PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL TWO-WAY RADIO MOTOTRBO™ DGP™ 8050 EX NON-DISPLAY PORTABLE USER GUIDE DGP 8050 Ex
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 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Hereby declares that the product: Model Name: DGP8050 Ex conforms to the following regulations: FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.107(a), 15.107(d) and 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 Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . .iv Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii Getting Started . . . . .
Contents Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . Receiving and Responding to a Selective Call . Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Receiving and Responding to a Phone Call . . . . Phone Call as a Private Call or Group Call . . . Phone Call as an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Making a Call with the Channel Selector Knob . . Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Auto-Range Transponder System (ARTS) . . . . . . . 36 Over-the-Air Programming (OTAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Turning the Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) Feature On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . . . . .
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. iv 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 IP67 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 Selected features are also available in the multi-site trunking mode, Linked Capacity Plus. See Linked Capacity Plus on page 11 for more information. How to Use This Guide This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO Non-Display 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 remove the antenna, turn the antenna counterclockwise. To Unlock If antenna needs to be replaced, ensure that only MOTOTRBO antennas are used. Neglecting this will damage your radio.
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. 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 On/Off/Volume Control Knob A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power up test is successful. NOTE: There is no power LED up tone if the radio tones/alerts function is disabled (see Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 38). If your radio does not power up, check your battery. Make sure that it is charged and properly attached. If your radio still does not power up, contact your dealer. To increase the volume, turn the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise.
Identifying Radio Controls Identifying Radio Controls 6 Take a moment to review the following: Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6 Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7 Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 Switching Between Conventional Analog and Digital Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 IP Site Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Programmable Buttons • Short press – Pressing and releasing rapidly. • Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed duration. • Hold down – Keeping the button pressed. NOTE: The programmed duration of a button press is applicable for all assignable radio/utility functions or settings. See Emergency Operation on page 28 for more information on the programmed duration of the Emergency button. – Starts the manual site search.
Repeater/Talkaround*‡ – Toggles between using a repeater and communicating directly with another radio. All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones and alerts on or off. Scan*‡ – Toggles scan on or off. Site Info* – Plays site announcement voice messages for the current site (this function is unavailable when Voice Announcement is disabled). Site Lock On/Off* – Toggles the automatic site roam on or Identifying Radio Controls off. Telemetry Control Squelch normal.
• While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make a new call (see Making a Radio Call on page 18). Switching Between Conventional Analog and Digital Mode Sidetone is enabled, wait until the short alert tone ends before talking.
Identifying Radio Controls IP Site Connect You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the roam list. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more 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. information.
Linked Capacity Plus Linked Capacity Plus allows your radio to extend trunking communication beyond the reach of a single site, by connecting to different available sites which are connected via an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It also provides an increase in capacity by efficiently utilizing the combined available number of programmed channels supported by each of the available sites.
Identifying Status Indicators Your radio indicates its operational status through the following: LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12 Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13 Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13 Identifying Status Indicators LED Indicator Solid green – Radio is powering up, or transmitting.
Indicator Tones Low pitched tone Positive Indicator Tone Negative Indicator Tone 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. A single tone that repeats itself until it is terminated by the user.
Receiving and Making Calls Receiving and Making Calls You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the radio has switched from Zone 2 to Zone 1. Once you understand how your MOTOTRBO Portable is configured, you are ready to use your radio. Selecting a Channel Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic Call features: Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14 Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID, or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
the call from). Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call See Privacy on page 33 for more information. LED Receiving and Responding to a Group Call To receive a call made to a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that group. Procedure: 1 The LED blinks green. Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds through the radio's speaker. 2 To respond, hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth.
OR Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 6 Release the PTT button to listen. 7 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of Receiving and Making Calls time, the call ends. 16 See Making a Group Call on page 19 for details on making a Group Call. Receiving and Responding to a Private Call A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another individual radio. Procedure: When you receive a Private Call: 1 The LED blinks green.
2 To respond, hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth. short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond. 4 Press the PTT button to respond to the call. The LED lights up solid green. 5 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 6 Release the PTT button to listen. 7 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of time, the call ends.
2 To respond, hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 Making a Radio Call cm) from your mouth. 3 Press the PTT button to talk and release it to listen. 4 Press d to end the call. 5 You hear a short tone. Receiving and Making Calls If Phone Call capability is not enabled in your radio, your radio mutes the call. Phone Call as an All Call Procedure: When you receive a Phone Call as an All Call: 1 The LED blinks green.
Making a Call with the Channel Selector Knob To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that group. Procedure: 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. 1 Select the channel with the active group alias or ID. See Selecting a Channel on page 14.
Procedure: 1 Select the channel with the active group alias or ID. See Selecting a Channel on page 14. OR Press the programmed One Touch Access button. 2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth. Receiving and Making Calls 3 Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up solid green. 4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. 5 Release the PTT button to listen.
Making a Phone Call This feature allows you to transmit to all users on the channel. Your radio must be programmed to allow you to use this feature. Procedure: NOTE: When you attempt to make or end a Phone Call without the access and deaccess codes preconfigured, the attempt fails and a negative indicator tone sounds. 1 Select the channel with the active group alias or ID. See Procedure: Selecting a Channel on page 14. 2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from your mouth.
5 If successful: A tone sounds and your radio exits the Phone Call. OR If unsuccessful: A negative indicator tone sounds and your radio returns to the Phone Call. Repeat Step 4 or wait for the telephone user to end the call. Receiving and Making Calls For a Phone Call, you hear a short tone when making the call fails. Stopping a Radio Call This feature allows you to stop an ongoing Group or Private Call to free the channel for transmission.
Monitoring Features Permanent Monitor Use the Monitor feature to make sure a channel is free 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. Procedure: 1 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button. Procedure: 2 Radio sounds alert tone, and the LED lights up solid yellow.
Advanced Features Advanced Features Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced features available with your radio: Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24 Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25 Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27 Call Alert Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27 Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scan The LED blinks yellow. During a dual mode scan, if you are on a digital channel, and your radio locks onto an analog channel, it automatically switches from digital mode to analog mode for the duration of the call. This is also true for the reverse. There are two types of scans: • Main Channel Scan (Manual): Your radio scans all the channels/groups in your scan list.
2 Press the PTT button during hang time. The LED lights up solid green. 3 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. 4 Release the PTT button to listen. 5 If you do not respond within the hang time, the radio returns to scanning other channels/groups.
Call Indicator Settings Button Procedure: Escalating Alarm Tone Volume 1 Press the programmed One Touch Access button to make Your radio can be programmed by your dealer to continually alert you when a radio call remains unanswered. This is done by automatically increasing the alarm tone volume over time. 2 The LED lights up solid green when your radio is sending This feature is known as Escalert. Call Alert Operation a Call Alert to the predefined ID. the Call Alert.
Emergency Operation An Emergency Alarm is used to indicate a critical situation. You are able to initiate an Emergency at any time, in any state, 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 0.75 seconds Advanced Features • Long press – Between 1.00 second and 3.
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm, a nonvoice signal, which triggers an alert indication on a group of radios. This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group of radios. Upon acknowledgement by a radio within the group, the group of radios can communicate over a programmed Emergency channel. Procedure: 1 Press the programmed Emergency On button. 2 The LED lights up solid green.
8 When the channel is free for you to respond, a short alert tone sounds ( if the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled). Press the PTT button to respond. OR Once your call ends, press Emergency Off button to exit the Emergency mode. Advanced Features If your radio is set to Silent, it does not display any audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT button to initiate the call.
3 Once a tone sounds, speak clearly into the microphone. 4 The radio automatically stops transmitting when: Once the cycling duration between hot mic and receiving calls expires, if Emergency Cycle Mode is enabled. OR Once the hot mic duration expires, if Emergency Cycle Mode is disabled. 5 To transmit again, press the PTT button. OR Press the programmed Emergency Off button to exit the Emergency mode. 6 Press Emergency Off button to exit the Emergency mode.
Exiting an Emergency Mode NOTE: This feature is only applicable to the radio sending the Emergency Alarm.
Privacy Your radio must have privacy enabled on the channel to send a privacy-enabled transmission, although this is not a necessary requirement for receiving a transmission. While on a privacyenabled channel, the radio is still able to receive clear (unscrambled) transmissions. Your radio supports two types of privacy: NOTE: Some radio models may not offer this Privacy feature. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.
Multi-Site Controls Stopping an Automatic Site Search When the radio is actively searching for a new site: Advanced Features These features are applicable when your current radio channel is part of an IP Site Connect or Linked Capacity Plus configuration. 34 Procedure: 1 Press the programmed Site Lock On/Off button. NOTE: See IP Site Connect on page 10 and Linked Capacity Plus on page 11 for more details about these configurations. 2 A tone sounds and the LED turns off.
Lone Worker Following no user activity for a programmed duration, the radio pre-warns the user via an audio indicator once the inactivity timer expires. If enabled, this feature allows you to access your radio via password upon powering up. Use the Channel Selector Knob and the three Side Buttons to enter password (see Radio Controls of page 6): • Channel Selector Knob positions 1 to 9 represent digits 1 to 9, and position 10 represents digit 0.
4 When the last digit of the four-digit password is entered, your radio automatically checks the validity of the password. If the password is correct: Your radio proceeds to power up. See Powering Up the Radio on page 5. OR If the password is incorrect: You hear a continuous tone. Repeat Steps 1 to 3. OR After the third incorrect password, your radio enters into locked state. A tone sounds and the LED double blinks yellow.
Over-the-Air Programming (OTAP) Procedure: 1 Press the programmed Squelch button. While undergoing OTAP, the LED blinks green. NOTE: When the radio is receiving high volume data, the channel is busy. A PTT button press at this time causes a negative tone to sound. Once the programming is complete, a tone sounds, and your radio restarts (powers off and on again).
Turning the Option Board Feature(s) On or Off A channel can support up to 6 option board features. Refer to your dealer or system administrator for more information. Procedure: Press the programmed Option Board Feature button to toggle the feature on or off. Turning the Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) Feature On or Off Advanced Features This feature allows you to initiate a hands-free voice activated call on a programmed channel.
Intelligent Audio You can check how much battery power you have left. Your radio automatically adjusts its audio volume to overcome current background noise in the environment, inclusive of both stationary and non-stationary noise sources. This feature is a Receive-only feature and does not affect Transmit audio. Settings: The LED Indicator in solid yellow indicates fair battery charge while solid green indicates full charge of the battery. See also LED Indicator on page 12.
Accessories Your radio is compatible with the accessories listed in this chapter. Contact your dealer for details. Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40 Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40 Carry Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40 Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 40 Headsets and Headset Accessories . . . . . . . . .
Headsets and Headset Accessories (PMLN6087_) • IMPRES ATEX CSA Remote Speaker Microphone (PMMN4067_) • IS Approved Standard Headset with Helmet Attachment (PMLN6092_) Miscellaneous Accessories • IS Approved Twin Cup Headset with Helmet Attachment (PMLN6333_) • IS Approved Level Dependent Headset with Head Band (PMLN6090_) • Universal Connector Dust Cover for MOTOTRBO ATEX CSA (15012157001) Accessories • IS Approved Standard Headset with Head Band Remote Speaker Microphones • ATEX Adapter with Mole
The Capacity Warranty Batteries and Chargers Warranty The capacity warranty guarantees 80% of the rated capacity for the warranty duration. The Workmanship Warranty The workmanship warranty guarantees against defects in Batteries and Chargers Warranty 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 I. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS AND FOR HOW LONG: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
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. Limited Warranty IV.
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.
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