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APX 7500 O5 Control Head

Mobile Radio User Guide

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: Motorola, Inc. 1301 E. Algonquin Rd.Schaumburg, IL60196-1078, U.S.A.

Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744

Hereby declares that the product:

Model Name: APX 7500

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

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Contents

This User Guide contains all the information you need

to use the APX 7500 Series Digital Mobile Radios.

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

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . . .viii

Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .viii

Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

Documentation Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ix

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

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

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

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

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

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

Turning On the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Radio Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

O5 Control Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Programmable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . 6

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions . . . . . . . . 7

Use the Menu Select Button (g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Menu Select Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Advance Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . 8

Using the Navigation Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Home Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Data Feature Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

4-Way Navigation Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Volume Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Channel Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Keypad Characters – Uppercase Mode . . . . . . . . . 10

Keypad Characters – Lowercase Mode . . . . . . . . . 11

Keypad Characters – Numeric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Keypad Characters – Hexadecimal Mode . . . . . . . 13

Contents

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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons . . . . . . . . . . 17

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

TMS Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts . . . . . . . . . 23

General Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Selecting a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 26

Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup Call . . . 26

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call

(Trunking, Digital Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call

(Trunking Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Making a Talkgroup Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Making a Private Call (Trunking,

Digital Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only) . . . . . . . .29

Repeater or Direct Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Monitoring a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Conventional Mode Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Advanced Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Calling a Phone Not in the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Receiving and Making a Selective Call (ASTRO

Conventional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Receiving a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Making a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Using the Talkgroup Call Feature

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Selecting a Talkgroup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Sending a Status Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Using the Dynamic Regrouping Feature

(Trunking, Digital Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Requesting a Reprogram (Trunking,

Digital Mode Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Classifying Regrouped Radios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Multiple Control Head Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Multiple Control Head Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Contents

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Setting the Initial Control Head’s ID . . . . . . . . . . . .37

All Active Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Intercom Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

One Active Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Intercom Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . .40

Adding a New Contact Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Deleting a Contact Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Adding a Contact to a Call List or Phone List . . . . .43

Editing a Contact in a Call List or a Phone List . . . .43

Editing an Entry Alias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

Editing as Entry ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Editing a Call Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Viewing a Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Changing the Scan List Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Viewing and Changing the Priority Status . . . . . . . .46

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Turning Scan On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Turning Scan On While Disregarding the

Squelch Code (Conventional

Channels Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Transmitting While the Scan is On . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Radio Programmed for Talkback Scan . . . . . . . . .47

Radio Programmed for Non-Talkback Scan . . . . . 48

Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Changing Priorities Status While Scan is On . . . . . 49

Restoring Priorities in a Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Hang Up (HUB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Call Alert Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Answering a Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Sending a Call Alert Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

In-Call User Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Sending an Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Sending an Emergency Alarm with

Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Special Considerations for Emergencies . . . . . . . . 54

Automatic Registration Service (ARS) . . . . . . . . . . 54

Selecting or Changing ARS Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Accessing the User Login Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Logging In as a User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Logging Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Text Messaging Service (TMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Accessing TMS Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Composing and Sending a New Text Message . . . 58

Contents

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Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using the Priority Status and Request

Reply Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Appending a Priority Status to a

Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Removing a Priority Status from a

Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Appending a Request Reply to a

Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Removing a Priority Status and a Reply

Request from a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Managing Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . . . . 63

Replying to a Received Text Message . . . . . . . . . 64

Accessing the Drafts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Managing Sent Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Viewing a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Sending a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Deleting a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Secure Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting Secure Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting Clear Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Managing Encryption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Loading an Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Using the Multikey Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Selecting an Encryption Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Selecting a Keyset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Using the Key Zeroization Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Requesting an Over-the-Air Rekey (ASTRO

Conventional Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Global Positioning System (GPS) Enabled . . . . . . 71

Understanding the GPS Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Enhancing GPS Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature . . . . . . . .73

Saving a Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Viewing a Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Editing the Alias of a Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75

Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Deleting All Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Measuring the Distance and Bearing from

a Saved Waypoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Using the Location Feature While in

Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Trunking System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Using the Failsoft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78

Going Out-of-Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

SmartZone® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Using Site Trunking Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Locking and Unlocking a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Viewing and Changing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Viewing the Current Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Changing the Current Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

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When the radio finds a new site, it returns

to the Home screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Trunked Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Initiating an Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Viewing Recent Calls List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Selecting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Selecting a Radio Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias . . . . . . . . .83

Controlling the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Turning Voice Mute On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Using the Time-Out Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Using the Conventional Squelch Operation

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Digital Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Using the PL Defeat Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Using the Digital PTT ID Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Using the Smart PTT Feature (Conventional

Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Accessing General Radio Information . . . . . . . . . . .86

Accessing Radio Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Viewing IP Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Viewing Control Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Editing the Soft ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights) . . . . . 89

Non-Permanent Horn and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Permanent Horn and Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Changing the Selected Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Receiving a Call While Alarms are Turned On . . . 90

Turning Off Non-Rearmable External Alarms . . . . 90

Turning Off Rearmable External Alarms . . . . . . . . 90

Helpful Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Control Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Footswitches and PTTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Microphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Motorcycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Mounting Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Programming/Accessory Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

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Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF

Frequency Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Special Channel Assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Emergency Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Non-Commercial Call Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Operating Frequency Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Commercial Warranty and Service . . . . . . . .105

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Important Safety Information

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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 6881095C99) to ensure

compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas 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.

Accessing Radio Information on page 87 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 User Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

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

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

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

How to Use This User Guide

This User Guide covers the basic operation of the APX™ 7500

Mobiles.

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.

W A R N I N G

Getting Started

English

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

Can Tell You

You can consult your dealer or system administrator about the

following:

•Is your radio preprogrammed with any preset conventional

channels?

•Which buttons have been programmed 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

Turning On the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Turning On the Radio

Press the Power On/Off

Button briefly.

You see red, yellow and

green LED’s light up. The

display then shows Zone and

channel text, and menu items

display on the screen.

The backlight will turn on to

the last selected dim level.

Note: Pressing the Power Button before the LED lights up

will be ignored.

Note: If FAIL ##/## appears in the display, the radio will not

function until the condition has been corrected.

Note: If ERROR ##/## appears, some non-critical data has

been changed. If either of these displays appear, if the

display goes blank, or if the unit appears to be locked

up, refer to the “Troubleshooting”section.

A CH MISMATCH error upon turning on your radio,

means that either the Control Head has been

connected to an incompatible transceiver, or vice

versa.

The radio then performs a self check.

If your radio does not power up, contact your dealer.

To turn off the radio, press and hold the Power On/Off Button

after the LEDs light up.

Adjusting the Volume

To increase the volume,

rotate the Volume knob

clockwise to increase the

volume.

To decrease the volume,

rotate the Volume knob

counterclockwise.

Power On/

Off Button

Volume Knob

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Identifying Radio Controls

Take a moment to review the following:

Radio Parts and Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Programmable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions . . . . . . . . . . page 7

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14

Radio Parts and Controls

O5 Control Head

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Volume Knob

Dim Button

Home Button

Power On/Off Button

Indicators

Channel Knob

Emergency*

Push-to-Talk

(PTT) Button

Side Button 1*

Side Button

Side Button 3*

Navigation

Button*

LED Indicators

Menu Entries

Menu Select Button*

Indicators Terminal for Microphone

*These radio controls/buttons are programmable.

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Programmable Features

Any references in this manual to a control that is

“preprogrammed” means that the control must be programmed

by a dealer or a 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 programmed

duration (between 0.25 seconds and 3.75 seconds).

•Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.

Assignable Radio Functions

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

verify if a radio is active on the system.

Call Response – Allows you to answer a private call.

Channel – Selects a channel.

Contacts – Selects the Contacts menu.

Dynamic Priority (Trunking 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.

Info – Displays the information of the radio.

IP – Displays the IP (Internet Protocol) information of the radio.

Monitor – Monitors a selected channel for all radio traffic until

function is disabled.

Nuisance Delete – Temporarily removes an unwanted channel,

except for priority channels or the designated transmit channel,

from the scan list. The designated transmit channel refers to the

user’s selected zone/channel combination from which scan is

initiated.

Home Button

(Microphone)

Data Feature

Button

Okay/Select

Button (

)

Cancel Button

(

)

Navigation

Button

(Microphone)

Keypad

Numbers 1, 2

and 3 *

*These radio controls/buttons are programmable.

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Phone – Allows you to make and receive calls similar to

standard phone calls.

PL Defeat – Overrides any coded squelch (DPL or PL) that is

preprogrammed to a channel.

Private Call – Allows a call from an individual radio to another

individual 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.

Reprogram Request (Trunking Only) – Notifies the dispatcher

that you want a new dynamic regrouping assignment.

Scan List Programming – Selects the scan list for editing.

Scan – Toggles scan on or off.

Secure/Clear – Toggles secure transmission on or off.

Select – Selects the assigned list for editing.

Selective Call (Digital Modes Only) – Calls an assigned radio.

Site Lock/Unlock – Locks onto a specific site.

Site Search – Performs site search for AMSS (Automatic

Multiple Site Select) or SmartZone operation.

Status (Astro 25 Trunking Only) – Sends data calls to the

dispatcher about a predefined status.

Talkaround/Direct – Toggles between using a repeater and

communicating directly with another radio.

Talkgroup – Allows a call from an individual radio to a group of

radios.

Ext PA On/Off – Toggles the audio routing between the

connected public address (PA) loudspeaker amplifier and the

radio’s internal public address (PA) system.

PA On/Off – Toggles the radio’s internal public address (PA)

system on or off.

TMS – Selects the text messaging menu.

TMS Quick Text – Selects a predefined message.

User Login – Automatically registers with the server.

Zone Select – Allows selection from a list of zones.

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions

All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones on or off.

Backlight – Toggles display backlight on or off.

Horns/Lights – Toggles horns and lights feature on or off.

Keypad Mute – Toggles the keypad tones on or off.

Dim – Changes the display brightness.

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Speaker – Activates external speaker to share your call with

your group.

Squelch – Toggles squelch level between normal and tight.

TX Power Level – Toggles transmit power level between high

and low.

Voice Mute – Toggles voice mute on or off.

Volume Set – Adjusts the volume of the speakers.

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 Button (g).

Using the Menu Select Buttons

The Menu Select buttons allow to 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 (g) directly below CHAN.

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Menu Select Button

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Using the Advance Programmable Buttons

There are two special features which are designed to help you

to shorten the process on certain common features

* These programmable buttons support the One Touch Button feature.

†These programmable buttons support the Mode Select Button feature.

(Quick Access) One Touch Button – Enters a menu with a

short press on the preprogrammed One Touch button. Call,

Page, Phone, Status and Message can be assigned to these

buttons.

Mode Select Button – Programs the current zone and channel

to a Mode Select button with a long press on the Mode Select

button. After the buttons are programmed, you can return to the

preprogrammed zone and channel with a short press on the

programmed Mode Select button.

Using the Navigation Buttons

Home Button

The H button returns you to the home (default) display. 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.

The H button also can revert to home channel. Check with

your dealer or system administrator for more information.

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Side Button 1

†

Side Button 2

†

Side Button 3

†

Menu Select Button*

Emergency Button*

†

Keypad Numbers

1,2 and 3

†

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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 through the radio’s lists or items in the

display, or both.

Volume Knob

Use this Volume Knob to adjust the volume of the speakers by

turning it clockwise or counterclockwise.

Channel Knob

Use this Channel Knob to scroll the channels by turning it

clockwise or counterclockwise.

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Using the Keypad

You can use the 3 x 4 alphanumeric keypad on the keypad microphone (Motorola part number: HMN4079_) 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

Key123456789101112131415161718192021

11. ,?! ;@_-*#&$/+\ “ ‘ ()

2ABC

3DEF

4GH I

5JKL

6MNO

7PQRS

8TUV8

9WX Y Z

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

*Space

#Toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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Keypad Characters – Lowercase Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718192021

11. ,?! ;@_-*#&$/+=\“ ‘ ()

2abc

3de f

4gh i

5jkl

6mn o

7pqr s

8tuv

9wxyz

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

*Space

#Toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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Keypad Characters – Numeric Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718192021

11. ,?! ;@_-*#&$/+=\“ ‘ ()

0 0

*Space

#Toggle between numeric and letter mode.

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Keypad Characters – Hexadecimal Mode

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key123456789101112131415161718192021

22ABC

33DEF

0 0

*Not applicable

#Not applicable

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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side of the

microphone 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 29.

Identifying Status Indicators

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15

Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17

LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Intelligent Lighting Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19

Alert Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20

PTT

Button

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Status Icons

Receiving

Radio is receiving a call or data.

Transmitting

Radio is transmitting a call or data.

Call Received

Radio has received an Individual Call.

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.

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.

Scan

Radio is scanning a scan list.

H or .

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Priority-One 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.

Secure Operation

•On = Secure operation.

•Off = Clear operation.

•Blinking = Receiving an encrypted voice call.

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.

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Text Messaging Service (TMS) Icons

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

Text Messaging Service (TMS) on page 57 for more

information.

Status Icons

The following icons appear on the radio’s display for TMS

features:

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.

Priority Status

•The “Priority” feature is toggled on before the

message is sent.

•Messages in the Inbox folder are flagged with

“Priority”.

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.

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TMS Menu Options

LED Indicators

LED indicators show the operational status of your radio.

Solid red – Radio is transmitting.

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.

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.

Menu Option Description/Function

BACK Brings you back to the previous screen.

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.

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SEL Selects the highlighted command.

SEND Sends the message.

YES Updates or saves a command.

Menu Option Description/Function

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Intelligent Lighting Indicators

This feature temporary changes the radio’s display backlight color and the alert text background color to help signal that a radio event

has occurred.

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

Backlight Event 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 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 private call.

The radio receives phone call.

The radio receives a call alert.

The radio receives selective call.

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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 When

Two high-pitched tones Private Conversation™ When a Private Call is received.

Four high-pitched tones

every five seconds

Call Alert When a Call Alert page is received.

Single, high-pitched

tone

Central Acknowledge When a Call Alert, emergency alarm, reprogram request, or status/message

transmission is received by the system’s central controller.

Four high-pitched tones Mobile Unit Acknowledge When a Call Alert page is received by the intended unit, or the emergency

alarm, reprogram request, or status/message transmission is acknowledged by

the intended dispatcher.

Sound similar to a

telephone busy signal

System Busy When the PTT button is pressed, indicates transmission fail because all system

radio channels are in use. Release the PTT button and wait for call back.

A series of two short,

high-pitched tones

Automatic Call Back When a channel is now available for your previously requested transmission.

A series of two short,

high-pitched tones

(same as automatic call

back)

Talk Permit (Optional) When the PTT button is pressed, indicates the system is accepting your

transmission.

A series of low-pitched

tones followed by a

series of high-pitched

tones

Scan Alert On When Scan feature is activated through the preprogrammed button.

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A series of high-pitched

tones followed by a

series of low-pitched

tones

Scan Alert Off When Scan feature is deactivated through the preprogrammed button.

Continuous, low-pitched

tone

Talk-Prohibit (When the PTT button is pressed) the system is out of service.

Smart PTT Inhibit (When the PTT button is pressed) the channel is busy with the Smart PTT

feature enabled.

Out-of-Range (When the PTT button is pressed) indicates the radio is not in the range of the

trunked radio system.

Illegal Mode When you have entered a mode where normal system traffic will be missed,

or you are attempting something which is not permitted.

Examples include: forgetting to exit the telephone interconnect mode after a

call ends (fleet and subfleet calls cannot be received), attempting to transmit on

a receive-only conventional mode, attempting to select a dynamic mode where

no dynamic ID assignment has been made.

Single, high-pitched

tone every nine seconds

Failsoft When a trunked system central controller failure in an unmuted receive

condition. The radio reverts from trunked operation to a system similar to

conventional radio repeater operation. Other system users can be heard

sharing the channel.

Brief low-pitched tone Time-Out Timer Warning When your present transmission will soon be disabled.

Single, short, high-

pitched tone

Valid Key When you pressed a valid key, or you entered a feature configuration state, or

you are receiving or transmitting in the clear mode on secure models (with TX

Clear Alert Tones enabled).

Single, low-pitched tone Invalid Key When you tried to make an invalid key press, or that an emergency alarm,

reprogram request, or status/message was not acknowledged.

You Hear Tone Name When

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Unique chirping sound

Gurgle

Dynamic Reprogramming When a dynamic ID is assigned.

Unique low-pitched

chirp

New Message When a new message is received.

Unique high-pitched

chirp

Priority Message When a priority message is received.

You Hear Tone Name When

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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.

–

ACKNOWLED

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.

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English

General Radio Operation

Once you understand how your APX 7500 O5 CH Mobile 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 24

Selecting a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call. . . . . . . . . page 26

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27

Repeater or Direct Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30

Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30

Selecting a Zone

A zone is a group of channels.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to

use these features.

Procedure:

Using the Menu Entry ZONE:

1> to ZONE.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below ZONE. The

display shows the current zone and channel.

3> or < button until the desired zone is displayed.

4Press H or the PTT button to confirm the selected zone

number.

5Press the PTT button to begin transmitting on the displayed

zone channel.

Using the Menu Entry ZNUP or ZNDN

1> to ZNUP or ZNDN.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below ZNUP or ZNDN

until the required zone appears.

3Press the PTT button to begin transmitting on the displayed zone channel.

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Note: Positions of the ZNUP or ZNDN softkey on the display

may differ each time you release the Menu Select

button.

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.

Procedure:

Rotate the Channel knob until the display shows the desired

channel.

Using the Menu Entry CHAN:

1Press and hold > and hold to scroll to CHAN.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CHAN. The

display shows the current zone and mode.

3Rotate the Channel knob to the desired channel.

4Press H or the PTT button to confirm the channel.

5Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone

channel.

Using the Menu Entry CNUP or CNDN

1> to CNUP or CNDN.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CNUP or CNDN

until the required zone appears.

3Press the PTT button to begin transmitting on the displayed

zone channel.

Note: Positions of the CNUP or CNDN softkey on the display

may differ each time you release the Menu Select

button.

When the channel you want is not shown in the current zone,

the radio allows you to press

>to

the zone containing the

channel. Please consult a qualified technician for this option.

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Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

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 microphone 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 28.

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call

(Trunking, Digital Mode 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 time-out

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.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CALL 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.

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

button to listen.

5Press H to hang up and return to the Home screen.

Note: If you press PTT button before pressing the Menu

Select button directly below CALL, your conversation

will be heard by all members of the talk group.

If 20 seconds pass before you press the Menu Select button

directly below the

CALL

, you will not respond privately to the call

just received. Instead, you initiate a Private Call. See Making a

Private Call (Trunking, Digital Mode Only) on page 28.

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 time-out

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:

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

green. The backlight of the screen turns green. The display

shows PHONE CALL and the call received icon blinks.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below PHON.

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

button to listen.

4Press H or the Menu Select button directly below PHON

button to hang up and return to the Home screen.

See Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only) on page 29 for

details.

Making a Radio Call

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

using:

•The preprogrammed Zone switch

•The Channel Knob

•A preprogrammed One Touch button

•A preprogrammed Mode Select button

•The Contacts list (see Contacts on page 40).

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the time-out

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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Making a Talkgroup Call

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

configured as part of that talkgroup.

Procedure:

1< or > to TGRP. The display shows the last-selected

talkgroup.

Rotate the Channel 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.

See Using the Talkgroup Call Feature (Conventional

Operation Only) on page 34 for details on setting a Talkgroup

Making a Private Call (Trunking, Digital Mode

Only)

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

there is no answer from the target radio. 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

LED lights up solid red. 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 LIST to go to

the first number of the call list.

< or > to the required ID.

Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

4Press the PTT button to start the Private Call.

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5A telephone-type ringing sounds if the receiving unit is in

service. The display shows CALLING...<NUMBER> or

CALLING...<ALIAS>.

6Hold the microphone 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.

See Sending a Call Alert Page on page 55 for more

information.

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 LIST to go to

the first number of the call list.

< or > 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 microphone 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.

7Release the PTT button to listen.

87 Press H to return to the Home screen.

See Alert Tones on page 20 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 Dir indicator lights to show REPEATER MODE if the

radio is currently in Repeater mode.

The Dir indicator lights to show DIRECT MODE and the

Talkaround icon if the radio is currently in Direct mode

(during conventional operation only).

You can repeat step 2 to toggle between the two modes. Once

in Direct Mode, press PTT button to start conversation with the

radios nearby.

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.

Monitor a channel to ensure the channel is clear before

transmitting.

Monitoring a Channel

Procedure:

Lift the microphone control head off hook.

Conventional Modes Only:

1Listen for activity on that channel.

2Adjust the Volume Knob if necessary.

3If you hear no activity, press and hold the PTT button to start

your conversation.

Trunked Modes Only:

1Press the PTT button.

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2If you hear two, short, high-pitched tones, or if you hear no

tone and the t indicator lights steadily, then proceed with

your message.

3Release the PTT button to receive (listen).

if you are not in the range of the system, you may hear a

continuous low-pitched tone and the display shows “

OUT OF

RANGE

”.

Conventional Mode Operation

This feature allows you to monitor channel traffic on

conventional channels by defeating the coded squelch. Thus

you can to listen to another user active on the channel. This

way, you may be prevented from talking over someone else’s

conversation.

Note: This feature must first be enabled by a qualified radio

technician or system administrator.

Procedure:

Take the control head off hook. (This is the same as monitor on.

You hear all channel traffic.)

1At Home mode where the default zone and channel are

being displayed, > or < button to MON.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below MON

momentarily to activate monitoring. The display shows

MONITOR ON.

3Press the Menu Select button to deactivate the monitoring.

The display shows MONITOR OFF.

MONITOR ON

shown on the display indicates that the radio is

monitoring. Pressing the Menu Select button again turns

monitor off and you don’t hear all channel traffic.

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Advanced Features

Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced

features available with your radio:

Advanced Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32

Multiple Control Head Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37

Contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 45

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 47

Call Alert Paging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 50

Automatic Registration Service (ARS) . . . . . . . . . . . . page 54

Text Messaging Service (TMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 57

Secure Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 68

Global Positioning System (GPS) Enabled. . . . . . . . . page 71

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 81

Advanced Call Features

Calling a Phone Not in the List

1< or > to PHON.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below PHON.

3Enter the desired phone number from the optional keypad

microphone. The display updates as the numbers are

entered.

4Press 3 button on the keypad microphone to make the call.

5Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the PTT

button to listen.

6Press H or Menu Select button directly below PHON to exit.

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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 alternates between CALL RECEIVED

and the home display.

2Press the Menu Select button below CALL within 20

seconds after the call indicators begin. The display shows

the alias or ID number of the sender.

3The speaker unmutes.

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

from your mouth.

5Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the PTT

button to listen.

6Press H to return to the Home screen.

Note: If you press PTT button before pressing the Menu

Select button directly below CALL, your conversation

will be heard by all members of the talk group.

If 20 seconds pass before you press the Menu Select button

directly below the

CALL

, you will not respond privately to the call

just received. Instead, you initiate a Private Call. See “Making a

Selective Call” on page 33.

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 LIST to go to

the last number dialed.

< or > to the required ID.

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Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

4Hold the microphone 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.

If you do not press H button to hang up, your radio will remain

in Selective Call state with the other unit. You will miss all

subfleet traffic and incoming phone calls.

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 slaved to talkgroups. When

talkgroups are enabled, encryption keys are changed

by changing the active talkgroup. See Secure

Operation on page 68 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.

3< or > to PSET for the preset preprogrammed talkgroup.

< or > 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 slaved to the new talkgroup is erased,

a momentary key fail tone sounds and the display shows

KEY FAIL.

If the encryption key that is slaved 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.

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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 time-out

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.

4< or > 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. The display shows

PLEASE WAIT.

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,

Digital Mode 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.

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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, Digital Mode

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.

3The display shows REPROGRAM 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.

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Multiple Control Head Features

This feature allows a transceiver to control as many as four O5

control heads. You can use the CAN cables to connect in any

configuration that does not exceed 131 feet (40 meters) in

combined length. O5 Control Head Installation Manual

(HLN6947) for further information.

The Multiple Control Head feature consists of 2 modes:

•All Active mode

•One Active mode

Multiple Control Head (MCH) feature can be programmed via

Customer Programming Software (CPS).

Note: If two or more control heads are connected to the

system before enabling the MCH feature in the CPS,

the radio will display EXTRA CH or CH ID # ERR. Both

errors are FATAL.

Setting the Initial Control Head’s ID

This feature allows you to setup the control head in the Front

Panel Programming (FPP) mode. During the setup, the control

head are defined as Control Head Number 1, Control Head

Number 2, Control Head Number 3 and Control Head Number

Procedure:

1Press the Power button to power off the radio.

2Press and hold the left-most g button and the emergency

button simultaneously.

3While continuing to depress these two buttons, press the

Power button to power on the radio and the control head.

4The radio and the control head will power on into FPP

mode. The display shows control head’s ID number.

5Turn the Channel knob to change the control head’s ID

number.

6Repeat steps 1 to 4 above to set the ID number for the rest

of the attached control heads.

If a keypad microphone is connected after the

radio has been turned on, the radio MAY fail to

detect it.

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All Active Mode

The All Active mode enables all connected control heads of the

radio to operate concurrently with each other. When you

activate a feature on one control head, the rest of the control

heads will have the same activated feature and indicator on

their respective display.

The multiple control head feature allows only control heads of

the same type to be connected. Upon power up, if a control

head of a different type is connected to the radio, the radio

reports the fatal error CH MISMATCH on the display of all

attached control heads.

Intercom Feature

The All Active mode allows you to use one of the control head to

talk to the user at the other control heads.

Note: Only one intercom call can be initiated at one time.

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below INTC to

activate the intercom feature of any of the control head.

2Press the PTT button to initiate an intercom transmission.

All control heads that are attached will receive the same

intercom call.

3The display of the control heads receiving the intercom call

shows the alias/ID number of the transmitting control head.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to

deactivate the intercom feature.

Press H to deactivate the intercom feature.

Change to other mode to deactivate the intercom feature.

Only in Emergency channel:

pressing the Emergency button or the emergency

footswitch on any control head also deactivates the intercom

feature.

One Active Mode

The One Active mode enables only one control head to be

visibly active at a time in a two control head system. In the One

Active mode, if more than two (2) control heads are present

upon power up, the radio shows a fatal error EXTRA CH on the

display of all attached control heads.

The active control head commands the system normally. In the

meantime, the inactive control head is in remote mode with its

display showing REMOTE.

The Volume knob, DIM, Front/Rear (F/R) softkey and

Emergency buttons remain active on the inactive head, while

all other controls are disabled. Emergency footswitch and VIP

inputs are also still active on the inactive control head. However,

VIP inputs must be connected to the head assigned ID #1.

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Note: Only two (2) control heads are supported in the one

active mode.

Follow the procedure below to toggle between the two control

heads.

Procedure:

Press the Menu Select button directly below F/R.

Press the Menu Select button preprogrammed user button on

the keypad microphone.

Intercom Features

The intercom feature allows a user at one control head to talk to

the user at the other control heads of a Multiple Control Head

configuration. At any given time, when a control head being

operated has priority for the intercom call, all other control

heads are blocked until the active control head releases PTT

button.

This can be made on any attached control head. This feature

only applies to control heads in the All Active mode.

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below INTC to

activate the intercom feature.

2Press the PTT button on the microphone of one of the

control heads to initiate the audio transmission.

3All control heads that are attached, receive the same

intercom call. The display of the receiving control heads

shows the alias/ID number of the transmitting control head.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

EXIT

to deactivate

the intercom feature.

Press H on any control head to deactivate the intercom

feature.

The intercom feature also deactivates when user initiates a

mode change. If the radio is on an emergency channel,

Transceiver

ZONE

CHAN

PWR SQL

REMOTE

F/R

Active Radio

Non-Active Radio

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pressing of the

EMERGENCY

button or the emergency

footswitch button on any control head also deactivates the

intercom feature.

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.

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 time-out

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 to the

call list. The display shows Contact Alias.

3> or < to the required subscriber alias.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

5> or < to CALL and press the Menu Select button directly

below SEL.

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6> or < to select the call type.

7Hold the microphone 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. The LED lights up solid

green.

10 If there is no voice activity for a programmed 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.

3> or < to the required subscriber alias.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below CNTS. The

display shows Contact Alias.

5Hold the microphone 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 and hold Menu Select button directly below

CNTS. The entries are alphabetically sorted.

3> or < to {NEW CONTACT} and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

4The display shows NAME.

Use the keypad to enter the name.

Press < to move one space to the left.

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Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

5Press 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.

6> or < to {ADD NUMBER} and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL. The display shows TYPE 1 <DEFAULT

TYPE>.

7Press Menu Select button directly below EDIT.

8> or < to the required channel and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

9> or < to NUMBER 1 and press the Menu Select button

directly below EDIT.The display shows NUMBER 1 and a

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 Press the Menu Select button directly below DONE once

you have finished.

12 The display shows <ENTRY> STORED, confirming that the

contact entry has been added.

13 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.

3> or < to the entry you want to delete and press the Menu

Select button directly below OPTN.

4> or < to DELETE and press the Menu Select button directly

below SEL. The display shows <ENTRY> CONFIRM DEL?.

5Select YES to delete the entry.

The display shows <ENTRY> DELETED and the radio

returns to the main screen for Contacts.

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Select NO to return to the main screen for Contacts.

Adding a Contact to a Call List or Phone List

Procedure:

1> or < to CNTS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CNTS. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3> or < to the entry you want to add to the call list and press

the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

4> or < to ADD TO CALLLST or ADD TO PHONLST and

press the Menu Select button directly below SEL.

5The display shows <ENTRY> ADDED TO CALLLST or

ADDED TO PHONLST, confirming the addition of the contact

to the list.

6The radio returns to the main display for Contacts.

Editing a Contact in a Call List or a Phone List

Editing an Entry Alias

Procedure:

1> or < to CNTS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CNTS. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3> or < to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu

Select button directly below OPTN.

4> or < to EDIT and press the Menu Select button directly

below SEL.

5> or < to the entry alias you wish to change and press the

Menu Select button directly below EDIT.

6A 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 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.

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Editing as Entry ID

Procedure:

1> or < to CNTS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CNTS. The

entries are alphabetically sorted.

3> or < to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu

Select button directly below OPTN.

4> or < to EDIT and press the Menu Select button directly

below SEL.

5> or < to the entry ID you wish to change and press the

Menu Select button directly below EDIT.

6A cursor appears.

Use the keypad to edit the number.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

3> or < to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu

Select button directly below OPTN.

4> or < to EDIT and press the Menu Select button directly

below SEL.

5> or < to TYPE and press the Menu Select button directly

below EDIT.

6> or < 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.

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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> to SCNL

2Press the Menu Select button directly below SCNL.

3> or < to view the members on the list.

4Press the 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.

3> or < to the entry you want to edit.

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.

5> or < to select more channels to be added or deleted.

Use the keypad to go directly to additional channels to be

added or deleted.

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Use the Channel 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.

Changing the Scan List Status

Procedure:

1Long press the preprogrammed Scan List Programming

button (side button).

2The display shows the programming mode icon and the first

list member.

3> or < to the number you want to edit.

4Press the 3 button or press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL once to add the currently displayed

channel to the scan list.

Press the 3 button or press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL, one or more times to change the scan

list status icon of the currently displayed channel.

5> or < 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 Channel Knob to select another scan list member.

6Long press the Scan List Programming to switch out of

programming position.

Press H to exit scan list programming and return to the

Home screen.

Viewing and Changing the Priority Status

Procedure:

1At the below 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.

At the below SEL, DEL, and RCL screen, press the 3 button

or press the Menu Select button directly below SEL, 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.

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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> 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.

Turning Scan On While Disregarding the Squelch

Code (Conventional Channels Only)

Procedure:

1> to MON.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below MON.

3The brief MONITOR ON display indicates that the radio is

disregarding the squelch code.

While scanning for activity, you can still receive fleetwide,

system-wide, dynamic regrouping, incoming telephone

interconnect and Private Conversation/Call Alert calls.

Respond to these types of calls as you would normally on the

selected channel. However, when scanning different channels

while in talkgroup scan, incoming Private Conversation/Call

Alert calls may be missed.

Transmitting While the Scan is On

Radio Programmed for Talkback Scan

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Procedure:

1Press the PTT button to transmit on the channel indicated

by the display.

The radio does not begin scanning again for a predetermined

hang time after you release the PTT button, allowing the other

party to respond. If the other party responds within the hang

time, scanning does not resume until the full hang time expires

after they have finished speaking, allowing the conversation to

be completed.

To transmit on the selected channel if another channel is active,

first turn scan off by pressing the Menu Select button below

SCAN

momentarily.

Radio Programmed for Non-Talkback Scan

Procedure:

1Press the PTT button at any time to transmit on the selected

channel or fixed channel.

To make a Call Alert page, or Private Conversation call while

scanning, press either the Menu Select button directly below

PAGE

CALL

. The call is entered on the selected channel and

scanning is halted until the call is exited by pressing

pressing the Menu Select button below either

PAGE

CALL

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.

Procedure:

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

> or < to NUIS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below NUIS.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below DELETE.

Restoring a Nuisance Channel

Procedure:

To restore the deleted nuisance channel, do one of the

following:

•Turn scan off, then on.

•Change modes.

•Turn off the radio, and then turn it back on.

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Nuisance mode delete can be disabled by the system

administrator.

Changing Priorities Status While Scan is On

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:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below DYNP to

change the priority of a non-priority channel in the scan list

to Priority-Two.

2Press H momentarily to exit the scan list and resume

scanning.

Restoring Priorities in a Scan List

Procedure:

To restore the original channel priorities in a scan list, do one of

the following:

•Press the Menu Select button directly below RCL.

•Turn scan off, then on.

•Change channels.

•Turn off the radio, and then turn it back on.

Hang Up (HUB)

To temporarily suspend Scan Mode operation, remove the

control head from the Hang Up Box (HUB). You are allowed to

use the control head while scan is suspended. However, Priority

Member scanning is not suspended. This feature applies to all

Scan Lists and Scan Types. Scan is resumed once the control

head is returned to the holding clip and the preprogrammed

hang time has elapsed.

Note: Priority Scan List members are continuously scanned

only when the Scan List, Designated Tx Member field

is set to “Talkback” in the radio programming.

Otherwise, all scan mode operation is suspended.

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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.

Answering a Call Alert

Procedure:

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

alert tone and the green LED blinks.

2The call received icons blinks and the display shows PAGE

RECEIVED.

3Press the PTT button to answer.

Press any button to clear the Call Alert page.

See Making a Talkgroup Call on page 28 or Making a Private

Call (Trunking, Digital Mode Only) on page 28 for more

information on returning the call.

Sending a Call Alert Page

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the time-out

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

up. 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 of the procedure below.

Follow the procedure below.

1> or < to PAGE.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below PAGE.

3> or < to select the required ID.

4Press the PTT button to send the page.

5The display shows PAGING...<NUMBER> or <ALIAS>.

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

the display shows ACK RECEIVED.

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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 o

the main screen for Contacts.

Follow the procedure below.

1> or < to CALL.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CALL.

3> or < to select the required ID, 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 o

the main screen for Contacts.

In-Call User Alert

You can enable and disable voice transmission, if needed.

Procedure:

1Make sure you are in Home mode where the default zone

and mode are being displayed.

2> or < to scroll to the VMUT.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below VMUT.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below VMUT or the

VMut preprogrammed button again to turn the feature off

and you will be able to hear to normal dispatch calls.

Pressing the Menu Select button directly below

VMUT

or the

VMut programmed button momentarily toggles between Voice

mute on and Voice mute off.

VOICE MUTE ON

shown on the

display indicates that the radio is muted to normal dispatch

calls.

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Emergency Operation

The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation.

If the Orange button is preprogrammed to send an emergency

signal, this signal overrides any other communication over the

selected channel.

Your radio supports 5 Emergency Alarms:

•Emergency Call

•Emergency Alarm

•Emergency Alarm with Call

•Silent Emergency Alarm

•Special Considerations for Emergencies

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more

information on the programming of this feature.

Only one of the Emergency Alarms above can be assigned to

the preprogrammed Emergency button or the Emergency

footswitch.

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 preprogrammed Emergency button. A tone sounds

and the display alternates EMERGENCY and the home

display.

2A dispatcher acknowledgment ACK RECEIVED display

follows.

AND, Trunking Only:

A high-pitched tone indicates that the alarm has been

received by the trunked system’s central controller.

3The radio automatically returns to normal operation. No

further action is required.

Sending an Emergency Call

Procedure:

1Press preprogrammed Emergency button. A tone sounds

and the display alternates EMERGENCY and the home

display.

2Press the PTT button and announce your emergency.

3After completing the emergency call, press and hold the

emergency button until a tone sounds.

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4The EMERGENCY display disappears, and the radio returns

to normal operation.

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency

Call

This feature allows you send an Emergency Alarm to another

radio. Upon acknowledgement, both radios can communicate

over a programmed Emergency channel.

If the radio has both emergency call and alarm features, it

automatically proceeds to the call mode after the alarm is

acknowledged.

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Emergency button to activate

the emergency call/alarm feature.

2The display alternates EMERGENCY and the home display.

3A high-pitched tone sounds, indicating that the alarm has

been received by the trunked system’s central controller.

A dispatcher acknowledgment (four high-pitched tones)

follows, accompanied by an ACK RECEIVED display.

4Press the PTT button and announce your emergency.

5Press and hold the emergency button until a tone sounds to

exit from the emergency state altogether.

6The EMERGENCY display disappears, and the radio returns

to normal operation.

Turning the radio off also cancels the emergency state.

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to another

radio without any audio or visual indicator.

Upon acknowledgement, your radio’s microphone is

automatically activated, allowing you to communicate with the

other radio without pressing the PTT button.

This activated microphone state is also known as “hot mic”.

Note: If you press the PTT button during hot mic, and

continue to press it after the hot mic duration expires,

the radio continues to transmit until you release the

PTT button.

Procedure:

1Press the preprogrammed Emergency button to activate

the silent alarm feature.

2Press and hold the emergency button until a tone sounds to

exit the silent alarm mode.

If silent emergency alarm is used with emergency call, pressing

the PTT button exits the silent mode and initiates the

emergency call.

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Special Considerations for Emergencies

•If you press the emergency button while in a channel that has

no emergency capability, a low-pitched tone sounds.

•If the unit is out of the range of the system and/or the

emergency alarm is not acknowledged, a tone sounds and

the display shows NO ACKNOWLEDGE.

•If you press the emergency button, then change to a mode

that has no emergency capability, the display shows NO

EMERGENCY and a continuous low-pitched tone sounds until

a valid emergency mode is selected or until the emergency is

cancelled.

•When an emergency is active, changing to another mode

where emergency is enabled (trunked or conventional)

causes an emergency alarm and/or emergency call to be

active on the new mode.

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 ARS Mode

Procedure:

1After the zone you want is displayed, toggle until the display

shows the required channel.

> and hold to CHAN.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below CHAN.

The display shows the current zone and the channel

blinking.

3> or rotate the Channel Knob to the desired channel.

4Press 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) will take 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.

The user login feature can be accessed by selecting a menu

item on the display or through a programmable button.

Note: Valid characters for a username entry are capital

letters A-Z, small letters a-z, numbers 0-9, ‘*’, ‘#’, ‘-‘, ‘/’

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:

1> to USER.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below USER.

3The display shows the User Login screen.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below ID.

5A blinking cursor appears beside ID.Use the keypad to enter

a username using the keypad multi-tap function.

> to scroll through the list of predefined usernames. Press

the Menu Select button to select a predefined username.

Press and hold > to scroll through the list of predefined

usernames at a fast scroll rate.

Press the Menu Select button to select a predefined

username.

6If the selected predefined username has more than eight (8)

characters, or an invalid character in it, the display

momentary shows Invalid ID. Repeat Step 5.

Press the Menu Select button directly below PIN.

7A blinking cursor appears beside PIN.

Enter your Personal Identification Number (PIN) number.

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The maximum PIN length is 4 digits. The PIN number will

appear as asterisks.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below LOGN.

9In ARS server mode, the display shows the User Login

Indicator icon, the ID, IN PPROGRESS and CNCL.

In ARS non-server mode, the display shows the User Login

Indicator icon, the ID, LOGGED IN and LOGT.

In non-ARS enabled mode, the display shows OFFLINE and

LOGT.

10 If 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 5.

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 7.

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

Logging Out

Procedure:

1> to LOGT.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below LOGT.

3Display shows the User Login Indicator icon and CLEAR

PRIVATE DATA?.

4Select YES to clear all your private data. The display shows

momentary PRIVATE DATA CLEARED.

Select NO to keep your private data.

Private data refers to all messages in the text messaging Inbox,

Draft and Sent folder. The next radio user will be able to access

your 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: SeeStatus Icons on page 17 for more details on the

TMS icons and TMS Menu Options on page 18 for

more details on each menu option.

Accessing TMS Feature

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the time-out

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

up. 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

button to access the TMS feature screen.

Press and hold the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the

TMS button to access the Inbox screen.

Follow the procedure below.

1> or < to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3> or < 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 num lock 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.

3> or < to COMPOSE and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL.

Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to return

to the TMS feature screen.

4> or < 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 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.

7> or < to SEND MESSAGE and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

8> or < to scroll through the address list and press the Menu

Select button below SEL to select the required address.

> or < to {OTHER RECPNT} and press the Menu Select

button below EDIT.

A blinking cursor appears in the ENTER ADDRESS screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

9Press the Menu Select button below SEND to send the

message.

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Press 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 61 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 65 for more details.

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 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1> or < to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3> or < to COMPOSE and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL.

Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to return

to the TMS feature screen.

4> or < to QUICK TEXT and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL for a predefined message.

5> or < 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.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

8> or < to SEND MESSAGE and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL to send the message.

9The 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 the Menu Select button 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 directly below OPTN.

11 > or < to SEND MESSAGE and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

12 > or < to scroll through the address list and highlight the

required address.

> or < to {OTHER RECPNT} and press the Menu Select

button below EDIT.

A blinking cursor appears in the ENTER ADDRESS screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

13 Press the Menu Select button below SEND to send the

message.

Press the PTT button to send the message.

14 The display shows the SEND MESSAGE screen and

SENDING MSG.

15 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 61 for more

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Using the Priority Status and Request Reply

Features

Before sending your message, you can append a priority

message and/or a request reply to your message.

Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message

Note: The Priority Message 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 (Composing and

Sending a New Text Message on page 58 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

2> or < 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 58 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

2> or < 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.

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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 58 for more

information):

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

2> or < to MARK AS NORMAL and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL to indicate the message as

important.

AND

> or < to NO 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.

2> or < to MARK AS NORMAL and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL to indicate the message as

important.

AND

> or < 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 Step3.

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 message.

3The display shows alias or ID 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: > or < 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 screen 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.

3> or < to INBX and press the Menu Select button below

SEL.

4The display shows alias or IDs, with the sender of the latest

received message.

5> or < to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu

Select button below SEL to view the message.

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While on the review 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) on page 57 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:

1> or <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.

3> or < to TEXT MESSAGE and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

> or < to Quick Text and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL for a predefined message.

> or < 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.

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Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

7> or < to SEND MESSAGE and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL to send the message.

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 message and/or a request

reply to your message. Using the Priority Status and

Request Reply Features on page 61 for more details.

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.

3> or < 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.

5> or < 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.

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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 text message

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

Viewing a Sent Text Message

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

status of the message. Text Messaging Service (TMS) on

page 57 for more information.

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS

Feature button to access the TMS feature screen, and proceed

to Step 3.

Follow the procedure below.

1> or < to TMS.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access

the TMS feature screen.

3> or < to SENT and press the Menu Select button below

SEL.

4The display shows alias or ID, with the recipient of latest

sent message on top.

5> or < to the required alias or ID and press the Menu Select

button below SEL to view the message.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

OPTN

DEL

, or

BACK

to access the option.

•Select

OPTN

to send to the message.

•Select

DEL

to delete the message.

•Select

BACK

to return to the previous screen.

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Sending a Sent Text Message

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN while

viewing the message.

2> or < to SEND MESSAGE and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL to send the message.

3> or < to scroll through the address list and highlight the

required address.

> or < to {OTHER RECPNT} and press the Menu Select

button below EDIT.

A blinking cursor appears in the ENTER ADDRESS screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

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 on the display.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

BACK

at any time

to return to the previous screen.

Note: You can append a priority message and/or a request

reply to your message. Using the Priority Status and

Request Reply Features on page 61 for more details.

Deleting a Text Message

Procedure:

From the Inbox, Draft, or Sent screen:

1> or < to scroll through the messages.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below

DEL

to delete

the current message

Press the Menu Select button directly below CLR to delete

all messages.

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Secure Operation

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.

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:

1 Attach the KVL to your radio.

2 The display shows KEYLOADING, and all other radio

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

are locked out.

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3 Select the required keys and press the Menu Select button

directly below LOAD on the KVL. This loads the encryption

keys into your radio.

4 When 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 radio service

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.

Selecting an Encryption Key

Procedure:

1< or > to KEY.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below KEY. The

display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption

key, and the available menu selections.

3< or > to scroll through the encryption keys.

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

4 Press 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.

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.

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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

to exit this menu at any time without changing the

keyset selection.

Procedure:

1< or > to KSET.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below KSET. The

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

the available keyset menu selections.

3< or > to scroll through the keysets.

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

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

newly selected keyset.

5 The radio exits keyset selection and returns to the Home

screen.

Using the Key Zeroization Feature

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

Procedure:

1< or > to ERAS.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below ERAS. The

display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption

key, and the available menu selections.

3< or > to the desired encryption key.

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

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below ALL to delete

all keys.

Press the Menu Select button directly below SNGL to

current shown key.

Press the Menu Select button directly below ABRT to abort

this screen and return to Home screen.

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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.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below REKY.

3 Press the PTT button to send the rekey request.

Press the PTT button again, or the H or Emergency button,

to exit the feature and transmit in normal mode.

4 If 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.

Global Positioning System (GPS) Enabled

Your GPS Enabled 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 co-ordinates, 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

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•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 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.

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.

This feature is only available when a location enabled

accessory such as the GPS Antenna is used.

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.

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

coordinates cannot be deleted.

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the time-out

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 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 to turn on the GPS:

1< or > to LOC.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below LOC. The

display shows LOCATION OFF <LATITUDE>.

3< or > to check the longitude, time and date of the last

successful location fix if you want.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below ON to turn on

the GPS. The display shows PREVIOUS LOC <LATITUDE>.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below RFSH to obtain

a new location fix.

6The 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.

7Once the location coordinates are fixed, the display shows

the current latitude. Toggle to see the longitude, time and

date.

The location coordinates are updated automatically every

four minutes while the location signal is present.

Programmable Waypoints Preprogrammed Waypoints

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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8Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to exit

the feature and return to the main screen.

Press H or the PTT button (if preprogrammed) to exit this

menu.

Follow the procedure below to turn off the GPS:

1< or > to LOC.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below LOC. The

display shows PREVIOUS LOC <LATITUDE>.

3< or > to check the longitude, time and date of the last

successful location fix.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN to turn

off the GPS.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to exit

the feature and return to the main screen.

Press H or the PTT button (if preprogrammed) to exit this

menu.

The radio also exits the menu if the emergency button is

pressed.

Saving a Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

2< or > to SAVE AS WAYPNT and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

3A blinking cursor appears in the Save as waypoint screen.

Use the keypad to type the alias via multi-tap.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button 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.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below OK once you

are done.

5You CURRENT LOC SAVED AS <WAYPOINT NAME> on the

display.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to exit

the feature and return to the main screen.

Press H or the PTT button (if preprogrammed) to exit this

menu.

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Viewing a Saved Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

2< or > to WAYPOINTS.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL. The

display shows Waypoints name.

4< or > to desired waypoints name.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

6> to VIEW.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL.

8> again to view UTC and date the waypoint was detected.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below BACK to return

to previous Waypoint screen.

Press the Menu Select button directly below OK to return to

Location screen.

Press H to return to Home screen.

Press PTT button to return to Home screen.

Editing the Alias of a Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN. The

display shows Options screen.

2< or > to WAYPOINTS.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL. The

display shows Waypoints screen.

4> or < to desired waypoints.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

6> or < to EDIT NAME.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL. The

display shows Edit Name screen.

8A blinking cursor appears in the Save as waypnt screen.

Use the keypad to type the alias via multi-tap.

Press < to move one space to the left.

Press > to move one space to the right.

Press the Menu Select button below DEL to delete any

unwanted characters.

Press * to add a space.

Press 0 to toggle between mixed case mode, uppercase

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mode, and lowercase mode.

Press # to toggle between numeric and letter mode.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below OK once you

are done.

10 The display shows <WAYPOINT NAME> UPDATED.

11 Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to exit

the feature and return to the main screen.

Press H or the PTT button (if preprogrammed) to exit this

menu.

Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN. The

display shows Options screen.

2< or > to WAYPOINTS and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL. The display shows Waypoints screen.

3> or < to desired waypoints.

4Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

5> or < to EDIT Location.

6Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL. The

display shows Edit Name screen.

7A blinking cursor appears in the Save as waypnt screen.

Use the keypad to type the number.

Press < to move to the next number/coordinates.

Press > to move back to the previous number/chordates.

Press the Menu Select button below DEL to delete any

unwanted characters.

8Press the Menu Select button directly below OK once you

are done.

9The display shows <WAYPOINT NAME> UPDATED.

10 Press the Menu Select button directly below EXIT to exit

the feature and return to the main screen.

Press H or the PTT button (if preprogrammed) to exit this

menu.

Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint

Procedure:

1> or < to LOC.

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2Press the Menu Select button directly below LOC.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN. The

display shows Options screen.

4> or < to WAYPOINTS.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL. The

display shows Waypoints screen.

6> or < to desired waypoints.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

Press the Menu Select button directly below DEL and then

skip to step 9.

8> or < to DELETE. The display shows <WAYPOINT NAME>

CONFIRM DEL?.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below YES to delete.

10 The display shows <WAYPOINT NAME>DELETED.

Deleting All Saved Waypoint

Procedure:

1> or < to LOC.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below LOC.

3Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN. The

display shows Options screen.

4> or < to WAYPOINTS.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL. The

display shows Waypoints screen.

6> or < to desired waypoints.

7Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

8> or < to DELETE ALL. The display shows ALL SAVED

WAYP CONFIRM DEL?.

9Press the Menu Select button directly below YES to delete.

10 The display shows ALL SAVED WAYP DELETED.

Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a Saved

Waypoint

Procedure:

While in the current location display:

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below OPTN.

2> or < to DIST FRM HERE and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL.

3 The display shows a waypoints.

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4> or < to the required waypoint, and press the Menu Select

button directly below SEL.

5 The 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) display so that you can 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.

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.

The failsoft condition is indicated by a faint beeping tone every

nine seconds (radio unsquelched) until the trunking system

returns to normal operation.

To continue, in Failsoft, to communicate with other talkgroups,

refer to the following procedure.

Procedure:

1Rotate the Channel knob to change to a different repeater

frequency.

2Press the PTT button to talk, and release the button to

listen.

When the trunking system returns to normal operation, your

radio automatically leaves failsoft operation and returns to

trunked operation.

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Going Out-of-Range

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.

SmartZone®

The SmartZone® feature extends communications beyond the

reach of a single-trunked site (antenna location) when operating

in a SmartZone system. SmartZone units provide expanded

wide-area coverage.

SmartZone automatically switches the radio to a different site

when the current site signal becomes unacceptable. This

usually happens when the vehicle in which the radio is located

is driven out of the range of one site, and into the range of

another.

Under normal conditions, a SmartZone-enabled radio functions

invisibly to the operator. However, the operator does have some

manual controls on the Control Head – the RSSI menu entry.

This button can be used to check, or change, the SmartZone

operation.

Using 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.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SITE.

3 Press 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.

4 The 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:

1 Press the preprogrammed Site Search button.

2 The display momentarily shows the name of the current site

and its corresponding received signal strength indicator

(RSSI).

Changing the Current Site

Procedure:

1 Press and hold down the preprogrammed Site Search

button.

2 A tone sounds and the display momentarily shows

SCANNING SITE.

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

Trunked Announcement

The announcement capability allows you to make

announcements to the entire user group, as well as monitor

talkgroup calls and other announcements.

Announcement calls are handled in two different ways,

depending on the trunked central controller configuration. The

two types are called ruthless and non-ruthless preemption.

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•Ruthless Preemption:

When a ruthless preemption announcement call is initiated,

the requesting radio begins transmitting immediately. All

associated talkgroup calls taking place on other channels are

immediately halted, and the radios are steered to the

announcement call.

Transmitting radios continue to transmit until the PTT button

is released, at which time they also unmute for the

announcement call. Individual calls (Private Conversation and

telephone interconnect) are not affected.

•Non-Ruthless Preemption:

When a non-ruthless preemption announcement is initiated,

the initiating unit receives a telephone-type busy tone,

followed by a call back when all associated talkgroup

conversations end.

Once an announcement call is pending, any attempts by

other users to initiate a talkgroup call will result in a

telephone-type busy tone. These users will not receive a call

back until the announcement call is complete.

Initiating an Announcement

If your radio has been programmed to allow announcement

calls:

Procedure:

1Press the Channel knob to locate the announcement-group

mode.

2Press the microphone PTT button to initiate the

announcement.

Utilities

Viewing 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)

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:

1> or < to RCNT.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below RCNT to

access the Recent Calls feature screen.

3> or < to scroll through the list.

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4Press the Menu Select button directly below BACK to return

to Home screen.

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

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the time-out timer is

enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You

will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

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 transmit power level between high and low 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.

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 time-out

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

3> or < to scroll through the menu selections.

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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.

Controlling the Display Backlight

You can enable or disable the radio’s display backlight as

needed, if poor light conditions make the display difficult to read.

Depending on how your radio is preprogrammed, you can also

maintain a minimum backlight level on the radio’s display.

Note: The backlight setting also affects the Menu Select

buttons, the Menu Navigation buttons and the keypad

backlighting accordingly.

Procedure:

Press the l button to toggle the backlight off or on.

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.

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.

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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.

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 LEDs goes out until you

release the PTT button.

2Release the PTT button. The LEDs relight and the timer

resets.

3Press the PTT button to re-transmit. The time-out timer

restarts and the red LED lights up.

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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.

1Procedure:

> or < to SQL.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below SQL. The

display shows SQUELCH XX, where XX is a squelch level

setting of 0 to 15.

3Press H to return to the selected channel.

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. Consult your dealer or system administrator for more

information.

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Option Result

Carrier squelch (C) You hear all traffic on a channel.

PL or DPL The radio responds only to your

messages.

Option Result

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 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.

Using the Digital PTT ID Feature

This feature allows you to 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:

Accessing General Radio Information

Your radio contains information on the following:

•Radio Information

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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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•IP Display

•Control Assignments

•Soft ID (If Enabled)

Note: The radio automatically exits the feature, if the time-out

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 Radio Information

This feature displays the following information of your radio:

Note: Press H at any time to return to the Home screen.

Procedure:

1> or < to INFO.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below INFO.

3> or < to RADIO INFO and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL.

4The display shows the Information screen.

5> or < to scroll through the various information.

Press the Menu Select button directly below BACK to return

to previous screen.

Press H to exit and return to the home display.

Viewing 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.

•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 Version •DSP Version

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3> or < to IP INFO and press the Menu Select button directly

below SEL.

4The display shows the IP info screen.

5> or < to scroll through the various information.

Press the Menu Select button directly below BACK to return

to previous screen.

Press H to exit and return to the Home display.

Viewing Control Assignments

This feature displays the programmable radio functions

assigned to the controls of your radio for the currently selected

channel.

Programmable Features on page 10 for more information on

the various programmable features of your radio.

Procedure:

1> or <to INFO.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below INFO.

3The display shows the Control Map screen.

4> or < to CONTROL MAP.

5Press the Menu Select button directly below SEL.

6You the Radio Info screen appears.

7> or < to scroll through the various information.

Press the Menu Select button directly below BACK to return

to previous screen.

Press H to exit and return to the Home display.

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.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below INFO.

3U or D to SOFT ID and press the Menu Select button

directly below SEL.

4 The display shows the current Soft ID.

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5 Press 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.

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 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.

7 Press 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.

Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights)

All control heads can be equipped for external alarms (horn and

lights) that are activated when a Call Alert page, Private

Conversation call, or phone call is received.

The radio always powers up with the horn and lights feature

enabled.

Note: The horn and lights feature must be enabled by a

qualified radio technician.

Non-Permanent Horn and Lights

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below H/L

momentarily. If necessary, use the > or < button to access

other available options within the menu.

Press the Menu Select button directly below H/L

momentarily to access the available options. The last

selected alarm(s) are enabled, and the display shows the

enabled alarm(s), until it is turned off.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below H/L a second

time to turn off the alarm(s).

Permanent Horn and Lights

Procedure:

1Press the Menu Select button directly below H/L

momentarily.

The last selected alarm(s) are enabled.The display briefly

shows the enabled alarms, and then reverts back to the

selected mode.

2Press the Menu Select button directly below H/L a second

time to turn off the alarm(s).

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Changing the Selected Alarms

Press and hold the Menu Select button directly below H/L until

a tone sounds and the display indicates the currently selected

alarm.

Press the appropriate Menu Select button right below the menu

entry to review the choices until the display shows the desired

alarm:

•H/L – HORN/LITES ON (both horn and lights)

•LGTS – LIGHTS ON

•HORN – HORN ON

Receiving a Call While Alarms are Turned On

When a call is received, the vehicle’s horn sounds for four

seconds, and/or the car lights turn on for 60 seconds. The time

interval can be modified by a qualified radio technician.

The display will show the type of call received (CALL, PAGE, or

PHONE) and the selected mode name.

Turning Off Non-Rearmable External Alarms

Procedure:

1Press the PTT button or any control-head button to turn off

the external alarm(s).

2To rearm the horn and lights feature, press the Menu Select

button H/L momentarily.

Note: Pressing the Menu Select button directly below CALL,

PAGE or PHON will turn off the external alarm(s) and

place you directly in that feature.

The Volume knob and the Mode knob have no effect

on the state of the external alarm(s).

Turning Off Rearmable External Alarms

To turn off the external alarm(s), press the PTT button or any

control head button other than the Menu Select button directly

below H/L.

Note: Pressing the Menu Select button directly below CALL,

PAGE or PHON turns off the external alarm(s) and

places you directly in that feature.

When the external alarm(s) are turned off, they will be

automatically rearmed.

Pressing the Menu Select button directly below H/L turns off

the external alarm(s) and exits the horn and lights feature. To

rearm the feature, press the Menu Select button directly below

H/L momentarily.

Note: Note:The Volume knob and the Mode knob have no

effect on the state of the external alarms.

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Helpful Tips

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Helpful Tips

The following are suggestions to assist you in troubleshooting

possible operating problems.

If your radio is locked up or the display shows FAIL 01/09, turn

the radio off and then back on. If this does not correct the

condition, take the radio to a qualified radio technician for

service.

If radio operation is intermittent, check with other persons using

the system for similar problems before taking the radio in for

service. Similar problems indicate a system malfunction rather

than a radio failure.

If symptoms persist or, if your unit exhibits other problems,

contact a qualified radio technician.

The cables that connect to the rear of the radio

could have live voltage on some of their pins. Do

not remove or reconnect these cables. Only a

qualified radio technician should perform this task.

Service performed by unauthorized personnel may

cause the radio to transmit an emergency alarm

even if the unit is turned off.

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Accessories

English

Accessories

Your radio is compatible with the accessories listed in this

chapter. Contact your dealer for details.

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 92

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 93

Control Station. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 93

Footswitches and PTTs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 94

Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 94

Microphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 95

Motorcycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 95

Mounting Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 95

Power Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 96

Programming/Accessory Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 96

Siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 97

Antennas

•Ant roof top unity gain 800 (HAF4002_)

•Ant 3dB low-profile 762-870 (HAF4013_)

•Ant 3dB elevated feed 762-870 (HAF4014_)

• Ant 1/4 wave 762-870MHz (HAF4016_)

•Ant 3dB co-linear 762-870MHz (HAF4017_)

•Ant, mobile, 800/900MHz (RRA4914_)

•Ant 3dB mcycle 762-870MHz (HAF4015_)

•Ant 3dB low profilemcyc 762-870MHz (HAF4018_)

•Roof top, 1/4 wave 136-144MHz (HAD4006_)

•Roof top, 1/4 wave 144-152 MHz (HAD4007_)

•Roof top, 1/4 wave, 152-162 MHz (HAD4008_)

•Roof top, 1/4 wave, 162-174 MHz (HAD4009_)

•Ant 3dB, roof mt, 136-174 MHz (RAD4010AR_)

•Ant roof mt wb VHF 136/162 (HAD4016_)

•Ant roof mt wb VHF 146/174 (HAD4017_)

•VHF ant wideband 136-174 MHz (HAD4021_)

•GPS (HLN7005_)

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English

Audio

7.5 Watt Speaker (water resistant) (HSN4038_)

13 Watt Speaker (motorcycle) (HSN6003_)

Standard speaker 8 Ohm (HSN4031_)

Standard speaker 3.2 Ohm (HSN4032_)

Control Station

•Power supply 15A Hi power (HPN4007_)

•Desk tray w/speaker (HLN6042_)

•110V Line cord (3060665A04)

•Euro cord (3060665A05)

• UK cord (3002120F02)

•Argentina cord (3085801L01)

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Footswitches and PTTs

•Emergency footswitch (HLN5113_)

•PTT footswitch button (GLN7278_)

•Emergency push button (HLN5131_)

•Accessory PTT (RLN5926_)

•External alarm cable (HKN4258_)

•External alarm buzzer 110MA (HLN6953_)

•External alarm relays (HLN6969_)

Keypad

•Auxiliary switch panel (HLN1224_)

•Direct Entry Keypad (DEK) (HLN1392_)

•DEK XTL cable adaptor (HKN6189_)

•(DEK) Siren PA deck 8 button (H1336_)

•(DEK) Status message deck 8 button (H1338_)

•(DEK) Status message deck 16 button (H1339_)

•DEK 8 button (HLN1362_)

•DEK 24 button (HLN1363_)

•DEK 16 button (HLN1364_)

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Microphones

•Traditional Palm Microphone (HMN1090_)

•Keypad Microphone (HMN4079_)

•Smart Visor Microphone (RMN5054_)

•GCAI Keypad Handset (HMN4097_)

•GCAI non Keypad Handset (HMN4098_)

•Desktop Microphone New-Design (RMN5070_)

•Motorcycle Microphone (HMN1089_)

•Microphone hang up clip (HLN9073_)

•HLN9073B Hang up clip,0780257N01 (HLN5391_)

•Motorcycle water resistant mic w/DB9 connector

(HMN1079_)

•HandSet/Hangup Armoured Cable w/GCAI connector

(HKN1018_)

Motorcycle

•Motorocycle enclosure - black US (HLN1446_)

•Motorocycle enclosure - white US (HLN1445_)

Mounting Solution

•Hi Power Quick Release w/ Lock ( )

•Mid power Key lock (HLN6372_)

•Mid power Trunnion (HLN7002_)

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English

Power Cables

•10' Power Cable Dash Mountl/Mid Power (HKN4191_)

•20' Power Cable Dash Mount (HKN4192_)

•100W power cable (HKN6110_)

•10' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6170_)

•17' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6169_)

•30' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6168_)

•50' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6167_)

•75' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6166_)

•115' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6165_)

•131' Power Cable Remote Mount (HKN6164_)

Programming/Accessory Cables

•J6 RS232 cable (HKN6122_)

•Audio Cable Adapter (HKN6158_)

•Audio Cable Data (HKN6159_)

•Cable Kit 6' data (HKN6160_)

•Cable Kit 20' data (HKN6161_)

•Cable Access Data USB XTL5000 (HKN6163_)

•USB cable (6ft) (HKN6163_)

•USB cable (15ft) (HKN6172_)

•Keyloader adaptor GCAI MMP/Hirose 1.5” cable (HKN6182_)

•RS232 GCAI programming cable (HKN6183_)

•USB GCAI-MMP programming cable (HKN6184_)

•CH power, spkr, audio headset jacks (HKN6187_)

•CH power and spkr (HKN6188_)

•CH VIP connector (HKN6196_)

•Ignition Sense Cable (3085378F01/HLN6863_)

•Keyload cable KVL3000 plus to Hirose (TKN8531_)

•26pin connector for CHIB interface (HLN6961_)

•O3 Can 17' extension cable (PMLN4958_)

Accessories

English

•O3 accessory cable (remote extender) V3-10331

(PMLN4959_)

•GCAI microphone extension cable- Potato microphone

(PMKN4033_)

•Hirose RS232 programming cable V3-10349 (PMLN4957_)

•Hirose Keyload cable V3-10184 (PMLN4956_)

•Hirose to Hirose extension cable V3-10413 ( )

Siren

•Siren (HLN1439_)

•Siren switchbox (HLN6819_)

•Siren cable (HKN6146_)

•Siren PA round chrome skr (TDN6251_)

•Siren PA Rectangular chrome (TDN6252_)

•Siren PA underhood-grey (TDN6253_)

•Siren PA round-grey (TDN6254_)

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English

Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF

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Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the

VHF Frequency Range

Take a moment to review the following:

Special Channel Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 98

Operating Frequency Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 99

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

5 State 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.

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Non-Commercial Call Channel

For non-commercial transmissions, such as fishing reports,

rendezvous arrangements, repair scheduling, or berthing

information, use VHF Channel 9.

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.

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Channel

Number

Frequency (MHz)

Transmit Receive

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

* 157.150 161.750

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24 157.200 157.200

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 –

Channel

Number

Frequency (MHz)

Transmit Receive

73 156.675 156.675

74 156.725 156.725

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

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.

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Glossary

This glossary is a list of specialized terms used in this manual.

Term Definition

ACK Acknowledgment of communication.

Channel A group of characteristics, such as

transmit/receive frequency pairs, radio

parameters, and encryption encoding.

Coded Squelch Tone Private-Line™ or Digital Private-Line.

Used on conventional channels to make

sure you hear only the communication

meant for you.

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. You share a frequency, or

frequencies, with other users without the

aid of a central controller to assign

communication channels. Therefore, you

should monitor each channel before

transmitting to avoid interfering with

another user who may be transmitting.

Cursor A visual tracking marker (a blinking line)

that indicates a location on the display.

Digital Private- Line

(DPL) Coded

Squelch

A continuous, sub-audible data signal,

transmitted with the carrier.

Dispatcher An individual who has radio system

management duties.

Failsoft A back-up system allowing you to

communicate in a non-trunked,

conventional mode should the trunked

system fail.

FCC Federal Communications Commission.

Hang Up Disconnect.

Home Display The first display information after the radio

completes its self test.

LCD Liquid-Crystal Display.

Term Definition

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Mode A programmed combination of operating

parameters; for example, a channel or

talkgroup.

Mode-Slaving Radio programmed to automatically give

the proper operation for a given mode you

have selected.

Monitoring

(Conventional

Operation)

Press a programmed monitor button to

listen to another user active on the

channel. This way, you may be prevented

from talking over someone else’s

conversation.

Page A one-way alert, with audio and/or display

messages.

Push-To-Talk (PTT)

button

The PTT button engages the transmitter

and puts the radio in transmit (send)

operation when pressed. Press this button

to transmit; release it to receive.

Repeater A conventional radio feature, in which you

talk through a receive/transmit facility

(repeater) that re-transmits received

signals in order to improve

communications range and coverage.

Term Definition

RF Radio Frequency. A part of the general

frequency spectrum between the audio

and infrared light regions (about 10 kHz to

10,000,000 MHz).

RSSI Received Signal Strength Indicator.

Squelch The muting of audio circuits when received

signal levels fall below a pre-determined

threshold. With carrier squelch, you hear

all channel activity which exceeds the

radio’s preset squelch level.

Standby An operating condition whereby the radio’s

speaker is muted but still continues to

receive data.

Talkgroup An organization (or group) of radio users

who communicate with each other, using

the same communication path.

Tone Private-Line

(PL) Coded

Squelch

A continuous sub-audible tone transmitted

with the carrier.

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Trunking The automatic sharing of communications

paths between a large number of users (

Conventional). Allows radio users to share

a smaller number of frequencies because

a repeater, or communications path, is

assigned to a talkgroup for the length of a

conversation.

Zone A grouping of channels or talkgroups.

Term Definition

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Commercial Warranty and Service

Limited Warranty

MOTOROLA COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS

I. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS AND FOR HOW

LONG:

MOTOROLA INC. (“MOTOROLA”) warrants the MOTOROLA

manufactured Communication Products listed below (“Product”)

against defects in material and workmanship under normal use and

service for a period of time from the date of purchase as scheduled

below:

MOTOROLA, at its option, will at no charge either repair the

Product (with new or reconditioned parts), replace it (with a new or

reconditioned Product), or refund the purchase price of the Product

during the warranty period provided it is returned in accordance

with the terms of this warranty. Replaced parts or boards are

warranted for the balance of the original applicable warranty period.

All replaced parts of Product shall become the property of

MOTOROLA.

This express limited warranty is extended by MOTOROLA to the

original end user purchaser only and is not assignable or

transferable to any other party. This is the complete warranty for the

Product manufactured by MOTOROLA. MOTOROLA assumes no

obligations or liability for additions or modifications to this warranty

unless made in writing and signed by an officer of MOTOROLA.

Unless made in a separate agreement between MOTOROLA and

the original end user purchaser, MOTOROLA does not warrant the

installation, maintenance or service of the Product.

MOTOROLA cannot be responsible in any way for any ancillary

equipment not furnished by MOTOROLA which is attached to or

used in connection with the Product, or for operation of the Product

with any ancillary equipment, and all such equipment is expressly

excluded from this warranty. Because each system which may use

the Product is unique, MOTOROLA disclaims liability for range,

coverage, or operation of the system as a whole under this

warranty.

II. GENERAL PROVISIONS:

This warranty sets forth the full extent of MOTOROLA'S

responsibilities regarding the Product. Repair, replacement or

refund of the purchase price, at MOTOROLA’s option, is the

exclusive remedy. THIS WARRANTY IS GIVEN IN LIEU OF ALL

OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTIES. IMPLIED WARRANTIES,

INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR

PURPOSE, ARE LIMITED TO THE DURATION OF THIS LIMITED

WARRANTY. IN NO EVENT SHALL MOTOROLA BE LIABLE FOR

DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF THE PURCHASE PRICE OF THE

PRODUCT, FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF TIME,

INCONVENIENCE, COMMERCIAL LOSS, LOST PROFITS OR

SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR

CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR

APX 7500 O5 Control Head Two (1) Years

Product Accessories One (1) Year

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INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT, TO THE FULL EXTENT

SUCH MAY BE DISCLAIMED BY LAW.

III. STATE LAW RIGHTS:

SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR

LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

OR LIMITATION ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY

LASTS, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSIONS MAY

NOT APPLY.

This warranty gives specific legal rights, and there may be other

rights which may vary from state to state.

IV. HOW TO GET WARRANTY SERVICE:

You must provide proof of purchase (bearing the date of purchase

and Product item serial number) in order to receive warranty

service and, also, deliver or send the Product item, transportation

and insurance prepaid, to an authorized warranty service location.

Warranty service will be provided by MOTOROLA through one of its

authorized warranty service locations. If you first contact the

company which sold you the Product (e.g., dealer or

communication service provider), it can facilitate your obtaining

warranty service. You can also call MOTOROLA at 1-800-927-2744

US/Canada.

V. WHAT THIS WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER:

A) Defects or damage resulting from use of the Product in other

than its normal and customary manner.

B) Defects or damage from misuse, accident, water, or neglect.

C)Defects or damage from improper testing, operation,

maintenance, installation, alteration, modification, or adjustment.

D)Breakage or damage to antennas unless caused directly by

defects in material workmanship.

E) A Product subjected to unauthorized Product modifications,

disassembles or repairs (including, without limitation, the addition

to the Product of non-MOTOROLA supplied equipment) which

adversely affect performance of the Product or interfere with

MOTOROLA's normal warranty inspection and testing of the

Product to verify any warranty claim.

F) Product which has had the serial number removed or made

illegible.

G)Rechargeable batteries if:

• any of the seals on the battery enclosure of cells are broken or

show evidence of tampering.

• the damage or defect is caused by charging or using the battery

in equipment or service other than the Product for which it is

specified.

H)Freight costs to the repair depot.

I) A Product which, due to illegal or unauthorized alteration of the

software/firmware in the Product, does not function in

accordance with MOTOROLA’s published specifications or the

FCC type acceptance labeling in effect for the Product at the time

the Product was initially distributed from MOTOROLA.

J) Scratches or other cosmetic damage to Product surfaces that

does not affect the operation of the Product.

K) Normal and customary wear and tear.

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VI. PATENT AND SOFTWARE PROVISIONS:

MOTOROLA will defend, at its own expense, any suit brought

against the end user purchaser to the extent that it is based on a

claim that the Product or parts infringe a United States patent, and

MOTOROLA will pay those costs and damages finally awarded

against the end user purchaser in any such suit which are

attributable to any such claim, but such defense and payments are

conditioned on the following:

A) that MOTOROLA will be notified promptly in writing by such

purchaser of any notice of such claim;

B) that MOTOROLA will have sole control of the defense of such

suit and all negotiations for its settlement or compromise; and

C)should the Product or parts become, or in MOTOROLA’s opinion

be likely to become, the subject of a claim of infringement of a

United States patent, that such purchaser will permit

MOTOROLA, at its option and expense, either to procure for

such purchaser the right to continue using the Product or parts or

to replace or modify the same so that it becomes non-infringing

or to grant such purchaser a credit for the Product or parts as

depreciated and accept its return. The depreciation will be an

equal amount per year over the lifetime of the Product or parts as

established by MOTOROLA.

MOTOROLA will have no liability with respect to any claim of patent

infringement which is based upon the combination of the Product or

parts furnished hereunder with software, apparatus or devices not

furnished by MOTOROLA, nor will MOTOROLA have any liability

for the use of ancillary equipment or software not furnished by

MOTOROLA which is attached to or used in connection with the

Product. The foregoing states the entire liability of MOTOROLA

with respect to infringement of patents by the Product or any parts

thereof.

Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for

MOTOROLA certain exclusive rights for copyrighted MOTOROLA

software such as the exclusive rights to reproduce in copies and

distribute copies of such MOTOROLA software. MOTOROLA

software may be used in only the Product in which the software was

originally embodied and such software in such Product may not be

replaced, copied, distributed, modified in any way, or used to

produce any derivative thereof. No other use including, without

limitation, alteration, modification, reproduction, distribution, or

reverse engineering of such MOTOROLA software or exercise of

rights in such MOTOROLA software is permitted. No license is

granted by implication, estoppel or otherwise under MOTOROLA

patent rights or copyrights.

VII. GOVERNING LAW:

This Warranty is governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, U.S.A.

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SERVICE

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 a

period of three years from the date of shipment from the factory, or

the date of delivery if purchased from an authorized Motorola two-

way radio dealer. For more information about ESP, contact the

Motorola Radio Support Center, 2204 Galvin Drive, Elgin, IL 60123,

1-800-227-6772.

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Index

access 7

adjust

volume 3

alert tones 19

assignable function 5

button

home 8

keypad 10

menu select 7

mode rocker 9

Push-To-Talk (PTT) 13

control

radio control 4

home 8

icons 14

text messaging status 16

keypad 10

LED indicators 17

menu 7

mode rocker 9

prgrammable feature 5

PTT(Push-To-Talk) 13

status icons 14

tones 19

utility funtion 7

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