Motorola 99FT5010 Users manual

4580

™

Professional Digital Two-Way Radio System

XPR

Display Mobile

User Guide

Declaration of Conformity

English

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC CFR 47 Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)

This declaration is applicable to your radio only if your radio is labeled with the FCC logo shown below.

Declaration of Conformity

Responsible Party

Name: Motorola, Inc.

Model Name: XPR 4580

Address: 1301 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196-1078, U.S.A.

Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744

Hereby declares that the product:

conforms to the following regulations:

FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.107(a), 15.107(d) and section 15.109(a)

Class B Digital Device

As a personal computer peripheral, this device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the

following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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.

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

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

Declaration of Conformity

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Contents

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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Switching Between Conventional and Trunking

Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Making an Enhanced Private Call . . . . . . . . . . 15

Making a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Sending a Status Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Using the Dynamic Regrouping Feature . . . . . 17

Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . . 11

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . . 12

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

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Selecting a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Main Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

In-Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Receiving and Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 11

Making a Call with the Channel Rocker . . . . . . . . 14

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Contents

This User Guide contains all the information you need

to use the MOTOTRBO XPR Series Digital Mobile

Radios.

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

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . vii

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

What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can Tell

You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

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

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

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

Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Assignable Settings/Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Receiving and Acknowledging a Call Alert . . . . . 26

Making a Call Alert from the Contacts List . . . . . 26

Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Call

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Receiving an Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Receiving an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Receiving an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . 28

Sending an Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 29

Viewing and Changing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Changing the Current Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to

Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Trunking System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Failsoft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Going Out of Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Using the Site Trunking Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Locking and Unlocking a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Viewing and Changing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Viewing an Entry in the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adding a New Entry to the Scan List . . . . . . . . 19

Deleting an Entry from the Scan List . . . . . . . . 20

Setting and Editing Priority for an Entry in the

Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 22

Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Contacts Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 23

Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for

Private Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Call Log Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Viewing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Deleting a Call from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Contents

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Contents

English

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Mounting Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Miscellaneous Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Turning the Public Address System On or Off . . . 35

Turning the External Public Address System On

or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Controlling the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Turning Horns/Lights On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Turning the Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . . 36

Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off . . . . . . . 37

Checking the Radio ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Checking the Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Checking the Codeplug Version . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Turning the LED Indicators On or Off . . . . . . . . . 37

Turning the Introduction Screen On or Off . . . . . . 38

Accessing General Radio Information . . . . . . . . . 38

Keypad Microphone Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Making a Private Call by Alias Search . . . . . . . . . 41

Storing an Alias or ID from the Received Call

List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Additional Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Notes

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Important Safety Information

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Software Version

All the features described in the following sections are

supported by the radio's software version R01.00.00 or

later.

determine your radio's software version.

See Checking the Firmware Version on page 38 to

Please check with your dealer or system administrator

for more details of all the features supported.

ATTENTION!

Before using this product, read the operating

instructions for safe usage contained in the

Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet

enclosed with your radio.

Important Safety Information

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance

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 6881095C99) to

ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas and other

accessories, visit the following website:

http://www.motorola.com/governmentandenterprise

voice coding Technology embodied in

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.

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

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

computer program. Accordingly, any copyrighted

Motorola computer programs contained in the 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.

Computer Software Copyrights

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Getting Started

English

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?

features?

• Which buttons have been programmed to access other

• What optional accessories may suit your needs?

Getting Started

Take a moment to review the following:

How to Use This User Guide

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

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

Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO

Mobiles.

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, a note is shown for Conventional

mode and Trunking mode only features to differentiate the

features according to the two modes.

For features that are available in both Conventional and

Trunking modes, no note is shown.

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

P1OP2

Volume Knob

function is disabled (see Turning the Radio Tones/

Alerts On or Off on page 36).

Adjusting the Volume

To increase the

volume, turn the

Volume Knob

clockwise.

To decrease

the volume, turn

this knob

If your radio does not power up, contact your dealer.

To turn off the radio, press and hold the On/Off Button until you

see Powering Down on the radio’s display.

counterclockwise.

On/Off Button

Powering Up the Radio

Press the On/Off

Button briefly. You see

Motorola and

MOTOTRBO (TM) on the

radio’s display

momentarily, followed

by Motorola once

more.

The green LED blinks

and the Home screen

lights up if the backlight

setting is set to turn on

the LED indicators are disabled (see Turning the LED

Indicators On or Off on page 37).

automatically.

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

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

successful.

Getting Started

English

Identifying Radio Controls

P1OKP2

CH+

BACK

CH -

English

On/Off Button

Volume Knob

Front Button P1*

Display

Channel Rocker

Speaker

Front Button P3*

Front Button P4*

Menu Navigation Buttons

Front Button P2*

Accessory Connector

LED Indicators

* These buttons are programmable.

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Radio Controls You Will Be Using

Identifying Radio Controls

Take a moment to review the following:

Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6

Switching Between Conventional and Trunking Mode . page 6

12 11 8 7910

Message Update* – Selects a message update to send to the

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dispatcher.

Monitor** – Monitors a selected channel for activity.

Nuisance Delete – Temporarily removes an unwanted channel

from the scan list until the radio is powered off and on again.

One Touch Call* – Directly initiates a predefined Private Call,

Phone Call, or a Call Alert to a target radio.

PA On/Off – Toggles the radio’s internal public address (PA)

system on or off.

Permanent Monitor** – Monitors a selected channel for all

radio traffic until function is disabled.

Phone – Initiates a phone call by keying in or selecting any

phone ID and accepts incoming phone calls.

Repeater/Talkaround** – Toggles between using a repeater

and communicating directly with another radio.

Scan – Toggles scan on or off.

Site Display* – Displays current site on the radio display.

Site Lock On/Off* – Toggles the automatic site roam on or off

in Smart Zone operation.

Site Search* – Starts site search in Smart Zone operation.

Status Update* – Selects a status update to send to the

dispatcher.

Programmable Buttons

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 programmed

duration (between 0.25 seconds and 3.75 seconds).

Assignable Radio Functions

• Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.

Call* – Initiates a private call by keying in or selecting any

subscriber ID and accepts incoming private calls.

Call Alert* – Allows selection of radio ID number to initiate a call

alert.

Contacts – Provides direct access to the Contacts list.

Emergency* – Depending on the programming, initiates or

cancels an emergency alarm or call.

Ext PA On/Off – Toggles the audio routing between the

connected public address (PA) loudspeaker amplifier and the

radio’s internal public address (PA) system.

Hear Clear – Toggles Hear Clear feature on or off.

Identifying Radio Controls

English

Identifying Radio Controls

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Por Q) to access

English

R button. Long press the R button

the menu functions.

Accessing the Programmed Functions

You can access various radio functions through one of the

following ways:

relevant programmable buttons.

• A short or long press of the

• Use the Menu Navigation Buttons as follows:

appropriate Menu Scroll button (

1 To access the menu, press the S button. Press the

button.

2 To select a function or enter a sub-menu, press the N

screen, press the

3 To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous

* A trunking only feature

** A conventional only feature

of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.

to return to the Home screen.

The Menu Navigation Buttons are also available on a keypad

microphone (see Using the Keypad on page 40).

NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period

Transmit Inhibit – Prevents transmission when enabled.

Assignable Settings/Utility Functions

Zone – Allows selection from a list of zones.

All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones on or off.

Backlight – Controls the display backlight intensity and front

panel buttons backlight intensity.

Horns/Lights – Toggles horns and lights feature on or off.

Power Level – Toggles transmit power level between high and

low.

Squelch** – Toggles squelch level between normal and tight.

CH+

BACK

CH -

Channel Rocker

Switching Between Conventional and

Trunking Mode

Each channel in your

radio can be configured

as a conventional channel

or a trunking channel. Use

the Channel Rocker to

switch between a

conventional or a trunking

channel.

When switching from trunking to conventional mode, certain

features are unavailable. Icons for the trunking features reflect

this change by appearing “grayed out’. Disabled features are

hidden in the menu.

Your radio also has features available in both conventional and

trunking mode. However, the minor differences in the way each

feature works does NOT affect the performance of your radio.

Button

PTT

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side

of the microphone serves

two basic purposes:

allows the radio to

transmit to other radios in

the call.

Press and hold down PTT

progress, the PTT button

button to talk. Release

• While a call is in

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 Making a Radio Call on page 13).

If the Talk Permit Tone is enabled (see Turning the Talk

Permit Tone On or Off on page 37), wait until the short alert

tone ends before talking.

Identifying Radio Controls

English

Identifying Status Indicators

•

is blinking) or Priority 2 (if

•

English

Power Level

Radio is set at Low power.

Radio is set at High power.

steady).

Emergency

Radio is in Emergency mode.

Talkaround

In the absence of a repeater, radio is currently

Tones Di sable

Tones are turned off.

Scan

Scan feature is activated.

Priority Scan

Radio detects activity on channel/group designated

as Priority 1 (if

configured for direct radio to radio communication.

Identifying Status Indicators

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7

Call Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

Main Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

In-Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8

LED Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9

Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)

NOTE: This is a trunking only feature.

The number of bars displayed represents the radio

signal strength. Four bars indicates the strongest

signal. This icon is only displayed while receiving.

Monitor

NOTE: This is a conventional only feature.

Selected channel is being monitored.

Display Icons

Audio Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9

The liquid crystal display (LCD) of your radio shows the radio

status, text entries, and menu entries.

The following are the icons that appear on the radio’s display.

Zone

Allows selection from a list of zones.

TMS

Selects the Status and Message menu.

Call Log

Selects the Call Log menu.

Utilities

Selects the Utilities menu.

Left Arrow

Navigates to the left of the items in the display.

Right Arrow

Navigates to the right of the items in the display.

Scan Priority 1

Detects activity on channel/group designated as

Priority 1.

Scan Priority 2

Detects activity on channel/group designated as

Priority 2.

In-Menu Icons

The following are icons that appear on the radio’s display.

Call Icons

The following icons appear on the radio’s display during a call.

These icons also appear in the Contacts list to indicate alias or

ID type.

Private Call

NOTE: This is a trunking only feature.

Indicates a Private Call in progress. In the Contacts

list, it indicates a subscriber alias (name) or ID

(number).

Dispatcher Call

Indicates a Dispatcher Call Type in progress.

Phone Call

Indicates a Phone Call Type in progress.

Contacts

Selects the Contacts menu.

Scan

Selects the Scan menu.

Main Menu Icons

The following are icons that appear on the radio’s display.

Identifying Status Indicators

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