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Advanced Features

Advanced Call Features

Selective Call (ASTRO Conventional Only)

This feature allows you to receive a call from or to call a specific individual. It is intended to provide privacy and to eliminate the annoyance of having to listen to conversations that are of no interest to you.

Receiving a Selective Call

When you receive a Selective Call, the radio initiates for your attention with one of the following indication scenario:

• You hear two alert tones and the LED lights up solid yellow to indicate the transmitting radio is still sending signal. The call received icons blinks and the display shows Call received .

• The LED blinks solid green once to indicate the transmitting radio is pending to receive signal.

The speaker unmutes.

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

cm) from your mouth.

2 Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the

PTT button to listen.

Making a Selective Call

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• To access this feature via a preprogrammed button, press the preprogrammed Quick

Access (One-Touch) Selective Call button to dial the preprogrammed ID. Proceed to step

4

.

• To access this feature via the menu, proceed to the next step.

2

or to Call , and press the Menu Select button directly below Call .

The display shows the last transmitted or received

ID.

3 To select the required ID, perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cnts to scroll through and select the required

ID.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

LNum to go to the last number dialed.

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• or to the required ID.

• Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

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

cm) from your mouth.

5 Press and hold the PTT button to start the

Selective Call.

The display shows the ID of the target radio.

6 Release the PTT button to listen.

7 Press to return to the Home screen.

Talkgroup Call Feature (Conventional Operation Only)

This feature allows you to define a group of conventional system users so that they can share the use of a conventional channel.

Note:

Encryption keys are associated to talkgroups.

When talkgroups are associated, encryption keys are changed by changing the active

talkgroup. See Secure Operations

on page

117 for more information.

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Selecting a Talkgroup

1

or to Tgrp and press the Menu Select button directly below Tgrp .

The display shows the last Talkgroup that was selected and stored.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to Preset for the preset preprogrammed

Talkgroup.

• or to the required Talkgroup.

• Use the keypad to enter the number of the corresponding Talkgroup in the list.

3 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to save the currently selected Talkgroup and return to the Home screen.

If the encryption key associated to the new

Talkgroup is erased, you hear a momentary key fail tone and the display shows Key fail .

If the encryption key that is associated to the new

Talkgroup is not allowed, you hear a momentary key fail tone and the display shows Illegal key .

4 Press to return to the Home screen.

Sending a Status Call

This feature allows you to send data calls to the dispatcher about a predefined status.

Each status can have up to a 14-character name. A maximum of eight status conditions is possible.

Note:

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Status button.

or to Sts and press the Menu Select button directly below Sts .

The display shows the last acknowledged status call, or the first status in the list.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• Use the keypad to enter a number corresponding to the location in the status list.

3 Press the PTT button to send the status.

When the dispatcher acknowledges, you hear four tones and the display shows Ack received . The radio returns to normal dispatch operation.

If no acknowledgment is received, you hear a lowpitched tone and the display shows No acknowledge

4 Press

.

to return to the Home screen.

No traffic is heard on trunked channels while

Status Calls is selected. If the radio detects no

Status Call activity for six seconds, an alert tone sounds until you press or the PTT button.

Responding to the Dynamic Regrouping Feature

(Trunking Only)

This feature allows the dispatcher to temporarily reassign selected radios to a particular channel where they can communicate with each other. This feature is typically used during special operations and is enabled by a qualified radio technician.

You will not notice whether your radio has this feature enabled until a dynamic regrouping command is sent by the dispatcher.

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Note:

If you try to access a zone or channel that has been reserved by the dispatcher as a dynamically regrouped mode for other users, you hear an invalid tone.

When your radio is dynamically regrouped, it automatically switches to the dynamically regrouped channel. You hear a Gurgle tone and the display shows the dynamically regrouped channel’s name.

Press the PTT button to talk. Release PTT button to listen.

When the dispatcher cancels dynamic regrouping, the radio automatically returns to the zone and channel that you were using before the radio was dynamically regrouped.

Requesting a Reprogram (Trunking Only)

This feature allows you to notify the dispatcher when you want a new dynamic regrouping assignment.

Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Reprogram

Request button to send reprogram request to the dispatcher.

or to Rpgm then press the Menu Select button directly below Rpgm to send reprogram request to the dispatcher.

The display shows Reprgrm rqst and Please wait .

If you hear five beeps, the dispatcher has acknowledged the reprogram request. The display shows Ack received and the radio returns to the Home screen.

If the dispatcher does not acknowledge the reprogram request within six seconds, you hear a low-pitched alert tone and the display shows No acknowledge . Try again or press to cancel and return to the Home screen.

Classification of Regrouped Radios

The dispatcher can classify regrouped radios into either of two categories:

Select

Enabled

Select-enabled radios are free to change to any available channel, including the dynamic-regrouping channel, once the user has selected the dynamic-regrouping position.

Select

Disabled

Select-disabled radios cannot change channels while dynamically regrouped.

The dispatcher has forced the radio to remain on the dynamic-regrouping channel.

The Scan or Private Call feature cannot be selected while your radio is Select Disabled.

Dynamic Zone Programming (DZP)

Note:

Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use this feature. This feature works on the condition at least one zone in the radio must be a non-dynamic zone.

This feature provides one or more Dynamic Zones to store the frequent used channels be it conventional or trunking. These dynamic channels are saved from pre-existing (non-dynamic) channels in the radio. This saves the time and effort from the regular navigation around the working zones and channels. User can also delete or update the list in the Dynamic Zone.

Entering the Dynamic Zone to Select a Dynamic

Channel

1

or to Zone then press the Menu Select button directly below Zone .

The display shows the Zone screen.

2 or to <# Dynamic Zone Channels> .

[2]

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button below Sel to select.

• Press the Menu Select button below Exit to exit.

If you have selected one of the Dynamic Zone

Channels list, the display returns to Home screen with the selected <# Dynamic Zone Channels> shown on the screen.

[2]

If you have selected Exit without selecting any

Dynamic Zone Channels list, the display returns to

Home screen without any changes.

2

# indicates number of the channel on the 16-Position Switch which are numbered from 1 to 16.

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Saving a Channel in the Dynamic Zone from List

Selection

The radio must be in Dynamic Zone in order to perform this operation.

1

or to ZnPr . Press the Menu Select button directly below ZnPr to enter Program Zone screen.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

The display shows Search Options screen.

3 or to List Selection . Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows Select Zone screen.

4 or to the required zone. Press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows Select Chan screen.

5 or to the required channel. Press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows Channel updated .

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to return to Home screen.

Saving a Channel in the Dynamic Zone from

Channel Name

The radio must be in Dynamic Zone in order to perform this operation.

1

or to ZnPr then press the Menu Select button directly below ZnPr to enter Program Zone screen.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

The display shows Search Options screen.

3 or to Channel Name then press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a blinking cursor on the

Channel Name screen.

4 Use the keypad to type or edit the channel name.

5 Press the Menu Select button directly below Srch once the entry is done to initiate searching.

You can cancel this operation at this step by pressing the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to return to Search Options screen.

The display shows Searching...

. Once found, the display shows Channel updated .

If the radio is triggered to search for an empty entry, the display shows Invalid entry.

If the entry does not match, the display shows

Channel name not found

. Repeat from step 4 or 5 to

search again.

6 Press to return to the Home screen.

Deleting a Channel in the Dynamic Zone

The radio must be in Dynamic Zone in order to perform this operation.

1

or to ZnPr then press the Menu Select button directly below ZnPr to enter Program Zone screen.

The display shows the dynamic channels list.

2 or to the saved dynamic channel then press the Menu Select button directly below Del .

The display shows Channel deleted screen.

3 Press the Menu Select button below Exit to return to Home screen.

The Home screen shows <Dynamic Zone

Channels> .

If the channel deleted is the Home channel, the

Home screen shows <Zone Name>+”Blank” .

Contacts

This feature provides “address-book” capabilities on your radio. Each entry corresponds to an alias (name) or ID (number) that you use to initiate a call.

Contact entries are alphabetically sorted according to entry alias. Each alias can have up to five IDs of different call types associated with it.

Additionally, each entry, depending on context

(conventional, trunking, or phone), associates with one or more of the four types of calls: Phone Call,

Selective Call, Private Call, or Call Alert.

Each entry within Contacts contains the following information:

• Call Alias (Name)

• Call ID (Number)

• Call Type (Icon)

• WACN ID (Astro 25 Trunking IDs only)

• System ID

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Note:

Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to add, edit, or delete the contact entries.

Your radio also supports a maximum of 50 call lists.

Each list can store up to 100 IDs (numbers).

Note:

Your radio is preprogrammed with a number of contacts per Call Lists. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Making a Private Call from Contacts

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

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the required subscriber alias.

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3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Optn and proceed to the next step.

or to scroll through the available IDs for the selected subscriber alias and proceed to step

6

.

4 or to Call and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

5 or to select the call type.

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

cm) from your mouth.

7 Press the PTT button to initiate the call.

During the call, the display shows the subscriber alias.

8 Press and hold the PTT button to talk. Release the

PTT button to listen.

The LED lights up solid red when the PTT button is pressed.

If there is no voice activity for a preprogrammed period of time, the call ends.

If the call reaches the maximum ring time, the call ends.

Adding a New Contact Entry

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to [New Contact] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

3 or to Name and press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

The display shows Edit name and a blinking cursor appears.

4 Use the keypad to enter the name and press the

Menu Select button directly below Ok once you have entered the name.

To cancel this operation, press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return to the previous screen.

5 or to [Add Number] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

6 or to Number 1 and press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

The display shows Edit Number 1 and a blinking cursor appears.

7 Use the keypad to enter the number and press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you have entered the number.

To cancel this operation, press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return to the previous screen.

8 Perform one of the following actions per the information you need to add to current name:

• or to Type 1 and press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

or to the required mode and press the

Menu Select button directly below Ok .

Repeat Steps 6

through

7 to enter or edit the

exisitng system IDs.

Repeat Steps 5

through

7 to add a new

number.

9 Press the Menu Select button directly below Done once you have finished.

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The display shows <Entry> Stored , confirming that the contact entry has been added.

The radio returns to the main Contacts screen.

Deleting a Contact Entry

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2

or to the entry you want to delete and press the

Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3

or to Del and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows Delete <Entry> confirm?

.

4 Select the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete the entry, or No to cancel and return to the main screen of Contacts.

The display shows <Entry> deleted and the radio returns to the main screen of Contacts.

Adding a Contact to a Call List

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the entry you want to add and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3 or to Add to CallLst and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

4 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to the required Call List and press the

Menu Select button directly below Add to add to the Call List.

or to Cncl to cancel and return to the main screen of Contacts.

The display shows momentary Please wait before showing <Entry> added to Call List , confirming the addition of the contact to the list.

The radio returns to the main display of Contacts.

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Removing a Contact from a Call List

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the entry you want to delete and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3 or to Rm frm CallLst and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows Remove <Entry> frm Call List?

.

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to remove the entry from the Call List, or No to cancel and return to the main display of Contacts.

The display shows momentary Please wait before showing <Entry> removed from Call List , confirming the removal of the contact from the list.

The radio returns to the main display of Contacts.

Methods of Contact Editing in a Call List

Editing an Entry Alias

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3 or to Edit and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

4 or to the entry alias you wish to change and press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

A blinking cursor appears.

5 Use the keypad to edit the name and press the

Menu Select button directly below Ok once you have finished.

The display returns to the Edit Contact screen.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Done to save your changes and return to the main screen of Contacts.

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Editing as Entry ID

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3 or to Edit and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

4 or to the entry ID you wish to change and press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

A blinking cursor appears.

5 Use the keypad to edit the number and press the

Menu Select button directly below Ok once you have finished.

The display returns to the Edit Contact screen.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Done to save your changes and return to the main screen of Contacts.

Editing a Call Type

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the entry you want to edit and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3 or to Edit and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

4 or to Type and press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

5 or to choose from the list of call types given and press the Menu Select button directly below

Ok .

The display returns to the Edit Contact screen.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Done to save your changes and return to the main screen of Contacts.

Viewing Details of a Contact

1

or to Cnts and press the Menu Select button directly below Cnts .

The entries are alphabetically sorted.

2 or to the entry you want to view and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

3 or to View and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows all the numbers associated with the entry.

Scan Lists

Scan lists are created and assigned to individual channels/ groups. Your radio scans for voice activity by cycling through the channel/group sequence specified in the scan list for the current channel/ group.

Your radio supports different types of Scan Lists:

• Trunking Priority Monitor Scan List

• Conventional Scan List

• Talkgroup Scan List

Please refer to a qualified radio technician for the maximum number of Scan Lists can be programmed in your radio. These lists must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

Viewing a Scan List

1

or to ScnL and press the Menu Select button directly below ScnL .

2 or to view the members on the list.

3 Press to exit the current display and return to the Home screen.

Editing the Scan List

This feature lets you change scan list members and priorities.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Long press the preprogrammed Scan List

Programming button (side button).

• Move the preprogrammed Scan List

Programming switch to programming position.

or to ScnL then press the Menu Select button directly below ScnL .

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The display shows the lists that can be changed.

2 or to the entry you want to edit.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel to add and/or change the priority of the currently displayed channel in the scan list.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Del to delete the currently displayed channel from the scan list.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Rcl to view the next member of the scan list.

4 Perform one of the following actions to select another channel that needs to be added or deleted

then repeat step 3 . Otherwise, proceed to the next

step.

• or to the desired channel.

• Use the keypad to enter the desired channel name.

• Use the 16-Position Select knob to select the channel.

5 Perform one of the following actions:

• Move the Scan List Programming switch out of programming position.

Press to exit scan list programming and return to the Home screen.

See Viewing and Changing the Priority Status on

page 81 for more information on how to add and/or change the priority of the currently displayed channel in the scan list.

Changing the Scan List Status

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Long press the preprogrammed Scan List

Programming button (side button).

• Move the preprogrammed Scan List

Programming switch to programming position.

The display shows the programming mode icon and the first list member.

2 or to the member you want to edit.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Select button once to add the currently displayed channel to the scan list.

• Press the Select button one or more times to change the scan list status icon of the currently displayed channel.

4 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to select more list members whose scan status you want to change.

• Use the keypad to go directly to that scan list member.

• Use the 16-Position Select knob to select another scan list member.

5 Move the Scan List Programming switch out of programming position.

Viewing and Changing the Priority Status

Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel one or more times to change the priority status of the current displayed channel.

• Press the Select button one or more times to toggle between different status of the Scan List status icon of the current displayed channel.

The radio shows one of following priority status icons and scenarios:

• A Scan icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan list as a non-priority channel. The

LED lights up solid green.

• A Priority-Two Channel Scan icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan list as the Priority-Two channel. The LED blinks green.

• A Priority-One Channel Scan icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan list as the Priority-One channel. The LED rapidly blinks green. You hear all traffic on the Priority-

One channel, regardless of traffic on nonpriority channels.

• No icon indicates that the current channel is deleted from the scan list.

Scan

This feature allows you to monitor traffic on different channels by scanning a preprogrammed list of channels.

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Turning Scan On or Off

Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Scan button to toggle Scan On or Scan Off to initiate or stop scan.

• Turn the preprogrammed Scan switch to the

Scan on or Scan off position to initiate or stop scan.

or to Scan and press the Menu Select button directly below Scan .

If the scan is enabled, the display shows Scan on and the scan status icon.

If the scan is disabled, the display shows Scan Off .

Only)

The radio returns to the Home screen.

Making a Dynamic Priority Change (Conventional Scan

While the radio is scanning, the dynamic priority change feature allows you to temporarily change any channel in a scan list (except for the Priority-One channel) to the Priority-Two channel.

This change remains in effect until scan is turned off.

Scan then reverts to the preprogrammed (original) setting.

Making a Dynamic Priority Change via the preprogrammed Dynamic Priority button: a) When the radio locks onto the channel designated as the new Priority-Two channel, press the preprogrammed Dynamic Priority button.

The radio continues scanning the remaining channels in the list.

Deleting a Nuisance Channel

If a channel continually generates unwanted calls or noise (termed a “nuisance” channel), you can temporarily remove the unwanted channel from the scan list.

This capability does not apply to priority channels or the designated transmit channel.

When the radio is locked onto the channel to be deleted, perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Nuisance Delete button.

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or to Nuis and press the Menu Select button directly below Nuis .

The radio continues scanning the remaining channels in the list.

Restoring a Nuisance Channel

To restore the deleted nuisance channel, perform one of the following actions:

• Stop and restart a scan.

• Mode change to another channel and back to the original channel.

• Turn off the radio and then turn it on again.

Nuisance mode delete can be disabled by the system administrator.

Depending on how your radio is programmed, when you make an Enhanced Private Call, the radio either automatically sends a call alert page if there is no answer after the maximum ring time, or when you press the PTT button.

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

Receiving a Call Alert Page

When you receive a Call Alert page, you hear four repeating alert tones and the LED blinks green. The call received icons blinks and the display shows Page received .

Press any button to clear the Call Alert page.

Call Alert Paging

This feature allows your radio to work like a pager.

Even if other users are away from their radios, or if they are unable to hear their radios, you can send them an individual Call Alert page. You can also verify if a radio is active on the system.

See Making a Talkgroup Call

on page 62 or

Making a

Private Call (Trunking Only) on page 62 for more

information on returning the call.

Sending a Call Alert Page

The following methods are options on how to send a call alert page. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably

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Note:

If the feature inactivity timer is enabled, your radio automatically exits the feature when your radio is left idle long enough for the time to expire. You hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

• Sending a call alert page via the preprogrammed

Quick Access (One-Touch) Call Alert Paging button: a) Press the preprogrammed Quick Access

(One-Touch) Call Alert Paging button to send a page to the preprogrammed ID.

The display shows Paging...<Number> .

If the call alert page is sent successfully, you hear a tone and the display shows Ack received .

The radio returns to the Home screen.

If the call alert page is not acknowledged, you hear a low tone and the display shows No acknowledge . Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to return to the main screen for Contacts.

• Sending a call alert page via the radio menu Page : a) or to

Page .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Page .

c) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cnts to view the required ID, or to the required ID, or use the keypad to enter the required ID.

d) Press the PTT button to send the page.

The display shows Paging...<Number> .

If the call alert page is sent successfully, you hear a tone and the display shows Ack received .

The radio returns to the Home screen.

If the call alert page is not acknowledged, you hear a low tone and the display shows No acknowledge . Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to return to the main screen of Contacts.

• Sending a call alert page via the radio menu Call : a) or to

Call .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Call .

c) or to select the alias or ID, and press the

PTT button to initiate the call.

If the target radio does not respond after a preprogrammed period of time, the display shows Send page?

.

d) To send the call alert page, press the Menu

Select button directly below Yes . To exit the screen without sending the call alert page, press the Menu Select button directly below

No .

The display shows Paging...<Alias> .

If the call alert page is sent successfully, you hear a tone and the display shows Ack received .

The radio returns to the Home screen.

If the call alert page is not acknowledged, you hear a low tone and the display shows No acknowledge . Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to return to the main screen of Contacts.

Quick Call II (ASTRO P25 Digital Trunking and

Conventional)

This feature allows the user to broadcast a series of distinct, recognizable tones before a voice transmission from the dispatcher or a radio.

The broadcasting dispatcher or radio user can select this alert tone transmission to be sent to an individual

Talkgroup or over the entire system. Specific tone or series of tones are pre-programmed into the radios to allow the dispatcher or supervisor to select a list of tones to broadcast before they make their voice transmission. Each tone is distinctive to indicate different situation or different broadcaster. The transmitting radio also plays back the tones for the broadcaster to listen.

Note:

The receiving radios must be configured with the Quick Call II tone in order for the radio to sound the selected tone and also to sound a preconfigured alert tone after the selected tone has sound.

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Initiating a Quick Call II Transmission

The broadcasting or transmitting radio must be preprogrammed to see the tone in the Quick Call II tone list. The receiving radio must also be preprogrammed to decode the tone to broadcast.

1

or to QCII , and press the Menu Select button directly below QCII .

2 or to select the tone to broadcast.

3 Press the PTT to broadcast the selected tone, or press and hold the PTT to broadcast the selected tone and transmit with your vocal transmission.

You hear the radio sounds the selected tone. You can begin your call after the tone ends.

4 Release PTT to listen.

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Emergency Operation

The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation.

If the Top (Orange) button is preprogrammed to send an emergency signal, this signal overrides any other communication over the selected channel.

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Your radio supports the following Emergency modes:

• Emergency Alarm

• Emergency Call (Trunking Only)

• Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call

• Silent Emergency Alarm

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information on the programming of this feature.

Each channel can only assigned one of the

Emergency modes above. The radio responds differently when pressing the preprogrammed

Emergency button in each channel.

Note:

To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second. This timer is programmable from 0 – 6250 milliseconds by a qualified technician.

The radio operates in the normal dispatch manner while in Emergency Call, except if enabled, it returns to one of the following:

Tactical/Non-

Revert

The radio sends emergency alarm and/or make emergency call on

Non-Tactical/

Revert for

Conventional system

Non-Tactical/

Revert for

Trunking system the current selected channel.

The radio reverts to the preprogrammed emergency channel to send alarm and/or make emergency call.

The radio reverts to the preprogrammed emergency talkgroup to send alarm and/or make emergency call.

Man Down is an alternate way to activate the

Emergency feature on the condition the Emergency must be set up for this feature to operate.

See Man Down

on page 94 for details.

Sending an Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which identifies the radio sending the emergency, to the dispatcher.

Note:

The default timer of Emergency button press to activate Emergency is 50 milliseconds. This timer is programmable from 50 – 6200 milliseconds by a qualified technician.

Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• The display shows Emergency on the current zone and channel. You hear a short mediumpitched tone and the LED blinks red momentarily.

• The radio sounds a short low-pitched tone to indicate that the selected channel does not support emergency and rejects to launch emergency mode.

When you receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgment, the display shows Ack received . Four tones sound, the alarm ends, and the radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.

If no acknowledgement is received, the display shows

No acknowledge . The alarm ends when the timer expires and the radio exits the Emergency Alarm mode.

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Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)

This feature gives your radio priority access to a talkgroup.

1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• The display shows Emergency on the current zone and channel. You hear a short mediumpitched tone and the LED blinks red momentarily.

• You hear the radio sounds a short low-pitched tone to indicate the selected channel does not support emergency and rejects to launch emergency mode.

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

cm) from your mouth.

3 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the microphone.

4 Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for a response from the dispatcher.

5 To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second.

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call

This feature gives your radio priority access on a channel for conventional system, and to a talkgroup for trunking system.

1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

If successful, the display shows Emergency on the current zone and channel. You hear a short, medium-pitched tone and the LED blinks red momentarily.

The radio exits Emergency Alarm and enters the

Emergency Call state when one of the following scenarios occur:

• You receive the dispatcher acknowledgment.

The display shows Ack received .

• You receive no acknowledgement. The display shows No acknowledge .

• You press the PTT button while in the

Emergency Alarm mode.

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If unsuccessful, you hear the radio sounds a short low-pitched tone to indicate the selected channel does not support emergency and rejects to launch emergency mode.

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

cm) from your mouth.

3 Press and hold the PTT button. Speak clearly into the microphone.

4 Release the PTT button to end the transmission and wait for a response from the dispatcher.

5 To exit Emergency Call, press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second.

Turning off the radio also cancels the emergency state.

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm

This feature allows you to send an Emergency Alarm to the system without triggering any audio or visual indicators.

1 Press the preprogrammed Emergency button.

The display shows no changes, the LED does not light up, and you hear no tones. The silent emergency state continues until you perform the next step.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• You press and hold the preprogrammed

Emergency button for about a second to exit the Silent Emergency Alarm mode.

• Press and release the PTT button to exit the

Silent Emergency Alarm mode and enter regular dispatch or Emergency Call mode.

Change of Channels during Emergency

For ALL Emergency transmissions, when changing channels:

• If the new channel is also preprogrammed for

Emergency, you can change channels while in

Emergency operation. The emergency alarm or call continues on the new channel.

• If the new channel is not preprogrammed for

Emergency, the display shows No emergency , and you hear an invalid tone until you exit the

Emergency state or change to a channel preprogrammed for Emergency.

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Emergency Keep-Alive Feature

This feature, when enabled, prevents the radio from being turned off via the On/Off Control Knob when the radio is in the Emergency state.

Note:

The radio only exits the Emergency state using one of the ways mentioned in the previous sections.

See Sending an Emergency Alarm on page

87,

Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking

Only)

on page 88,

Sending an Emergency

Alarm with Emergency Call on page 88, or

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm

on page

89.

Emergency Find Me

The Emergency Find Me (EFM) feature is an additional emergency feature providing information to the nearby radios, utilizing the Bluetooth Low Energy

(BT-LE) transmission from a radio. In an emergency situation, when the user press the pre-programmed

Emergency button, there will be periodic Emergency

Find Me beacon transmitted from the radio along with the other existing emergency activities. The radios which are near to the transmitting radio and capable

English of receiving BT-LE signals would receive the beacon transmission. The range of EFM beacon depends on the environment in which the radios are located.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information on the programming of this feature.

Sending and Receiving Emergency Find Me

Beacon

1 Press the pre-programmed Emergency button to transmit the EFM beacon.

The receiving radio displays Beacon RX and the transmitting radio Contact ID or alias on the radio display. In the case of multiple radios transmitting at one time, the receiving radio displays Multiple

Beacon RX .

2 Press the menu Bcon . The receiving radio displays the transmitting radios Contact ID and one of the following RSSI values based on the signal strength received:

• RSSI-Excellent

• RSSI-Good

• RSSI-Fair

• RSSI-Poor

Note:

RSSI-Poor will be shown if the distance between transmit radio and receive radios are more than 8 to 10 meters in an open environment.

Fireground (Conventional Only)

The portable Fireground Communications System is designed for deployment at an incident scene. It consists of five central components:

• Your APX portable radios

• Incident Management Software

• Command Terminal

• Radio Frequency (RF) Modem

• DVRS (Optional)

These components provide on-scene and inbuilding radio coverage, and enhanced personnel accountability and monitoring.

The radio helps to indicate your presence on the scene if it is in the range of the Incident Commander command terminal.

Each Fireground Communication System radio automatically reports your radio ID on the commander mobile command terminal. Your name, riding position and sector are all can be configured to be seen at the

Commander’s command terminal.

If you have a critical situation, you can press the

Emergency button which activates an alarm on the

Incident Management Software at the command terminal.

The Fireground signals transmission is always exchanging data between your radio and the RF

Modem and command terminal. The status of your radio includes:

• Powering up or down the radio

• Automatic response to Polling

• Response to Evacuation commands

• Pressing the PTT button to make voice transmission

• Sending an Emergency Alarm and Call

Entering Fireground Zone Channel

1 Upon powering up, perform one of the following actions:

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• If the Fireground Zone Channel is set as default, you hear gurgle tone and the home screen. You are in Fireground zone channel.

• If the Fireground Zone Channel is set as default, but you hear a short, low-pitched tone, the display shows Reg failed to indicate that the command terminal does not respond to

Fireground Zone Channel. Get a qualified technician for assistance.

• If your home channel is not Fireground Zone

Channel, toggle or change the radio zone channel to Fireground Zone Channel.

2 Listen for a transmission. Adjust the Volume

Control Knob if necessary.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press and hold the preprogrammed Volume

Set button to hear the volume set tone. Adjust the Volume Control Knob if necessary.

Release the Volume Set button.

• At the desired Fireground zone and channel, press the preprogrammed Monitor button and listen for activity. Adjust the Volume Control

Knob if necessary.

• If your radio is working in Fireground Zone

Channel, proceed to next step.

4 Press and hold the PTT button to transmit. The

LED lights up solid red while transmitting. Talk into the microphone clearly if needed.

5 Release the PTT button to receive.

You hear a Transmit End Tone.

Responding to Evacuation Indicator

When Incident Commander triggers Evacuation signal from his command terminal, the RF Modem updates everyone in the Fireground Communication System with the order to evacuate the incident site.

Your radio sounds the Evacuation Tone at the profile maximum alert tone volume level. The display shows

EVACUATE .

Perform one of the following actions:

• Move the Volume Control Knob to adjust the volume of the Evacuation Tone from full volume.

• Perform any action on the radio other than volume adjustments to cancel the evacuation indications and update the command terminal.

• If preprogrammed with Manual

Acknowledgement of Evacuation Command, pressing the PTT button shall cancel the indications and acknowledge the command terminal.

Tactical Public Safety (TPS) (Conventional

Only)

TPS enabled the user of a group to identify a transmission starts and ends clearly by displaying the caller name or ID on the radio display.

Using TPS Normal Transmission

At TPS Zone Channel, perform one of the following actions:

• Press PTT button to transmit. Talk clearly into the microphone. Release PTT button to listen.

• Receive and listen to call, the radio displays the caller’s name or ID.

Using TPS Emergency Transmission

The following are two important alert tones designed for this feature.

Emergency

Beacon

Emergency

Call De-Key

Sidetone

During Emergency if the TPS radio user pushes the Emergency button, the radio sounds a Beacon at the maximum volume of the radio at radio’s internal speaker and it is not adjustable. This beacon goes to silent when user presses the PTT button for voice transmission.

The radio sounds an alert tone to remind radio user that the

Emergency Mode is still active after user releases the PTT button for an

Emergency call transmission. The volume of loudness depends on the maximum tone at your radio profile.

1 Press the Emergency button to enter Emergency

Mode.

You hear Emergency Beacon.

2 Press PTT button to make Emergency Call.

3 Release to listen.

You hear Emergency Call De-Key Sidetone. After a short pause, you hear Emergency Beacon.

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Man Down

Man Down condition is determined based upon the radio tilt angle or a combination of radio tilt angle and the lack of radio motion.

Man Down feature is an alternate way to activate the

Emergency feature if Emergency has been programmed in your radio.

Note:

This feature could be preprogrammed for all channels that support Emergency feature or could be preprogrammed specifically to a zone and channel which has Emergency feature.

Consult your agent or qualified technician for more details.

Your radio automatically activates Emergency Alarm or Call when the radio achieves or passes a tilt angle threshold or a combination of the angle threshold and radio motion below the motion sensitivity level, depending upon how the radio is programmed. The radio must stay in this condition for a preprogrammed

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4 Long press Emergency button to exit Emergency mode and cancel Emergency Beacon.

amount of time before the Emergency Alarm or Call is activated.

Note:

It is recommended that an Emergency button is preprogrammed in order to allow the user to exit the emergency condition.

The Man Down feature provides a Clear function to the user. After a Man Down condition has been detected, the user can press a preprogrammed Clear button or preprogrammed Menu Select button to cancel the Man Down condition. The radio remains in the Man Down state without triggering an emergency condition until the radio is moved out of the Man

Down state, at which point Man Down functionality resumes.

The Man Down feature has three phases:

1 The radio senses the Man Down condition and

Pre-Alert Timer is initiated.

2 Man Down condition continues for the time duration defined in the Pre-Alert Timer field. At the end of this time, the radio alerts the user on the

Man Down status with an audible alert tone and

Man-Down text on the screen. The Post-Alert

Timer also initiates at this point.

3 Man Down condition continues for the time duration defined in the Post-Alert Timer field. Once the timer expires, the Emergency alarm is transmitted. The Man Down Clear function is used in this phase to cancel the Man Down condition.

The following scenarios affect the timers:

• Pressing the PTT button suspends the Man Down timers; releasing the PTT button re-initiates the

Pre-Alert Timer.

• Pressing other buttons on the radio does not impact these timers.

• Repositioning the radio exits the Man Down feature, which stops and resets the timers.

• Pressing a preprogrammed Clear button or pressing a Menu Select button preprogrammed for Clear stops and resets the timers. The timers do not restart until the radio is repositioned.

Note:

Emergency must be set up for this feature to operate. For details on operating the

Emergency alerts, please see Emergency

Operation

on page 86.

If the radio is preprogrammed to horizontal only, it must be worn in a vertical position otherwise the Man Down alert may be inadvertently triggered.

When the radio is programmed with Man

Down feature, special care is required when charging the radio with a wall mounted charger. See

Proper Ways to Handle the

Radio on page 181 for details.

Pre-Alert Timer

This timer sets the amount of time that a Man Down condition must be present before the radio-user is warned of the Man Down condition.

When the radio detects that it has returned to the vertical position or when the radio detects motion, the

Pre-Alert timer stops and is reset.

The Pre-Alert timer reinitiates when the radio detects it is in the horizontal position or motionless again.

Post-Alert Timer

This timer sets the amount of time the radio needs to remain in the Man Down condition before the

Emergency alarm is transmitted. When the Post-Alert

Timer is initiated, the radio alerts the user with an audible tone and displays the “ Man-Down ” text.

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See Exiting Man Down Feature

on page 97 to exit

Man Down feature.

Radio Alerts When Man Down Feature is Triggered

The Man Down alert tone volume is directly related to the radio speaker volume. Ensure that the radio speaker volume is loud enough so that the user does not miss the Post-Alert tone.

Note:

If the radio is programmed with Silent

Emergency, the radio inhibits the alert tone and visual alert associated with the emergency feature.

If the radio is programmed in Surveillance

Mode, the radio inhibits all tones and lights on the radio including the Man Down tones.

Triggering Emergency

When the user does not clear the Man Down condition and the Post-Alert Timer comes to an end,

Emergency Alarm or call is triggered. The radio sends emergency message to units within the same

Talkgroup. The radio also sends ID number and GPS coordinates to dispatcher if these features are enabled. User can exit Emergency following the

Emergency procedure. See Emergency Operation

on page 86 for details.

Note:

At this point the Man Down features is complete. Use normal Emergency procedures to cancel Emergency transmissions.

Radio Alerts When Man Down Enhanced is Triggered

Note:

This feature is to be preprogrammed specifically to a zone and channel which supports Emergency feature.

The volume and repetition duration of Man

Down Enhanced alert tone could be customized and preprogrammed to suite the required situation.

Consult your agent or qualified technician for more details.

When the radio initiates Man Down Enhanced, you hear the Critical Man Down Continuous alert tone from the radio speaker. The volume of this tone is set to the louder of the preprogrammed minimum level or the current radio speaker level. This acts as a beacon to find the radio.

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If the radio is programmed with Silent

Emergency, the radio inhibits the alert tone and visual alert associated with the emergency feature.

If the radio is programmed in Surveillance

Mode, the alert tone can be heard from the radio speaker.

Once the alert tone is active, changing to another channel with different setup triggers a different response from the radio as described next.

• The alert tone is inhibited when you change to a channel without Emergency feature.

• The alert tone is inhibited when you change to a channel with Emergency but no Man Down feature.

• The current alert tone is inhibited and is replaced with a different alert tone when you change to a channel with Emergency and different Man Down configuration.

• The alert tone continues when you change to a channel with Emergency and similar Man Down configuration.

Exiting Man Down Feature

If you are not in a real Man Down situation, you should exit the Man Down feature and prevent emergency from going off with the following operation.

Perform one of the following actions:

• Repositioning the radio or shaking the radio

(when motion sensitivity is enabled).

• Press the preprogrammed Man Down Clear button to exit.

• Press the Menu Select button below Clr to exit.

Re-Initiating Man Down

After exiting the Emergency Operation when the radio is still in Man Down condition (tilted achieving threshold angle or motionless), user must first exit

Man Down condition to then reinitiate the Man Down feature.

Return the radio to the vertical position or shake the radio (when motion sensitivity is enabled).

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Testing the Man Down Feature

Enable the Emergency feature with Silent Alarm disabled, but not in Surveillance Mode before running this test on the radio.

1 Turn the radio on and place in the vertical position, for at least 5 seconds.

2 Lay the radio down in the horizontal position.

3 Wait for alert tone.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• The radio alerts with audible tone and displays

Man-Down .

• If no tone is heard, make sure that the Man Down feature is enabled on your radio. If Man Down feature was not enabled, please enable it and

repeat steps 1 to 3 .

• If the Man Down feature is enabled and no tone is heard, send the radio to a qualified technician.

Automatic Registration Service (ARS)

This feature provides an automated data application registration for the radio. When you turn on the radio, the device automatically registers with the server.

Data applications within the fixed network can determine the presence of a device on the system and send data to the device. For example: Text

Messaging Service (TMS).

The Automatic Registration Service for the radio consists of two (2) modes:

• ARS Server Mode (default mode)

• ARS Non-Server Mode

Note:

The default ARS mode can be changed by a qualified radio technician using the radio’s programming software.

Selecting or Changing the ARS Mode

The following methods are options on how to select or change the ARS Mode. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

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• Selecting or Changing the ARS mode via 16-

Position Select knob: a) Once the zone you want is displayed, turn the preprogrammed 16-Position Select knob to the desired mode.

• Selecting or Changing the ARS mode via the radio menu: a) or to

Chan .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Chan .

The display shows the current channel name.

c) or to the required channel or mode.

One of the following scenarios occur:

• In ARS Server Mode, the display shows the zone and ARS server channel.

• In ARS Non-Server Mode, the display shows the zone and ARS non-server channel.

• If the channel or mode selected is unprogrammed, the display shows

Unprogrammed . Repeat this step.

d) Press Sel to confirm the displayed channel.

User Login Feature

This feature allows you as the user to be associated with the radio. With this association, every data application (Example: Text Messaging Service) takes on a friendly username.

You can still send text messages without logging in as a user. The user login feature only enables the recipient of your message to identify you as the sender by assigning a username to your message.

Note:

A predefined username that is set more than the maximum allowed characters is an invalid name.

Logging In as a User

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed User Login button.

or to User and press the Menu Select button directly below User .

The display shows the User Login screen.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

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• or to [ID Entry] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Edit to enter ID. A blinking cursor appears on the screen. Use the

keypad to type or edit a user name. Press the

Menu Select button directly below Ok to submit.

• or to scroll through the list of predefined user names. Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the predefined user name.

• Press and hold or to scroll through the list of predefined user names at a fast scroll rate. Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the predefined user name.

If the ID is invalid, the display shows momentary

Invalid ID .

3 Enter your Personal Identification Number (PIN) number.

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Logn .

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• In ARS Server Mode, the display shows the

User Login Indicator icon, the ID, and In progress , with Cncl .

• In ARS Non-Server Mode, the display shows the User Login Indicator icon, the ID, and

Logged in , with Logt and Exit .

• In non-ARS enabled mode, the display shows

Offline , with Logt and Exit .

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• If the user name is invalid, login fails and the user login failure indicator (IP indicator) icon blinks. The display also shows momentary Login failed .

• If the PIN is invalid, login fails and the user login failure indicator (IP indicator) icon blinks. The display also shows momentary Login failed .

• Wait for the logged in confirmation screen. If the login process is successful, the display shows the successful user login indicator (IP indicator) icon and Logged in , with Logt and Exit .

Note:

To cancel the login process and return to the initial user login screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Cncl .

Logging Out

When you have logged in or you are using Offline mode, you can log out.

Note:

Private data refers to all messages in the text messaging Inbox, Draft, and Sent folder. The next user is able to access the Inbox, Draft and Sent messages if private data is not deleted.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Logt .

One of the following scenarios will occur:

• The display shows Clear private data?

. Proceed to the next step.

• If the Delete Messages On Session End feature is enabled, the radio clears the private data and returns to User Login screen.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• Select Yes to clear all your private data. The display shows momentary Private data cleared .

• Select No to keep your private data.

Text Messaging Service (TMS)

This features allows you to quickly send and receive messages and run database queries directly from your radios. The maximum length of characters for a text message is 200.

The types of text messages available:

• A new text message (free form message).

• A predefined message (quick text message).

• An edited quick text message.

• A query (ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging

Solution).

Note:

Query is only supported within ASTRO 25

Advanced Messaging Solution. See Two-

Factor Authentication

on page 113 and

ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging Solution on

page 112 for details.

The main menu consists of the following options:

• Inbox

• Compose

• Drafts

• Sent

Note:

See Status Icons on page 41 for more

information on the TMS icons and

TMS Menu

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Options

on page 47 for more information on each menu option.

Accessing the Messaging Features

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Data Feature button or the preprogrammed TMS Feature button to access the TMS feature screen.

• Press and hold the Data Feature button or the preprogrammed TMS Feature button to access the Inbox.

• Follow the procedure described next to access this feature via the radio menu.

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or to TMS .

3 Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

4 or to scroll through the main menu options.

Note:

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires.

You will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back at any time to return to the previous screen.

Composing and Sending a New Text Message

During the uppercase and lowercase mode, multitapping the keys only scrolls through the letters. For example, A -> B -> C , a -> b -> c .

During the numeric mode, except for the keypad only enters the numeric digits.

, pressing

Subsequent presses of the same key inserts the same digit to the text message (no multi-tap).

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or to TMS .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to Compose and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

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• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Exit to return to the Home screen.

4 or to Text Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to compose a new message.

A blinking cursor appears on the Compose screen.

5 Use the keypad to type or edit your message.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn once the message is composed.

7 or to Send Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

8 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the address list and highlight the required address.

or to [Other Recpnt] and press the Menu

Select button below Edit . When a blinking cursor appears in the Enter Address screen, use the keypad to type the address entry.

9 Press the Menu Select button directly below Send or press the PTT button to send the message.

The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg .

If the message is sent, you hear a tone and the display shows Msg sent .

If the message is not sent, you hear a low tone, the display shows Send failed and returns to the main TMS screen.

Note:

You can append a priority status and/or a request reply to your message. See

Priority

Status and Request Reply of a New Text

Message on page 105 for more

information.

You can also select the Save to Drafts option to save your message in the Drafts folder to send it at a later time. See

Accessing the Drafts Folder on page 109

for more information.

Sending a Quick Text Message

Quick Text messages are messages that are predefined and usually consist of messages that are used most frequently.

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Each Quick Text message or Query has a maximum length of 50 characters. You can select the required text from the Quick Text or Query.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• To access this feature via a preprogrammed button, press the preprogrammed Quick Text button and proceed to Step 4.

• To access this feature via the menu, proceed to the next step.

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or to TMS and press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to Compose and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Exit to return to the Home screen.

4 or to Quick Text and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel for a predefined message.

5 or to scroll through the list of messages and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the required message.

The message appears on the Compose screen, with a blinking cursor at the end of it. Use the keypad to edit the message, if required.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

7 or to Send Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

8 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the address list and highlight the required address.

or to [Other Recpnt] and press the Menu

Select button below Edit . When a blinking cursor appears on the Enter Address screen.

Use the keypad to type the address entry.

9 Press the Menu Select button directly below Send or press the PTT button to send the message.

The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg .

If the message is sent, you hear a tone and the display shows Msg sent .

If the message is not sent, you hear a low tone, the display shows Send failed and returns to the main TMS screen.

Note:

You can append a priority status and/or a request reply to your message. See

Priority

Status and Request Reply of a New Text

Message on page 105 for more

information.

Priority Status and Request Reply of a New Text

Message

Before sending your message, you can append a priority status and/or a request reply to your message.

Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message

Ensure that an outgoing message is composed to allow you to perform this procedure. See

Composing and Sending a New Text Message on page 102 for

more information.

Note:

The Priority Status icon on a message does not imply that the message gets higher priority over the other messages when it is being transmitted. It is just an indication that can be embedded into a message to let the receiver know that the message is important.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Mark Important and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to indicate the message is important.

The priority status icon appears beside the normal message icon on the label bar.

Removing a Priority Status from a Text Message

Ensure there is an outgoing message composed to allow you to perform this procedure. See

Composing and Sending a New Text Message on page 102 for

more information.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Mark as Normal and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to remove the priority status from the message.

The display shows the normal message icon on the label bar.

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Appending a Request Reply to a Text Message

Ensure that an outgoing message is composed to allow you to perform this procedure. See

Composing and Sending a New Text Message on page 102 for

more information

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Req Reply and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to request for a reply.

The request reply icon appears beside the normal message icon on the label bar.

Removing a Request Reply from a Text Message

Ensure that an outgoing message is composed to allow you to perform this procedure. See

Composing and Sending a New Text Message on page 102 for

more information.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to No Req Reply and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to remove the priority status from the message.

The display shows the normal message icon on the label bar.

Appending a Priority Status and a Reply Request to a Text Message

Ensure that an outgoing message is composed to allow you to perform this procedure. See

Composing and Sending a New Text Message on page 102 for

more information.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Mark Important and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to indicate the message is important.

3 or to Req Reply and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to request for a reply.

The priority status and request reply icons appear beside the normal message icon on the label bar.

Removing a Priority Status and a Reply Request from a Text Message

Ensure that a outgoing message is composed to allow you to perform this procedure. See

Composing and Sending a New Text Message on page 102 for

more information.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Mark Important and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to remove the priority status icon.

3 or to No Req Reply and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to remove the reply status icon.

The display shows the normal message icon on the label bar.

Receiving a Text Message

Note:

When you receive a message that is flagged with the “Request Reply” icon, you must manually respond to the sender that you have received the message. The system will not automatically send back a notification that the radio has received such message.

The following methods are options on how to receive a text message. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Receiving a text message via the Data Feature button or the TMS Feature button: a) When you receive a message, press and hold the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the

TMS Feature button to access the Inbox.

The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the sender of the latest received message on top.

• Receiving a text message via the radio menu: a) When the new message icon appears and the display shows momentary New msg , press the

Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the Inbox.

The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the sender of the latest received message on top.

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox

The Inbox can hold up to thirty (30) messages.

Note:

or to read the message if the content fills more than one screen.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

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• Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS Feature button to access the TMS feature screen. or to Inbox and press the

Menu Select button below Sel .

• Press and hold the preprogrammed Data

Feature button or the TMS Feature button to access the Inbox.

or to TMS and press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen. or to Inbox and press the

Menu Select button below Sel .

The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the sender of the latest received message on top.

2 or to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu Select button below Sel to view the message.

While on the view message screen, press the

Menu Select button directly below Optn , Del , or

Back to access the option.

• Select Optn to configure the message settings.

• Select Del to delete the message.

• Select Back to return to the previous screen.

Note:

The icon at the top right corner of the screen indicates the status of the message.

See

Text Messaging Service (TMS)

Indicators on page 45 for more information.

Replying to a Received Text Message

Note:

The original date and time stamp, address and message content is automatically appended to the reply message.

1 or to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu Select button below Sel to view the message.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Rply to reply to a message.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to Text Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

or to Quick Text and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel for a predefined message.

• or to scroll through the list of messages and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the required message.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• A blinking cursor appears on the Compose screen.

• The predefined message appears on the

Compose screen, with a blinking cursor at the end of it.

4 Use the keypad to type or edit your message.

5 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn once you have completed the message.

6 or to Send Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to send the message.

The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg .

Note:

Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back at any time to return to the previous screen.

You can append a priority status and/or a

request reply to your message. See Priority

Status and Request Reply of a New Text

Message

on page 105 for more information.

Accessing the Drafts Folder

This folder stores the messages that were saved previously. The Drafts folder can hold up to 10 messages. The oldest draft in the folder is deleted when the 11th message comes in.

1

or to TMS .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

3 or to Drafts and press the Menu Select button below Sel .

The display shows a list of drafts, with the latest text message drafted on top.

4 or to the required text message and press the Menu Select button below Sel to view the message.

Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit ,

Del , or Back to access the option.

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• Select Edit to edit the message before sending it.

• Select Del to delete the message.

• Select Back to return to the previous screen.

Sent Text Messages

Once a message is sent to another radio, it is saved in the Sent folder. The most recent sent text message is always added to the top of the Sent list.

The Sent folder is capable of storing a maximum of ten (10) last sent messages. When the folder is full, the oldest message in the folder is deleted when the

11th message comes in.

Viewing a Sent Text Message

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Data Feature button or the TMS Feature button to access the TMS feature screen.

or to TMS and press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

2 or to Sent and press the Menu Select button below Sel .

The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the recipient of latest sent message on top.

3 or to the required aliases or ID and press the Menu Select button below Sel to view the message.

While on the view message screen, press the

Menu Select button directly below Optn , Del or

Back to access the option.

• Select Optn to configure the message settings.

• Select Del to delete the message.

• Select Back to return to the previous screen.

Note:

The icon at the top right corner of the screen indicates the status of the message.

See

Text Messaging Service (TMS)

Indicators on page 45 for more information.

Sending a Sent Text Message

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn while viewing the message.

2 or to Send Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the address list and highlight the required address.

or to [Other Recpnt] and press the Menu

Select button below Edit . When a blinking cursor appears in the Enter Address screen, use the keypad to type the address entry.

4 Press the Menu Select button below Send or the

PTT button to send the message.

The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg .

Note:

Press the Menu Select button directly below Back at any time to return to the previous screen.

You can append a priority status and/or a request reply to your message. See

Priority

Status and Request Reply of a New Text

Message on page 105 for more

information.

Deleting a Text Message

1 From the Inbox, Draft, or Sent screen, or to scroll through the messages.

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete the current message.

Deleting All Text Messages

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Data Feature button or the preprogrammed TMS Feature button to access the Messaging feature screen.

or to TMS and press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

2 or to Inbox or Sent then press the Menu

Select button below Clr to select all messages in the selected folder.

The display shows Del All?

.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

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• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Yes to delete all the messages in the selected folder.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

No to return to the main TMS feature screen.

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ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging Solution

The ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging Solution allows you to quickly send and receive messages and run database queries directly from your data-enabled

Motorola two-way radios. Federal mandate requires

Two-Factor Authentication when querying Federal and State databases. With this advance messaging solution you have the ability enable Two-Factor

Authentication.

With Query and Two-Factor Authentication, you can use a secure system logon to initiate and receive key information on people, vehicles and properties when doing the regular security patrol. You can access to local or external databases such as the National

Crime Information Center (NCIC), for "Hot Hits" on priors and warrants. Query and Two-Factor

Authentication has Criminal Justice Information

Services (CJIS) security compliance for queries.

With this Advanced Messaging Solution, ARS functionality splits between two protocols:

• ARS for Device Registration

• New User Authentication for User Login

TMS functionality splits between two protocols:

• TMS for messaging

• New Service Advertisement for service availabilities

The radio with Two-Factor capabilities are backward compatible with the existing device registration system and TMS servers.

System Setup for ASTRO Advanced Messaging

Solution

Your user name, unit ID and password all need to be provisioned in PremierOne ™ . Your user account in

PremierOne needs to be linked to an RSA account specifying a token to be used with the Two-Factor passcode.

The radios caches the user name, unit ID and or

Single Factor password in the codeplug, this allows the radio to automatically log in to use Single Factor authentication upon power up or mode change. The

Two-Factor passcode is not stored in the codeplug.

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You can upgrade the Single Factor session to a Two-

Factor session by entering the Two-Factor passcode only. After an interruption (for example mode change,

DSR switch over, power loss), the radio is capable of restoring the active session in its current state as long as the session is active in the server.

Note:

Power loss and power down are different activities, power down occurs when the user intentionally powers off the radio, power loss is when the battery dies or is removed from the unit.

Two-Factor Authentication

Two-Factor Authentication is an extension of existing

ARS and TMS operation. This feature allows you to authenticate yourself with a username, unit ID, password and passcode.

The purpose of this feature is to allow the sender of a text message to address a specific user of the radio, so the message is delivered to the user, not to the radio which may have any user using it at the time.

Secondly, this feature supports query authentication requirements so the query service knows which user originated a query.

You can still send text messages without logging in as a user. The user login feature only enables the recipient of your message to identify you as the sender by assigning a username to your message.

Note:

A predefined username that is set more than the maximum allowed characters is an invalid name.

Logging in via the Two-Factor Authentication

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed User Login button.

or to User , and press the Menu Select button directly below User .

The display shows the User Login screen.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to [ID Entry] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Edit . A blinking cursor appears. Use the keypad to type or edit a username. Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to submit.

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• Press and hold or to scroll through the list of predefined usernames at a fast scroll rate. Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the predefined username.

If the selected predefined username has more than the maximum allowed characters, or an invalid character in it, the display shows momentary Invalid ID .

3 For radio enabled with Unit ID, perform one of the following actions:

or to [UnitID Entry] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Edit . A blinking cursor appears. Use the keypad to type or edit a Unit ID. Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok to submit.

or to scroll through the list of predefined

Unit IDs. Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the predefined Unit ID.

• Press and hold or to scroll through the list of predefined Unit IDs at a fast scroll rate.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel to select the predefined Unit ID.

If the selected predefined Unit ID has more than the maximum allowed characters, or an invalid character in it, the display shows momentary

Invalid UnitID .

4 Enter your password when you see a blinking cursor.

5 Press the Menu Select button directly below Logn or Ok .

If only one-factor is enabled, the display shows 1F logged at the status. The login operation is complete.

If login fails, the display shows momentary Login failed . The display returns to User Login screen.

6 For radio enabled with two-factor login, enter your passcode when you see a blinking cursor.

7 Press the Menu Select button directly below Logn .

The display shows In progress .

If the login fails, the display shows momentary 2F pscd failed . Press the Menu Select button directly below

Pscd to re-enter passcode. If successful, the display shows User Login screen with 2F logged in status to indicate Two-Factor Authentication complete.

Logging out of Two-Factor Authentication

Note:

Private data refers to all messages in the text messaging Inbox, Draft, and Sent folder. The next user is able to access the Inbox, Draft and Sent messages if private data is not deleted.

Radio which is successfully logged in to the secured system receives advertisement from the server that the access to the data for query is enabled.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Logt .

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• The display shows Clear private data?

.

• If the Delete Messages On Session End feature is enabled, the display shows momentary Private data cleared .

2 Select Yes to clear all your private data or select

No to keep your private data.

If you select Yes , the display shows momentary

Private data cleared .

Sending a Query

This feature is available for radio users who have successfully logged in with the Two-Factor

Authentication. Query is a special form of Quick Text marked with a flag that is replied or dispatched in normal TMS message. The query template needs to be configured in the quick test list of the CPS. You can choose from the quick text list, including queries if present.

You shall receive a service advertisement message to indicate the Query is available after you have successfully logged in the radio with a Two-Factor

Authentication.

Note:

The query server must be selected as the destination so that it can receive the query message and respond the query with text message. The query server must be an entry in the data user list in the CPS.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• To access this feature via a preprogrammed button, press the preprogrammed TMS Query

button and proceed to Step 5

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• To access this feature via the menu, proceed to the next step.

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or to TMS and press the Menu Select button directly below TMS to access the TMS feature screen.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to Compose and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Exit to return to the Home screen.

4 or to Query and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel for a predefined message.

5 or to scroll through the list of messages and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the required message.

The message appears on the Compose screen, with a blinking cursor at the end of it.

6 Use the keypad to edit the message, if required.

7 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

8 or to Send Message and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

9 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the address list and highlight the required address.

or to [Other Recpnt] and press the Menu

Select button below Edit . A blinking cursor appears on the Enter Address screen. Use the keypad to type the address entry.

10 Press the Menu Select button below Send or the

PTT button to send the message.

The display shows the Send Message screen and

Sending msg .

If the message is sent, you hear a tone and the display shows Msg sent .

If the message is not sent, you hear a low tone, the display shows Send failed and returns to the main TMS screen.

Note:

The server responds to your query with the required report in text messages.

You can append a priority status and/or a request reply to your message. See

Priority

Status and Request Reply of a New Text

Message on page 105 for more

information.

Receiving a Query

You shall receive the information you have requested in TMS format.

When you receive a query, you hear a unique, highpitched chirp and the display shows the message icon flagged with “Priority”. The display shows momentary

New msg .

To access the Inbox, press and hold the Data

Feature button or the preprogrammed TMS

Feature button or press the Menu Select button directly below TMS .

The display shows a list of aliases or IDs, with the sender of the latest received message on top.

Secure Operations

Secure radio operation provides the highest commercially available level of voice security on both trunked and conventional channels.

Unlike other forms of security, Motorola digital encryption provides signaling that makes it virtually impossible for others to decode any part of an encrypted message.

Selecting Secure Transmissions

Turn the preprogrammed Secure/Clear switch to the secure position.

Note:

If the selected channel is preprogrammed for clear-only operation, when you press the PTT button, you hear an invalid mode tone and the display shows Clear TX only .

The radio does not transmit until you set the Secure/Clear switch to the clear position.

If the “Ignore Secure/Clear Switch when

Strapped” programming option is enabled, the radio transmits without displaying any

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messages in the strapped mode of operation, regardless of the Secure/Clear switch setting. This option must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

The Secure/Clear switch only applies when the radio is transmitting.

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Selecting Clear Transmissions

Turn the preprogrammed Secure/Clear switch to the clear position.

Note:

If the selected channel is preprogrammed for secure-only operation, when you press the PTT button, you hear an invalid mode tone and the display shows Secure TX only .

The radio does not transmit until you set the Secure/ Clear switch to the secure position.

You can request to configure the radio to ignore the clear voice or insecured transmission when the radio is in secured transmission. Check with your agent for details.

If the “Ignore Secure/Clear Switch when

Strapped” programming option is enabled, the radio transmits without displaying any messages in the strapped mode of operation, regardless of the Secure/Clear switch setting. This option must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

The Secure/Clear switch only applies when the radio is transmitting.

Managing Encryption

Loading an Encryption Key

Note:

Refer to the key-variable loader (KVL) manual for equipment connections and setup.

1 Attach the KVL to your radio.

The display shows Keyloading , and all other radio functions, except for power down, backlight, and volume, are locked out.

2 Select the required keys and press the Menu

Select button directly below LOAD on the KVL.

This loads the encryption keys into your radio.

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When the key has been loaded successfully, one of the following scenarios occurs:

• You hear the radio sounds a short tone for singlekey radios.

• You hear the radio sounds an alternating tone for multikey radios.

The KVL indicates that keyload is successful.

Multikey Feature

This feature allows the radio to be equipped with different encryption keys and supports the DES-OFB algorithm.

There are two types:

Conventional

Multikey

The encryption keys can be tied

(strapped), on a one-per-channel basis, through Customer

Programming Software. In addition, you can have operator-selectable keys, operator-selectable keysets, and operator-selectable key erasure. If talkgroups are enabled in conventional, then the encryption keys are strapped to the talkgroups.

Trunked

Multikey

If the radio is used for both conventional and trunked applications, strap the encryption keys for trunking on a per-talkgroup or announcement-group basis. In addition, a different key can be strapped to other features, such as dynamic regrouping, failsoft, or emergency talkgroup. You can have operator-selectable key erasure.

Selecting an Encryption Key

1

or to Key .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Key .

The display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption key, and the available menu selections.

3 or to scroll through the encryption keys or use the keypad to enter the number of the desired key.

4 Perform one of the following actions:

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• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel to save the newly selected key and return to the Home screen.

Press , the PTT button, or the Menu Select button directly below Exit .

• Turn the 16-Position Select knob to exit.

Note:

When the selected key is erased, you hear a momentary keyfail tone and the display shows Key fail .

When the selected key is not allowed, you hear a momentary illegal key tone and the display shows Illegal key .

Selecting a Keyset

This feature allows you to select one or more groups of several encryption keys from among the available keys stored in the radio.

For example, you could have a group of three keys structured to one keyset, and another group of three different keys structured to another keyset; by changing keysets, you would automatically switch from one set of keys to the other.

Every channel to which one of the original keys was tied now has the equivalent new key instead.

1

or to KSet and press the Menu Select button directly below KSet .

The display shows the last user-selected and stored keyset, and the available keyset menu selections.

2 or to scroll through the keysets or use the keypad to enter the number of the desired keyset.

3 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to save the newly selected keyset.

The radio exits keyset selection and returns to the

Home screen.

Note:

Press , the PTT button, or the Exit menu selection, or turn the 16-Position Select knob to exit this menu at any time without changing the keyset selection.

Erasing the Selected Encryption Keys

This feature allows you to erase all or selected encryption keys.

The following methods are options on how to erase the selected encryption keys. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Erasing the selected encryption keys via the radio menu: a) or to

Eras and press the Menu Select button directly below Eras .

The display shows the last user-selected and stored encryption key, and the available menu selections.

b) or to the desired encryption key or use the keypad to enter the number of the desired key.

c) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Optn .

The display shows the available key erase options.

d) or to the required option and press the

Menu Select button directly below Sel .

e) Select Erase all keys?

or Erase single key?

by pressing the Menu Select button below Yes to erase the encryption key(s) in the radio.

You can return to the previous screen by pressing the Menu Select button below No .

• Erasing the single key in radios with the single-key option and erasing all keys in radios with the multikey option via the preprogrammed Top Side

(Select) button and Top (Orange) button: a) Press and hold the Top Side (Select) button.

b) While holding Top Side (Select) button down, press the Top (Orange) button.

The display shows Please wait . When all the encryption keys have been erased, the display shows All keys erased .

Note:

Do not press the Top (Orange) button before pressing the Top Side (Select) button, unless you are in an emergency situation as this sends an emergency alarm.

Requesting an Over-the-Air Rekey (ASTRO

Conventional Only)

Ensure that the Unique Shadow Key (USK) is loaded into the radio with the key-variable loader (KVL) before the rekey request can be sent. Refer to your

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This feature, also known as OTAR, allows the dispatcher to reprogram the encryption keys in the radio remotely. The dispatcher performs the rekey operation upon receiving a rekey request from the user.

1

or to Reky .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Reky .

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the PTT button to send the rekey request.

Press the PTT button again, or the or

Emergency button, to exit the feature and transmit in normal mode.

If the rekey operation fails, you hear a bad-key tone and the display shows Rekey fail .

Note:

The rekey operation failure indicates that your radio does not contain the Unique

Shadow Key (USK).

MDC Over-the-Air Rekeying (OTAR) Page

This feature allows you to view or define MDC Overthe-Air Rekeying (OTAR) features. It is applied only when operating in secure encrypted mode and only for conventional communications. In additional to

Rekey Requests, OTAR transmissions include

Delayed Acknowledgements, and Power-up

Acknowledgements.

Some of the options selected may also need to be set up at the Key Management Controller (KMC) site to work properly.

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Infinite UKEK Retention

This feature enables Unique Key Encryption Key

(UKEK) to be permanently stored in the radio even when all of the encryption keys is erased. Without this

UKEK key, the radio could not be over the air rekeyed.

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Hear Clear

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

There are two components of Hear Clear.

Companding Reduces the channel noise, e.g.

OTA transmission, that is predominantly present in UHF2 and

900 MHz channel with the following features.

Compressor Reduces the background noise flow and the speech signal at transmitting radio.

Expander Expands the speech while the noise flow remains the same at receiving radio.

Random FM

Noise

Canceller

(Flutter

Fighter)

Reduces the unwanted effects of random FM noise pulses caused by channel fading under high Signal-to-

Noise (S/N) conditions such as in a moving transportation. The fading effects, heard as audio pops and clicks, are cancelled without affecting the desired audio signal.

The Random FM Noise Canceller operates only in receive mode.

Security

Radio Lock

This feature changes your radio to a more robust security system that protects the use of the secure encryption keys.

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If this feature is enabled in your radio by a qualified radio technician, when you turn the radio on, the display shows Radio locked .

Unlocking Your Radio

1 Enter your numeric password.

Secure-equipped radios – 6 to 8 characters.

Clear radios – 0 to 8 characters.

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel to enter the code.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Del to delete any unwanted characters.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to exit the feature.

If the password is correct, the radio unlocks.

If the password is incorrect, the display show

Incorrect password and the radio remains locked.

If you enter three incorrect passwords in a row, the display shows Deadlock . Turn the radio off and then on, and begin again at Step

1

.

Important:

For Secure Radios Only – After a total of

17 consecutive incorrect passwords

(turning the radio off and on does not reset this number), the radio erases all of its encryption keys and shows Deadlock . See a qualified radio technician.

If you forget the password, enter ******** to erase all keys and revert the password in the radio back to the default password of

01234567.

Changing Your Password

1

or to Pswd .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Pswd .

The display shows Change Password screen.

3 or to Unlock Pswd .

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

5 Enter the old password.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok .

7 Enter the new password.

8 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

9 Re-enter the new password.

10 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The password is updated.

If the two passwords do not match, repeat Steps

5

through

10

.

Note:

If you enter three incorrect old passwords, the radio exits the password feature. You cannot access this feature again until you turn the radio off and on.

Changing Your Tactical Inhibit Password

1

or to Pswd .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Pswd .

The display shows Change Password screen.

3 or to Tactical Inh Encode Pswd .

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

5 Enter the old password.

6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok .

7 Enter the new password.

8 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

9 Re-enter the new password.

10 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The password is updated.

If the two passwords do not match, repeat Steps

5

through

10

.

Note:

If you enter three incorrect old passwords, the radio exits the password feature. You cannot access this feature again until you turn the radio off and on.

Enabling or Disabling the Radio Lock Feature

(Secure Radios Only)

This feature allows you to enable or disable the radio lock feature. It is programmable by a qualified radio technician.

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or to Logf .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Logf .

One of the following results occur.:

• The display shows Pswd enabled , indicating that the radio lock feature is enabled.

• The display shows Pswd disabled , indicating that the radio lock feature is disabled.

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Radio Stun and Kill

Radio Stun

This feature allows you to stun another radio by sending an over the air command using the menu on your radio. This feature prevents an unauthorized user from using the radio. Once the radio is stunned, a password is required to re-activate the stunned radio.

Using Radio Stun

1

or to Stun .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Stun .

The display shows Enter Password .

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3 Use the keypad to enter your Tactical Inhibit

Encode Password.

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok .

The display shows radio Contact IDs.

5 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to the required ID.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

LNum to go to the last number dialed.

• Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Send to initiate command.

If the receiving radio does not have encryption key to decrypt the received command, your radio display shows Ack received .

If the receiving radio does not have encryption key to decrypt the received encrypted command, your radio display shows Decrypt failed .

If the receiving radio is powered off, your radio display shows No Acknowledgement .

Once the receiving radio received the command, its screen locked and request for password.

Note:

To un-stun a radio, follow the procedure in

Unlocking Your Radio on page 124.

Radio Kill

This feature allows you to render your radio or another radio inoperable if the radio is misplaced or lost. When a radio is killed, the display turns blank and all functions of the radio are not usable.

The killed radio can only be recovered from KILL with a special device. Consult an authorized and qualified technician for details.

Using Remote Kill to Kill Another Radio

Remote Kill allows you to render another radio inoperable by sending an over the air command using the menu on your radio.

1

or to Kill .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Kill .

The display shows Enter Password .

3 Use the keypad to enter your Tactical Inhibit

Encode Password.

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok .

The display shows radio Contact IDs.

5 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to the required ID.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

LNum to go to the last number dialed.

• Use the keypad to enter the required ID.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Send to initiate command.

If the receiving radio received the command, your radio display shows Ack received .

If the receiving radio does not have encryption key to decrypt the received encrypted command, your radio display shows Decrypt failed .

If the receiving radio is powered off or already killed, your radio display shows No

Acknowledgement .

Once the receiving radio received the command, its screen turns blank, the killed radio is inoperable.

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Using Direct Kill to Kill Your Own Radio

Direct Kill allows you to make your own radio inoperable.

Press and hold the Top Side button then press the Orange button until the display turns blank and becomes inoperable.

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Global Positioning System / Global

Navigation Satellite System

The Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) in the radio uses information from the Global Positioning

System (GPS) to determine the approximate geographical location of your radio. The geographical location is expressed as latitude and longitude or

Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) format per request from customers.

Note:

This feature is addressed as GPS across the manual as the naming convention of the buttons and strings remain the same as the legacy feature of GPS.

The availability and accuracy of this location information (and the amount of time that it takes to calculate it) varies depending on the environment in which you are using the GPS feature.

For example, GPS location fixes are difficult to obtain indoors, in covered locations, between high buildings, or in situations where you have not established a clear broad view of the sky.

Once GPS is enabled, the radio displays the GPS icon on the screen. The dispatcher can always request the system to determine the real-time location coordinates of the radio.

GPS Operation

The GPS technology uses radio signals from earth orbiting satellites, to establish the location coordinates, maximizing your view of clear unobstructed sky is essential for optimum performance.

Where adequate signals from multiple satellites are not available (usually because you cannot establish a view of a wide area of the sky), the GPS feature of your radio will not work. Such situations include but are not limited to:

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• Inside of buildings, trains, or other covered vehicles

• Under any other metal or concrete roof or structure

• Between tall buildings or under dense tree-cover

• In temperature extremes outside the operating limits of your radio

Even where location information can be calculated in such situations, it may take longer to do so, and your location estimate may not be as accurate. Therefore, in any emergency situation, always report your location to your dispatcher.

Keep in mind that the accuracy of the location information and the time it takes to obtain it varies depending upon circumstances, particularly the ability to receive signals from an adequate number of satellites.

Note:

Even where adequate signals from multiple satellites are available, your GPS feature only provides an approximate location, usually within 10 meters from your actual location, but sometimes farther away.

The satellites used by the GPS feature are controlled by the U.S. government and are subject to changes implemented in accordance with the Department of

Defense GPS user policy and the Federal Radio

Navigation Plan. These changes may affect the performance of the GPS feature on your radio.

GPS Performance Enhancement

Sometimes, the GPS feature may be unable to complete a location calculation successfully. You then see a message indicating that your radio cannot connect to enough visible satellites.

To maximize the ability of your radio to determine a fix, take note of the following guidelines:

• For your initial fix, hold the radio in the face position.

• Stay in the open. The GPS feature works best where there is nothing between your radio and a large amount of open sky.

The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS)

This feature allows you to determine your current location using a location menu, as well as your current distance and bearing in relation to another

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Your radio stores up to a maximum of sixty (60) programmable location coordinates, also known as waypoints. When the memory is full, the next waypoints automatically replaces the oldest waypoints in the radio.

The radio also stores four (4) preprogrammed waypoints. These coordinates cannot be deleted.

The following table shows the differences between programmable waypoints and preprogrammed waypoints.

Programmable Waypoints

User-configurable location coordinates.

Preprogrammed Waypoints

Fixed location coordinates:

• Home

• Emergency

• Last Known Location

• Destination

Programmable Waypoints

Preprogrammed Waypoints

Only the alias is editable, not the coordinates.

The Home and Destination coordinates are editable.

Coordinates can be deleted one at a time, or all at once.

Coordinates cannot be deleted.

Note:

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinates

This feature can only be enabled through CPS configuration. When the MGRS coordinate is enabled, all location coordinates are displayed in MGRS format, including the editable locations in GPS.

Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature

Note:

An ON radio menu may be present on the

Location menu screen if it is preprogrammed by the dealer or system administrator.

Press the preprogrammed GPS button to toggle the

Outdoor Location feature to on or follow the following procedure to access this feature via the radio menu.

1

or to Loc .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Loc .

The display shows Location off .

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• To obtain a location fix, press the Menu Select button directly below On .

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Optn . or to Turn On GPS and press the

Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The front display shows the MGRS or latitude/ longitude location, time, and date of the last successful location fix.

4 To obtain a new location fix, press the Menu

Select button directly below Rfsh .

The top line temporarily displays Please wait while the new location is being determined. While the new location is being determined, the location signal can be a solid or blinking icon.

Once the location coordinates are fixed, the display shows the current location along with the

UTC (Zulu) time and date that the location fix was obtained.

The location coordinates are updated automatically every 5 seconds while the location signal is present.

If the radio fails to get a location fix, the display shows No service and returns to the previous display.

5 To return to the Home screen, press , the PTT button, the preprogrammed GPS button or the

Menu Select button directly below Exit .

Saving a Waypoint

Ensure that your radio shows the current location on the screen.

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1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to Save as Waypt and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

or to Save as Home and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel and proceed to step

5 .

or to Save as Dest.

and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel and proceed to step

5 .

A blinking cursor appears in the screen.

3 Use the keypad to edit the auto-generated waypoint, if required, or press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to return to the Location main screen.

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you are done.

One of the following scenarios occur:

• The display shows Current loc saved as

<Waypoint name> .

• The display shows Current loc saved as [Home] .

• The display shows Current loc saved as

[Destination] .

5 To return to the Home screen, press , the PTT button, the preprogrammed GPS button or the

Menu Select button directly below Exit .

Viewing a Saved Waypoint

Ensure your radio shows the current location on the screen.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a list of waypoints.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the list.

or to select a waypoint to view the location information in full.

4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

5 To view the MGRS or latitude/longitude location, time and date of the selected waypoint, or to

View and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

6 To return to the previous screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Back , or to return to the Home screen, press , the PTT button, or the preprogrammed GPS button.

6 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Ok once you are done.

Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to return to the Waypoints main screen.

Editing the Alias of a Waypoint

Ensure your radio shows the current location on the screen.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn

2 or to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a list of waypoints.

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7 The display shows <Waypoint name> Updated and the radio returns to the Waypoints main screen.

8 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back to return to the previous screen.

Press , the PTT button, or the preprogrammed GPS button to return to the

Home screen.

3 or to the required saved waypoint, and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

4 or to Edit name and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

A blinking cursor appears in the Edit Name screen.

Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint

Note:

Only the preprogrammed coordinates of Home and Destination can be edited by the user.

Ensure your radio shows the current location on the screen.

5 Use the keypad to edit the alias.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

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2 or to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a list of waypoints.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to [Home] and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

or to [Destination] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Optn .

4 or to Edit location and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The first number blinks.

5 Utilize the following control buttons to select the number/coordinates if required, then press the

Menu Select button directly below Edit to change the number/coordinates.

Press to move to the previous number/ coordinates.

Press to move to the next number/ coordinates.

A blinking cursor appears in the Edit Location screen.

6 Utilize the following control buttons or menu to change the number/coordinates if required then press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once.

Press to move one space to the left.

Press to move one space to the right.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Del to delete any unwanted characters.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to return to the previous screen

7 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once complete setting up the new Home or

Destination.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• The display shows [Home] Updated and the radio returns to the Waypoints main screen.

• The display shows [Destination] Updated and the radio returns to the Waypoints main screen.

Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint

Ensure your radio shows the current location on the screen.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a list of waypoints.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to the required saved waypoint, and press the Menu Select button directly below

Optn . or to Edit name and press the Menu

Select button directly below Del .

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Del .

4 The display shows Delete <Waypoint name>

Confirm?

.

5 Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete the waypoint or press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to the Waypoints main screen.

The display shows <Waypoint name>deleted .

Deleting All Saved Waypoints

Ensure your radio shows the current location on the screen.

Note:

You cannot delete any of the preprogrammed waypoints.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Waypoints and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a list of waypoints.

3 or to the required saved waypoint, and press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

4 or to Delete All and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows Delete All saved waypnts

Confirm?

.

5 Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes to delete all waypoints or press the Menu Select button directly below No to return to the Waypoints main screen.

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The display shows All saved waypnts deleted .

Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a Saved

Waypoint

Ensure your radio shows the current location on the screen.

1 Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn .

2 or to Dist frm here and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows a list of waypoints.

3 or to the required waypoint and press the

Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the distance and bearing from the current to the selected coordinates.

Location Feature in Emergency Mode

When the Emergency feature is activated by pressing the emergency button, the radio exits the Location menu and returns to the Home (default) screen so that you can see which channel the emergency signal is going out on.

However, you may re-enter the Location menu while still in emergency mode, provided that Silent

Emergency has not been activated.

If you have turned Location off using the ON/OFF menu key, it automatically turns back on when

Emergency is activated.

If there is a solid location signal during Emergency, the current location and the location information received is saved as Emergency and Last Known

Location waypoints, respectively.

Peer-Location on the Display (ASTRO Conventional only)

This feature is only available for radio-to-radio voice transmissions, dispatch call and selective call in conventional ASTRO system. For radio-to-radio transmission, in order to allow the radio to show peerlocation, the voice should be directly sent from one radio to another radio without passing through any infrastructure facility such as repeaters, phone or

DVRS system. Both the transmitting radio and receiving radio must be configured to enable them to send and/or receive the GPS coordinates. You can check with your nearest qualified technician for more details.

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If the receiving radio is operating in a Mixed

Mode channel, only if its voice transmission is via conventional ASTRO system then it can receive the location coordinates of its peers.

This feature is also operable in a Scan Active channel or Scan Talkback channel.

Upon receiving a voice transmission with GPS coordinates enabled on the receiving radio, the display shows the coordinates available in full or in short coordinates. There are two different formats available. Refer to the following list for the details shown in the Peer-Location quick text. Consult your agent to pick the best format to configure to your radio.

Full location coordinates

• PTT ID (This is optional.)

Longitude and latitude

• Relative distance or direction.

Short location coordinates

• PTT ID (This is optional.)

Longitude and latitude

Note:

If the transmitting radio is stale at its location after a period of time, the receiving radio display shows ID:<PTT ID> Last Knwn Loc:

<Coordinates> . The ID:<PTT ID> and <distance> are optional details depending on the requirements of usage.

If the transmitting radio does not have GPS or the receiving radio could not decode the GPS signal of the received signal, the receiving radio display shows ID:<PTT ID> Unknown

Loc . The PTT ID is optional to be shown on the display per requirements of usage.

Geofence (ASTRO 25 Trunking System)

Geofence is a virtual perimeter based on the GPS to define a geographical area on earth.

When the radio enters the predefined Geofence area, your radio receives the Dynamic Regroup command from the system and immediately connects to a

Dynamic Regroup talkgroup. The radio display shows the new selected Dynamic Regrouped talkgroup with green intelligent light for your attention.

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On top of that, additional features are Voice

Announcement of the new channel, and also direct content display of a text message to indicate that you are currently at Geofence area. Check with your nearest qualified technician on the requirements for these enhancements to work in Geofence.

Any new text messages received at Geofence shall have its content displayed immediately on the radio display.

Note:

If the radio is set up in DVRS, only mobile radio is supported for this feature.

Entering the Geofence Area

The Voice Announcement and TMS display in this feature are optional. They must be configured to enable you to hear and see these indicators.

When the radio enters a Geofence area, the radio immediately sends a message ACK back to the system.

The radio searches the current zone for the channel with same talkgroup assigned as the Dynamic

Talkgroup and also with same system ID of current

English trunk system. Once matched, the radio display shows the first matched and connected channel alias.

If there is no channel with matched Talkgroup ID and trunk system ID, the radio display shows the channel alias of <DYNAMIC talkgroup> .

Once the radio is connected, you hear a dynamic regroup tone, the radio display shows <DYNAMIC channel> with temporary green color intelligent backlight and you hear a Voice Announcement.

Note:

When the radio loss the GPS signal the GPS icon blinks and the radio sounds two highpitched tones repetitively to indicate GPS fails to operate. The radio display shows red intelligent light.

Note:

If the first matched channel is not configured with Voice Announcement, no Voice

Announcement is played.

The system sends a message to your radio. The radio display shows a direct text message content without any user operation. This message indicates you are currently present in a Geofence area. This TMS

remains open on the display until user presses exit/ home to exit this screen.

Note:

If there is another incoming text message before you exit the previous message, the message screen shall be refreshed to show the latest message.

The following procedure guides you to exit the text message received.

Press the Menu Select button below Exit or to return to Home screen.

The other operations are the same as normal dynamic regroup command.

When the radio exits the Geofence area, your radio reverts to original channel or newly assigned talkgroup. The radio display shows the new channel together with Voice Announcement to indicate the changes. Voice Announcement of the new channel only works if that channel is configured with Voice

Announcement.

Trunking System Controls

Operating in Failsoft System

The failsoft system ensures continuous radio communications during a trunked system failure. If a trunking system fails completely, the radio goes into failsoft operation and automatically switches to its failsoft channel.

During failsoft operation, your radio transmits and receives in conventional operation on a predetermined frequency. You hear a mediumpitched tone and the display shows Failsoft .

When the trunking system returns to normal operation, your radio automatically leaves failsoft operation and returns to trunked operation.

To continue, in Failsoft, to communicate with other talkgroups, refer to the following procedure.

1 Rotate the Mode Knob to change to a different repeater frequency.

2 Press the PTT button to talk, and release the button to listen.

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Out-of-Range Radio

When your radio goes out of the range of the system, it can no longer lock onto a control channel.

You hear a low-pitched tone and/or the display shows the currently selected zone/channel combination and

Out of range . Your radio remains in this out-of-range condition until it locks onto a control channel, it locks onto a failsoft channel, or it is turned off.

Site Trunking Feature

If the zone controller loses communication with any site, that site reverts to site trunking.

The display shows the currently selected zone/ channel combination and Site trunking .

Note:

When this occurs, you can communicate only with other radios within your trunking site.

Locking and Unlocking a Site

This feature allows your radio to lock onto a specific site and not roam among wide-area talkgroup sites.

This feature should be used with caution, since it inhibits roaming to another site in a wide-area system.

You can toggle the lock state between locked and unlocked by pressing the preprogrammed Site Lock/

Unlock button.

Follow the following procedure to lock and unlock a site via the radio menu.

1

or to Site .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Site .

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• To lock the site, press the Menu Select button directly below Lock . The display shows Site locked .

• To unlock the site, press the Menu Select button directly below Unlk . The display shows

Site unlocked .

The radio saves the new site lock state and returns to the Home screen.

Site Display and Search Button

The Site Display and Site Search button allows you to view the name of the current site or force your radio to change to a new one.

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Viewing the Current Site

Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Site Displ/Srch button.

or to RSSI and press the Menu Select button directly below RSSI .

The display shows momentary the name of the current site and its corresponding received signal strength indicator (RSSI).

Changing the Current Site

Perform one of the following actions:

• Press and hold down the preprogrammed Site

Displ/Srch button.

• Press and hold down the Menu Select button directly below RSSI .

You hear a tone and the display shows momentary Scanning site .

When the radio finds a new site, it returns to the

Home screen.

Mission Critical Wireless - Bluetooth

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This feature allows your radio to extend its functionality by connecting to external proprietary

Motorola accessories.

Note:

It is recommended to use Motorola proprietary

Mission Critical Wireless (MCW) devices with

APX radios during Mission Critical operations as other Bluetooth ® devices may or may not meet the mission critical standard.

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

The use of this feature requires the "Full

Feature" expansion board together with the

Bluetooth Software.

The default setting for Bluetooth-enabled radio is

Bluetooth on. See

Turning Off the Bluetooth on page

142 to turn off the Bluetooth.

Currently your radio supports the following Bluetooth devices or profiles.

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• Personal Area Networking (PAN)

• Serial Port (SPP)

Turning On Bluetooth

The following methods are options on how to turn on the Bluetooth. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turning on the Bluetooth via the radio menu BT : a) or to

BT . To access the Bluetooth feature screen, press the Menu Select button directly below BT .

b) or to Status and press the Menu Select button directly below On .

The display shows Status On , and appears.

If Bluetooth fails to launch, the display shows

Bluetooth on failed .

c) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

• Turning on the Bluetooth via the preprogrammed button: a) Press the preprogrammed button to turn on the

Bluetooth.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows momentary Bluetooth on , and appears.

If Bluetooth fails to launch, the display shows

Bluetooth on failed .

Turning Off the Bluetooth

The following methods are options on how to turn off the Bluetooth. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turning off the Bluetooth via the radio menu BT : a) or to

BT . To access the Bluetooth feature screen, press the Menu Select button directly below BT .

b) or to Status and press the Menu Select button directly below Off .

The display shows Status Off , and disappears.

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c) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

• Turning off the Bluetooth via the preprogrammed button: a) Press the preprogrammed button to turn off the

Bluetooth.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows momentary Bluetooth off and disappears.

Re-Pair Timer

There are two options for configuring the Bluetooth pairing type of the radio. The type defines the duration the radio and the accessory retain the pairing information.

Immediate (For MCW accessories only.) When the radio and/or device is turned off after pairing, the keys are lost. Due to this, when your radio and your device are turned on again, they are unable to reconnect. The user must re-pair the devices to re-establish a new set of

pairing keys. See Pairing with Low

Infinite

Frequency-Motorola Proximity Pairing

(LF-MPP) Feature

on page 145 and

Standard Pairing Feature on page 147.

(For all Bluetooth devices.) When the radio and/or device are turned off after pairing, keys are not lost. When the radio and the device are turned on again, they can resume the Bluetooth connection without user intervention.

Re-Pair Timer Options

Re-Pair Timer Scenarios

Immediate

(For MCW Accessories only)

• When the radio is powered off, pairing key is lost immediately, and accessory attempts to pair again. If pairing is unsuccessful within the Drop Timer value, the accessory automatically powers off.

• When the accessory is powered off, all keys are lost immediately, and the user must re-pair the devices.

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Re-Pair Timer Scenarios

• When the device loses Bluetooth connection, the device will attempt to re-establish Bluetooth

Connection within the Drop Timer value.

Infinite (For all

Bluetooth devices)

• When the radio is powered off, the accessory attempts to re-establish the Bluetooth Connection for a period of time depending upon the Drop Timer value. If the device fails to reconnect within the period, the accessory then powers off.

Bluetooth Drop Timer

The Bluetooth Drop Timer has two different settings and functions, depending upon the selection of the

Re-Pair Timer.

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Options

Description

Immediate

(For MCW Accessories only)

0 – 15 minutes programmable buffer time to re-establish the Bluetooth Connection when the Bluetooth signal is out of range.

If either device powers off, the pairing keys are immediately cleared from both devices and the devices must re-pair.

Infinite (For all

Bluetooth devices)

This Timer only applies to the accessory. The programmable timer choices are: 0 – 15 minutes, 2 hours, 4 hours or 8 hours.

Do note there are exceptions for

Operation Critical Wireless (OCW) headset and PTT which are preprogrammed to 8 hours.

This timer is a "stay alive" timer where the accessory remains on without the device reconnecting before powering off. The radio remains on until the user powers off

Re-Pair Timer

Options

Description the radio. The radio and accessory remains paired indefinitely. Once the device re-connect, the timer is reset.

The radio could not control the Drop Timer of

Personal Area Networking (PAN), Dial-Up Networking

(DUN), Commercial Off- The-Shelf (COTS) and data services. It depends on the specifications of these external devices.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information about these timers.

To establish the Bluetooth Connection, see

Pairing with Low Frequency-Motorola Proximity Pairing (LF-

MPP) Feature on page 145 or

Standard Pairing

Feature

on page 147 .

Pairing with Low Frequency-Motorola Proximity Pairing

(LF-MPP) Feature

Ensure that Bluetooth feature of your radio is on and the Bluetooth tones are enabled.

Bluetooth tones, Bluetooth menu and preprogrammed buttons must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

The range of Bluetooth operation when using a MCW accessory is 10 meters line-of-sight communication.

This is an unobstructed path between the location of the signal transmitter (your radio) and the location of the receiver (your device or accessory).

Obstacles that can cause an obstruction in the line-ofsight include trees, buildings, mountains, cars and etc.

It is not recommended that you leave your radio behind and expect your accessory to work with a high degree of reliability when they are separated.

At the fringe areas of reception, both voice and tone quality will start to sound "garbled" or "broken". To correct this problem, simply position the accessory and radio closer to each other (within the 10 meter defined range) to re-establish clear audio reception.

Note:

Once a COTS headset is paired to your radio, it is always connected. Therefore the battery life of the accessory is aligned with the Talk

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Time power consumption, not the Standby

Time consumption.

Turn on the accessory. Then, place it close to the radio aligning the Bluetooth Pairing Location (a blue dot) on the radio to the Bluetooth Pairing

Location (a blue dot) on the accessory.

If the pairing process is successful, you hear an incremental-pitched tone. The radio begins to connect to the device.

If the pairing process fails, you hear a short, lowpitched tone. The display shows Bluetooth pairing failed . Repeat this step.

The radio tries to establish connection with the device once paired.

Note:

If the connection fails within 6 seconds, you hear a decremental-pitched tone to indicate that the device is unpaired. The display shows

<Device Type> unpaired . Repeat this step to reinitiate the pairing process.

If the connection is successful, you hear an incremental-pitched tone. The display shows <Device

Type> connected and the Bluetooth icon turns from to .

If the radio has the pairing record of the device and the connection fails, you hear a short, low-pitched tone. The display shows <Device Type> connect failed .

Radio Indications of Lost Bluetooth Connection

The radio shows

The starts blinking for up to 10 seconds. You hear a decremental-pitched tone. The display shows

<Device Type> connected , and

alternating with disconnected

is replaced by a persistent .

.

If the Bluetooth device successfully re-connects before the Bluetooth 10 second Re-Connection Timer expires, the display shows momentary <Device Type>

stops blinking, or if the Bluetooth device fails to re-connect within 10 seconds, the blinking

when the device has a Bluetooth connection. Below is the scenario and radio indications when the connection is interrupted.

Standard Pairing Feature

Note:

Bluetooth tones, Bluetooth menu and preprogrammed buttons must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Once a COTS headset is paired to your radio, it is always connected. Therefore the battery life of the accessory is aligned with the Talk time power consumption, not the Standby time consumption.

The Bluetooth Standard Pairing feature enables your

Bluetooth enabled radio to search for other Bluetooth enabled and discoverable device. Once the device is discovered, you can initiate your radio to send a pairing request to pair with the device.

This feature also enables your Bluetooth enabled radio to be visible to another Bluetooth enabled device and receive request to pair from other device.

The Standard Pairing feature supports pairing

Authentication Personal Pairing Number or PIN which ensure your radio recognizes the correct device to pair. The PIN must be exchanged with the radio or the device before the pairing completes. Your radio prompts for the Authentication PIN when needed.

Refer to your device’s manual for details about the

Bluetooth Authentication PIN of your device if needed.

Searching and Pairing the Bluetooth Device

Ensure the Bluetooth on your device is turned on and is set to Discoverable in order to enable your radio to detect your device in Bluetooth.

Bluetooth Search in Bluetooth Standard Pairing method is used to scan for other Bluetooth devices nearby. It is set to off by default.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Bluetooth Search button.

or to BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen. or to Search Devices and press the Menu Select button directly below

On .

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Bluetooth devices found. To stop the search before the search timer expires, press the preprogrammed Bluetooth Search button or the

Menu Select button below Stop .

If the feature fails to initiate, the radio sounds a short, low-pitched tone. The screen shows BT

Search failed . Press the Menu Select button below

Back to return to Bluetooth feature screen, or press or the Menu Select button below Exit to return to Home screen.

2 or to the device name and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to connect to the device.

The radio starts pairing to the device.

To continue with Bluetooth pairing, see Pairing with

Low Frequency-Motorola Proximity Pairing (LF-MPP)

Feature

on page 145.

Turning On Bluetooth Visibility

Turning Bluetooth visibility to on enables other

Bluetooth devices to search for your radio. The visibility of the Bluetooth is set to off by default.

The following methods are options on how to turn on

Bluetooth visibility. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turn on Bluetooth visibility via radio menu BT : a) or to

BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen.

b) or to Visibility and press the Menu

Select button directly below On .

The status changes to Visible to all . Visibility mode is enabled.

When the timer expires, the status changes to

Visibility failed . Repeat the procedure to turn on

Bluetooth visibility.

• Turn on Bluetooth visibility via the preprogrammed button.

a) Press the preprogrammed button to enable the

Bluetooth visibility feature.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows momentary Visible to all .

Visibility mode is enabled.

When the timer expires, the display shows momentary Visibility failed . Repeat the procedure to turn on Bluetooth visibility.

Note:

Press the preprogrammed button to toggle the Bluetooth visibility on or off.

Receiving Pairing Request from other Devices

When your radio receives a pairing request from other device, the display shows <Device Friendly Name>pair request .

Press the Menu Select button below Ok to accept or Cncl to refuse pairing request.

Turning Off Bluetooth Visibility

Ensure that Bluetooth Visibility is turned on.

The following methods are options on how to turn off

Bluetooth visibility. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turn off Bluetooth visibility via radio menu BT : a) or to

BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen.

b) or to Visibility and press the Menu

Select button directly below Off .

The display shows Visibility Off .

When the timer expires, the status changes to

Visibility off failed . Repeat this step to turn off

Bluetooth visibility.

c) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

• To disable the Bluetooth visibility, press the preprogrammed button.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows momentary Visibility Off . Visibility mode is disabled.

When the timer expires, the status changes to

Visibility off failed . Repeat this step to turn off

Bluetooth visibility.

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Authentic PIN is used for the verification.

Note:

The compare PIN authentication method is only applicable for Bluetooth version 2.1 and above.

Pairing the Authentication PIN when Receiving a

Pairing Request

1 When the radio display shows <Device Friendly

Name> pair request , perform one of the following actions:

• To accept, press the Menu Select button below Ok .

• To reject, press the Menu Select button below

Cncl .

Your radio only supports HSP, DUN, PAN and

SPP Bluetooth profiles.

When the pairing timer expires, the display shows

<Device Friendly Name> pair canceled and return to

Home screen.

If you choose to accept the pairing process, the display shows Compare PIN: XXXXXX .

If you choose to reject the pairing process, the display shows Cancel pairing in progress...

followed by <Device Friendly Name> pair canceled and return to Home screen.

2 Perform one of the following actions when the display shows Compare PIN: XXXXXX .:

• Press the Menu Select button below Ok if the

PIN is correct.

• Press the Menu Select button below Cncl to reject if the PIN number is incorrect. The display shows Cancel pairing in progress...

followed by <Device Friendly Name> pair canceled and return to Home screen.

When the PIN authentication timer expires, the display shows <Device Friendly Name>pair canceled and return to Home screen.

If successful, the display shows Pairing in progress....

, <Device Friendly Name> paired followed by <Device Friendly Name>connected .

If unsuccessful, one of the following scenarios will occur:

• The display shows <Device Friendly Name> pair failed (if the pairing timer expires).

• The display shows <Device Friendly Name> connect failed (if the connecting timer expires).

If the PIN is correct but the profiles are not supported, the display shows BT profiles not supported . The display returns to Home screen.

Pairing the Authentication PIN with the Generated

Numeric PIN

Follow the procedure in Searching and Pairing the

Bluetooth Device on page 147 to search for available

Bluetooth devices. Start pairing with the

Authentication PIN by following the steps described next.

1 or to the required device. Press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to initiate pairing.

Your radio only supports HSP, DUN, PAN and

SPP Bluetooth profiles.

If successful, the display shows Pairing in progress...

followed by a randomly generated numeric PIN, Compare PIN: XXXXXX .

If unsuccessful, the display shows BT profiles not supported . The display returns to Available Dev screen.

2 Press Ok to continue pairing the radio and the device.

The pairing process can be canceled by pressing the Menu Select button below Cncl .

If successful, the display shows Pairing in progress , <Device Friendly Name> paired , Connecting in progress...

followed by <Device Friendly

Name>connected . The display returns to the

Bluetooth feature screen.

If unsuccessful, one of the following scenarios will occur:

• The display shows <Device Friendly Name> pair failed (if the PIN numbers are different).

• <Device Friendly Name> connect failed (if the connection fails).

The display returns to Available Dev screen.

Pairing the Authentication PIN by Manually

Keying in the Same PIN

Follow the procedure in

Searching and Pairing the

Bluetooth Device on page 147 to search for available

Bluetooth devices. Start pairing with the

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Authentication PIN by following the steps described next.

1 or to the required device. Press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel to initiate pairing.

Your radio only supports HSP, DUN, PAN and

SPP Bluetooth profiles.

If successful, the display shows Pairing in progress...

followed by a request for PIN number. A blinking cursor appears below the Enter PIN: .

If unsuccessful, the display shows BT profiles not supported . The display returns to Available Dev screen.

2 Use the keypad to enter the PIN. Press to move one space to the left. Press to move one space to the right. Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete.

3 Press Ok to continue pairing the radio and the device. Enter the same PIN number on the device.

The pairing process can be canceled by pressing the Menu Select button below Cncl .

If successful, the display shows Pairing in progress , <Device Friendly Name> paired , Connecting in progress...

followed by <Device Friendly

Name>connected . The display returns to the

Bluetooth feature screen.

If unsuccessful, one of the following scenarios will occur:

• The display shows <Device Friendly Name> PIN auth fail (if the PIN numbers are different).

• <Device Friendly Name> connect failed (if the connection fails).

The display returns to Available Dev screen.

Turning On the Bluetooth Audio (Routing the Audio from the Radio to the Headset)

The following methods are options on how to turn on the Bluetooth audio. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turning on the Bluetooth audio via radio menu BT :

a) or to

BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen.

b) or to Bluetooth spkr and press the Menu

Select button directly below On .

The display shows On .

c) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

• Turning on the Bluetooth audio via the preprogrammed button: a) To route the audio routing from the radio to the headset, short press the preprogrammed button.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows Headset on .

Turning Off the Bluetooth Audio (Routing the Audio from the Headset to the Radio)

The following methods are options on how to turn off the Bluetooth Audio. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turning off the Bluetooth audio via radio menu BT : a) or to

BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen.

b) or to Bluetooth spkr and press the Menu

Select button directly below Off .

The display shows Off .

c) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

• Turning off the Bluetooth audio via the preprogrammed button: a) To route the audio routing from the headset to the radio, press the preprogrammed button.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows Speaker on .

Adjusting the Volume of the Radio from Bluetooth

Audio Device

Ensure that the Bluetooth audio device is connected to the radio.

Your radio can only control the volume of MCW and

OCW Bluetooth enabled audio device. If the radio is paired with other Bluetooth enabled audio device, its volume is independent from the APX radio. In this case, the volume is only adjustable on the device.

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Adjust volume up/down on the Bluetooth audio device.

The radio display shows Volume XX , and you hear a short, medium-pitched tone.

Viewing and Clearing the Bluetooth Device Information

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or to BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen.

2 or to Devices .

Once the display highlights the Devices , the display shows XX connected alternates with XX paired .

3 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

4 If there are devices being paired or connected, or along the list of <Device Friendly Name> to see the status of each device.

If there are no active Bluetooth devices being paired or connected, the display shows No devices .

5 Perform one of the following actions:

• To clear the device from the list, or to the required device, press the Menu Select button directly below Clr .

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• To exit from this function, press the Menu

Select button directly below Back to return to the previous screen without deleting the device name.

If Clr is selected, the display shows <Device

Friendly Name> clear?

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6 Press the Menu Select button directly below Yes or No to proceed delete the device or to exit this function and return to previous screen.

If the device is deleted successfully, the display shows <Device Friendly Name> cleared to indicate clearing is successful.

If the device is not deleted successfully, you hear the radio sounds a short, low-pitched tone. The display shows <Device Friendly Name> clear failed . The display returns to previous screen.

Note:

If Re-Pair Timer is set to infinite and you clear keys on the radio, you must clear keys on all previously paired devices as well. (Please see your accessories manual for further details.)

Clearing All Bluetooth Devices Information

The following methods are options on how to clear all

Bluetooth devices information. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Clearing all Bluetooth devices information via the preprogrammed Bluetooth On/Off button: a) Long press the preprogrammed Bluetooth

On/Off button.

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows Please wait to indicate clearing is in progress.

If successful, the display shows All BT devices cleared .

If unsuccessful, you hear the radio sounds a short, low-pitched tone. The display shows

Clear all BT devices failed . The display returns to

Bluetooth feature screen.

• Clearing all Bluetooth devices information via the radio menu Clr : a) or to Devices and press the Menu Select button directly below Clr .

You hear a short, medium-pitched tone. The display shows Clear all BT devices?

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b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Yes to proceed.

The display shows Please wait to indicate clearing is in progress.

If successful, the display shows All BT devices cleared .

If unsuccessful, you hear the radio sounds a short, low-pitched tone. The display shows

Clear all BT devices failed . The display returns to

Bluetooth feature screen.

Note:

If Re-Pair Timer is set to infinite and you clear keys on the radio, you must clear keys on all previously paired devices as well. (Please see your accessories manual for further details.)

Editing the Bluetooth Friendly Name

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

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or to BT . Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen.

2 or to Friendly name and press the Menu

Select button directly below Edit .

A blinking cursor appears in the Friendly Name screen.

3 Use the keypad to edit the text.

4 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Ok to save the new Friendly Name and return to the Bluetooth feature screen.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to return to the Bluetooth feature screen.

Over-the-Air Programming (POP 25, ASTRO

25, ASTRO Conventional)

This feature enables configuration data and firmware to be upgraded to your radio over-the-air. Full use of the radio is retained during the data transfer without interrupting communication. For ASTRO 25 and

ASTRO Conventional, the upgrade pauses to give priorities to voice call, and continues after the voice call ended. For Wi-Fi

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, the upgrade process runs concurrently with voice calls.

Once a configuration upgrade is downloaded to your radio, you can install new changes immediately or delay changes to be installed on the radio when it is being powered up.

Your radio can also be configured to allow you to accept or reject an upgrade.

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Responding to the Notification of Upgrade

1 The display shows Upgrade?

and two short, medium- pitched tones sounds every 30 seconds until the user makes a choice of accepting, delaying, or rejecting the request

2 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button below Acpt to accept the request to upgrade immediately.

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• Press the Menu Select button below Dlay to delay the request to upgrade.

• Press the Menu Select button below Rej to reject the request to upgrade.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• If you choose to accept, the display shows

Programming Dont power off to indicate the upgrade is about to begin. The radio resets to install the upgrade. In the case of configuration data upgrade, this process only takes a few seconds. In the case of firmware upgrade, the installation takes several minutes.

Note:

The radio cannot be used while the upgrade is being installed. Therefore, make sure to only accept the upgrade at a convenient time when immediate radio use is not required.

• If you choose to delay, a configuration data upgrade is installed automatically at the next power up. However, in the case of a firmware upgrade, the radio prompts Upgrade?

again at the next power up.

• If you choose to reject, the display shows Upg

Aborted . The radio continues to function with the current configuration until it gets reprogrammed.

Note:

If your radio has problems upgrading over-theair, consult a qualified technician for details.

Voice Announcement

This feature enables the radio to audibly indicate the current feature mode, zone or channel the user has just assigned. This audio indicator can be customized per customer requirements. This is typically useful when the user is in a difficult condition to read the content shown on the display.

Each voice announcement is within a limit of three seconds maximum. The sum duration of all different voice announcements in a radio shall be no more than 1000 seconds.

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

Check with your agent if Voice Announcement is available for the feature you need.

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The two options of priority for the Voice

Announcement available are:

High Enables the voice of the feature to announce even when the radio is receiving calls.

Low Disables the voice of the feature from announcing when the radio is receiving calls.

You hear a voice announcement when the features below are preprogrammed in the radio.

• The radio powers up. The radio announces the current zone and channel it is transmitting.

• Press the preprogrammed voice announcement button (which specifically programmed to playback the current zone and channel). The radio announces the current zone and channel it is transmitting.

Note:

Pressing this preprogrammed playback button enables the voice feature to announce in High priority.

All the three programmable buttons at the side of the radio support this feature.

• Change to a new zone. The radio announces the current zone and channel it is transmitting.

• Change to a new channel remaining within the current zone. The radio announces the current channel.

• Press either the Menu Select button or preprogrammed button or switch of the radio to launch or terminate Scan, PL Disabled,

Talkaround/Direct or Transmit Inhibit. The radio announces the corresponding feature activation or deactivation.

Site Selectable Alerts (ASTRO 25)

A Site Selectable Alert (SSA) is an Intelligent Lighting indicator together with audio alert sent to radios at a site or a few sites to notify the users when there is a special situation that they need to be aware of. Only authorized radios are enabled to send SSA.

Upon the activation of a SSA, the receiving radios display the alert alias and generate the periodic alert tone.

Note:

Alert alias, alert tone, and alert period can be preprogrammed. Alert period is the duration for the radio to repeat the alert tone. An interval of 5 seconds might impact the battery

life of the radio. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more details.

When mixing SSA with received voice audio, the SSA alert is reduced in volume to ensure that the voice message is still heard clearly.

Therefore, it is important that the SSA audio files are created with clear loud audio to ensure they can still be heard clearly when played at reduced levels.

Sending SSA Notification to Single Site

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or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Start Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to the desired Site Alias. Press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Alert screen.

5 or to select the desired Alert Alias and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

If the site is not available, the display shows <Site

Alias> not available .

If the site does not exist, the display shows <Site

Alias> does not exist .

6 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

If you are at the site designated to receive this alert, you can hear an alert tone repeated periodically. The display shows the <Alert Alias> with the intelligent lighting at Home screen.

Sending SSA Notification to Single Site Via Manual

Entry

1

or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

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The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Start Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to [SiteID Entry] to send alert via manual entry. Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

The display shows the Enter SiteID screen.

5 Key in the desired Site ID and press the Menu

Select button directly below Ok .

If a correct Site ID is entered, the display shows the Select Alert screen.

If a wrong Site ID is entered, the display shows

Invalid ID and prompts to enter the Site ID again.

6 or to select the desired Alert Alias and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

If the site is not available, the display shows <Site

ID> not available .

If the site does not exist, the display shows <Site

ID>does not exist .

7 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

If you are at the site designated to receive this alert, you can hear an alert tone repeated periodically. The display shows the <Alert Alias> with the intelligent lighting at Home screen.

Sending SSA Notification to All Sites

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or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Start Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to [All Sites] and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Alert screen.

5 or to select the desired Alert Alias and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

If one or more sites are not available, the display shows Not all sites available . Repeat 3 .

6 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

If you are at the site designated to receive this alert, you can hear an alert tone repeated periodically. The display shows the <Alert Alias> with the intelligent lighting at Home screen.

Sending SSA Notification to All Available Sites

1

or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Start Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to [All Avail] and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Alert screen.

5 or to select the desired Alert Alias and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

6 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

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If you are at the site designated to receive this alert, you can hear an alert tone repeated periodically. The display shows the <Alert Alias> with the intelligent lighting at Home screen.

Stopping SSA Notification of a Single Site

1

or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Stop Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to select the desired Site Alias and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

If the site is not available, the display shows <Site

Alias> not available .

If the site does not exist, the display shows <Site

Alias>does not exist .

5 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

The SSA Alert for the designated site stops.

Stopping SSA Notification of a Single Site Via Manual

Entry

1

or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Stop Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to [SiteID Entry] and press the Menu

Select button directly below Edit .

The display shows the Enter SiteID screen.

5 Key in the required Site ID and press the Menu

Select button directly below Send .

One of the following scenarios occur:

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• If a wrong Site ID is entered, the display shows

Invalid ID and prompts to enter the Site ID again.

• If a correct Site ID is entered, the display shows Sending req .

• If the request is successful, the display shows

Req successful .

• If the single site is not available, the display shows <Site ID> not available .

• If the single site does not exist, the display shows <Site ID> does not exist .

6 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

The SSA Alert for the designated site stops.

Stopping SSA Notification of All Sites

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or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Stop Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to [All Sites] and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

If one or more sites are not available, the display shows Not all sites available

. Repeat step 3 .

5 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

The SSA Alert for all sites stop.

Stopping SSA Notification of All Available Sites

1

or to SSA .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below SSA .

The display shows the Site Alert screen.

3 or to Stop Alert and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

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The display shows the Select Site screen.

4 or to [All Avail] and press the Menu Select button directly below Send .

The display shows Sending req .

If radio is out of range, roaming to a foreign system or in a failsoft situation, the display shows

Req failed .

If the request is successful, the display shows Req successful .

5 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

The SSA Alert for all available sites stop.

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Wi-Fi

This feature allows you to turn Wi-Fi ® on or off. Wi-Fi can be used for wireless programming of the radio with the Radio Management tool.

Note:

Wi-Fi Network Name (SSID) for the radio to connect to must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information

Turning Wi-Fi On or Off

The following methods are options on how to turn Wi-

Fi

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on or off. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turning Wi-Fi on or off via the preprogrammed button: a) To toggle the Wi-Fi on or off, press the preprogrammed Wi-Fi button.

This button must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

• Turning Wi-Fi on or off via the radio menu button: a) or to

WiFi and press the Menu Select button directly below WiFi .

• If the display shows WiFi Status being Off , press the Menu Select button directly below On .

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• If the display shows WiFi Status as Searching,

Connecting, Connected or No Service , press the

Menu Select button directly below Off to turn

Wi-Fi off.

Checking the Wi-Fi Configuration and Status of the

Radio

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Long press the preprogrammed Wi-Fi button.

or to WiFi and press the Menu Select button directly below WiFi .

The display shows the current status of the Wi-Fi ® as described next.

Searching Looking for available Wi-Fi networks that have been preprogrammed into the radio.

Connecting In the process of connecting to a found Wi-Fi network.

Connected Connected to one of the preprogrammed Wi-Fi networks.

No Service No available networks or connection with one of the networks failed.

If the radio is Wi-Fi connected, you see a Wi-Fi signal strength indicator, on the front display.

In addition, the WiFi menu shows Connected under the connection Status heading, what network you are connected to under the Network heading, and the signal strength to that network under the Sig

Strength heading.

2 Press to exit.

Utilities

Viewing Recent Calls

This feature allows you to view the recent incoming and outgoing call information of the following call types:

• Call Alert

• Selective Call

• Private Call

• Phone Call (Outgoing Only)

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• Emergency Call (Incoming Only)

Note:

The radio can also be preprogrammed to log only the radio IDs associated with incoming

Dispatch Calls. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

The following methods are options on how to view recent calls. The result of all the methods is the same.

You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Viewing recent calls via the preprogrammed

Recent Calls button: a) Press the preprogrammed Recent Calls button.

b) or to scroll through the list.

c) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit , press or the PTT button.

Viewing recent calls via the radio menu: a) or to

Rcnt .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Rcnt to access the Recent Calls feature screen.

c) or button.

to scroll through the list.

d) To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit , or the PTT

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive

Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Using the Flip Display

This feature allows you to flip the content of the top display upside down. It is particularly useful when you would like to read the top display while the radio is still in the carry holder attached to your belt.

To flip the display, press and hold the preprogrammed Light/Flip button

Selecting a Basic Zone Bank

The Basic Zone Select feature must to be preprogrammed to the 3-position A-B-C switch, while the Basic Zone Bank feature must be preprogrammed to any side button or Top (Orange) button before you can use this feature.

This feature allows twice as many zones to be accessed from a switch, doubling the amount of switch positions.

Use the preprogrammed Basic Zone Bank button to toggle the position between Bank 1 and Bank 2.

The top display shows the status icons ( A , B , C , D ,

E or F ) or the zone name based on the bank and switch position selected.

Note:

See the

Basic Zone Bank 1 and Basic

Zone Bank 2 icons for more information on

the status icons.

Selecting an Enhanced Zone Bank

This feature is created in order to allow users to communicate in more zones. An Enhanced Zone

Bank (EZB) consists of three zones. This also means each icon A , B , C , ... or Y consist of three zones. You can use the preprogrammed 3-position A-B-C switch to select the first, second or third zone in an EZB.

This feature allows user to navigate from up to 75 zones in 25 EZBs.

Note:

The Zone Select feature must to be preprogrammed to the 3-position A-B-C switch, while the Enhanced Zone Bank feature must be preprogrammed to any side button or

Top (Orange) button before you can use this feature.

1 Press the preprogrammed EZB Up or EZB Down button to scroll the EZB up or down or press and hold the preprogrammed EZB Up or EZB Down button to fast scroll the EZB up or down.

2 Turn the 3-Position A/B/C Switch to select the first, second or third zone in the selected EZB.

Selecting the Power Level

Note:

This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

This feature enables you to reduce the transmit power level for specific case that requires a lower power level. You can select the power level at which your radio transmits. The radio always turns on to the default setting. These reduced transmit power level settings do not affect the receiving performance of

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Power level Low enables a shorter transmitting distance and to conserve power. Power level High enables a longer transmitting distance.

The following methods are options on how to select the power level. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Selecting the Power Level via the Transmit

Power Level switch: a) Use the preprogrammed Transmit Power

Level switch to toggle the power level between low and high power.

• Selecting the Power Level via the radio menu: a) or to

Pwr .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Pwr .

The display shows Low power and the low power icon or the display shows High power and the high power icon.

Selecting a Radio Profile

This feature allows you to manually switch the visual and audio settings of the radio. The display, backlight, alert tones, and audio settings are defined according to the preprogrammed radio settings of each radio profile.

Please refer to a qualified technician for more information.

Note:

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

The following methods are options on how to select a radio profile. The result of all the methods is the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Selecting a radio profile via the preprogrammed

Profile button: a) Press the preprogrammed Profile button.

b) or to scroll through the menu selections.

c) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel to select the required radio profile, or press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the screen without making any changes.

The radio returns to the Home screen. The profile name on the Home screen indicates the current selected radio profile.

• Selecting a radio profile via the radio menu: a) or to

Prfl and press the Menu Select button directly below Prfl to access the Profiles feature screen.

b) or to scroll through the menu selections.

c) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Sel to select the required radio profile, or press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the screen without making any changes.

The radio returns to the Home screen. The profile name on the Home screen indicates the current selected radio profile.

Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias

This feature allows you to display or hide the radio alias (name).

Press the Menu Select button directly below

MyID .

The display shows momentary Radio ID off , and the radio alias disappears from the Home screen or the display shows momentary Radio ID on , and the radio alias appears on the Home screen.

Controlling the Display Backlight

You can enable or disable the radio’s display backlight as needed, if poor light conditions make the display or keypad difficult to read.

Depending on how your radio is preprogrammed, you can also maintain a minimum backlight level on the radio's front display.

Note:

The backlight setting also affects the Menu

Select buttons, the Navigation button and the

keypad backlighting accordingly.

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The backlight remains on for a preprogrammed time before it automatically turns off completely or returns to the minimum backlight level.

Perform one of the following actions:

• To toggle the backlight on or off, press the preprogrammed Light/Flip button.

• To turn the backlight on, press any key of the

keypad, the Menu Select or Navigation button, or any programmable radio controls or buttons.

Turning the Controls and Keypad Buttons Tones On or

Off

You can enable and disable the tones of Navigation buttons, controls and keypad if needed.

Turning the tones on or off via the preprogrammed

Mute button: a) To turn the tones off or on, press the preprogrammed Mute button.

Locking and Unlocking the Keypad and Controls

You can lock the keypad, programmable buttons, rotary knobs, and switches of your radio to avoid inadvertent entry. Check with your dealer or qualified technician for best selection to suit your usage.

1 Toggle the preprogrammed Keypad/Control Lock button or switch to on.

The display shows Kypd/Ctrl Lock .

2 Toggle again to unlock the controls.

• Turning the tones on or off via the radio menu: a) or to

Mute .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

Mute .

The display shows momentary Tones off , indicating that the tones are disabled or the display shows momentary Tones on , and you hear a short tone indicating that the tones are enabled.

Turning Voice Mute On or Off

You can enable and disable voice transmission, if needed.

The following methods are options on how to turn

Voice Mute on or off. The result of all the methods is

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the same. You can use the options interchangeably depending on your preference and the programmed functions.

• Turning Voice Mute off or on via the preprogrammed Voice Mute button: a) To turn the feature off or on, press the preprogrammed Voice Mute button.

• Turning Voice Mute on or off via the radio menu: a) or to

VMut .

b) Press the Menu Select button directly below

VMut .

The display shows momentary Voice mute off , and you hear a short tone, indicating that the feature is disabled or the display shows momentary Voice mute on , and you hear a short tone, indicating that the feature is enabled.

Using the Time-Out Timer

This feature turns off the transmitter of your radio.

You cannot transmit longer than the preset timer setting.

If you attempt to do so, the radio automatically stops your transmission, and you hear a talk-prohibit tone.

The timer is defaulted at 60 seconds, but it can be preprogrammed from 3 to 120 seconds, in 15-second intervals, or it can be disabled entirely for each radio mode, by a qualified radio technician.

Note:

You hear a brief, low-pitched, warning tone four seconds before the transmission times out.

1 Hold down the PTT button longer than the preprogrammed time.

You hear a short, low-pitched warning tone, the transmission is cut-off, and the LED goes out until you release the PTT button.

2 Release the PTT button.

The timer resets.

3 To re-transmit, press the PTT button.

The time-out timer restarts and the LED lights up solid red.

Time and Date Setup

You can set the time and date for your radio.

Settings:

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• The default time setting is a 12-hour clock. The display shows 12:00AM .

• The AM/PM selection is not available for the 24hour clock setting.

• The default setting for the domestic date shows

MDY .

Note:

Check with your dealer or system administrator for additional programmable settings for this feature.

Editing the Time and Date

1

or to Clck .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Clck .

The display shows the current setting of the radio.

3 Press the Menu Select button directly below Edit .

The first item blinks.

4 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to change the selected item.

or one or more times to move to an item you wish to change. or to change the selected item.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Exit to exit the screen without making any changes and return to the Home screen.

5 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Ok once you have finished to save your changes and return to the Home screen.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to discard all changes and return to the

Home screen.

Press at any time to return to the Home screen without saving your changes.

Note:

If a call arrives while the radio is in the clock-setting menu, the radio exits clock setting and displays the call information.

Any changes made before the call is not saved.

Using Conventional Squelch Operation Features

This feature filters out unwanted calls with low signal strength or channels that have a higher than normal background noise.

Analog Options

Tone Private Line (PL), Digital Private-Line (DPL), and carrier squelch can be available

(preprogrammed) per channel.

Mode

Carrier squelch (C)

PL or DPL

Result

You hear all traffic on a channel.

The radio responds only to your messages.

Digital Options

One or more of the following options may be preprogrammed in your radio. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Option

Digital Carrier-Operated

Squelch (COS)

Normal Squelch

Result

You hear any digital traffic.

You hear any digital traffic having the correct network access code.

Option

Selective Switch

Result

You hear any digital traffic having the correct network access code and correct talkgroup.

Using the PL Defeat Feature

This feature allows you to override any coded squelch

(DPL or PL) that might be preprogrammed to a channel. The radio also unmutes to any digital activity on a digital channel.

Place the preprogrammed PL Defeat switch in the

PL Defeat position.

One of the following scenarios occurs:

• You hear any activity on the channel.

• The radio is muted if no activity is present.

Note:

When this feature is active, the Carrier

Squelch status indicator is displayed.

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transmission. This ID, consisting up to a maximum of eight characters, can be viewed by both the receiving radio and the dispatcher.

The ID number of your radio is also automatically sent every time the PTT button is pressed. This is a perchannel feature. For digital voice transmissions, the

ID of your radio is sent continuously during the voice message.

Smart PTT Feature (Conventional Only)

Smart PTT is a per-personality, programmable feature used in conventional radio systems to keep radio users from talking over other radio conversations.

When smart PTT is enabled in your radio, you cannot transmit on an active channel.

If you try to transmit on an active smart-PTT channel, you hear an alert tone, and the transmission is inhibited. The LED lights up solid yellow to indicate that the channel is busy.

The following table shows the variations of smart

PTT:

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Mode

Transmit Inhibit on Busy Channel with Carrier

Description

You cannot transmit if any traffic is detected on the channel.

Transmit Inhibit on Busy Channel with Wrong

Squelch Code

You cannot transmit on an active channel with a squelch code or (if secure-equipped) encryption key other than your own. If the PL code is the same as yours, the transmission is not prevented.

Quick-Key Override

Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use Quick-

Key Override. This feature can work in conjunction with either of the two above variations. You can override the transmit-inhibit state by quick-keying the radio. In other words, two PTT button presses within the preprogrammed time limit.

Transmit Inhibit

This feature is available for APCO 25 trunking, Type II trunking and Conventional operations for all APX radios.

When Transmit Inhibit feature is enabled, the radio stops all transmission including voice and data. The radio could receive messages but not replying the acknowledgement request of the received message.

User could physically control the transmission of the radio especially during operation in hazardous environments with this feature. An environment is considered hazardous when the power emitted by the radio power amplifier could initiate an explosion or other dangerous reactions.

When the Transmit Inhibit feature is disabled, the radio functions according to its normal operations.

The radio sounds alert tone when user enters or exits this feature and also when PTT is pressed.

Note:

Acknowledgement of any messages required from the radio is not transmitted if the Transmit

Inhibition is enabled.

Enabling Transmit Inhibition

Perform one of the following actions:

• Switch the preprogrammed Transmit Inhibit switch to Transmit Inhibit enabled.

or to TxIn below TxIn .

. Press the Menu Select button

• Press the Transmit Inhibit programmable button.

Note:

If the user has disabled TX Inhibit via the menu and then moves the switch to the position where TX Inhibit is enabled, the new value overwrites the menu value.

The display shows Tx inhibit on . You hear a sequence of short, low high tones to indicate transmission is inhibited.

Pressing PTT triggers the radio sounds a constant short, low pitched tone (reject tone).

Note:

The status of the Transmit Inhibit does not change after the radio powers up.

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Disabling Transmit Inhibition

Perform one of the following actions:

• Switch the preprogrammed Transmit Inhibit switch to Transmit Inhibit disabled position.

or to TxIn below TxIn .

. Press the Menu Select button

• Press the Transmit Inhibit programmable button.

Note:

If the user has disabled TX Inhibit via the softkey and then moves the switch to the position where TX Inhibit is enabled, the new value overwrites the menu value.

The display shows Tx inhibit off . You hear a sequence of short, high low tone (Transmit Inhibit

Off tone) to indicate transmission is back to normal operation.

IMPRES Battery Annunciator

This feature displays the current capacity and charges cycles of your battery when an IMPRES ™

Battery is powering your radio. This feature must be enabled in your radio to see the information.

The information shown are:

Charge

Percentage

Remaining

Capacity

Estimated

Charges

Percentage of current battery capacity.

Remaining power of the battery in mAh.

Number of charges cycles the battery has gone through.

Accessing the Battery Info screen

1

or to Batt .

2 Press the Menu Select button directly below

The display shows the details of the battery.

3 To return to the Home screen, press the Menu

Select button directly below Exit .

General Radio Information

Your radio contains information on the following:

• Radio Information

• IP Display

• Control Assignments

• Soft ID (If enabled)

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Note:

The radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature inactivity timer is enabled, when the radio is left idle and the timer expires. You hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Accessing the Radio Information

This feature displays the following radio information:

• Host Version

• Secure Version

• Model Number

• ESN

• Flash Code

• Tuning Version

• Option Board Type (optional)

• Option Board Bluetooth Address (optional)

• Expansion Board Type (optional)

• DSP Version

• KG (Secure Algorithm)

• Serial Number

• Flash Size & Type

• RF Band(s)

• Processor Version

• Option Board Serial Number (optional)

• Option Board Software Version (optional)

• Language Pack ID and Version (only when the language of the display is set to non-English)

Note:

To return to the Home screen, press at any time.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Info button.

or to Info and press the Menu Select button directly below Info .

2 or to Radio Info and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Information screen.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the various information.

• To return to the previous screen, press the

Menu Select button directly below Back .

Press to return to the Home screen .

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Viewing the IP Information

This feature displays the device name, IP address, and status of your radio.

Note:

The device name of your radio is preprogrammed. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Info button.

or to Info and press the Menu Select button directly below Info .

2 or to IP Info and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the IP Info screen.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the various information.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back to return to the previous screen.

Press to return to the Home screen.

Viewing the Control Assignments

This feature displays the programmable radio functions assigned to the controls of your radio for the currently selected channel.

See Programmable Features

on page 29 for more information on the various programmable features of your radio.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Info button.

or to Info and press the Menu Select button directly below Info .

2 or to Control map and press the Menu

Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the Control Map screen.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• or to scroll through the various information.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back to return to the previous screen.

Press to return to the Home screen.

Editing the Soft ID

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

This feature allows you to change your username.

1 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the preprogrammed Info button.

or to Info and press the Menu Select button directly below Info .

2 or to Soft ID and press the Menu Select button directly below Sel .

The display shows the current Soft ID.

3 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Edit to edit the current Soft ID.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Back to return to the previous screen.

A blinking cursor appears in the Edit Soft ID screen.

4 Use the keypad to edit the text.

5 Perform one of the following actions:

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Ok to save the new Soft ID and return to the previous screen.

• Press the Menu Select button directly below

Cncl to return to the previous screen.

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