Motorola PM400 User Manual

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PM400

Commercial Series

Two-Way Radio User Guide

Manuel de l'utilisateur

de la radio bidirectionnelle

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

COPYRIGHTS

The Motorola products described in this manual may include copyrighted Motorola computer programs stored in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for Motorola certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer programs including, but not limited to, the exclusive right to copy or reproduce in any form the copyrighted computer program. Accordingly, any copyrighted Motorola computer programs contained in the Motorola products described in this manual may not be copied, reproduced, modified, reverse-engineered, or distributed in any manner without the express written permission of Motorola. Furthermore, the purchase of Motorola products shall not be deemed to grant either directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license under the copyrights, patents or patent applications of Motorola, except for the normal non-exclusive license to use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a product.

CONTENTS

Computer Software Copyrights . . . inside cover

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Product Safety and RF Exposure

Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Conventional Radio Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Trunked Radio Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 LTR Trunked Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 PM400 Radio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Radio-Wide Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 LTR Trunked Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Conventional Signaling Features . . . . . . . 8

Radio Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LED Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Optional Enhanced Keypad Microphone

(RMN5029) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Menu Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Menu Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Menu Scroll Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Navigate the Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Turn the Radio On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Adjust the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Select an LTR Channel/Talkgroup . . . . . . . .22 Select a Conventional Channel . . . . . . . . . .22 Receive a Conventional or LTR Call. . . . . . .22 Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Silent Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Open Squelch Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 Transmit an LTR Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Transmit a Conventional Call . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Repeater or Talkaround Mode . . . . . . . . . . .25 Revert Memory Channel (1 & 2). . . . . . . . . .25 Store Memory Channel (1 & 2). . . . . . . . . . .25 Home Revert AutoKey (1 & 2) . . . . . . . . . . .26 Set Local or Distance Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 VOX Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Program PL/DPL Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Radio Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Selective Radio Inhibit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 Receive a Selective Call

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . .29 Send a Selective Call

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . .30 Receive a Call Alert™ Page

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . .30

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Send a Call Alert Page

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . .31 Repeater Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Radio Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Emergency Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Send an Emergency Alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Clear an Emergency Alert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Talkback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Start System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Stop System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Start Auto Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Stop Auto Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 Delete a Nuisance Channel/Talkgroup. . . . .35

Restore Channels/Talkgroups to the

Scan List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Edit a Scan List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Add or Delete Channels/Talkgroups in a

Scan List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Prioritize a Channel/Talkgroup in a Scan

List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Phone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Receive a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Make a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Edit the Phone List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Add an Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Delete an Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Edit an Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Edit Access/Deaccess Codes . . . . . . . . . 47

Tone Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Tones On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Keypad On/Off Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Call Tone Tagging (Conventional

Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Escalert (Conventional

Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

User Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Set Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Set Power Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Option Board On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Set the Backlight Intensity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Display the Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Alarm and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

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Cables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Control Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Data - CES Wireless Technologies. . . . . . . 66

Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Public Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

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SAFETY

PRODUCT SAFETY AND RF EXPOSURE COMPLIANCE

!

C a u t i o n

Before using this product, read the operating instructions for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio.

ATTENTION!

This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy FCC RF energy exposure requirements. Before using this product, read the RF energy awareness information and operating instructions in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio (Motorola Publication part number 68P81095C99) to ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas, batteries, and other accessories, visit the following web site which lists approved accessories: http://www.motorola.com/cgiss/ index.shtml.

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INTRODUCTION

Your PM400™ radio can operate on both LTR® trunked and conventional radio systems. This radio combines the very latest in two-way technology while delivering outstanding functionality at the touch of a button.

CONVENTIONAL RADIO SYSTEMS

Conventional typically refers to radio-to-radio communications through a single channel. Conventional systems also allow radio users to extend communication coverage by relaying their messages through a repeater. To ensure coordinated use by multiple users, each radio user must monitor the channel or repeater before transmitting to verify that the system is not currently busy.

TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEMS

A trunked radio system allows a large number of users to share a relatively small number of frequencies or repeaters without interfering with each other. The airtime of all the repeaters in a trunked system is pooled, which maximizes the amount of airtime available to

any one radio and minimizes channel/ talkgroup congestion.

Some of the benefits of trunked two-way radio systems are:

No channel/talkgroup monitoring required prior to transmission

Improved system access

Automatic channel/talkgroup selection

Increased privacy among members of the same group

LTR Trunked Systems

LTR (Logic Trunked Radio) is a transmissionbased trunking protocol developed by the E. F. Johnson Company for primarily single-site trunking applications. In transmission trunking, a repeater is used for only the duration of a single transmission. Once a transmission is completed, that repeater becomes available to other users. This means that a conversation comprised of many transmissions may occur over several different channels/talkgroups within the LTR system. This method of trunking provides system efficiency by making repeaters available to all users after every transmission.

When an LTR trunked radio user wants to communicate with another radio, the user’s

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radio sends a “channel/talkgroup request” to the home repeater. The system then sends back a “channel/talkgroup grant” to the user’s radio. The channel/talkgroup grant message contains the number of a “go to” repeater to tell the radio which repeater to use. This “go to” repeater can be the same as the radio’s home repeater or another repeater in the system.

The radio uses the “go to” repeater for transmission. Once the transmission has ended, this repeater is available for other users.

PM400 RADIO FEATURES

Radio-Wide Features

64 Conventional Channels

Up to 10 Sites and 100 Talkgroups

Up to 20 Repeaters per Site

8-Character Alphanumeric Display

4 Programmable Feature Buttons

2 Memory Channels

Telephone Interconnect

User-programmable Phone, Scan, and TPL/ DPL Lists

Option Board Expandability

Busy Channel Lockout

High/Low Power Settings

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Transmit Time-Out Timer

Monitor and Sticky Permanent Monitor

System Scan with 2 Priority Levels and Revert Scan

Companding Mode

Group Data Receive

LTR Trunked Features

MDC 1200 Signaling

-

Selective Radio

-

DOS

 

Inhibit Decode

-

LTR Data Revert

-

Radio Check

 

Mode

 

Decode

-

Universal ID

-

MDC Pre-Time

 

Receive

-

PTT ID Encode/

 

 

 

Decode

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conventional Signaling Features

MDC 1200 Signaling

-

Emergency Alert

- PTT ID Encode/

 

Encode

Decode

-

Selective Radio

 

 

Inhibit Decode

 

 

 

 

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• Quik-Call II Signaling

 

-

Call Alert

-

Radio Call List

 

 

Encode/Decode

-

Call Tone

 

-

Selective Call

 

Tagging

 

 

Encode/Decode

 

 

 

 

 

 

• DTMF Signaling

 

 

 

-

DTMF PTT ID

-

DTMF

 

 

Encode

 

Selective Call

 

-

DTMF Call Alert

 

Encode

 

 

Encode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Motorola PM400 User Manual

RADIO OVERVIEW

 

Push-To-Talk

 

(PTT) Button

Channel Selector/

 

Menu Scroll Buttons

Red/Yellow/Green

 

 

LED Indicators

On/Off/Volume

Speaker

Knob

Display

 

 

PERS4

 

 

 

 

PM400

 

 

P1

P2

P3

P4

Microphone

Menu Buttons

Programmable Buttons

Jack

(P1, P2)

 

(P1, P2, P3, P4)

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LED INDICATORS

Indicates power up, transmit, receive, scan, monitor status, channel/talkgroup busy, Call Alert™ receive/transmit, and Selective Call receive/transmit.

 

LED State/Color

Indication

 

Radio Call

 

 

Red

Transmitting

 

 

 

 

Flashing Red

Receiving

 

 

 

 

Flashing Red

Channel/Talkgroup Busy

 

 

 

 

Scan

 

 

Flashing Green

Scanning for activity

 

 

 

 

Call Alert

 

 

Flashing Yellow

Indicates receiving a Call Alert

 

 

 

 

Yellow

Indicates sending a Call Alert

 

 

 

 

Selective Call

 

 

Flashing Yellow

Indicates receiving a Selective

 

 

Call

 

 

 

 

Yellow

Indicates sending a Selective

 

 

Call

 

 

 

 

Sticky Monitor/Open

Squelch

 

 

 

 

Yellow

While monitoring

 

 

 

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DISPLAY

PERS4

The top row displays menu and radio status information:

Symbol

Indication

 

 

I

The more bars, the stronger

 

the signal being received by

Signal Strength

your radio.

 

 

B

Low Power “ R” or High

Power Level

Power “ S” is activated.

 

 

 

C

The selected channel is being

Monitor

monitored.

 

 

 

D

Phone mode is selected.

Phone

 

 

 

G

Indicates that the Scan

Scan

feature has been activated.

 

 

 

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Symbol

Indication

 

 

H

Indicates scan has stopped

Priority 1 Scan

and landed on an active

Priority 1 channel/talkgroup.

( flashing)

 

H

Indicates scan has stopped

Priority 2 Scan

and landed on an active

Priority 2 channel/talkgroup.

( steady)

 

 

 

J

You are not transmitting

Talkaround

through a repeater

 

 

 

F

A Selective Call or Call Alert

Call Received

has been received.

 

 

 

B

Not Used

 

 

E

An Emergency Alarm is being

Emergency

sent.

 

 

 

A

An Option Board has been

Option Board

activated.

 

 

 

OPTIONAL ENHANCED KEYPAD MICROPHONE (RMN5029)

Your radio may be ordered with an optional DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency) microphone that has a direct entry keypad. This keypad microphone has three programmable buttons (A, B, C) below the keypad that can be programmed to conveniently activate select radio features.

Microphone

DTMF

Keypad

Push-to-Talk (PTT) button

Programmable

Buttons

(A, B, C)

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The keypad is used for:

Dialing a phone number.

Entering information when programming phone lists.

Directly accessing preprogrammed features (see page 17).

Each key can generate several different characters. For example, to enter the character “C,” press the 2button three times. (Refer to the Entering Characters Using the DTMF Microphone Keypad table.)

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Entering Characters Using the DTMF

Microphone Keypad

Number of Times Button is Pressed

Button

1

2

3

4

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

/

\

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

A

B

C

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

D

E

F

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

G

H

I

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

J

K

L

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

M

N

O

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

P

Q

R

S

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

T

U

V

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

W

X

Y

Z

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

*

<

>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

#

+

-

_

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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INDICATOR TONES

High pitched tone Low pitched tone

Self Test Pass Tone

Self Test Fail Tone

Positive Indicator Tone

Negative Indicator Tone

Good Key Press

Bad Key Press

Some programmable buttons use tones to indicate one of two modes:

Programmable

Positive

Negative

Buttons

Indicator Tone

Indicator Tone

Scan

Start

Stop

Power Level

High

Low

 

 

 

Squelch

Tight

Normal

Repeater/

Does not use

Uses repeater

Talkaround

repeater

 

 

 

 

VOX

Enabled

Disabled

Local/Distance

Local

Distance

Sticky Monitor/

Enabled

Open Squelch

 

 

Revert Memory

Enabled

Channel (1&2)

 

 

 

 

 

Store Memory

Stored

Channel (1&2)

 

 

Home Revert

Enabled

AutoKey (1&2)

 

 

Menu Mode

Accessed

D

 

 

 

 

 

Radio Call

Enabled

 

 

 

Scan List Edit

Enabled

Speed Dial

Enabled

 

 

 

 

 

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Programmable

Positive

Negative

Buttons

Indicator Tone

Indicator Tone

 

 

 

Phone Mode

Enabled

Option Board

Enabled

Disabled

Escalert

Enabled

Disabled

 

 

 

PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS

Your radio has four programmable buttons. Your dealer/programmer can program these buttons as shortcuts to various radio features.

Check with your dealer/programmer for a complete list of functions your radio supports.

Programmable buttons include:

The four front buttons (C, D, E, and F).

The three buttons (A, B, and C) of the optional DTMF microphone.

Some buttons can access up to two features, depending on the type of button press:

Short Press — quickly pressing and releasing the programmable buttons,

or

Long Press — pressing and holding the programmable buttons for a preprogrammed period of time,

or

Hold Down — pressing and holding down the programmable buttons while checking status or making adjustments.

The table on page 17 summarizes the programmable features available and shows the page number where the feature is explained.

In the “Button” column, have your dealer/ programmer record the name of the programmable button next to the feature that has been programmed to it.

The dealer/programmer can use the abbreviations (P1, P2, P3, or P4) shown in the radio illustration on page 11.

Also, where appropriate, have your dealer/ programmer indicate whether the button press requires a short press, a long press, or needs to be held down.

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Programmable Features

Function

Indicator

Short Press

Long Press

Hold Down

Page

Button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu Mode

Dbutton enters Menu

Mode and selects

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D

 

 

menu options. Cbutton is automatically re-

 

 

 

 

 

assigned to exit Menu Mode.

 

 

 

Volume Set

Sounds a tone

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for adjusting

 

 

 

 

 

 

your radio’s

 

 

 

 

 

 

volume level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitor

 

Toggle silent monitor

Turn on open squelch

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operation (also turn off

monitor.

 

 

 

 

C

open squelch monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

when it has been acti-

 

 

 

 

 

 

vated).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repeater/

J

Toggle between using a

repeater or transmitting

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Talkaround

 

directly to another radio.

 

 

 

Revert

Provides direct channel/talkgroup access.

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Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel (1&2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Store Memory

 

Stores current

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Channel (1&2)

 

 

channel/talkgroup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Revert

If a Revert Memory Channel is an LTR talkgroup,

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AutoKey (1&2)

 

the radio keys-up and transmits an MDC PTT ID.

 

 

 

 

 

If a Revert Memory Channel is a conventional

 

 

 

 

 

channel, it does not key-up.

 

 

 

This function is activated by EITHER a short OR a long press, but not both.

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Programmable Features (Continued)

Function

Indicator

Short Press

 

Long Press

Hold Down

Page Button

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local/Distance

Toggle between local mode and distance mode.

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Voice Oper-

Toggle VOX on and off.

 

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ated Transmis-

 

 

 

 

 

 

sion (VOX)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Radio Call

Directly access the radio call menu.

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Scan/

G

Toggle scan on and off.

 

Delete a nuisance chan-

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Nuisance

 

 

 

nel/talkgroup while scan-

 

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Channel/

 

 

 

ning.

 

 

Talkgroup

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edit Scan List

Directly access the Scan

Edit menu to add,

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delete, or prioritize channels/talkgroups.

 

 

Phone

D

Directly access Phone mode.

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Speed Dial

D

Directly Access Phone mode to quickly access

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phone list for speed dial.

 

 

Escalert On/Off

Toggles escalert on and off.

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Squelch

Toggles squelch level between tight and normal

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squelch.

 

 

 

Power Level

B

Toggle transmit power level between High and

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Low.

 

 

 

Option Board

A

Toggle the option board on and off.

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This function is activated by EITHER a short OR a long press, but not both.

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MENU BUTTONS

Menu Button

If preprogrammed by your dealer/programmer, the two front buttons (Cand D) can be used, in conjunction with other programmable features, to access and select menu options (D); and exit menu mode (C).

The Dbutton can be preprogrammed by your dealer/programmer to either a short or long press to access the Menu Mode.

Menu Scroll Buttons

Used to scroll while in Menu Mode.

Refer to the menu navigation chart for menu selectable features at the back of

this manual.

Navigate the Menu

Gor Hto scroll through the menu options. If you scroll past the last option, the selection wraps around and starts again.

When you reach the required option, a short press of the Dbutton selects that option and enters the Sub-menu.

Gor Hto scroll through the sub-menu options. Select the option with a short press of the Dbutton.

Exit the Menu

While in Menu Mode, the Cbutton is automatically assigned to completely exit the Menu Mode by a long press or by a series of short presses to exit from a sub-level of the menu hierarchy.

The radio also exits the menu mode if there have been no inputs via the navigation buttons for the “Inactivity Time” or after a selection has been made.

Once you have exited Menu Mode, the C and Dbuttons return to normal programmable condition.

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GETTING STARTED

TURN THE RADIO ON OR OFF

On/Off/Volume

Control Knob

PERS

ADJUST THE VOLUME

Turn the On/Off/Volume Control knob clockwise to increase the volume, or counterclockwise to decrease the volume.

– or –

Note: Your dealer/programmer can preprogram one of the programmable buttons to Volume Set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Hold down the Volume Set button (see

 

 

 

 

ON

OFF

 

page 17).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• You will hear a continuous tone.

Rotate the On/Off/

Rotate the On/Off/

Volume Control knob

Volume Control knob

 

2 Turn the On/Off/Volume Control knob to

clockwise. If power-up

counterclockwise until

 

is successful, you will

you hear a click and

 

the desired volume level.

hear the Self-Test Pass

both the display and

 

 

 

3 Release the Volume Set button.

Tone (

 

 

 

 

) and

LED indicators turn off.

 

 

 

see the green LED

 

 

 

 

 

 

indicator and display

 

 

 

icons light momentarily.

 

 

 

If the radio fails to

 

 

 

power up, you will hear

 

 

 

the Self Test Fail Tone

 

 

 

(

 

 

 

 

). The radio

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will need to be returned

 

 

 

for re-programming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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