Professional Digital Two-Way Radio System DP 3400 / DP 3401 Non-Display Portable User Guide
74D05-A.book Page i Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Contents Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . .iii Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can Tell You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74D05-A.book Page ii Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Contents Making a Group or Private Call with the One Touch Call Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitoring a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74D05-A.book Page v Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Important Safety Information ! Caution Before using this product, read the operating instructions for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio. This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy FCC RF energy exposure requirements.
74D05-A.book Page vi Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Computer Software Copyrights 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.
74D05-A.book Page 1 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Getting Started How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1 What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can Tell You . page 1 How to Use This Guide This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO Non-Display Portables.
4D05-A.book Page 2 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM IMPRES battery warranty, although the standard battery warranty still applies. Preparing Your Radio for Use Preparing Your Radio for Use Assemble your radio by following these steps: 2 Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attaching the Belt Clip. . . . . . . . .
74D05-A.book Page 3 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Attaching the Antenna The universal connector is located on the antenna side of the radio. It is used to connect MOTOTRBO accessories to the radio. To remove the antenna, turn the antenna counterclockwise. Make sure you turn off the radio and remove the universal connector cover first. ! Caution If the antenna needs to be replaced, ensure that only MOTOTRBO antennas are used. Neglecting this will damage your radio.
74D05-A.book Page 4 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Preparing Your Radio for Use Powering Up the Radio Adjusting the Volume Rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise until you hear a click. The LED blinks green. To increase the volume, turn the On/ Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise. A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power up test is successful. To decrease the volume, turn this knob counterclockwise.
74D05-A.book Page 5 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM 1 Channel Selector Knob Take a moment to review the following: 2 On/Off/Volume Control Knob Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Switching Between Analog and Digital Mode . . . . . . . .
74D05-A.book Page 6 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Programmable Buttons Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as shortcuts to radio functions or preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button press: Scan – Toggles scan on or off. • Press – Pressing and releasing rapidly. remote radio. • Long press – Pressing and holding for the preprogrammed Zone – Allows selection from a list of zones. duration (between 0.25 seconds and 3.75 seconds).
74D05-A.book Page 7 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button • While a call is in progress, the PTT button allows the radio to transmit to other radios in the call. PTT Button 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 Voice Call on page 12).
74D05-A.book Page 8 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Identifying Status Indicators Your radio indicates its operational status through the following: LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8 Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74D05-A.book Page 9 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Indicator Tones Low pitched tone Positive Indicator Tone Negative Indicator Tone Once you understand how your MOTOTRBO Portable is configured, you are ready to use your radio. Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic Call features: Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10 Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID, or Group ID. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74D05-A.book Page 10 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Selecting a Zone A zone is a group of channels. Your radio supports up to a maximum of 2 zones. Procedure: 1 Press the preprogrammed Zone button. Receiving and Making Calls 2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the radio has 10 switched from Zone 1 to Zone 2. OR You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the radio has switched from Zone 2 to Zone 1.
74D05-A.book Page 11 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Receiving and Responding to a Private Call To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that group. A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another individual radio. 1 The LED blinks green. There are two types of Private Calls. The first type, where a radio presence check is performed prior to setting up the call, while the other sets up the call immediately. 2 Hold the radio vertically 2.
74D05-A.book Page 12 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM 6 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of Making a Voice Call time, the call ends. 7 You hear a short tone. See Making a Private Call on page 13 for details on making a Private Call. Receiving and Making Calls Receiving an All Call An All Call is a call from an individual radio to every radio on the channel. It is used to make important announcements requiring the user’s full attention.
74D05-A.book Page 13 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM 6 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of time, the call ends. Procedure: 1 Turn the Channel Selector Knob to select the channel with the active subscriber ID. 2 Hold the radio vertically 2.5 to 5.0 cm (1 to 2 inches) from your mouth. 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.
74D05-A.book Page 14 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Making a Group or Private Call with the One Touch Call Button The One Touch Call feature allows you to make a Group or Private Call to a predefined ID easily. This feature can be assigned to a short or long programmable button press. Receiving and Making Calls You can ONLY have one ID assigned to a One Touch Call button. Your radio can have multiple One Touch Call buttons programmed.
74D05-A.book Page 15 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Monitoring Features 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 free before transmitting. Procedure: 1 Press the preprogrammed Permanent Monitor button. Procedure: 2 Radio sounds alert tone, and the LED lights up solid yellow.
74D05-A.book Page 16 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Scan Advanced Features Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced features available with your portable: Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call Alert Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Operation . . .
74D05-A.book Page 17 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM 2 When Scan is enabled, the LED blinks yellow and you hear Responding to a Transmission During a Scan During scanning, your radio stops on a channel/group where activity is detected. The radio stays on that channel for a preprogrammed time period known as “hang time”. Procedure: 1 Hold the radio vertically 2.5 to 5.0 cm (1 to 2 inches) from your mouth. 2 Press the PTT button during hang time. The LED lights up solid green.
74D05-A.book Page 18 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Call Indicator Settings You can turn on or off the ringing tones for a received Private Call (see Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 23). Escalating Alarm Tone Volume Your radio can be preprogrammed 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. This feature is known as Escalert.
74D05-A.book Page 19 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Emergency Operation This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm, a nonvoice signal, which triggers an alert indication on another radio. Procedure: 1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.
74D05-A.book Page 20 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call This feature allows you send an Emergency Alarm to another radio. Upon acknowledgement, both radios can communicate over a preprogrammed Emergency channel. Follow 1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button. This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to another radio.
74D05-A.book Page 21 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM 5 Once the hot mic duration expires, the radio automatically Text Messaging Features stops transmitting. To transmit again, press the PTT button. Sending a Quick Text Message There are two instances where this can happen: You can send Quick Text messages, preprogrammed by your dealer, via the programmable button. • You change the channel while the radio is in Emergency mode. This exits the Emergency mode.
74D05-A.book Page 22 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Utilities Setting the Squelch Level You can adjust your radio's squelch level to filter out unwanted calls with low signal strength or channels that have a higher than normal background noise. Settings: Normal is the default. Tight filters out (unwanted) calls and/or background noise. However, calls from remote locations may also be filtered out. Procedure: Advanced Features 1 Press the preprogrammed Squelch button.
74D05-A.book Page 23 Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:35 PM Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off Procedure: 1 Press the preprogrammed All Tones/Alerts button. 2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating all tones and alerts are on. OR You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating all tones and alerts are off. Checking the Battery Strength Advanced Features You can enable and disable all radio tones and alerts (except for the incoming Emergency alert tone) if needed.
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