Ericsson LBI-38377E User Manual
Operator’ s Manual
M-PA SERIES
PORTABLE RADIO
LBI-38377E
NOTICE!
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Copyright © January 1990, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT.)
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
UNIVERSAL DEVICE CONNECTOR . . . . 14
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
OPERAT ION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
POWER-UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MODE/CHANNEL/CG SELECTION . . 16
RECEIVING A MESSAGE . . . . . . . 17
TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE . . . . . 18
EMERGENCY OPERATION . . . . . . 18
SCANNING CHANNELS . . . . . . . . 19
TELEPHONE INTERCONNECT
CALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
"KEY LOCK" MENU . . . . . . . . . . 24
"ALERT" MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES . . . . . . 25
OPERATING TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
OPERATING RULES AND
REGULATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
BATTERY PACKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK . . . 28
REMOVING THE BATTERY PACK . . . 29
CHARGING THE BATTERY PACKS . . 29
RECHARGEABLE BATTERY PACK
DISPOSAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SWIVEL MOUNT REMOVAL AND
REPLACEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
INTRINSICALLY SAFE USAGE . . . . . . . 31
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY
WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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PRODUCT SPECIFICATION FOR
CE MARKED EQUIPMENT
The M-PA Portable conforms to the following
Product Specifications.
EUROPEAN STANDARDS:
Safety: Not Applicable
EMC: prETS 300 279 (August 1995)
TTD: Not Applicable
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
At this time, the M-PA portable radio may not be
operated while in a vehicular charger in the European
Community since it has not been evaluated for operation in this mode.
This M-PA por table radio may be used in both
trunked and conventional applications.
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INTRODUCTION
CONTROLS
This manual describes the operation of the
M-PA
two-wa y FM Select, Scan, and System model
portable radios.
Operating controls on the radio include a rotatable control knob, rotatable volume control, a 4button keypad (Scan model) or 16-button keypad
(System model), push-to-talk, emergency and monitor buttons. The on/off power switch for the unit is
located on the removable battery pack.
The 8-digit alphanumeric liquid crystal display
(LCD) on the front of the radio displays the operating
status of the radio. This backlit display also has
status flags for indicating the various operating conditions such as transmitter on, scanning, or emergency mode enabled.
The exact operation of your radio will var y depending upon the mode of operation, the radio’s
programming, and the particular radio system. Consult your radio system’s representative for particular
features that are programmed into your radio.
ON/OFF SWITCH
The ON/OFF SWITCH is located on the battery
pack. Sliding this switch up will supply power to the
radio from the battery pack. An audible click will be
heard and the "ON" indicator will be exposed. When
the radio is turned on, it will perform a power-up self
test and then resume operation on the previous
operating channel as displayed in the LCD. Sliding
the switch down will turn the radio off.
VOLUME CONTROL KNOB
The VOLUME CONTROL KNOB is a rotatable
control on the top of the radio used to adjust the
receiver’s audio level in the speaker. Rotating this
knob in a clockwise direction will increase the audio
level. Counter-clockwise rotation will decrease the
audio level. Minimum le vels ma y be programmed into
the radio to prevent missed calls due to too low of a
volume setting.
CONTROL KNOB
The rotatable 16-position CONTROL KNOB located on the top of the radio is programmed to select
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the operating channel, mode, or specific Channel
Guard encode/decode tones. See MODE/CHAN-
NEL/CG SELECTION for details. A stop plate may
be installed under the knob to limit the maximum
number of positions to less than sixteen (16). It is
normally factory installed for fifteen (15) positions.
Some radios may be programmed with this knob
disabled.
PTT BUTTON
Pressing the PTT BUTTON on the side of the
radio will enable the radio’s transmitter. The "TX"
status flag in the display will turn on when the radio
is transmitting. Releasing the PTT BUTTON will return operation to receive mode.
MONITOR BUTTON
The MONITOR BUTTON is used to unsquelch
the receiver. Momentarily pressing this button will
disable squelch and the receiver noise will be heard
in the speaker.
If programmed enabled for the selected channel,
Channel Guard (CG) and/or Type 99 (T99) signalling
will be enabled when the channel is selected. If CG
and/or T99 are enabled, the appropriate status flag
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"CG" and/or "T99" will turn on. The MONIT OR BUTTON may then be used to toggle CG and/or T99
between disabled and enabled b y pressing and holding it for at least one (1) second; the appropriate
status flag will toggle on or off. The M ONIT OR B UTTON is also used to reset T99 operation after a call
is received.
EMERGENCY BUTTON
The EMERGENCY BUTTON is the small red
button located on top of the radio near the antenna.
If this button is programmed for emergency operation, pressing it for at least one (1) second will cause
the radio to transmit GE-STAR emergency signalling.
The "EMG" status flag will turn on. GE-STAR is
transmitted according to one of several diff er ent programmable methods. See EMERGENCY OPERA-
TION for details.
This button may also be programmed as an home
mode button. If programmed in this manner , pressing
it will switch operation to the programmed home
mode.
Figure 1 - M-PA Personal Radio
Figure 2 - M-PA Radio (Top View)
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SIDE VIEW FRONT VIEW
Figure 3 - M-PA Scan Model Radio
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MENU BUTTON (Scan Model)
Pressing the MENU button causes the radio to
scroll through up to six (6) different menus programmed into the radio. After the desired menu is
displayed, the feature within the menu is selected
with the SEL button. The menus that may be programmed are:
Menu Display Function Or Use
"CHANNEL" The MENU and SEL buttons are
programmed for channel selection. When this display appears,
select the desired channel with
the SEL button and then press
EXIT.
"MODE" The MENU and SEL buttons are
programmed for mode selection.
When this display appears, select the desired mode by pressing the SEL button and then
press EXIT.
"PHONE" Allows selection of one (1) of the
ten (10) programmed telephone
numbers for automatic dialling.
"KEY LOCK" Allows the keypad buttons to be
locked or unlocked.
"SCAN A/D" Allows channels to be added to
or deleted from the scan list for
the current mode. The priorityone channel and the priority-two
channel are also set within this
menu.
"ALERT" Allows the alert tones to be dis-
abled or enabled.
Figure 4 - M-PA Scan Model Keypad
SELECT BUTTON
Selecting different features within each menu is
accomplished with the SEL button. First, the menu
mode must be enabled and the desired menu must
be chosen by pressing and releasing the MENU
button until the desired menu appears in the display.
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After the menu is chosen, the desired function or
feature is selected by pressing the SEL button. For
example, to disab le the alert tones, press MENU until
"ALERT" is display ed then press SEL to select "DISABLED". Next press the EXIT button.
EXIT BUTTON
Pressing the EXIT button will cause the radio to
exit the current menu displa y and return operation to
the channel currently selected. If the menu mode is
not enabled when the button is pressed, pressing this
button will turn the display and keypad backlighting
on for thirty (30) seconds if the backlight is programmed on.
SCAN BUTTON
Pressing the SCAN button on the keypad will
toggle scan operation on and off. When the radio is
scanning, the "SCN" status flag in the display will
show and all channels on the scan list will be
scanned. See SCANNING CHANNELS for additional details.
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MENU BUTTON (System Model)
Pressing the MENU button causes the radio to
scroll through up to seven (7) different menus programmed into the radio. After the desired menu is
displayed, the feature within the menu is selected
with the SEL button. The menus that may be programmed are:
Menu Display Function Or Use
"CHANNEL" The MENU and SEL buttons are
programmed for channel selection. When this display appears,
select the desired channel with
the SEL button and then press
EXIT.
"MODE" The MENU and SEL buttons are
programmed for mode selection.
When this display appears, select the desired mode by pressing the SEL button and then
press EXIT.
"PHONE" Allows selection of one(1) of the
ten (10) programmed or user entered telephone numbers for
automatic dialling.
SIDE VIEW FRONT VIEW
Figure 5 - M-PA System Model Radio
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