PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL TWO-WAY RADIO MOTOTRBO™ XiR™ M8620/XiR™ M8628 NUMERIC DISPLAY MOBILE USER GUIDE
Contents Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . . v Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents ii Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 20 Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Vote Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Desktop Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Mounting Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Miscellaneous Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Notes iv English
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. This telecommunication equipment conforms to the requirements of the National Telecommunications Commission. Software Version ATTENTION! This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy FCC RF energy exposure requirements.
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.
Getting Started How to Use This Guide This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO Mobiles with Numeric Display. 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.
Powering Up the Radio Adjusting the Volume Press the On/Off Button briefly. The green LED blinks and the numeric display screen lights up. To increase the volume, turn the Volume/Channel Knob clockwise. On/Off Button Getting Started A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power up test is successful. P1 P2 P3 P4 Volume/Channel Knob NOTE: There is no power up tone if the radio tones/alerts function is disabled (see Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 34).
Radio Controls Identifying Radio Controls 2 3 P1 7 P2 6 P3 P4 5 1 On/Off Button 2 Volume/Channel Knob 4 Identifying Radio Controls 1 Take a moment to review the following: Radio Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3 Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4 Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5 Switching Between Conventional Analog and Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Programmable Buttons Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as shortcuts to radio functions or up to a maximum of six (6) preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button press: • Short press – Pressing and releasing rapidly. • Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed Identifying Radio Controls 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.
Repeater/Talkaround*‡ – Toggles between using a repeater and communicating directly with another radio. Site Lock On/Off* off. – Toggles the automatic site roam on or Telemetry Control remote radio. – Controls the Output Pin on a local or The PTT button on the side of the microphone serves two basic purposes: • While a call is in Transmit Interrupt Remote Dekey interruptible call to free the channel. – Stops an ongoing Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) – Toggles VOX on or off.
To use the programmed Channel Up or Channel Down buttons, press Channel Up or Channel Down to select the required channel. You will also hear a continuous talk prohibit tone, if your call is interrupted, indicating that you should release the PTT button, for example when the radio receives an Emergency Call.
IP Site Connect 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. Depending on your settings, this is done automatically or manually. If the radio is set to do this automatically, it scans through all available sites when the signal from the current site is weak or when the radio is unable to detect any signal from the current site.
Linked Capacity Plus Identifying Radio Controls 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. 8 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.
Blinking yellow – Radio is scanning for activity or receiving a Call Alert, or all local Linked Capacity Plus channels are busy. Your radio indicates its operational status through the following: LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9 Audio Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10 Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indicator Tones High pitched tone Audio Tones Low pitched tone Positive Indicator Tone Identifying Status Indicators Negative Indicator Tone 10 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.
Receiving and Making Calls Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic Call features: Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11 Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID, or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12 Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . page 12 Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15 Stopping a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Selecting a Channel Receiving and Making Calls 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. After selecting the required zone, select the channel you require to transmit or receive on.
Receiving and Responding to a Group Call Procedure: When you receive a Group Call: 1 The green LED blinks. Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds through the radio's speaker. If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond. Press the PTT button to respond to the call.
5 Release the PTT button to listen. You cannot respond to an All Call. 6 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of NOTE: The radio stops receiving the All Call if you switch to a different channel while receiving the call. During an All Call, you are not able to use any programmed button functions until the call ends. time, the call ends. 7 You hear a short tone. Receiving and Making Calls See Making a Private Call on page 16 for more details on making a private call.
Making a Group Call See Making a Selective Call on page 17 for details on making a Selective Call. To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that group. Procedure: Making a Radio Call 1 Select the channel with the active group alias or ID. See Selecting a Channel on page 12. OR Press the programmed One Touch Access button.
Making a Private Call 4 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio While you can receive and/or respond to a Private Call initiated by an authorized individual radio, your radio must be programmed for you to initiate a Private Call. 5 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you hear a Receiving and Making Calls There are two types of Private Calls.
Users on the channel cannot respond to an All Call. Just like a Private Call, while you can receive and/or respond to a Selective Call initiated by an authorized individual radio, your radio must be programmed for you to initiate a Selective Call. This feature allows you to stop an ongoing Group or Private Call to free the channel for transmission. For example, when a radio experiences a “stuck microphone” condition where the PTT button is inadvertently pressed by the user.
Talkaround You can continue to communicate when your repeater is not operating, or when your radio is out of the repeater’s range but within talking range of other radios. This is called “talkaround”. Receiving and Making Calls NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus. Permanent Monitor Use the Permanent Monitor feature to continuously monitor a selected channel for activity. NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus.
Scan Lists Advanced Features Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Text Messaging Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
There are two types of scans: Responding to a Transmission During a Scan • Main Channel Scan (Manual): Your radio scans all the 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”. channels/groups in your scan list. On entering scan, your radio may – depending on the settings – automatically start on the last scanned “active” channel/group or on the channel where scan was initiated.
Deleting a Nuisance Channel 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. The nuisance channel is deleted.
Call Alert Operation Call Alert paging enables you to alert a specific radio user to call you back when they are able to do so. This feature is accessible via a programmed One Touch Access button. Receiving and Responding to a Call Alert Procedure: When you receive a Call Alert page: 1 You hear a repetitive tone. The yellow LED blinks. 2 Press the PTT button within four (4) seconds of receiving a Advanced Features Call Alert page to respond to the Private Call.
In addition, each alarm has the following types: • Regular – Radio transmits an alarm signal and shows audio • Silent – Radio transmits an alarm signal without any audio or visual indicators. Radio receives calls without any sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT button to initiate the call. • Silent with Voice – Radio transmits an alarm signal without any audio or visual indicators, but allow incoming calls to sound through the radio’s speaker.
5 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the microphone. OR Follow 6 Release the PTT button to listen. 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. 7 When the channel is free for you to respond, a short alert This activated microphone state is also known as “hot mic”.
2 The green LED lights up. When hot mic has been enabled, the radio automatically transmits without a PTT press until the hot mic duration expires. While transmitting, the green LED lights up. 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.
• An Emergency Exit Telegram is received, OR Text Messaging Features • All retries to send the alarm have been exhausted, OR • The Emergency Off button is pressed. Sending a Quick Text Message NOTE: If your radio is powered off, it exits the Emergency mode. The radio does not reinitiate the Emergency mode automatically when it is turned on again. You can send Quick Text messages, programmed by your dealer, via the programmable button.
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 Enhanced Privacy. To unscramble a privacy-enabled call or data transmission, your radio must be programmed to have the same Key Value and Key ID as the transmitting radio.
Multi-Site Controls Stopping an Automatic Site Search When the radio is actively searching for a new site: These features are applicable when your current radio channel is part of an IP Site Connect or Linked Capacity Plus configuration. See IP Site Connect on page 7 and Linked Capacity Plus on page 8 for more details about these configurations.
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 there is still no acknowledgment by the user before the predefined reminder timer expires, the radio initiates an Emergency Alarm.
NOTE: The radio is unable to receive any call, including emergency calls, in locked state. The use of Emergency footswitch cancels out password input to access the radio. Unlocking the Radio from Locked State Procedure: Wait for 15 minutes. Repeat Steps 1 to 3 in Accessing the Radio from Password on page 29. OR Power up the radio, if you have powered down the radio during locked state: Advanced Features 1 A tone sounds and the yellow LED double blinks. 2 Wait for 15 minutes.
Disconnecting from a Bluetooth Device Procedure: Procedure: 1 Turn on your Bluetooth-enabled device and place it in 1 Press the programmed Bluetooth Disconnect button. pairing mode. Refer to respective Bluetooth-enabled device’s user manual. 2 On your radio, press the programmed Bluetooth Connect button. 3 A tone sounds and LED blinks yellow. 4 Your Bluetooth-enabled device may require additional steps to complete the pairing. Refer to respective Bluetoothenabled device’s user manual.
Utilities Setting the Squelch Level You can customize your radio’s power setting to high or low for each channel. 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: High enables communication with radios located at a considerable distance from you. Low enables communication with radios in closer proximity. Settings: Normal is the default.
Turning the Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) Feature On or Off NOTE: You may need to turn off the radio and power it up again after detaching the VOX-capable microphone to allow the radio to switch to another valid accessory. Pressing the PTT button during radio operation disables VOX.
Turning Horns/Lights On or Off Voice Announcement Your radio is able to notify you of an incoming call via the horns and lights feature. When activated, an incoming call sounds your vehicle's horn and turns on its lights. This feature enables the radio to audibly indicate the current Zone or Channel the user has just assigned, or programmable button press. This audio indicator can be customized per customer requirements.
GPS Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite navigation system that determines the radio’s precise location. Procedure: Press the programmed GPS button to toggle the feature on or off. Advanced Features See Accessories on page 36 for recommended Bluetooth-enabled audio accessories with in-built Automatic Volume Control for similar performance.
• UHF, 403 – 430 MHz, 1/4 Wave, Through-hole Mount, BNC Accessories (RAE4151_) Your radio is compatible with the accessories listed in this chapter. Contact your dealer for details. Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Desktop Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• Combination GPS/UHF 450 – 470 MHz, 5dB Gain, Through-hole Mount, BNC (PMAE4038_) • Window Mount GPS Active Antenna (PMAN4001_) • Magnetic Mount GPS Active Antenna (PMAN4002_) Audio • Telephone Style Handset (HMN4098_) • Desktop Microphone (RMN5050_) • Compact Microphone (RMN5052_) • Heavy Duty Microphone with Enhanced Audio (RMN5053_) • Visor Microphone with Enhanced Audio (RMN5054_) • Operations Critical Wireless earpiece, 12" Cable (NNTN8125_) • Operations Critical Wireless earpiece, 9.
Desktop Accessories • • • • • • Desktop Tray without Speaker (GLN7318_) Desktop Tray with Speaker (RSN4005_) (HKN9557_) • Microphone Hang Up Clip (All Microphones) (HLN9073_) Switchmode Power Supply 1–25 Watt Models (GPN6145_) • Universal Microphone Hang Up Clip (All Microphones) Radio Power Cable for GPN6145_ (GKN6266_) Power Supply and Cable (HPN4007_) Mounting Kits • In Dash (DIN) Mounting Kit (RLN6465_) • Low Profile Trunnion Kit (RLN6466_) Accessories • PL259/Mini-U Antenna Adapter, 8-foot (2.
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