Motorola 89FT3830 Users Manual

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Caution

Radio

Flexible Antenna

Spacers

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Segment

• To improve radio performance, secure the

antenna as shown in picture below.
Ensure the spacer is upright when strapping it to
the body.

Strapping the Antenna onto Your Body

Procedure:

1 Position the spacers along the antenna to maintain 0.5 inch

(1.27cm) from your body.

2 The spacer can be cut into individual segment per method

shown below.

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The table below shows number of spacer segments for

Spacer

Tape

Antenna

Flat surface
on the
human body

Spacer

Stra p

Antenna

Flat surface
on the
human body

different antenna bands.

Antenna

Frequency

Band

Number of

spacers

provided*

Number of

spacer

segments

700 / 800 MHz 15

UHF 312

VHF 27

*One spacer comes with five segments.

3 Use surgical tape or straps to fasten the spacer to the body

with the methods below.

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Identifying Radio Controls

Take a moment to review the following:

Radio Parts and Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17

Programmable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Assignable Radio Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . page 19

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions. . . . . . . . . . page 19

Multi-Functional Button (MFB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19

Using Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20

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Transmit/
Receive LED

12

Top Button*

1

On/Off Switch

2

Middle Side
Button*

4

Battery

13

Battery
Connector

* These radio controls/buttons are programmable.

Top Side
Button*

3

14

Bluetooth
Pairing
Spot

Antenna

8

Up Arrow
Button*

5

Down Arrow
Button*

6

Connector
Cover

9

Bluetooth
LED

10

11

Battery Latch

7

Radio Parts and Controls

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Programmable Features

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Any reference in this manual to controls that are
“preprogrammed” means that a qualified radio technician must
use your radio’s programming software to assign a feature to a
control.

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.

Bluetooth – Clear All Bluetooth Pairing – Allows you to clear
all pairing information for Bluetooth. This is accessed by a long
press of the Bluetooth On/Off Button.

Call Response – Allows you to answer a private call.

Channel Up and Down – Toggles the channel up and down.

Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or

cancels an emergency alarm or call.

Internet Protocol – Displays the Internet Protocol (IP) address,
device name and status of your radio.

Man Down Clear – Clears the alarm of Man Down mode which
was triggered when your radio achieves or passes a tilt angle
threshold or a combination of the angle threshold and a motion
sensitivity level.

Assignable Radio Functions

Bluetooth On/Off – Allows you to turn on/off the Bluetooth.

Bluetooth Audio Reroute – Allows you to toggle the audio

route from your radio to Remote Speaker Microphone or
Bluetooth headset.

Bluetooth Headset PTT – Keys up your Bluetooth Headset's
microphone. For APX3000, this feature can be configured to
key up Bluetooth Headset’s microphone, or GCAI’s accessory’s

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microphone when Bluetooth Headset’s microphone is not
available.

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Mode Change – Toggles to selected channel or zone

preprogrammed to your radio.

Mode Select – Long-press programs a button with your radio's
current zone and channels; then once programmed, the short
press of that button jumps your radio to the programmed zone
and channel.

Monitor (Conventional Only) – Monitors a selected channel
for all radio traffic until function is disabled.

Nuisance Delete – Temporarily removes an unwanted channel,
except for priority channels or the designated transmit channel,
from the scan list.

One Touch 1 – Launches a specific feature with one single

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button-press.

Rekey Request – Notifies the dispatcher you require a new
encryption key.

Voice Announcement – Audibly indicates the current feature
mode, Zone or Channel you has just assigned.

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Voice Mute – Toggles voice mute on or off.

Reprogram Request (Trunking Only) – Notifies the dispatcher

you want a new dynamic regrouping assignment.

Scan – Toggles scan on or off.

Secure Transmission Select (Conventional and Trunking) –

Toggles the Secure Transmission On or Off when the Secure/
Clear Strapping fields is set to “Select” for your radio’s current
channel, and when your radio is model/option capable.

Talkaround/Direct (Conventional Only) – Toggles between
using a repeater and communicating directly with another radio.

Tx Inhibit – Inhibits transmission.

User – Automatically registers with the server.

Volume Up and Down – Toggles volume level up and down.

Zone Up and Down – Toggles zone up and down.

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions

Light/Flip – Press the button to toggle the display backlight on

or off.

Controls Lock – Locks or unlocks the programmable buttons.

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions

You can access various radio functions through a short or long
press of the relevant programmable buttons.

Multi-Functional Button (MFB)

This button control enables you to select the features which the
Up and Down Arrow Button can adjust. All the programmable
buttons can be preprogrammed as MFB.

The features available for MFB are:

Volume Change – To enable the Up or Down Arrow Button to
change the volume of your speaker or headset. Press the Up or
Down Arrow Button to increase or decrease the volume level of
your headset. Long press the Arrow Button makes coarse
tuning of the volume level; short press the Arrow Button makes
fine tuning of the volume level.

Mode Change – To enable the Up or Down Arrow Button to
change the channel or zone. Press the Up or Down Arrow
Button to toggle the channel or zone up or down.

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Your radio by default is set to use the primary feature. Short

U

V

presses of MFB toggle to either the secondary or primary
feature.

The secondary feature has an inactivity timer. This timer starts
when the secondary feature is left idle. Your radio returns to
primary feature when this timer expires.

Consult your dealer or system administrator for the best option
available for MFB.

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Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Status Icons‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22

LED Indicators in Surveillance Mode† . . . . . . . . . . . page 23

Intelligent Lighting Indicators‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 24

Alert Tones† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 25

Using Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button†

The PTT button can be preprogrammed on your radio’s or
RCU’s programmable button. The programmable PTT feature
and the PTT button on the Pod serves two basic purposes:

• While a call is in progress, the PTT button allows your radio to

transmit to other radios in the call.

Press and hold down PTT button to talk. Release the PTT
button to listen.

The microphone is activated when the PTT button is pressed.

• While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make

a new call. See Monitoring Features†‡ on page 34 for more
information.

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Status Icons‡

The 112 x 32 pixel monochrome display screen of your DRSM
shows your radio status and operating conditions.

Battery

For IMPRES™ battery operation only – the icon
shown indicates the charge remaining in the
battery.

For all battery operation – the icon blinks when
the battery is low.

Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)

The number of bars displayed represents the
received signal strength for the current site, for
trunking only. The more stripes in the icon, the
stronger the signal.

Roaming

N

M

H or L

J

j

I

G

b

a

The radio has roamed to and is currently
registered to a foreign system.

Direct

• On = Radio is currently configured for direct

radio to radio communication (during
conventional operation only).

• Off = Radio is connected with other radios

through a repeater.

Monitor (Carrier Squelch)

Selected channel is being monitored (during
conventional operation only).

Power Level

• L = Radio is set at Low power.

• H = Radio is set at High power.

Scan

Radio is scanning.

Priority Channel Scan

• Blinking dot = Radio detects activity on

channel designated as Priority­One.

• Steady dot = Radio detects activity on channel

designated as Priority-Two.

Vote Scan Enabled

The vote scan feature is enabled.

Secure Operation

• On = Secure operation.

• Off = Clear operation.

• Blinking = Receiving an encrypted voice call.

Bluetooth On

Bluetooth is on and ready for Bluetooth
connection.

Bluetooth Connected

Bluetooth is currently connected to the external
bluetooth device.

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LED Indicator

Transmit/
Receive LED

Bluetooth
LED

The LED indicator shows the operational status of your radio.

Transmit/Receive LED Bluetooth LED Status

Solid red – Radio is transmitting.

Solid red Solid green Radio is upgrading the firmware.

Blinking red – Radio is powering up with fatal error.

Slow blinking red – Radio is transmitting at low battery condition.

Blinking red Blinking blue Radio is powering up with update in progress.

Rapid blinking red – Radio has failed the self test upon powering up or encountered a fatal error.

Solid yellow – Channel is busy. (Conventional only.)

Rapid blinking yellow – Radio is receiving a secured transmission.

Solid green –

Solid green for three

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seconds

– Radio power up is successful.

Radio is powering up.

Radio is locked.

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Transmit/Receive LED Bluetooth LED Status

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Solid green

–

– Slow Blinking blue Radio is waiting to be paired when no device is connected with radio in Bluetooth.

–

–

– Blinking blue Radio is clearing Bluetooth pairing information.

–

– Solid blue Radio is powering up with Option Board error.

Note: No LED indication occurs when your radio receives a clear (non-secured) transmission in trunking Mode.

Short blinking blue

with long interval

Blinking blue three

times

Blinking blue at

heartbeat pace

Solid blue for two

seconds

Rapid blinking blue

for two seconds

Radio is reading or upgrading by CPS.

Bluetooth is powering on or off.

Radio is connected with at least a device in Bluetooth link.

Bluetooth device is connected.

Bluetooth device is disconnected.

Radio fails to connect or disconnect from a device.

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LED Indicators in Surveillance Mode†

For covert operation, the LED can be preprogrammed to be
turned off at specific zone or channel. During operation in these
zone or channel the LED blinking is not seen, instead Voice
Announcement can be used to hear and confirm the operation
status.

Hence, It is recommended to duplicate the channel

programming into a separate zone and have the associated

Voice Announcement tied to zone to help indicate the LED on/

off state, for example “Light Off” “Zone 1”. Using zone control in

this case eases going into and out of the zone or channel

preprogrammed with the LED on/off setting.

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Intelligent Lighting Indicators‡

This feature temporary changes the backlight of the DRSM display screen to indicate a radio event has occurred.

Note: This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.

Backlight Notification When

Orange Emergency Alerts

Red Critical Alerts

Green Call Alerts

Your radio initiates an emergency alarm or call.

Your radio receives an emergency alarm or call.

Your radio battery is low.

Your radio is out of range.

Your radio enters failsoft mode.

Your radio is unable to establish a full connection with the system.

Your radio is unable to authenticate or register with the system.

Your radio receives a private call.

Your radio receives a phone call.

Your radio receives a call alert.

Your radio receives a selective call.

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Alert Tones†

An alert tone is a sound or group of sounds. Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio’s condition. The following table lists
these tones and when they occur. You can hear them using the Mission Critical Wireless Bluetooth headset or GCAI DRSM.

You Hear Tone Na me Heard

Radio Self Test Fail When radio fails its power-up self test.

Short,

Low-Pitched

Tone

Long,

Low-Pitched

Tone

A Group of

Low-Pitched

Ton es

Time-Out Timer Warning Four seconds before time out.

Talk Prohibit/PTT Inhibit When PTT button is pressed, transmissions are not allowed.

Reject When an unauthorized request is made.

No ACK Received When radio fails to receive an acknowledgment.

Man Down Entry When radio initiates Man Down mode.

Time-Out Timer

Timed Out

Out of Range When PTT button is pressed, radio is out of range of the system.

Invalid Mode When radio is on an unpreprogrammed channel.

Busy When the system is busy.

After time out.

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You Hear Tone Na me Heard

Short,

Medium-Pitched

Tone

Long,

Medium-Pitched

Tone

A Group of

Medium-Pitched

Ton es

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Valid Key-Press When a valid key is pressed.

Radio Self Test Pass When radio passes its power-up self test.

Clear Voice At beginning of a non-coded communication.

Priority Channel

Received

Emergency Alarm/Call

Entry

Central Echo When central controller has received a request from a radio.

Volume Set When volume is changed on a quiet channel.

Emergency Exit When exiting the emergency state.

Failsoft When the trunking system fails.

Automatic Call Back When voice channel is available from previous request.

Keyfail When encryption key has been lost.

Console Acknowledge When emergency alarm, or reprogram request ACK is received.

Received Individual Call When Call Alert or Private Call is received.

Site Trunking When a SmartZone trunking system fails.

When activity on a priority channel is received.

When entering the emergency state.

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You Hear Tone Na me Heard

Short,

High-Pitched

Tone (Ch ir p )

Ringing Phone Call Received When a land-to-mobile phone call is received.

Gurgle

Incremental-

Pitched Tone

Decremental­Pitched Tone

A Group of Very

High-Pitched

Ton es

Doh-Sol

Sol-Doh

Low-Battery Chirp When battery is below preset threshold value.

Dynamic Regrouping (When the PTT button is pressed) a dynamic ID has been received.

Talk Permit (When PTT button is pressed) verifying system accepting transmissions.

Bluetooth Paired When Bluetooth accessory is paired with your radio.

Bluetooth Connected When Bluetooth accessory is connected to your radio.

Bluetooth Unpaired When Bluetooth accessory is unpaired from your radio.

Bluetooth Disconnected When Bluetooth accessory is disconnected from your radio.

Man Down Continuous

Tone

MFB Enters Secondary

Feature

MFB Exits Secondary

Feature

When radio is in Man Down mode and prepares to transmit Emergency Alarm
when the timer of this alarm ends.

When MFK is toggled to secondary feature.

When MFK is toggled to exit secondary feature and return to primary feature, or
when secondary function timer expires.

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General Radio Operation

Once you understand how your APX Portable is configured, you
are ready to use your radio.

Use this navigation guide to familiarize yourself with the basic
Call features:

Selecting a Zone† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 28

Selecting a Radio Channel† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 29

Using Mode Select Feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30

Saving a Zone and Channel to a Mode Select

Button† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 30

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call. . . . . . . . . page 31

Receiving and Responding to a Call‡ . . . . . . . . . . . page 31

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call (Trunking

Only)†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call (Trunking

Only)†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 32

Making a Radio Call† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 33

Repeater or Direct Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 33

Monitoring Features†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34

Monitoring a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34

Conventional Mode Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 34

General Radio Operation

Selecting a Zone†

A zone is a group of channels.

Use the following procedure to select a zone.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

Procedure:

1 If Selecting a Zone is the secondary function of the Up and

Down Arrow Buttons, short press the MFB to toggle to
Selecting a Zone mode. You hear the Secondary Mode tone
and associated Voice Announcement if configured.

OR

If Zone Up or Down feature is pre-programmed on a
programmable button, skip to step 2.

OR

If Selecting a Zone is the primary function of Up and Down
Arrow Buttons, skip to step 2.

2 Press the Up and Down Arrow Buttons, or the

preprogrammed Zone Up or Zone Down buttons to toggle
the zone list backward or forward. If configured, you can
hear Voice Announcement of the selected zone.

3 Press the PTT button to transmit on the selected zone

channel.

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See Voice Announcement†on page 62 to understand how the
Voice Announcement works.

Selecting a Radio Channel†

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

Use the following procedure to select a channel.

Note: The radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature. If you select a channel that is not within the
preprogrammed band, your radio indicates that it is on
an unsupported frequency with an audio warning.

Procedure:

1 If Selecting a Channel is the secondary function of the Up

and Down Arrow Buttons, short press the MFB to toggle to
selecting channel mode.You hear the Secondary Mode Tone
and associated Voice Announcement if configured.

OR

If Channel Up or Down feature is pre-programmed on a
programmable button, skip to step 2.

OR

If Selecting a Channel is the primary function of Up and
Down Arrow Buttons, skip to step 2.

2 Press the Up and Down Arrow Buttons or pre-programmed

Channel up or down button to toggle the channel list
backward or forward. If configured, you hear Voice
Announcement of the selected channel.

3 Press the PTT button to transmit on the selected channel.

See Voice Announcement†on page 62to understand how the
Voice Announcement works.

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Using Mode Select Feature

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Mode Select allows a long press to save your radio’s current
zone and channel to a programmable button. Once it saved, a
short-press of the button jumps the transmission to the saved
zone and channel.

Saving a Zone and Channel to a Mode Select
Button†

This feature allows to save two different zones or channels to a
preprogrammed button.

Procedure:

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To save the selected zone and channel, press the
preprogrammed button.

Note: Your radio must be preprogrammed to allow you to use

this feature.

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1 Toggle your zone and channel to the required zone and

channel.

2 Press the preprogrammed button to save the zone or

channel.

3 You hear a short, medium-pitched tone when the zone and

channel is saved.

Note: To change the programmed zone and channel, repeat

this procedure.

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

Transmit/
Receive LED

Bluetooth
LED

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Receiving and Responding to a Call‡

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

The Transmitting or Receiving LED lights up solid red when
your radio is transmitting. In conventional mode, this LED lights
up solid yellow when your radio is receiving a transmission. In
trunking mode, there is no LED indication when your radio
receives a transmission.

If your radio is receiving a secure transmission, this LED blinks
yellow.

Procedure:

When you receive a call, depending on how your radio is
preprogrammed:

1 ASTRO Conventional Only:

The LED lights up solid yellow.

OR
Trunking Only:

The display shows the caller alias or ID.

2 Press the PTT button to respond to the call. The LED lights

up solid red.

3 Release the PTT button to listen.

See Making a Radio Call† on page 33 for details on making a
Talkgroup Call.

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Receiving and Responding to a Private Call

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(Trunking Only)†‡

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

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

Note: Your radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled and when your radio is left
idle and the timer expires. You hear the Inactive Exit
Tone upon feature exit.

You cannot initiate a Private Call.

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call
(Trunking Only)†‡

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

Note: Your radio automatically exits the feature, if the feature

inactivity timer is enabled and when your radio is left
idle and the timer expires. You will hear the Inactive
Exit Tone upon feature exit.

Procedure:

When you receive a Telephone Call:

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Procedure:

When you receive a Private Call:

1 You hear two alert tones and the LED blinks green. The

backlight of the screen turns green and the display shows
CALL RCV, alternating with the caller alias (name) or ID

(number).

2 Press the Call Response button within 20 seconds after the

call indicators begin.

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

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button to listen.

4 Press the Call Response button to hang up.

1 You hear a telephone-type ringing and the LED blinks green.

The backlight of the screen turns green and the display
shows PHN CALL.

2 Press the Call Response button within 20 seconds after the

call indicators begin.

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

button to listen.

4 Press the Call Response button to hang up.

You cannot initiate a Telephone Call.

Making a Radio Call†

Repeater or Direct Operation

Procedure:

1 Select a zone or channel by:

Press the preprogrammed Zone or Channel Up Down
Button.

OR

Press the Up or Down Arrow Button via toggling the MFB.

2 You hear Voice Announcement of the selected zone or

channel if it is enabled.

The REPEATER operation increases your radio’s range by
connecting with other radios through a repeater. The transmit
and receive frequencies are different.

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

Procedure:

Press the preprogrammed Repeater/Direct button to toggle
between talkaround and repeater modes.

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Monitoring Features†‡

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Radio users who switch from analog to digital radios often
assume that the lack of static on a digital channel is an
indication that your radio is not working properly. This is not the
case. Digital technology quiets the transmission by removing
the “noise” from the signal and allowing only the clear voice or
data information to be heard.

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

Monitoring a Channel

Procedure:

1 Press the preprogrammed Monitor button to toggle

Monitoring on.

2 Press and hold the PTT button to transmit. The LED lights

up solid red.

3 Release the PTT button to receive (listen).

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

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Conventional Mode Operation

Your radio may be preprogrammed to receive Private-Line
(PL) calls.

Procedure:

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1 Momentarily press the Monitor button to listen for activity.

The Carrier Squelch indicator appears on the display.

2 Press and hold the Monitor button to set continuous

monitor operation. The duration of the button press is
programmable.

3 Press the Monitor button again, or the PTT button, to return

to the original squelch setting.

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

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Advanced Features

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Use this navigation guide to learn more about advanced
features available with your radio:

Advanced Call Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 35

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 37

Call Alert Paging†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39

Emergency Operation†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 39

Man Down†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 43

Secure Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 47

Trunking System Controls†‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 51

Mission Critical Wireless - Bluetooth® -†‡ . . . . . . . . . page 53

Programming Over Project 25 (POP 25) (ASTRO 25 and

ASTRO Conventional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 58

Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 58

Advanced Call Features

Advanced Features

Receiving and Responding to a Selective Call

(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.

Procedure:

1 When you receive a Selective Call, you hear two alert tones

and the LED lights up solid yellow. The backlight of the
screen turns green momentarily and the display briefly
shows CALL RCV.

2 The speaker unmutes.

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

button to listen.

You cannot initiate a Selective Call.

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