Motorola 89FT3815 User Manual

Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part

15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Declaration of Conformity

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Contents

This User Guide contains all the information you need to use the MOTOTRBO XPR Series Portables.

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . vii

Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preparing Your Radio for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Attaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Attaching the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Attaching the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Attaching the Universal Connector Cover . . . . . . . . . 3

Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . 7

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Switching Between Analog and Digital Mode . . . . . . 9

Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Making and Receiving Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID,

or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 13

Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . . 14

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . 14

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Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Making a Voice Call with the Channel

Selector Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Making an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Making a Group or Private Call with the

One Touch Call Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Monitoring a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Radio Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Sending a Radio Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Remote Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Initiating Remote Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Viewing an Entry in the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Adding a New Entry to the Scan List . . . . . . . . 23

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Deleting an Entry from the Scan List . . . . . . . . 24

Setting and Editing Priority for an Entry

in the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 26

Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Contacts Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Making a Group Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 27

Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . 28

Making a Private Call by Alias Search . . . . . . . . 28

Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers

for Private Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers

for Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Assigning Ring Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Call Log Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Viewing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Missed Call Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Storing an Alias or ID from the Missed Call List . 32

Deleting a Call from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Receiving and Acknowledging a Call Alert . . . . .33

Making a Call Alert from the Contacts List . . . . . . 34

Making a Call Alert with the One Touch

Call Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Receiving an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Responding to an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 37

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to

Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Text Messaging Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Writing and Sending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . 39

Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Sending a Quick Text Message with the

One Touch Call Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Reading a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Managing Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 42

Replying to a Text Message from the Inbox . . . 42

Deleting a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 43

Deleting All Text Messages from the Inbox . . . 44

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Radio Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Radio Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Locking and Unlocking the

Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Controlling the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . . . . . 48

Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off . . . . . . . 49

Turning the LED Indicator On or Off . . . . . . . . . . 49

Turning the Introduction Screen On

or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Accessing General Radio Information . . . . . . . . . 50

Accessing the Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . 50

Checking the Radio ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Checking the Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Checking the Codeplug Version . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Carry Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Earbuds and Earpieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Headsets and Headset Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Remote Speaker Microphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Surveillance Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Miscellaneous Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Batteries and Chargers Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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Important Safety Information

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance

Before using this product, read the operating instructions for safe usage contained in the

a u t i o

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 6881095C98_) to ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas, batteries, and other accessories, visit the following website:

http://www.motorola.com/governmentandenterprise

Important Safety Information

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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.

The AMBE+2 this product is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc.

This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within this Communications Equipment. The user of this Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human-readable form.

U.S. Pat. Nos. #5,870,405, #5,826,222, #5,754,974, #5,701,390, #5,715,365, #5,649,050, #5,630,011, #5,581,656, #5,517,511, #5,491,772, #5,247,579, #5,226,084 and #5,195,166.

voice coding Technology embodied in

Computer Software Copyrights

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Getting Started

Take a moment to review the following:

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can Tell You . page 1

How to Use This Guide

This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO Portables.

However, your dealer or system administrator may have customized your radio for your specific needs. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Throughout this publication, two icons are used to differentiate

Analog mode and Digital mode only features:

Indicates an Analog Mode only feature.

Indicates a Digital Mode only feature.

For features that are available in both Analog and Digital modes, no icon is shown.

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You

You can consult your dealer or system administrator about the following:

• Is your radio programmed with any preset conventional

channels?

• Which buttons have been programmed to access other

features?

• What optional accessories may suit your needs?

Getting Started

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Preparing Your Radio for Use

IMPRES battery warranty, although the standard battery warranty still applies.

Assemble your radio by following these steps:

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

Attaching the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

Attaching the Antenna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Attaching the Belt Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Attaching the Universal Connector Cover . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Charging the Battery

Your radio is powered by a Nickel Metal-Hydride (NiMH) or Lithium-Ion (Li-lon) battery. To avoid damage and comply with warranty terms, charge the battery using a Motorola charger exactly as described in the charger user guide.

Charge a new battery 14 to 16 hours before initial use for best performance.

IMPORTANT: ALWAYS charge your IMPRES battery with the

IMPRES charger. Using a conventional charger causes irrecoverable loss of IMPRES battery

Preparing Your Radio for Use

data. As a result, the battery functions as a non-IMPRES battery and cannot display the data on your radio. Additionally, it voids your

Attaching the Battery

Align the battery with the rails on the back of the radio. Press the battery firmly, and slide upward until the latch snaps into place. Slide battery latch into lock position.

To remove the battery, turn the radio off. Move the battery latch into unlock position and hold, and slide the battery down and off the rails.

Battery Latch

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Attaching the Antenna

Attaching the Universal Connector Cover

With the radio turned off, set the antenna in its receptacle and turn clockwise.

To remove the antenna, turn the antenna counterclockwise. Make sure you turn off the radio and remove the

universal connector cover first.

If antenna needs to be replaced, ensure that only MOTOTRBO antennas are used. Neglecting this will

damage your radio. See Antennas on page 52 for a

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list of available antennas.

Attaching the Belt Clip

Align the grooves on the clip with those on the battery and press downward until you hear a click.

To remove the clip, press the belt clip tab away from the battery using a key. Then slide the clip upward and away from the radio.

The universal connector is located on the antenna side of the radio. It is used to connect MOTOTRBO accessories to the radio.

Place the universal connector cover loop over the attached antenna. Slide it all the way down to the

Universal Connector Cover

To remove the universal connector cover, press down on the cover and turn the thumbscrew counterclockwise. Lift the cover up, slide the connector cover loop upwards, and remove it from the attached antenna.

base of the antenna.

Insert the hooked end of the cover into the slots above the universal connector. Press downward on the cover to seat the lower tab properly into the RF connector.

Turn the thumbscrew clockwise to secure the connector cover to the radio.

Preparing Your Radio for Use

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Powering Up the Radio

Adjusting the Volume

Rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise until you hear a click. You see Powering Up on the radio’s display.

The LED blinks green and the Home screen lights up if the backlight setting is set to turn on automatically.

NOTE: The Home screen does not light up during a power up

if the LED indicator is disabled (see Turning the LED Indicator On or Off on page 49).

A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power up test is successful.

NOTE: There is no power up tone if the radio tones/alerts

function is disabled (see Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 48).

If your radio does not power up, check your battery. Make sure that it is charged and properly attached. If your radio still does not power up, contact your dealer.

Preparing Your Radio for Use

To turn off the radio, rotate this knob counterclockwise until you hear a click. You see a brief display.

LED Indicator

Powering Down

on the radio’s

To increase the volume, turn the On/

Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise.

To decrease the volume, turn this knob counterclockwise.

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Identifying Radio Controls

Take a moment to review the following:

Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions. . . . . . . . . . . page 7

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9

Switching Between Analog and Digital Mode . . . . . . . . page 9

Radio Controls You Will Be Using

Channel Selector Knob

On/Off/Volume Control Knob

LED Indicator

Side Button 1*

Push-to-Talk (PTT) Button

Side Button 2*

Side Button 3*

Front Button P1*

Microphone

Speaker

Front Button P2*

Keypad

Menu Navigation Keys

Universal Connector for Accessories

Display

Emergency Button*

Antenna

* These buttons are programmable.

Identifying Radio Controls

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Programmable Buttons

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Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as shortcuts to radio functions or preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button press:

• Press – Pressing and releasing rapidly.

• Long press – Pressing and holding for the preprogrammed

duration (between 0.25 seconds and 3.75 seconds).

• Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.

Assignable Radio Functions

Contacts – Provides direct access to the Contacts list.

Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or

cancels an emergency alarm or call.

Manual Dial – Initiates a call by keying in any subscriber

ID.

Monitor – Monitors a selected channel for activity.

Nuisance Channel Delete – Temporarily removes an

unwanted channel, except for the Selected Channel, from the scan list. The Selected Channel refers to the user’s selected zone/channel combination from which scan is initiated.

Identifying Radio Controls

One Touch Call – Directly initiates a predefined Private or

Group Call, a Call Alert or a Quick Text message.

Permanent Monitor – Monitors a selected channel for all radio traffic until function is disabled.

Radio Check – Determines if a radio is active in a system.

Radio Enable – Allows a target radio to be remotely

enabled.

Radio Disable – Allows a target radio to be remotely disabled.

Remote Monitor – Turns on the microphone of a target radio without it giving any indicators.

Repeater/Talkaround – Toggles between using a repeater and communicating directly with another radio.

Scan – Toggles scan on or off.

Telemetry Control – Controls the Output Pin on a local or

remote radio.

Text Messaging – Selects the Text Message menu.

Zone – Allows selection from a list of zones.

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