 R

model.

•(For APX 7000 R Radios Only)

Elastomer technology materials used for seals

in rugged portable radios can age with time and

environmental exposure. Therefore, Motorola

recommends that rugged radios be checked

annually as a preventive measure in order to

assure the watertight integrity of the radio.

Motorola details the disassembly, test, and

reassembly procedures along with necessary

test equipment needed to inspect, maintain and

troubleshoot radio seals in the radio’s service

manual.

•If the radio battery contact area has been

submerged in water, dry and clean the radio

battery contacts before attaching a battery to the

radio. Otherwise, the water could short-circuit

the radio.

•If the radio has been submerged in water, shake

the radio well so that any water that may be

trapped inside the speaker grille and

microphone port can be removed. Otherwise,

the water will decrease the audio quality of the

radio.

•Do not disassemble the radio. This could

damage radio seals and result in leak paths into

the radio. Any radio maintenance should be

performed only by a qualified radio technician.

Do not use solvents to clean your radio. Spirits

may permanently damage the radio housing.

Do not submerge the radio in the detergent

solution.

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•Avoid subjecting the radio to corrosives, solvents or spirits.

•Do not disassemble the radio.

•Keep the accessory-connector cover in place until ready to

use the connector. Replace the cover immediately once the

accessory has been disconnected.

Servicing Your Radio

Proper repair and maintenance procedures will assure efficient

operation and long life for this product. A Motorola maintenance

agreement will provide expert service to keep this and all other

communication equipment in perfect operating condition. A

nationwide service organization is provided by Motorola to

support maintenance services. Through its maintenance and

installation program, Motorola makes available the finest

service to those desiring reliable, continuous communications

on a contract basis. For a contract service agreement, please

contact your nearest Motorola service or sales representative,

or an authorized Motorola dealer.

Express Service Plus (ESP) is an optional extended service

coverage plan, which provides for the repair of this product for

an additional period of either one or two years beyond the

normal expiration date of the standard warranty. For more

information about ESP, contact the Motorola Radio Support

Center at 3761 South Central Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102 (800)

227-6772 / (847)725-4200.

Taking Care of the Battery

Checking the Battery Charge Status

Your radio can indicate the battery’s charge status through:

•the LED and sounds.

•the fuel gauge icon on the display.

You can also check the battery charge status via the menu

entry. See Accessing the Battery Information on page 98 for

more information.

LED and Sounds

When your battery is low:

•the LED blinks red when the PTT button is pressed.

•you hear a low-battery “chirp” (short, high-pitched tone).

Fuel Gauge Icon

A blinking fuel gauge icon ( ) is displayed only when the

battery voltage drops to low level. In this case, replace the

battery with a fully charged one.

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Battery Recycling and Disposal

In the U.S. and Canada, Motorola participates in the nationwide

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) program

for NiCd battery collection and recycling. Many retailers and

dealers participate in this program.

For the location of the drop-off facility closest to you, access

RBRC's Internet web site at www.rbrc.com or call 1-800-8-

BATTERY. This internet site and telephone number also provide

other useful information concerning recycling options for

consumers, businesses, and governmental agencies.

Gauge Battery Charge

76% to 100% full

51% to 75%

26% to 50%

Top Display

11% to 25%

10% or less (at 10%, the gauge begins blinking)

Gauge Battery Charge

Top Display

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Accessories

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas and other accessories,

visit the following website:

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Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the

VHF Frequency Range

Take a moment to review the following:

Special Channel Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 108

Operating Frequency Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . page 109

Special Channel Assignments

Emergency Channel

If you are in imminent and grave danger at sea and require

emergency assistance, use VHF Channel 16 to send a distress

call to nearby vessels and the United States Coast Guard.

Transmit the following information, in this order:

1“MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY.”

2“THIS IS _____________________, CALL SIGN

__________.”

State the name of the vessel in distress 3 times, followed

by the call sign or other identification of the vessel, stated 3

times.

3Repeat “MAYDAY” and the name of the vessel.

4“WE ARE LOCATED AT _______________________.”

State the position of the vessel in distress, using any

information that will help responders to locate you, e.g.:

• latitude and longitude

• bearing (state whether you are using true or magnetic

north)

• distance to a well-known landmark

• vessel course, speed or destination

5State the nature of the distress.

6Specify what kind of assistance you need.

7State the number of persons on board and the number

needing medical attention, if any.

8Mention any other information that would be helpful to

responders, such as type of vessel, vessel length and/or

tonnage, hull color, etc.

9“OVER.”

10 Wait for a response.

11 If you do not receive an immediate response, remain by the

radio and repeat the transmission at intervals until you

receive a response. Be prepared to follow any instructions

given to you.

Non-Commercial Call Channel

For non-commercial transmissions, such as fishing reports,

rendezvous arrangements, repair scheduling, or berthing

information, use VHF Channel 9.

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Operating Frequency Requirements

A radio designated for shipboard use must comply with Federal

Communications Commission Rule Part 80 as follows:

• on ships subject to Part II of Title III of the Communications

Act, the radio must be capable of operating on the 156.800

MHz frequency

• on ships subject to the Safety Convention, the radio must be

capable of operating:

• in the simplex mode on the ship station transmitting

frequencies specified in the 156.025 – 157.425 MHz

frequency band, and

• in the semiduplex mode on the two frequency channels

specified in the table below.

Note: Simplex channels 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82, and 83

cannot be lawfully used by the general public in US

waters.

Additional information about operating requirements in the

Maritime Services can be obtained from the full text of FCC

Rule Part 80 and from the US Coast Guard.

Table A-1: VHF Marine Channel List

Channel

Number

Frequency (MHz)

Transmit Receive

1 156.050 160.650

2 156.100 160.700

* 156.150 160.750

4 156.200 160.800

5 156.250 160.850

6 156.300 –

7 156.350 160.950

8 156.400 –

9 156.450 156.450

10 156.500 156.500

11 156.550 156.550

12 156.600 156.600

13** 156.650 156.650

14 156.700 156.700

15** 156.750 156.750

16 156.800 156.800

17** 156.850 156.850

18 156.900 161.500

19 156.950 161.550

20 157.000 161.600

* 157.050 161.650

22 157.100 161.700

Table A-1: VHF Marine Channel List (Continued)

Channel

Number

Frequency (MHz)

Transmit Receive

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* Simplex channels 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82, and 83 cannot be

lawfully used by the general public in US waters.

** Low power (1 W) only

*** Guard band

Note: A – in the Receive column indicates that the channel is

transmit only.

* 157.150 161.750

24 157.200 161.800

25 157.250 161.850

26 157.300 161.900

27 157.350 161.950

28 157.400 162.000

60 156.025 160.625

* 156.075 160.675

62 156.125 160.725

63 156.175 160.775

* 156.225 160.825

65 156.275 160.875

66 156.325 160.925

67** 156.375 156.375

68 156.425 156.425

69 156.475 156.475

71 156.575 156.575

72 156.625 –

73 156.675 156.675

74 156.725 156.725

Table A-1: VHF Marine Channel List (Continued)

Channel

Number

Frequency (MHz)

Transmit Receive

75 *** ***

76 *** ***

77** 156.875 –

78 156.925 161.525

79 156.975 161.575

80 157.025 161.625

* 157.075 161.675

* 157.125 161.725

* 157.175 161.775

84 157.225 161.825

85 157.275 161.875

86 157.325 161.925

87 157.375 161.975

88 157.425 162.025

Table A-1: VHF Marine Channel List (Continued)

Channel

Number

Frequency (MHz)

Transmit Receive

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Glossary

This glossary is a list of specialized terms used in this manual.

Term Definition

ACK Acknowledgment of communication.

Active Channel A channel that has traffic on it.

Analog Signal An RF signal that has a continuous nature

rather than a pulsed or discrete nature.

ARS Automatic Registration Service

ASTRO 25

Trunking Motorola standard for wireless digital

trunked communications.

ASTRO

Conventional Motorola standard for wireless digital

conventional communications.

Autoscan A feature that allows the radio to

automatically scan the members of a scan

list.

Call Alert Privately page an individual by sending an

audible tone.

Carrier Squelch

Feature that responds to the presence of

an RF carrier by opening or unmuting

(turning on) a receiver’s audio circuit. A

squelch circuit silences the radio when no

signal is being received so that the user

does not have to listen to “noise.”

Central

Controller

A software-controlled, computer-driven

device that receives and generates data for

the trunked radios assigned to it. It

monitors and directs the operations of the

trunked repeaters.

Channel A group of characteristics such as transmit/

receive frequency pairs, radio parameters,

and encryption encoding.

Control Channel

In a trunking system, one of the channels

that is used to provide a continuous, two-

way/data communications path between

the central controller and all radios on the

system.

Conventional Typically refers to radio-to-radio

communications, sometimes through a

repeater (see Trunking).

Conventional

Scan List A scan list that includes only conventional

channels.

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Cursor A visual tracking marker (a blinking line)

that indicates a location on the display.

CP Codeplug

Deadlock

Displayed by the radio after three failed

attempts to unlock the radio.The radio must

be powered off and on prior to another

attempt.

Digital Private

Line (DPL)

A type of coded squelch using data bursts.

Similar to PL except a digital code is used

instead of a tone.

Digital Signal An RF signal that has a pulsed, or discrete,

nature, rather than a continuous nature.

Dispatcher An individual who has radio system

management duties.

DSP Digital Signal Processing

Dynamic

Regrouping

A feature that allows the dispatcher to

temporarily reassign selected radios to a

single special channel so they can

communicate with each other.

ESN Electrical Serial Number

Term Definition

Failsoft

A feature that allows communications to

take place even though the central

controller has failed. Each trunked repeater

in the system transmits a data word

informing every radio that the system has

gone into failsoft.

FCC Federal Communications Commission.

Hang Up Disconnect.

Home screen The first display information after the radio

completes its self test.

KVL Key-variable loader: A device for loading

encryption keys into the radio.

LCD Liquid crystal display.

LED Light-emitting diode.

Menu Entry

A software-activated feature shown at the

bottom of the display – selection of these

features is controlled by the {, |, and

} buttons.

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Monitor

Check channel activity by pressing the

Monitor button. If the channel is clear, you

hear static. If the channel is in use, you

hear conversation. It also serves as a way

to check the volume level of the radio,

since the radio “opens the squelch” when

the monitor button is pressed.

Multi-System

Talkgroup Scan

List

A scan list that can include both talkgroups

(trunked) and channels (conventional).

Network Access

Code

Network Access Code (NAC) operates on

digital channels to reduce voice channel

interference between adjacent systems

and sites.

NiCd Nickel-cadmium

NiMH Nickel-metal-hydride.

Non-Tactical/

Revert

The user talks on a preprogrammed

emergency channel. The emergency alarm

is sent out on this same channel.

OTAR Over-the-air rekeying.

Page A one-way alert, with audio and/or display

messages.

Personality A set of unique features specific to a radio.

Term Definition

PIN Personal Identification Number

Preprogrammed Refers to a software feature that has been

activated by a qualified radio technician.

Private

(Conversation)

Call

A feature that lets you have a private

conversation with another radio user in the

talkgroup.

Private Line

(PL)

A sub-audible tone that is transmitted such

that only receivers decoding the tone

receives it.

Programmable Refers to a radio control that can have a

radio feature assigned to it.

PTT Push-To-Talk – the PTT button engages

the transmitter and puts the radio in

transmit (send) operation when pressed.

Radio

Frequency (RF)

The part of the general frequency spectrum

between the audio and infrared light

regions (about 10 kHz to 10,000,000 MHz).

Repeater

A conventional radio feature, where you

talk through a receive/transmit facility that

re-transmits received signals, in order to

improve communications range and

coverage.

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Selective Call

A feature that allows you to call a select

individual, intended to provide privacy and

to eliminate the annoyance of having to

listen to conversations of no interest to you.

Selective Switch Any digital P25 traffic having the correct

Network Access Code and the correct

talkgroup.

Squelch

Special electronic circuitry, added to the

receiver of a radio, that reduces, or cuts off,

unwanted signals before they are heard in

the speaker.

Standby An operating condition whereby the radio’s

speaker is muted but still continues to

receive data.

Status Calls Pre-defined text messages that allow the

user to send a conditional message without

talking.

Tactical/

Non-Revert

The user talks on the channel that was

selected before the radio entered the

emergency state.

Talkaround Bypass a repeater and talk directly to

another unit for easy local unit-to-unit

communications.

Term Definition

Talkgroup An organization or group of radio users

who communicate with each other using

the same communication path.

TMS Text Messaging Service

Trunking The automatic sharing of communications

paths between a large number of users

(see Conventional).

Trunking

Priority Monitor

Scan List

A scan list that includes talkgroups that are

all from the same trunking system.

USK Unique Shadow Key.

UTC

Coordinated Universal Time. The

international time standard (formerly

Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT). Zero

hours UTC is midnight in Greenwich,

England, which is located at 0 degrees

longitude. Everything east of Greenwich

(up to 180 degrees) is later in time;

everything west is earlier. There are 42

time authorities around the world that are

constantly synchronizing with each other.

Abbreviated as UTC (English backronym =

Universal Time, Coordinated), it is also

known as Zulu (Z) Time.

Term Definition

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Zone A grouping of channels.

Term Definition

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