General Radio Operation. Motorola ASTRO APX 7000 Series, APX 7000L, ASTRO APX 6000XE Series

General Radio Operation

Selecting a Zone

Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use this feature.

A zone is a group of channels.

Select a zone via the preprogrammed

Zone (3-

Position A/B/C)

switch: a) Move the preprogrammed

Zone (3-Position

A/B/C)

switch to the position of the required zone.

If the zone number entered is unprogrammed, the display shows

INVALID

. Repeat this step.

b) Press the

PTT

button to transmit on the displayed zone channel.

Selecting a Radio Channel

A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit/ receive frequency pairs.

Select a channel via the preprogrammed

16–

Position Select Knob

to the desired channel.

a) Rotate the preprogrammed

16–Position

Select Knob

to the desired channel.

b) Press the

PTT

button to transmit on the displayed zone channel.

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

Once you have selected the required channel and/or zone, you can proceed to receive and respond to calls.

The LED lights up solid red while the radio is transmitting. In conventional mode, the LED lights up solid yellow when the radio is receiving a transmission. In trunking mode, there is no LED indication when the radio receives a transmission.

If the radio is receiving a secure transmission, the

LED blinks yellow.

Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup Call

To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that talkgroup.

When you receive a talkgroup call (while on the

Home screen) the radio triggers for your attention with one of the following scenarios depending on the system your radio is configured:

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• For ASTRO Conventional system, the LED lights up solid yellow. The display shows the talkgroup alias or ID, and the caller alias or ID.

• For Trunking system, the display shows the caller alias or ID.

1

Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0

cm) from your mouth.

2

Press the

PTT

button to respond to the call.

The LED lights up solid red.

3

Release the

PTT

button to listen.

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See also

Making a Talkgroup Call

on page 41 for

details on making a Talkgroup Call.

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call (Trunking

Only)

A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another individual radio.

The one-to-one call between the two radios are not heard by the others in the current talkgroup. The transmitting radio automatically verifies that the receiving radio is active on the system and can display the caller ID.

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Note:

With the inactivity timer enabled (optional), when there is no response from the receiving radio, the transmitting radio exits the call with Menu Inactive

Exit tone after the timer expires.

When you receive a Private Call, you hear two alert tones and the LED blinks green. The display shows

CALL RCV

, alternating with the caller alias (name) or

ID (number).

1

Press the

Call Response

button within 20 seconds after the call indicators begin.

2

Press and hold the

PTT

button to talk. Release the

PTT

button to listen.

3

Press the

Call Response

button to hang up and return to the Home screen.

You cannot initiate a Private Call.

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call

(Trunking Only)

This feature allows you to receive calls similar to standard phone calls from a landline phone.

Note:

With the inactivity timer enabled (optional), if there is no response to the call after the timer expires, your radio exits the call with Menu Inactive Exit tone.

When you receive a Telephone Call, you hear telephone-type ringing and the LED blinks green. The display shows

PHN CALL

and the call received icon blinks.

1

Press the

Call Response

button within 20 seconds after the call indicators begin.

2

Press and hold the

PTT

button to talk. Release the

PTT

button to listen.

3

Press the

Call Response

button to hang up and return to the Home screen.

You cannot initiate a Telephone Call.

Making a Radio Call

You can select a zone, channel, subscriber ID, or talkgroup by using:

• The preprogrammed

Zone

switch.

• The

16-Position Select Channel Knob

.

Making a Talkgroup Call

To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that talkgroup.

1

Turn the

16-Position Select Channel Knob

to select the channel with the desired talkgroup.

2

Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0

cm) from your mouth.

3

Press the

PTT

button to make the call.

The radio shows different indicators based on the system the radio is configured.

• For ASTRO Conventional system, the LED lights up solid red. The display shows the talkgroup alias or ID.

• For Trunking system, the LED lights up solid red.

4

Speak clearly into the microphone.

5

Release the

PTT

button to listen.

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Switching Between Repeater or Direct

Operation Button

The

Repeater Operation

increases the radio’s range by connecting with other radios through a repeater.

The transmit and receive frequencies are different.

The

Direct

or “talkaround operation” allows you to bypass the repeater and connect directly to another radio. The transmit and receive frequencies are the same.

Press the preprogrammed

Repeater/Direct

switch to toggle between talkaround and repeater modes.

The display shows

RPTR MOD

if the radio is currently in Repeater mode.

The display shows

DIR MODE

and the Talkaround icon if the radio is currently in Direct mode (during conventional operation only).

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Monitor Feature

Radio users who switch from analog to digital radios often assume that the lack of static on a digital channel is an indication that the radio is not working properly. This is not the case.

This digital technology quiets the transmission by removing the noise from the signal and allows only the clear voice or data information to be heard.

Use the Monitor feature to make sure a channel is clear before transmitting.

Monitoring a Channel

Monitoring a Channel via the

Monitor

and

Volume Set

button.

a) Press the preprogrammed

Monitor

button.

The Carrier Squelch indicator appears on the display when you monitor a channel via the preprogrammed Monitor button.

b) Press and hold the

Volume Set

button to hear the volume set tone.

c) Adjust the

Volume Control Knob

if necessary.

d) Release the

Volume Set

button.

e) Press and hold the

PTT

button to transmit.

The LED lights up solid red.

f) Release the

PTT

button to receive (listen).

Monitoring Conventional Mode

Your radio may be preprogrammed to receive Private-

Line

®

(PL) calls.

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1

Momentarily press the

Monitor

button to listen for activity.

The Carrier Squelch indicator appears on the display.

2

Press and hold the

Monitor

button to set continuous monitor operation.

The duration of the button press is programmable.

3

Press the

Monitor

button again, or the

PTT

button, to return to the original squelch setting.

If you try to transmit on a receive-only channel, you hear an invalid tone until you release the

PTT

button.

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