M MOTOTRBO XPRTM 7550 Ex Color Display Portable User Guide 68009585001 68009585001-A
Declaration of Conformity DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Per FCC CFR 47 Part 2 Section 2.1077(a) Responsible Party Name: Motorola Solutions, Inc. Address: 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196-1078, U.S.A. Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744 Declaration of Conformity This declaration is applicable to your radio only if your radio is labeled with the FCC logo shown below. Hereby declares that the product: Model Name: XPR 7550 Ex conforms to the following regulations: FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.
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.
Contents Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . . 7 Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receiving and Responding to a Selective Call . . Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making a Call with the Channel Selector Knob . . Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
57 Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Man Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Text Message Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Writing and Sending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . 60 Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Sending a Quick Text Message with the One Touch Access Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents iv Viewing a Telemetry Status Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Replying to a Text Message from the Inbox . . 69 Deleting a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 69 Deleting All Text Messages from the Inbox . . . 70 Analog Message Encode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Sending MDC Message Encode to Dispatcher . . 71 Analog Status Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Sending Status Update to Predefined Contact .
Contents Checking the Radio Alias and ID . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Checking the Firmware Version and Codeplug Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Checking the GPS Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Front Panel Configuration (FPC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Entering FPC Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Editing FPC Mode Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Important Safety Information Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance Important Safety Information Before using this product, read the operating instructions for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio. vi Any modification to this device, not expressly authorized by Motorola, may void the safety and regulatory compliance of the radio. The radio must only be repaired or serviced at authorized Motorola Service Centers.
Computer Software Copyrights This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within this Communications Equipment. The user of this Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human-readable form. U.S. Pat. Nos. #5,870,405, #5,826,222, #5,754,974, #5,701,390, #5,715,365, #5,649,050, #5,630,011, #5,581,656, #5,517,511, #5,491,772, #5,247,579, #5,226,084 and #5,195,166.
Handling Precautions The MOTOTRBO Series Digital Portable radio meets IP57 specifications, allowing the radio to withstand adverse field conditions such as being submersed in water. • If the radio has been submersed in water, shake the radio well to remove any water that may be trapped inside the speaker grille and microphone port. Trapped water could cause decreased audio performance.
Getting Started How to Use This Guide This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO Portables. However, your dealer or system administrator may have customized your radio for your specific needs. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.
Charging the Battery Preparing Your Radio for Use Preparing Your Radio for Use Assemble your radio by following these steps: Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Belt Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Universal Connector Cover (Dust Cover) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Attaching the Battery Attaching the Antenna With the radio turned off, set the antenna in its receptacle and turn clockwise. Align the battery with the rails on the back of the radio. Press the battery firmly, and slide upward until the latch snaps into place. Slide battery latch into lock position. To Lock To Unlock To remove the antenna, turn the antenna counterclockwise. Battery Latch Preparing Your Radio for Use Do not replace batttery in gas and dust environments.
Attaching the Belt Clip Preparing Your Radio for Use Align the grooves on the clip with those on the battery and press downward until you hear a click. To remove the clip, press the belt clip tab away from the battery. Using a key may be helpful. Then slide the clip upward and away from the radio. 4 English Attaching the Universal Connector Cover (Dust Cover) The universal connector is located on the antenna side of the radio. It is used to connect MOTOTRBO accessories to the radio.
Powering Up the Radio The LED lights up solid green and the Home screen lights up if the backlight setting is set to turn on automatically. On/Off/ Volume Control Knob Adjusting the Volume To increase the volume, turn the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise. LED NOTE: The Home screen does not light up during a power up if the LED indicator is disabled (see Turning the LED Indicator On or Off on page 88). A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power up test is successful.
Identifying Radio Controls Identifying Radio Controls Radio Controls 19 Take a moment to review the following: Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7 Using the 4-Way Navigation Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10 Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4 Side Button 1** 6 Side Button 2** Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as shortcuts to radio functions or preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button press: 7 Side Button 3** • Short press – Pressing and releasing rapidly. 8 Front Button P1** • Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed 9 Menu/OK Button 10 4-Way Navigation Button duration. • Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.
Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or cancels an emergency alarm or call. Radio Check – Determines if a radio is active in a system. Intelligent Audio On/Off – Toggles Intelligent Audio on or off. Radio Enable enabled. – Allows a target radio to be remotely Radio Disable disabled. – Allows a target radio to be remotely Manual Dial ID. – Initiates a call by keying in any subscriber Manual Site Roam*‡ – Starts the manual site search.
Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) – Toggles VOX on or off. * Not applicable in Capacity Plus ‡ Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus Assignable Settings or Utility Functions All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones and alerts on or off. Backlight On/Off – Toggles display backlight on or off. Backlight Brightness – Adjusts the brightness level. Display Mode – Toggles the day/night display mode on or off.
Accessing the Programmed Functions You can access various radio functions through one of the following ways: • A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons. Identifying Radio Controls OR c ed • Use the 4-way navigation button as follows: 1 To access the menu, press the c button. Press the appropriate direction of the e to access the menu functions. 2 To select a function or enter a sub-menu, press the c button.
Using the Keypad Number of Times Key is Pressed Key 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 * # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 . , ? ! @ & ‘ % - : * # A B C 2 D E F 3 G H I 4 J K L 5 M N O 6 P Q R S T U V 8 W X Y Z 0 * or del # or space Identifying Radio Controls You can use the 3 x 4 alphanumeric keypad to access your radio’s features. You can use the keypad to enter subscriber aliases or IDs, and text messages.
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button The PTT button on the side of the radio serves two basic purposes: If the Talk Permit Tone (see Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off on page 85) or the PTT Sidetone is enabled, wait until the short alert tone ends before talking.
Switching Between Conventional Analog and Digital Mode Channel Selector Knob This feature allows your radio to extend conventional communication beyond the reach of a single site, by connecting to different available sites which are connected via an Internet Protocol (IP) network. When the radio moves out of range from one site and into the range of another, it connects to the new site's repeater to send or receive calls/data transmissions.
NOTE: You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the roam list. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information. Identifying Radio Controls Capacity Plus Linked Capacity Plus Linked Capacity Plus is a multi-site multi-channel trunking configuration of the MOTOTRBO radio system, combining the best of both Capacity Plus and IP Site Connect configurations.
Similar to Capacity Plus, icons of features not applicable to Linked Capacity Plus are not available in the menu. You hear a negative indicator tone if you try to access a feature not applicable to Linked Capacity Plus via a programmable button press. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information on this configuration. Identifying Status Indicators Your radio indicates its operational status through the following: Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Display Icons Identifying Status Indicators The 132 x 90 pixels, 256 colors, liquid crystal display (LCD) of your radio shows radio status, text entries, and menu entries. The following are icons that appear on the status bar at the top of the radio’s display. Icons are displayed on the status bar, arranged left-to-right, in order of appearance/usage and are channel specific. Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) The number of bars displayed represents the radio signal strength.
‡ * Not applicable in Capacity Plus Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus Call Icons The following icons appear on the radio’s display during a call. These icons also appear in the Contacts list to indicate ID type. Private Call Indicates a Private Call in progress. In the Contacts list, it indicates a subscriber alias (name) or ID (number). Group Call/All Call Indicates a Group Call or All Call in progress. In the Contacts list, it indicates a group alias (name) or ID (number).
Mini Notice Icons The following icons appear momentarily on the radio’s display after an action to perform task is taken. Identifying Status Indicators Successful Transmission (Positive) Successful action taken. 18 English Sent Item Icons The following icons appear in the Sent Items folder. OR Sent Successfully The text message is sent successfully. OR Send Failed The text message cannot be sent. Failed Transmission (Negative) Failed action taken.
LED Indicator LED Indicator Double blinking yellow – Radio is no longer connected to the repeater while in Capacity Plus or Linked Capacity Plus, all Capacity Plus channels or Linked Capacity Plus channels are currently busy, Auto Roaming is enabled, radio is actively searching for a new site. Also indicates radio has yet to respond to a group call alert, or radio is locked. NOTE: While in conventional mode, when the LED blinks green, it indicates the radio detects activity over the air.
Indicator Tones High pitched tone Audio Tones Low pitched tone Positive Indicator Tone Identifying Status Indicators Negative Indicator Tone 20 English Alert tones provide you with audible indications of the radio’s status or the radio’s response to data received. Continuous Tone A monotone sound. Sounds continuously until termination. Periodic Tone Repetitive Tone Sounds periodically depending on the duration set by the radio. Tone starts, stops, and repeats itself.
Making and Receiving Calls Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic Call features: Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21 Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID, or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 23 Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . page 23 Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26 Stopping a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
results. The alias search is case-insensitive. If there are two or more zones with the same name, the radio displays the zone that is listed first in the zone list. 7 Press c to select. 8 The display shows Selected momentarily and Selecting a Channel Transmissions are sent and received on a channel. Depending on your radio's configuration, each channel may have been programmed differently to support different groups of users or supplied with different features.
Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call To receive a call made to a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that group. LED Indicator The LED lights up solid green while the radio is transmitting and blinks green when the radio is receiving. NOTE: The LED lights up solid green while the radio is transmitting and double blinks green when the radio is receiving a privacy-enabled call.
5 The LED lights up solid green. 6 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. OR Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 7 Release the PTT button to listen. Making and Receiving Calls 8 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of time, the call ends. See Making a Group Call on page 26 for details on making a Group Call.
Procedure: When you receive a Selective Call: 1 A tone sounds and the LED blinks green. 1 The LED blinks green. 2 The Group Call icon appears in the top right corner. The first 2 The Private Call icon appears in the top right corner. The text line shows the caller alias. The second text line displays All Call. Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds through the radio's speaker. 3 Once the All Call ends, the radio returns to the previous screen before receiving the call.
Making a Radio Call After selecting your channel, you can select a subscriber alias or ID, or group alias or ID by using: • The Channel Selector Knob Making a Call with the Channel Selector Knob • A programmed One Touch Access button Making a Group Call • The programmed number keys – This method is for Group, Making and Receiving Calls programmable button press.You can ONLY have one ID assigned to a One Touch Access button. Your radio can have multiple One Touch Access buttons programmed.
5 Release the PTT button to listen.When the target radio 6 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond. Press the PTT button to respond. OR If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of time, the call ends. 7 Radio returns to the screen you were on prior to initiating the call.
Press the PTT button to respond. OR If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of time, the call ends. Making and Receiving Calls 7 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended. You can also make a Private Call via Contacts (see Making a Private Call from Contacts on page 44) or perform a quick alphanumeric search for the required alias via a keypad entry (see Making a Call by Alias Search on page 45).
2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth. solid green. The Private Call icon appears in the top right corner. The first text line shows the subscriber alias. The second text line displays the call status. 4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. OR Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 5 Release the PTT button to listen.
4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. OR For Group Call only: Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 5 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio responds, the LED blinks green. Making and Receiving Calls 6 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond.
Talkaround beside Enabled. OR Press c to disable Talkaround. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. This is called “talkaround”. 6 The screen automatically returns to the previous menu. NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus. The Talkaround setting is retained even after powering down. Procedure: Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround button to toggle between talkaround and repeater modes. OR Follow the procedure below. 1 c to access the menu.
Monitoring Features Making and Receiving Calls Monitoring a Channel Permanent Monitor Use the Permanent Monitor feature to continuously monitor a selected channel for activity. Use the Monitor feature to make sure a channel is clear before transmitting. NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus. NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus.
Front Panel Programming (FPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 95 Advanced Features Advanced Features Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced features available with your radio: Radio Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34 Remote Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35 Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37 Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Radio Check 5 If successful, a positive indicator tone sounds and the display shows positive mini notice. OR If unsuccessful, a negative indicator tone sounds and the display shows negative mini notice. If enabled, this feature allows you to determine if another radio is active in a system without disturbing the user of that radio. No audible or visual notification is shown on the target radio. This feature is only applicable for subscriber aliases or IDs.
5 The display shows transitional mini notice, indicating the Remote Monitor request is in progress. The LED lights up solid green. 7 If successful, a positive indicator tone sounds and the display shows positive mini notice. OR If unsuccessful, a negative indicator tone sounds and the display shows negative mini notice. 8 Radio returns to the subscriber alias or ID screen.
If unsuccessful, a negative indicator tone sounds and the display shows negative mini notice. OR Procedure: Use the menu. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Contacts and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to the required subscriber alias or ID and press c Advanced Features to select. OR ^ or v to Manual Dial and press c to select. If there was previously dialed ID, the ID appears along with a blinking cursor. Use the keypad to edit the ID. Press c to select. OR ^ or v to Manual Dial and press c to select.
Scan Lists Your radio can support up to 250 scan lists, with a maximum of 16 members in a list. Each scan list supports a mixture of both analog and digital entries. You can add, delete, or prioritize channels by editing a scan list. You can attach a new scan list to your radio via Front Panel Programming. NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus. Viewing an Entry in the Scan List Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Scan and press c to select.
Editing the Scan List 8 Press c to select. Adding a New Entry to the Scan List 9 ^ or v to the required priority level and press c to select. Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Scan and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Scan List and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Add Member and press c to select. Advanced Features 5 ^ or v to the required alias or ID and proceed to Step 8. OR Key in the first character of the required alias. 6 A blinking cursor appears.
Press > to move one space to the right. Press to delete any unwanted characters. in. The next lines of the display show the shortlisted search results. The alias search is case-insensitive. If there are two or more entries with the same name, the radio displays the entry that is listed first in the scan list. 7 Press c to select. 8 ^ or v to Delete and press c to select. 9 At Delete Entry?, ^ or v to Yes and press c to select, to delete the entry. The display shows positive mini notice.
8 ^ or v to Edit Priority and press c to select. 9 ^ or v to the required priority level and press c to select. 10 The display shows positive mini notice before returning to the previous screen. Scan When you start a scan, your radio cycles through the programmed scan list for the current channel looking for voice activity. 11 The priority icon appears left of the member’s name. The LED blinks yellow and the scan icon appears on the status bar. There is no priority icon if priority is set to None.
Responding to a Transmission During a Scan Procedure: Press the programmed Scan button to start or stop Scan. OR Follow the procedure below. During scanning, your radio stops on a channel/group where activity is detected. The radio stays on that channel for a programmed time period known as “hang time”. 1 Use the Channel Selector Knob to select a channel programmed with a scan list. 2 c to access the menu. 3 ^ or v to Scan and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Scan State and press c to select.
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 the channel designated as the Selected Channel. Procedure: 1 When your radio “locks on to” an unwanted or nuisance channel, press the programmed Nuisance Channel Delete button until you hear a tone. 2 Release the Nuisance Channel Delete button.
Contacts Settings Each entry, depending on context, associates with one of five types of calls: Group Call, Private Call, All Call, PC Call or Dispatch Call. PC Call and Dispatch Call are data-related. They are only available with the applications. Refer to the data applications documentation for more information. NOTE: If the Privacy feature is enabled on a channel, you can make privacy-enabled Group Call, Private Call, and All Call on that channel.
OR Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 7 Release the PTT button to listen. When any user in the group responds, the LED blinks green. You see the Group Call icon, the group ID, and that user’s ID on your display. Advanced Features 8 44 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond. Press the PTT button to respond.
Making a Call by Alias Search 7 Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up You can also use alias or alphanumeric search to retrieve the required subscriber alias. 8 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Contacts and press c to select. The entries are alphabetically sorted. 3 Key in the first character of the required alias. 4 A blinking cursor appears. Use the keypad to type the required alias.
Assigning an Entry to a Programmable Number Key Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Contacts and press c to select. The entries are alphabetically sorted. Advanced Features 3 ^ or v to the required alias or ID and press c to select. 46 mode, this feature is not supported when you long press the number key in another mode. See Making a Group, Private or All Call with the Programmable Number Key on page 29 for details on making a Group, Private or All Call with the programmed number key(s).
7 ^ or v to Yes and press c to select. shows positive mini notice. 9 The screen automatically returns to the previous menu. NOTE: When an entry is deleted, the association between the entry and its programmed number key(s) is removed. Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for Call Alert You can select, or turn on or off ringing tones for a received Call Alert. Procedure: Setting Default Contact 1 c to access the menu. Procedure: 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select.
Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for Private Advanced Features Calls Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for Selective Call You can turn on or off the ringing tones for a received Private Call. You can select, or turn on or off ringing tones for a received Selective Call. Procedure: Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select.
Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for Text Message Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for Telemetry Status with Text You can turn on or off the alert tones for a received Telemetry Status with Text. Procedure: Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select.
Assigning Ring Styles Escalating Alarm Tone Volume You can program your radio to sound one of ten predefined ringing tones when receiving a Call Alert or a Text Message from a particular contact. You can program your radio to continually alert you when a radio call remains unanswered. This is done by automatically increasing the alarm tone volume over time. This feature is known as Escalert. Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Contacts and press c to select.
Call Log Features You can perform the following tasks in each of your call lists: • Store ID to Contacts Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Call Log and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to the required list and press c to select. • Delete 4 ^ or v to the required alias or ID and press c to select. • View Details 5 ^ or v to Store and press c to select. Viewing Recent Calls The lists are Missed, Answered, and Outgoing. Procedure: 6 A blinking cursor appears.
5 ^ or v to Delete and press c to select. 6 Press c to select Yes to delete the entry. The display shows positive mini notice. OR ^ or v to No to return to the previous screen. Advanced Features When you select a call list and it contains no entries, the display shows List Empty, and sounds a low tone if Keypad Tones are turned on (see Turning Keypad Tones On or Off on page 84).
Making a Call Alert from the Contacts List 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Contacts and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to the required subscriber alias or ID and press c to select. OR ^ or v to Manual Dial and press c to select. A blinking cursor appears. Enter the subscriber ID you want to page and press c. 4 ^ or v to Call Alert and press c to select.
Emergency Operation In addition, each alarm has the following types: • Regular – Radio transmits an alarm signal and shows audio An Emergency Alarm is used to indicate a critical situation. You are able to initiate an Emergency at any time on any screen display even when there is activity on the current channel. Your dealer can set the duration of a button press for the programmed Emergency button, except for long press, which is similar with all other buttons: • Short press – Between 0.05 seconds and 0.
5 Release the PTT button to listen. When the emergency Responding to an Emergency Alarm 6 Your radio displays the Alarm List. Procedure: Emergency voice can only be transmitted by the emergency initiating radio. All other radios (including the emergency receiving radio) transmit non-emergency voice. To revisit the Alarm List, press c to access the menu and select Alarm List. When receiving an Emergency Alarm: 1 In the Alarm List, ^ or v to the required alias.
If your radio does not receive an Emergency Alarm acknowledgement, and after all retries have been exhausted, a tone sounds and the display shows Alarm Failed. 4 Radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode and returns to the Home screen. If your radio is set to Silent, it does not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode. Advanced Features Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call 56 This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios.
calls to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT button to initiate the call. Procedure: 1 Press the programmed Emergency On button. 2 The display shows Tx Alarm and the destination alias. The Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to Follow This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios. Your radio’s microphone is automatically activated, allowing you to communicate with the group of radios without pressing the PTT button.
Press the programmed Emergency Off button to exit the Emergency mode. • You press the programmed Emergency On button during an Emergency initiation/transmission state. This causes the radio to exit this state, and to reinitiate Emergency. 6 The radio returns to the Home screen.
Man Down Following a change in the radio’s motion for a programmed duration, the radio pre-warns the user via an audio indicator indicating that a change in motion is detected. If there is still no acknowledgment by the user before the predefined reminder timer expires, the radio initiates an Emergency Alarm or an Emergency Call. Turning the Man Down Feature On or Off Procedure: Press the programmed Man Down button to toggle the feature on or off. beside Enabled. OR Press c to disable Man Down.
Text Message Features Your radio is able to receive data, for example a text message, from another radio or an e-mail application. The maximum length of characters for sending a text message, including the subject line (seen when receiving message from an e-mail application), is 140, whereas to receive would be a maximum of 280 characters. Advanced Features The radio exits the current screen once the inactivity timer expires.
Sending a Quick Text Message Your radio supports a maximum of 50 Quick Text messages as programmed by your dealer. While Quick Text messages are predefined, you can edit each message before sending it. Procedure: Press the programmed Text Message button and proceed to Step 3. OR Follow the procedure below. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Messages and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Quick Text and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to the required Quick Text and press c to select. 5 A blinking cursor appears.
Sending a Quick Text Message with the One Touch Access Button Procedure: 1 Press the programmed One Touch Access button to send a predefined Quick Text message to a predefined alias or ID. 2 The display shows transitional mini notice, confirming your message is being sent. Advanced Features 3 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows 62 positive mini notice. OR If the message is not sent, a low tone sounds and the display shows negative mini notice.
Use the keypad to edit your message. Press < to move one space to the left. Press c once message is composed. 3 ^ or v to the required alias or ID and press c to select. OR ^ or v to Manual Dial and press c to select. Key in the subscriber alias or ID and press c. 4 The display shows transitional mini notice, confirming your message is being sent. 5 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows positive mini notice.
Resending a Text Message Procedure: 1 Press c to resend the same message to the same subscriber/group alias or ID. 2 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows positive mini notice. OR If the message is not sent, a low tone sounds and the display shows negative mini notice. Advanced Features Forwarding a Text Message Select Forward to send the message to another subscriber/ group alias or ID. Procedure: 1 ^ or v to Forward and press c to select.
Viewing a Sent Text Message folder. Procedure: Press the programmed Text Message button and proceed to Step 3. OR Follow the procedure below. 5 ^ or v to the required alias or ID and press c to select. OR ^ or v to Manual Dial and press c to select. Key in the subscriber ID and press c. 6 The display shows transitional mini notice, confirming your message is being sent. 7 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows positive mini notice.
NOTE: If the channel type (i.e. conventional digital or Capacity Plus or Linked Capacity Plus) is not a match, you can only edit, forward, or delete a Sent message. Procedure: 1 Press c again while viewing the message. 2 ^ or v to Resend and press c to select. 3 The display shows transitional mini notice, confirming that the same message is being sent to the same target radio. Advanced Features 4 If the message is sent, a tone sounds and the display shows positive mini notice.
Receiving a Text Message Procedure: Press the programmed Text Message button and proceed to Step 3. OR Follow the procedure below. When your radio receives a message, the display shows the Notification List with the alias or ID of the sender and the message icon. 1 c to access the menu. You can select one of the following options when receiving a text message: • Read 2 ^ or v to Messages and press c to select. • Read Later 3 ^ or v to Sent Items and press c to select.
Press ^ or v to access the Read Later or Delete option screen: Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox • Select Read Later to return to the screen you were on prior 1 c to access the menu. to receiving the text message. • Select Delete to delete the text message. Managing Received Text Messages Use the Inbox to manage your text messages. The Inbox is capable of storing a maximum of 30 messages.
4 ^ or v to the required message and press c to select. 6 Long press d to return to the Home screen. You cannot reply to a Telemetry Status text message. Replying to a Text Message from the Inbox Procedure: Press the programmed Text Message button and proceed to Step 3. OR Follow the procedure below. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Messages and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Inbox and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to the required message and press c to select.
4 ^ or v to the required message and press c to select. A subject line may be shown if the message is from an e-mail application. 5 Press c once more to access the sub-menu. 6 ^ or v to Delete and press c to select. 7 ^ or v to Yes and press c to select. Deleting All Text Messages from the Inbox Procedure: Press the programmed Text Message button and proceed to Step 3. OR Follow the procedure below. 1 c to access the menu. 8 The display shows positive mini notice.
Analog Message Encode Analog Status Update Your radio is able to send preprogrammed messages from the Status List indicating your current activity to the dispatcher. Sending MDC Message Encode to Dispatcher The last acknowledged message is kept at the top of the Status List. The other messages are arranged in alphanumeric order. Procedure: 1 ^ or v to Message and press c to select. Sending Status Update to Predefined Contact 2 ^ or v to Quick Text and press c to select.
Privacy Advanced Features If enabled, this feature helps to prevent eavesdropping by unauthorized users on a channel by the use of a softwarebased scrambling solution. The signaling and user identification portions of a transmission are not scrambled. The LED lights up solid green while the radio is transmitting and double blinks green when the radio is receiving an ongoing privacy-enabled transmission. NOTE: Some radio models may not offer this Privacy feature.
NOTE: At Step 4, you can also use < or > to change the selected option. Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) Procedure: To initiate a DTMF call. 1 Press and hold the PTT button. 2 Enter the desired number, * or #. You can turn off the DTMF tone by disabling all radio tones and alerts (see Turning the Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 83). Advanced Features The Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) feature allows the radio to operate in a radio system with an interface to telephone systems.
Multi-Site Controls These features are applicable when your current radio channel is part of an IP Site Connect or Linked Capacity Plus configuration. 1 c to access the menu. See IP Site Connect on page 13 and Linked Capacity Plus on page 14 for more details about these configurations. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select.
Procedure: Press the programmed Site Lock On/Off button. 2 The LED turns off and the display shows the channel alias. OR Procedure: Use the menu. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Site Roaming and press c to select. 5 ^ or v to Lock Site State. c 6 Press c to lock site. The display shows 9 beside Enabled. OR Press c to unlock site. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled.
Security You can enable or disable any radio in the system. For example, you might want to disable a stolen radio, to prevent the thief from using it, and enable that radio, when it is recovered. NOTE: Performing Radio Disable and Enable is limited to radios with these functions enabled. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information. Advanced Features Radio Disable Procedure: Use the menu. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Contacts and press c to select.
Radio Enable 1 Press the programmed Radio Enable button. 2 ^ or v to the required alias or ID and press c to select. 3 The display shows Radio Enable and the subscriber alias or ID. The LED lights up solid green. 4 Wait for acknowledgment. 5 If successful, the radio sounds a positive indicator tone and the display shows positive mini notice. OR If unsuccessful, the radio sounds a negative indicator tone and the display shows negative mini notice. Dial and press c to select.
Lone Worker This feature prompts an emergency to be raised if there is no user activity, such as any radio button press or activation of the channel selector, for a predefined time. Following no user activity for a programmed duration, the radio pre-warns the user via an audio indicator once the inactivity timer expires. If there is still no acknowledgment by the user before the predefined reminder timer expires, the radio initiates an Emergency Alarm.
OR After the third incorrect password, the display shows Wrong Password and then, shows Radio Locked. A tone sounds and the LED double blinks yellow. Your radio enters into locked state for 15 minutes, and responds to inputs from On/Off/Volume Control Knob and programmed Backlight Auto button only. NOTE: The radio is unable to receive any call, including emergency calls, in locked state. Unlocking the Radio from Locked State Procedure: Wait for 15 minutes.
NOTE: At Step 6, you can also use < or > to change the selected option. Changing the Password Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Passwd Lock and press c to select. Advanced Features 5 Enter your current four-digit password. See Step 2 in Accessing the Radio from Password on page 80. 6 If the password is correct: ^ or v to Change Pwd and press c to select.
Notification List The Notification icon appears on the status bar when the Notification List has one or more events. The list supports a maximum of forty (40) unread events. When it is full, the next event automatically replaces the oldest event. After the events are read, they are removed from the Notification List. NOTE: Your radio suspends Scan when the Notification List is displayed.
Utilities Turning the Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off You can enable and disable all radio tones and alerts (except for the incoming Emergency alert tone) if needed. Procedure: Press the programmed All Tones/Alerts button to toggle all tones on or off. OR Follow the procedure below. Advanced Features 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Tones/Alerts and press c to select.
Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off You can adjust the Tone Alert Volume Offset level if needed. This feature adjusts the volume of the tones/alerts, allowing it to be higher or lower than the voice volume. You can enable and disable the Talk Permit Tone if needed. Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Tones/Alerts and press c to select. 5 ^ or v to Vol. Offset and press c to select.
Changing the Display Mode Adjusting the Display Brightness You can change radio’s display mode between Day or Night, as needed. This affects the color palette of the display. You can adjust radio’s display brightness as needed. Procedure: Press the programmed Display Mode button to toggle the display mode settings. OR Follow the procedure below. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. Advanced Features 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select.
OR Follow the procedure below. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Backlight Auto 5 Press c to enable backlight. The display shows 9 beside Enabled. OR Press c to disable backlight. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. The display backlight and keypad backlighting are automatically turned off if the LED indicator is disabled (see Turning the LED Indicator On or Off on page 88).
Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Intro Screen and press c to select. 5 Press c to enable Introduction Screen. The display shows 9 beside Enabled. OR Advanced Features Press c to disable Introduction Screen. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. 4 ^ or v to Keypad Lock and press c to select. 5 The display shows Keypad Locked and returns to the Home screen.
Turning the LED Indicator On or Off Procedure: Pressing the PTT button during radio operation disables VOX. To re-enable VOX, do one of the following: 1 c to access the menu. • Turn the radio off and power it on again, OR 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. • Change the channel via the Channel Selector Knob, OR 3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. • Follow the procedure below. 4 ^ or v to LED Indicator and press c to select.
Press c to disable VOX. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. If the Talk Permit Tone feature is enabled (see Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off on page 85), use a trigger word to initiate the call. Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish before speaking clearly into the microphone. NOTE: At Step 4, you can also use < or > to change the selected option.
4 Press c to enable Voice Announcement. The display Press c to disable Voice Announcement. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. NOTE: At Step 3, you can also use < or > to change the selected option. Call Forwarding You can enable your radio to automatically forward voice calls to another radio. Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Call Forward. 4 Press c to enable Call Forwarding. The display shows 9 beside Enabled.
3 ^ or v to Radio Settings and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Analog Mic AGC. beside Enabled. OR 5 Press c to enable Analog Mic AGC. The display shows 9 Press c to disable Digital Mic AGC. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. beside Enabled. OR Press c to disable Analog Mic AGC. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. NOTE: At Step 3, you can also use < or > to change the selected option. Digital Mic AGC Advanced Features 5 Press c to enable Digital Mic AGC.
4 ^ or v to GPS. 5 Press c to enable Intelligent Audio. The display shows 9 5 Press c to enable GPS. The display shows 9 beside beside Enabled. OR Enabled. OR Press c to disable Intelligent Audio. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. Press c to disable GPS. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled. NOTE: At Step 3, you can also use < or > to change the selected option. See Checking the GPS Information on page 94 for details on retrieving GPS information.
Accessing the Battery Information Follow the procedure below. Displays information on your radio battery. 1 c to access the menu. Procedure: 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Radio Info and press c to select. 4 ^ or v to Battery Info and press c to select. Advanced Features 5 The display shows the battery information.
Checking the GPS Information Displays the GPS information on your radio, such as values of: Front Panel Configuration (FPC) Your radio is able to customize certain feature parameters to enhance the use of your radio. • Longitude Entering FPC Mode • Altitude • Direction • Velocity • Horizontal Dilution of Precision (HDOP) • Satellites • Version Procedure: 1 c to access the menu. 2 ^ or v to Utilities and press c to select. 3 ^ or v to Program Radio and press c to select.
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Accessories Your radio is compatible with the accessories listed in this chapter. Contact your dealer for details. Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 94 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 94 Carry Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 95 Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 95 Headsets and Headset Accessories . . . . . . . . .
Carry Devices • IMPRES Single-Unit Charger with Switch Mode Power Supply US Cord (WPLN4253_) Full-Keypad Radio (PMLN6097_) • Soft Leather Carry Case with 2.5-Inch Swivel Belt Loop for Full-Keypad Radio (PMLN6099_) • Belt Clip for 2.
Headsets and Headset Accessories • IS Approved Standard Headset with Head Band (PMLN6087_) • IS Approved Standard Headset with Helmet Attachment (PMLN6092_) • IS Approved Twin Cup Headset with Helmet Attachment (PMLN6333_) • IS Approved Level Dependent Headset with Head Band (PMLN6090_) • IS Approved Level Dependent Headset with Helmet Attachment (PMLN6089_) • IS Approved MOTOTRBO Adapter, 4-pole Nexus (PMLN6368_) Accessories Remote Speaker Microphones • IMPRES ATEX CSA Remote Speaker Microphone (PMM
The Capacity Warranty Batteries and Chargers Warranty The capacity warranty guarantees 80% of the rated capacity for the The workmanship warranty guarantees against defects in workmanship under normal use and service.
obligations or liability for additions or modifications to this warranty unless made in writing and signed by an officer of MOTOROLA. Limited Warranty MOTOROLA COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS I. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS AND FOR HOW LONG: Limited Warranty MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
INABILITY TO USE SUCH PRODUCT, TO THE FULL EXTENT SUCH MAY BE DISCLAIMED BY LAW. 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.
Limited Warranty VI.
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