Motorola DM-3400 DM-3401 User
Motorola DM-3400 DM-3401 User
MOTOTRBO™
DM 3400/DM 3401
NUMERIC DISPLAY MOBILE
USER GUIDE
Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Contents Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Contents
This User Guide contains all the information you need
to use the MOTOTRBO Series Mobiles. Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . .iii Receiving and Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID,
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 11
What Your Dealer/System Administrator Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . . 12
Can Tell You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . 12
Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Receiving and Responding to a Phone Call . . . . 13
Phone Call as Group/Private/All Call . . . . . . . . 13
Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Making a Call with the Channel Rocker . . . . . . . . 14
Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Assignable Settings/Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Making an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Making a Call with the One Touch Access
Switching Between Conventional Analog and Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Digital Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Making a Group or Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Capacity Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Making a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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Stopping a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Text Messaging Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 IP Site Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Starting an Automatic Site Search . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Stopping an Automatic Site Search . . . . . . . . . . 28
Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Starting a Manual Site Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 20 Lone Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Password Lock Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Accessing the Radio from Password . . . . . . . . . 29
Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Unlocking the Radio from Locked State . . . . . . . 30
Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Receiving and Responding to a Call Alert . . . . . 21 Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Turning the Option Board Feature(s) On or Off . 31
Access Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Turning the Voice Operating Transmission (VOX)
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Feature On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Turning the Public Address System On or Off . . 32
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 23 Turning the External Public Address System On
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or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to
Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Turning Horns/Lights On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . . . . 32
Exiting an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Important Safety Information Software Version
ATTENTION!
This radio is restricted to occupational use only to
satisfy FCC/ICNIRP RF energy exposure
requirements. Before using this product, read the RF
energy awareness information and operating instructions
in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed
with your radio (Motorola Publication part number
6866537D37) to ensure compliance with RF energy
exposure limits.
For a list of Motorola-approved antennas and other
accessories, visit the following website:
http://www.motorolasolutions.com/governmentandenterprise
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The AMBE+2TM voice coding Technology embodied in
Computer Software Copyrights this product is protected by intellectual property rights
including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of
The Motorola products described in this manual may
Digital Voice Systems, Inc.
include copyrighted Motorola computer programs stored
in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use
United States and other countries preserve for Motorola within this Communications Equipment. The user of this
certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to
decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object
Computer Software Copyrights
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Selected features are also available on the single-site trunking
Getting Started mode, Capacity Plus. See Capacity Plus on page 7 for more
information.
Getting Started
Take a moment to review the following:
How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1
What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can Tell You . page 1 What Your Dealer/System Administrator
Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2 Can Tell You
Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
You can consult your dealer or system administrator about the
following:
How to Use This Guide • Is your radio programmed with any preset conventional
channels?
This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO
Mobiles with Numeric Display. • Which buttons have been programmed to access other
features?
However, your dealer or system administrator may have
customized your radio for your specific needs. Check with your • What optional accessories may suit your needs?
dealer or system administrator for more information.
Throughout this publication, the icons below are used to
indicate features supported in either the conventional Analog
mode or conventional Digital mode:
Press the On/Off To increase the volume, turn the Volume Knob clockwise.
Button briefly.
The green LED
blinks and the
On/Off
numeric display Button
screen lights up.
A brief tone
sounds, indicating Volume
Knob
that the power up
test is successful.
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Identifying Radio Controls 1 2 3 4
Radio Controls
9 8 7 6 5
1 On/Off Button
5 Speaker
6 Front Button P2*
7 Front Button P1*
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Programmable Buttons Nuisance Channel Delete* – Temporarily removes an
unwanted channel, except for the Selected Channel, from the
Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as scan list. The Selected Channel refers to the user’s selected
shortcuts to radio functions or up to a maximum of six (6) zone/channel combination from which scan is initiated.
preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button
One Touch Access – Directly initiates a predefined
press:
Private, Phone or Group Call, a Call Alert or a Quick Text
• Short press – Pressing and releasing rapidly (0.05 seconds). message, or returns the user to a preset channel.
• Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed Option Board Feature – Toggles option board feature(s) on or
duration (between 1.00 second and 3.75 seconds).
off for option board-enabled channels.
• Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.
Identifying Radio Controls
Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or Repeater/Talkaround* – Toggles between using a repeater
cancels an Emergency Alarm or Call. and communicating directly with another radio.
Ext PA On/Off – Toggles the audio routing between the Scan* – Toggles scan on or off.
connected public address (PA) loudspeaker amplifier and the
Site Lock On/Off* – Toggles the automatic site roam on or
radio’s internal public address (PA) system.
off.
Manual Site Roam* – Starts the manual site search.
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Telemetry Control – Controls the Output Pin on a local or Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button
remote radio.
The PTT button on the side
Power Level – Toggles transmit power level between high and The microphone is activated when the PTT button is pressed.
low.
• While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make
Squelch – Toggles squelch level between normal and tight. a new call (see Making a Radio Call on page 14).
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During a call, if the Channel Free Indication feature is Switching Between Conventional Analog
enabled on your radio (programmed by your dealer), you and Digital Mode
will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio (the
radio that is receiving your call) releases the PTT button, Each channel in your Channel Rocker
indicating the channel is free for you to respond. radio can be configured
as a conventional
You will also hear the Channel Free Indication tone if your analog or conventional
call is interrupted, for example when the radio receives an digital channel. Use the
Emergency Call. Channel Rocker to
switch between an
You can turn off the Channel Free Indication tone or the analog or a digital
Identifying Radio Controls
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Capacity Plus
Identifying Status Indicators
Capacity Plus is a single-site trunking configuration of the
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Audio Tones Indicator Tones
Alert tones provide you with audible indications of the radio’s
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Selecting a Site
Receiving and Making Calls
A site is a specific area where a base station is placed to
Once you understand how your MOTOTRBO Mobile is
provide optimal coverage for the radio.
configured, you are ready to use your radio.
If enabled, your radio is able to connect to different available
Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic
sites via an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
Call features:
Selecting a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10 See IP Site Connect on page 27 for more information.
Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10
Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID, Selecting a Zone
Receiving and Making Calls
or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11
A zone is a group of channels. Your radio supports up to a
Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call. . . . . . . . . page 11 maximum of 2 zones, with a maximum of 32 channels per zone.
Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14
Procedure:
Stopping a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17
Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18 1 Press the programmed Zone button.
Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18 2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the radio has
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.
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Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID, Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call
or Group ID
Once the channel,
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Receiving and Responding to a Group Call See Making a Group Call on page 14 for details on making a
Group Call.
To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be
configured as part of that group.
Receiving and Responding to a Private Call
Procedure:
When you receive a Group Call: A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another
individual radio.
1 The green LED blinks.
There are two types of Private Calls. The first type, where a
If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
radio presence check is performed prior to setting up the call,
will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio while the other sets up the call immediately.
Receiving and Making Calls
6 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of Receiving and Responding to a Phone Call
time, the call ends.
NOTE: If Phone Call capability is enabled, you are able to
7 You hear a short tone. respond to a Phone Call. Check with your dealer or
system administrator for more information.
See Making a Private Call on page 14 for more details on
making a private call. Phone Call as Group/Private/All Call
Procedure:
Receiving an All Call
When you receive a Phone Call as a Group/Private/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 Press the PTT button to talk and release it to listen.
the user’s full attention. NOTE: When you receive a Phone Call as an All Call, you can
Procedure: respond to the call or end the call, only if an All Call
type is assigned to the channel.
When you receive an All Call:
1 A tone sounds and the green LED blinks.
2 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the All Call ends.
If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio
releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is now
available for use.
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Making a Radio Call 3 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
You can select a channel, subscriber ID or group by using: OR
Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and
• Channel Rocker
speak clearly into the microphone.
• A programmed One Touch Access button 4 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio
responds, the green LED blinks.
NOTE: Your radio must have the Privacy feature enabled on
the channel to send a privacy-enabled transmission. 5 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
Only target radios with the same Privacy Key OR the
will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio
Receiving and Making Calls
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Use the Quick Text Message or Call Alert features to contact an Making an All Call
individual radio. See Text Messaging Features on page 26 or
Call Alert Operation on page 21 for more information. This feature allows you to transmit to all users on the channel.
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Making a Call with the One Touch Access 5 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will
hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases
Button
the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to
The One Touch Access feature allows you to make a Group, respond. Press the PTT button to respond.
Private or Phone Call to a predefined ID easily. This feature can OR
be assigned to a short or long programmable button press. If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
You can ONLY have one ID assigned to a One Touch Access time, the call ends.
button. Your radio can have multiple One Touch Access For a Private Call, you hear a short tone when the call ends.
buttons programmed.
Making a Phone Call
Making a Group or Private Call
Receiving and Making Calls
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3 Press the PTT button to talk and release it to listen. Stopping a Radio Call
4 Press the programmed Phone Exit button to end the call
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Talkaround Permanent Monitor
You can continue to communicate when your repeater is not Use the Permanent Monitor feature to continuously monitor a
operating, or when your radio is out of the repeater’s range but selected channel for activity.
within talking range of other radios. This is called “talkaround”.
NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus.
NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus.
Procedure:
Procedure: 1 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button.
1 Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround button. 2 Radio sounds alert tone, and the yellow LED lights up.
Receiving and Making Calls
2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the radio is in 3 Press the programmed Permanent Monitor button to
Talkaround mode. The Talkaround icon is displayed. remove the radio from permanent monitor mode.
OR
You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the radio is in 4 Radio sounds an alert tone and the LED turns off.
Repeater mode. The Talkaround icon is turned off.
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Scan Lists
Advanced Features
Scan lists are created and assigned to individual channels/
Advanced Features
Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced
groups. Your radio scans for voice activity by cycling through the
features available with your radio:
channel/group sequence specified in the scan list for the current
Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19 channel.
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19
Your radio supports up to 250 scan lists, with a maximum of 16
Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
members in a list. Each scan list shall support a mixture of both
Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21 analog and digital entries.
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
Text Messaging Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26 NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus.
Privacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 26
IP Site Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 27 Scan
Lone Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29
Password Lock Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29 When you start a scan, your radio cycles through the
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30 programmed scan list for the current channel looking for voice
activity.
The yellow LED blinks and you see the scan icon on the display.
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.
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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
channels/groups in your scan list. On entering scan, your activity is detected. The radio stays on that channel for a
radio may – depending on the settings – automatically start programmed time period known as “hang time”.
on the last scanned “active” channel/group or on the channel
where scan was initiated. Procedure:
• Auto Scan (Automatic): Your radio automatically starts 1 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
scanning when you select a channel/group that has Auto
Scan enabled. will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio
releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for
NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus. you to respond.
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Deleting a Nuisance Channel Call Indicator Settings
If a channel continually generates unwanted calls or noise
You can turn on or off the ringing tones for a received Private
Advanced Features
(termed a “nuisance” channel), you can temporarily remove the
Call (see Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 32).
unwanted channel from the scan list.
This capability does not apply to the channel designated as the Escalating Alarm Tone Volume
Selected Channel.
Your radio can be programmed by your dealer to continually
Procedure: alert you when a radio call remains unanswered. This is done
1 When your radio “locks on to” an unwanted or nuisance by automatically increasing the alarm tone volume over time.
channel, press the programmed Nuisance Channel Delete This feature is known as Escalert.
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
Restoring a Nuisance Channel you back when they are able to do so.
Procedure: This feature is accessible via a programmed One Touch
To restore the deleted nuisance channel, do one of the Access button.
following:
Receiving and Responding to a Call Alert
• Turn the radio off and power it on again, OR Procedure:
• Stop and restart a scan via the programmed Scan button, OR When you receive a Call Alert page:
1 You hear a repetitive tone. The yellow LED blinks.
• Change the channel via the Channel Rocker.
2 Press the PTT button within four (4) seconds of receiving a
Call Alert page to respond to the Private Call.
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Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Access Emergency Operation
Button
An Emergency Alarm is used to indicate a critical situation. You
Procedure: are able to initiate an Emergency at any time, in any state, even
1 Press the programmed One Touch Access button to make when there is activity on the current channel.
a Call Alert to the predefined ID.
Your dealer can set the duration of a button press for the
2 The green LED lights up when your radio is sending the Call programmed Emergency button, except for long press, which is
Alert. similar with all other buttons:
3 If the Call Alert acknowledgement is received, two chirps • Short press – Between 0.05 seconds and 0.75 seconds
sound.
• Long press – Between 1.00 second and 3.75 seconds
OR
If the Call Alert acknowledgement is not received, a low- The Emergency button is assigned with the Emergency On/ Off
pitch tone sounds. feature. Check with your dealer for the assigned operation of
the Emergency button.
Advanced Features
Advanced Features
and/or visual indicators.
If your radio does not receive an Emergency Alarm
• Silent – Radio transmits an alarm signal without any audio or acknowledgement, and after all retries have been
visual indicators. Radio receives calls without any sound exhausted, a low-pitch tone sounds.
through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT button to
initiate the call. 4 Radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.
• Silent with Voice – Radio transmits an alarm signal without If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual
any audio or visual indicators, but allow incoming calls to indicators during Emergency mode.
sound through the radio’s speaker.
Only one of the Emergency Alarms above can be assigned to Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call
the programmed Emergency button or the Emergency
footswitch. 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
Sending an Emergency Alarm
Emergency channel.
This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm, a non-
Procedure:
voice signal, which triggers an alert indication on a group of
radios. 1 Press the programmed Emergency On button or press the
Emergency footswitch.
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed Emergency On button or the 2 The green LED lights up.
Emergency footswitch. 3 When an Emergency Alarm acknowledgment is received,
2 The green LED lights up. the Emergency tone sounds. The green LED blinks.
4 Press the PTT button to make the call. The green LED lights
up.
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5 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to
clearly into the microphone.
OR Follow
Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to a group
speak clearly into the microphone. of radios. Your radio’s microphone is automatically activated,
allowing you to communicate with the group of radios without
6 Release the PTT button to listen. pressing the PTT button.
7 When the channel is free for you to respond, a short This activated microphone state is also known as “hot mic”.
alert tone sounds ( if the Channel Free Indication If you press the PTT button during the programmed hot mic
feature is enabled). Press the PTT button to respond. transmission period, the radio ignores the PTT press and
OR remains in Emergency mode.
Once your call ends, press the programmed Emergency
Off button to exit the Emergency mode. NOTE: If you press the PTT button during hot mic, and
continue to press it after the hot mic duration expires,
Advanced Features
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual the radio continues to transmit until you release the
indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls PTT button.
to sound through the radio’s speaker, until you press the PTT
Procedure:
button to initiate the call.
1 Press the programmed Emergency On button or the
If your radio is set to Silent with Voice, it will not display any
Emergency footswitch.
audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode, but allow
incoming calls to sound through the radio’s speaker. The 2 The green LED lights up.
indicators will only appear once you press the PTT button to
3 Once a tone sounds, speak clearly into the microphone.
initiate, or respond to, the call.
When hot mic has been enabled, the radio automatically
transmits without a PTT press until the hot mic duration
expires.
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4 While transmitting, the green LED lights up. Reinitiating an Emergency Mode
5 Once the hot mic duration expires, the radio automatically NOTE: This feature is only applicable to the radio sending the
Advanced Features
stops transmitting. To transmit again, press the PTT button. Emergency Alarm.
If your radio is set to Silent, it will not display any audio or visual There are two instances where this can happen:
indicators during Emergency mode, or allow any received calls
• You change the channel while the radio is in Emergency
to sound through the radio’s speaker, until the programmed hot
mode. This exits the Emergency mode. If Emergency Alarm is
mic transmission period is over, and you press the PTT button. enabled on this new channel, the radio reinitiates Emergency.
If your radio is set to Silent with Voice, it will not display any • You press the programmed Emergency On button during an
audio or visual indicators during Emergency mode when you Emergency initiation/transmission state. This causes the
are making the call with hot mic, but allow sound through the radio to exit this state, and to reinitiate Emergency.
radio’s speaker when the target radio responds after the
programmed hot mic transmission period is over. The indicators Exiting an Emergency Mode
will only appear when you press the PTT button.
NOTE: This feature is only applicable to the radio sending the
NOTE: If the Emergency Alarm request fails, the radio does Emergency Alarm.
not retry to send the request, and enters the hot mic
state directly. Your radio exits Emergency mode when one of the following
occurs:
• Emergency Alarm acknowledgement is received (for
Emergency Alarm only), OR
• All retries to send the alarm have been exhausted, OR
• The Emergency Off button is pressed.
NOTE: If your radio is powered off, it exits the Emergency
mode. The radio will not reinitiate the Emergency mode
automatically when it is turned on again.
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Text Messaging Features Privacy
3 Two chirps indicate that the message is sent successfully. Your radio supports two types of privacy:
OR • Basic Privacy
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If your radio receives a scrambled call that is of a different
Privacy Key, OR a different Key Value and Key ID, you will
IP Site Connect
either hear a garbled transmission (Basic Privacy) or nothing at
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This feature allows your radio to extend communication beyond
all (Enhanced Privacy).
the reach of a single site, by connecting to different available
The LED lights up solid green while the radio is transmitting and sites via an Internet Protocol (IP) network.
blinks green rapidly when the radio is receiving an ongoing
privacy-enabled transmission. NOTE: This feature is not applicable in Capacity Plus.
NOTE: Some radio models may not offer this Privacy feature. When the radio moves out of range from one site and into the
Check with your dealer or system administrator for range of another, it connects to the new site's base station to
more information. send or receive calls/data transmissions. Depending on your
settings, this is done automatically or manually.
Procedure:
Press the programmed Privacy button to toggle privacy on or If the radio is set to do this automatically, it scans through all
off. 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. It then locks on to the base station with the strongest
Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) value.
In a manual site search, the radio searches for the next site in
the roam list that is currently in range (but which may not have
the strongest signal) and locks on to it.
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A Members list supports a maximum of 16 channels (including Stopping an Automatic Site Search
the Selected Channel).
When the radio is actively searching for a new site:
NOTE: You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the
Procedure:
Members list. Check with your dealer or system
administrator for more information. 1 Press the programmed Site Lock On/Off button.
Starting an Automatic Site Search 2 A tone sounds and the LED turns off.
NOTE: The radio only scans for a new site if the current signal
Starting a Manual Site Search
is weak or when the radio is unable to detect any signal
from the current site. If the RSSI value is strong, the Procedure:
radio remains on the current site.
1 Press the programmed Manual Site Roam button.
Procedure:
2 A tone sounds and the green LED blinks.
1 Press the programmed Site Lock On/Off button.
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3 You hear a positive indicator tone and the LED turns off,
2 A tone sounds. indicating the radio is locked on to a site.
OR
3 The yellow LED blinks rapidly when the radio is actively You hear a negative indicator tone and the LED turns off,
searching for a new site, and turns off once the radio locks indicating the radio is unable to lock on to a site.
on to a site.
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Lone Worker Password Lock Features
This feature prompts an emergency to be raised if there is no If enabled, this feature allows you to access your radio via
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user activity, such as any radio button press or activation of the password upon powering up.
channel selector, for a predefined time.
Following no user activity for a programmed duration, the radio Accessing the Radio from Password
pre-warns the user via an audio indicator once the inactivity Procedure:
timer expires. Power up the radio.
If there is still no acknowledgment by the user before the 1 You hear a continuous tone.
predefined reminder timer expires, the radio initiates an
Emergency Alarm. 2 Press the Channel Rocker to select a digit and Front Button
P2 to enter the selected digit. Enter the remaining digits of
Only one of the following Emergency Alarms is assigned to this the password in the same manner.
feature:
3 When the last digit of the four-digit password is entered,
• Emergency Alarm your radio automatically checks the validity of the password.
If the password is correct:
• Emergency Alarm with Call
Your radio proceeds to power up. See Powering Up the
• Emergency Alarm with Voice to Follow Radio on page 2.
OR
If the password is incorrect:
The radio remains in the emergency state allowing voice
You hear a continuous tone. Repeat Steps 1 and 2.
messages to proceed until action is taken. See Emergency
OR
Operation on page 22 on ways to exit Emergency.
After the third incorrect password, your radio enters into
This feature is limited to radios with this function enabled. locked state. A tone sounds and the yellow LED double
Check with your dealer or system administrator for more blinks.
information.
Your radio enters into locked state for 15 minutes, and responds
to inputs from On/Off button.
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NOTE: The radio is unable to receive any call, including Utilities
emergency calls, in locked state.
Setting the Squelch Level
The use of Emergency footswitch cancels out
password input to access the radio. You can adjust your radio's squelch level to filter out unwanted
calls with low signal strength or channels that have a higher
Unlocking the Radio from Locked State than normal background noise.
Procedure: Settings: Normal is the default. Tight filters out (unwanted)
Wait for 15 minutes. Repeat Steps 1 to 3 in Accessing the calls and/or background noise. However, calls from remote
Radio from Password on page 29. locations may also be filtered out.
OR
Procedure:
Power up the radio, if you have powered down the radio during
locked state: 1 Press the programmed Squelch button.
1 A tone sounds and the yellow LED double blinks. 2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the radio is
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2 Wait for 15 minutes. Repeat Steps 1 to 3 in Accessing the operating in tight squelch.
OR
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You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the radio is
Your radio restarts the 15 minutes timer for locked state when operating in normal squelch.
you power up.
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Setting the Power Level Turning the Voice Operating Transmission (VOX)
You can customize your radio’s power setting to high or low for Feature On or Off
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each channel. This feature allows you to initiate a hands-free voice activated
Settings: High enables communication with radios located at a call on a programmed channel. The radio automatically
considerable distance from you. Low enables communication transmits, for a programmed period, whenever the microphone
with radios in closer proximity. on the VOX-capable accessory detects voice.
Procedure: NOTE: You may need to turn off the radio and power it up
again after detaching the VOX-capable microphone
1 Press the programmed Power Level button. to allow the radio to switch to another valid accessory.
2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the radio is Pressing the PTT button during radio operation will disable
transmitting at low power. VOX. To re-enable VOX, do one of the following:
OR
You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the radio is • Turn the radio off and power it on again, OR
transmitting at high power. • Change the channel via the Channel Rocker, OR
• Follow the procedure below.
Turning the Option Board Feature(s) On or Off
NOTE: Turning this feature on or off is limited to radios with
A channel can support up to 6 option board features. Refer to
this function enabled. Check with your dealer or system
your dealer or system administrator for more information. administrator for more information.
Procedure:
Procedure:
Press the programmed Option Board Feature button to toggle
Press the programmed VOX button to toggle the feature on or
the feature on or off.
off.
If the Talk Permit Tone feature is enabled, use a trigger word to
initiate the call. Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish before
speaking clearly into the microphone.
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Turning the Public Address System On or Off Procedure:
You can enable and disable the radio’s internal public address 1 Press the programmed Horns/Lights button.
(PA) system. 2 You hear a positive indicator tone, indicating the horns and
Procedure: lights feature is on.
Press the programmed PA On/Off button to toggle the feature OR
on or off. You hear a negative indicator tone, indicating the horns and
lights feature is off.
Turning the External Public Address System On
or Off Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off
You can enable or disable the audio routing between the You can enable and disable all radio tones and alerts (except
connected public address (PA) loudspeaker amplifier and the for the incoming Emergency alert tone) if needed.
radio’s internal public address (PA) system.
Procedure:
Procedure:
1 Press the programmed All Tones/Alerts button.
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