PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL TWO-WAY RADIOS
TM
MOTOTRBO
DM1600
ALPHANUMERIC DISPLAY MOBILE
USER GUIDE
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Contents
This User Guide contains all the information you need
to use the MOTOTRBO DM1600 Mobile Radio.
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . vii
Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Mini Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Sent Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Contents
Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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
Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . 6
Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Switching Between Conventional Analog and Digital
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Receiving and Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 16
Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . . 16
Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . 17
Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Receiving and Responding to a Selective Call . . 18
Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing an Entry in the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Adding a New Entry to the Scan List . . . . . . . . 24
Deleting an Entry from the Scan List . . . . . . . . 24
Setting and Editing Priority for an Entry in the Scan
List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 27
Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Vote Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Contacts Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Making a Group Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 29
Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . 29
Assigning an Entry to a Programmable
Number Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing the Association between Entry and
Programmable Number Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Default Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Adding a New Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for
Call Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for
Private Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for
Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Activating or Deactivating Call Ringers for Text
Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Call Log Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Viewing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting a Call from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deleting All Calls from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Receiving and Responding to a Call Alert . . . . . 38
Making a Call Alert from the Contacts List . . . . . 39
Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Access
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Receiving an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Responding to an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . 41
Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 42
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to
Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Text Messaging Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sending a Quick Text Message with the One Touch
Access Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Managing Fail-to-Send Text Messages . . . . . . . . 46
Resending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forwarding a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Managing Sent Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Viewing a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sending a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Deleting All Sent Text Messages from
Sent Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reading a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Managing Received Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 50
Replying to a Text Message with Quick Text . . 51
Deleting a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 52
Deleting All Text Messages from the Inbox . . . 52
Analog Message Encode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sending MDC Message Encode to Dispatcher . . 53
Analog Status Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sending Status Update to Predefined Contact . . 53
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Analog Scrambling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Turning Analog Scrambling On or Off . . . . . . . . . 55
Setting the Analog Scrambling Codes . . . . . . . . . 56
Lone Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Notification List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Accessing the Notification List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Auto-Range Transponder System (ARTS) . . . . . . . 58
Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Turning the Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . . 59
Setting the Tone Alert Volume Offset Level . . . . 59
Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off . . . . . . . 60
Turning the Power Up Alert Tone On or Off . . . . 60
Setting the Text Message Alert Tone . . . . . . . . . 61
Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Adjusting the Display Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Turning Horns/Lights On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Turning the LED Indicators On or Off . . . . . . . . . 63
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Turning the Voice Operating Transmission
(VOX) Feature On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Voice Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Analog Mic AGC (Mic AGC-A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Digital Mic AGC (Mic AGC-D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Accessing General Radio Information . . . . . . . . . 67
Checking the Radio Alias and ID . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Checking the Firmware Version and Codeplug
Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Keypad Microphone Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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Additional Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Selecting a Zone by Alias Search . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Making a Private Call by Manual Dial . . . . . . . . 71
Making a Group or Private Call with the
Programmable Number Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Making a Group or Private Call by Alias
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Viewing an Entry in the Scan List by Alias
Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Editing the Scan List by Alias Search . . . . . . . . . 74
Adding a New Entry to the Scan List . . . . . . . . 74
Deleting an Entry from the Scan List . . . . . . . . 75
Setting and Editing Priority for an Entry in the
Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Storing an Alias or ID from a Call List . . . . . . . . . 76
Making a Call Alert by Manual Dial . . . . . . . . . . 77
RSSI Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Managing Fail-to-Send Text Messages . . . . . . . 78
Forwarding a Text Message by Manual Dial . . 78
Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Password Lock Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Accessing the Radio from Password . . . . . . . . . 79
Unlocking the Radio from Locked State . . . . . . . 80
Turning the Password Lock On or Off . . . . . . . . . 80
Changing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Front Panel Programming (FPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Entering FPP Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Editing FPP Mode Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
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Important Safety Information
RF Energy Exposure and Product Safety Guide
for Mobile Two-Way Radios
ATTENTION!
This radio is restricted to Occupational use only.
Before using the radio, read the RF Energy Exposure and
Product Safety Guide for Mobile Two-Way Radios which
contains important operating instructions for safe usage
and RF energy awareness and control for Compliance
with applicable standards and Regulations.
For a list of Motorola-approved antennas and other
accessories, visit the following website:
http://www.motorolasolutions.com
Software Version
Important Safety Information
All the features described in the following sections are
supported by the radio's software version R01.00.00.
See Checking the Firmware Version and Codeplug
Version on page 67 to determine your radio's software
version.
Please check with your dealer or system administrator
for more details of all the features supported.
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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.
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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
Open Source Software Legal Notices
This Motorola Product contains Open Source Software. For
more information regarding licenses, acknowledgements,
required copyright notices, and other usage terms, refer to the
Documentation for this Motorola Product at:
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Getting Started
Take a moment to review the following:
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
How to Use This User Guide
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, the icons below are used to
indicate features supported in either the conventional Analog
For features that are available in both Analog and Digital
modes, no icon is shown.
Getting Started
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?
• What are the best radio usage practices for effective
communication?
• What maintenance procedures will help promote longer radio
life?
mode or conventional Digital mode:
Indicates a conventional Analog Mode-Only feature.
Indicates a conventional Digital Mode-Only feature.
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Powering Up the Radio
Press the On/Off
Button briefly. You see
MOTOTRBO (TM) on the
radio’s display
momentarily, followed
by a welcome message
or welcome image.
The green LED lights
up and the Home
screen lights up.
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 the Radio Tones/
Alerts On or Off on page 59).
On/Off Button
NOTE: Your radio may take up to 7 seconds to completely turn
off.
Adjusting the Volume
To increase the volume, press the volume “ + ” button.
Volume Button
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.
Getting Started
NOTE: If the radio is locked up and unresponsive to button
presses, press and hold the On/Off Button for at least 7
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seconds. This will force a radio reset.
To decrease the volume, press the volume “ – ” down.
NOTE: Your radio can be programmed to have a minimum
volume offset where the volume level cannot be turned
past the programmed minimum volume. Check with
your dealer or system administrator for more
information.
Identifying Radio Controls
Take a moment to review the following:
Radio Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Switching Between Conventional Analog and
Digital Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
Identifying Radio Controls
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Radio Controls
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Speaker
5
6
Return/Home Button
7
Front Programmable Buttons
8
Menu/OK Button
9
Accessory Connector
10
10
On/Off Button
1
LED Indicators
2
Volume Up/Down Button
3
Display
4
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Channel Up/Down Button
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Programmable Buttons
Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as
shortcuts to radio functions or up to a maximum of six ()
preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button
press:
• Short press – Pressing and releasing rapidly.
Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or
cancels an Emergency alarm or call.
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Manual Dial – Depending on the programming, initiates a
Private call by keying in any radio ID or phone number.
Mic AGC On/Off – Toggles the internal microphone automatic
gain control (AGC) on or off.
• Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed
duration.
• Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.
NOTE: The programmed duration of a button press is
applicable for all assignable radio/utility functions or
settings. See Emergency Operation on page 40 for
more information on the programmed duration of the
configured Emergency button.
Assignable Radio Functions
Analog Scrambling – Toggles analog scrambling on or
off.
Call Alert – Provides direct access to the contacts list for you to
select a contact to whom a Call Alert can be sent.
Call Log – Selects the call log list.
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Contacts – Provides direct access to the contacts list.
Monitor – Monitors a selected channel for activity.
Notifications – Provides direct access to the Notifications List.
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.
One Touch Access – Directly initiates a predefined
Private, Group Call, a Call Alert or a Quick Text message.
Permanent Monitor – Monitors a selected channel for all radio
traffic until function is disabled.
Privacy – Toggles privacy on or off.
Radio Alias and ID – Provides radio alias and ID.
Repeater/Talkaround – Toggles between using a repeater and
communicating directly with another radio.
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Scan – Toggles scan on or off.
Assignable Settings or Utility Functions
Status – Selects the status list menu.
Text Message – Selects the text message menu.
Voice Announcement On/Off – Toggles Voice Announcement
on or off.
Voice Announcement for Channel – Plays zone and channel
announcement voice messages for the current channel. This
function is unavailable when Voice Announcement is disabled.
Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) – Toggles VOX on or
off.
Zone Selection – Allows radio to switch between zones.
All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones and alerts on or off.
Analog Scrambling Codes – Toggles scrambling codes
between 3.29KHz and 3.39KHz.
Backlight – Adjusts the brightness level.
Channel Up/Down – Depending on the programming, changes
channel to previous or next channel.
Power Level – Toggles transmit power level between high and
low.
Squelch – Toggles squelch level between tight and
normal.
Identifying Radio Controls
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Accessing the Programmed Functions
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button
You can access various radio functions through one of the
following ways:
• A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons.
OR
• Use the Menu Navigation Buttons as follows:
1 To access the menu, press the g button. Press the
appropriate Left/Right Navigation button (
access
the menu functions.
b or c ) to
2 To select a function or enter a sub-menu, press the g
button.
3 To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous
screen, press the
return to the Home screen.
The Menu Navigation Buttons are also available on a keypad
microphone (see Using the Keypad on page 69).
NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period
of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.
e button. Long press the e button to
The PTT button on the side of
the microphone serves two
basic purposes:
Push-toTalk Button
• While a call is in progress,
the PTT button allows the
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 Making a Radio Call on page 18).
If the Talk Permit Tone (see Turning the Talk Permit Tone On
or Off on page 60) or the PTT Sidetone is enabled, wait
until the short alert tone ends before talking.
During a call, if the Channel Free Indication feature is
enabled on your radio (programmed by your dealer), you
hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio (the
radio that is receiving your call) releases the PTT button,
indicating the channel is free for you to respond.
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You will also hear a continuous talk prohibit tone, if your
call is interrupted, indicating that you should release the
PTT button, for example when the radio receives an
Emergency Call.
Switching Between Conventional Analog
and Digital Mode
Messages) reflect this change by appearing ‘greyed out’.
Disabled features are hidden in the menu.
Your radio also has features available in both analog and digital
mode. However, the minor differences in the way each feature
works does NOT affect the performance of your radio.
Each channel in your
radio can be configured
as a conventional
analog or conventional
digital channel.
NOTE: For Analog-
only radios,
each channel
can only be configured as a conventional analog
channel.
To switch between an analog or a digital channel, use the
Channel Up/Down Button
• Left/Right Navigation buttons, or
• Channel Up/Down Button, or
• programmed Channel Up or Channel Down buttons
When switching from digital to analog mode, certain features
Identifying Radio Controls
are unavailable. Icons for the digital features (such as
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NOTE: Your radio also switches between digital and analog
modes during a dual mode scan (see Scan on
page 26).
To use the Left/Right Navigation buttons, while in the
Home Screen of the required Zone, press
to select the required channel.
To use the programmed Channel Up or Channel
Down buttons, while in the Home Screen of the
required Zone, press Channel Up or Channel Down
to select the required channel.
b or c
Identifying Status Indicators
Identifying Status Indicators
Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:
Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 10
Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11
Sent Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 12
Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 13
Indicator Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14
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Display Icons
The 132*36 pixels monochrome display (LCD) of your radio
shows the radio status, text entries, and menu entries.
The following are icons that appear on the status bar at the top
of the radio’s display. Icons are displayed on the status bar,
arranged left-to-right, in order of appearance/usage and are
channel specific.
Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)
The number of bars displayed represents the radio
signal strength. Four bars indicate the strongest
signal. This icon is only displayed while receiving.
Vote Scan
Vote scan feature is enabled.
Monitor
Selected channel is being monitored.
Talkaround
In the absence of a repeater, radio is currently
configured for direct radio to radio communication.
Secure
The Privacy feature is enabled.
Unsecure
The Privacy feature is disabled.
Emergency
Radio is in Emergency mode.
Notification
Notification List has one or more missed events.
Scan
Scan feature is enabled.
Scan – Priority 1
Radio detects activity on channel/group designated
as Priority 1).
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Scan – Priority 2
Radio detects activity on channel/group designated
as Priority 2.
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Tones Disable
Tones are turned off.
Call Icons
Mini Notice 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
Indicates a Private Call in progress.
In the Contacts list, it indicates a radio alias (name) or
ID (number).
Group Call
Indicates a Group Call in progress.
In the Contacts list, it indicates a group alias (name)
or ID (number).
The following icons appear momentarily on the radio’s display
after an action to perform task is taken.
Successful Transmission (Positive)
Successful action taken.
Failed Transmission (Negative)
Failed action taken.
Transmission in Progress (Transitional)
Transmitting. This dynamic icon is seen before
indication for Successful Transmission or Failed
Transmission.
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Sent Item Icons
LED Indicators
The following icons appear in the Sent Items folder.
OR
OR
Sent Successfully
The text message is sent successfully.
Send Failed
The text message cannot be sent.
In-Progress
• The text message to a radio alias or ID is pending
OR
transmission, followed by waiting for
acknowledgement.
• The text message to a group alias or ID is pending
transmission.
OR
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Unread
The text message has not been read.
LED indicators show the operational status of your radio.
Red
Yellow
Green
Blinking red – Radio is receiving an emergency transmission
or has failed the self-test upon powering up, or has moved out
of range if radio is configured with Auto-Range Transponder
System.
Solid yellow – Radio is monitoring a conventional channel.
Blinking yellow – Radio is scanning for activity or receiving a
Call Alert.
Double blinking yellow – Indicates radio has yet to respond to
a group call alert, or radio is locked.
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Solid green – Radio is powering up, or transmitting.
Blinking green – Radio is receiving a non-privacy-enabled call
or data, or detecting activity over the air.
Double blinking green – Radio is receiving a privacy-enabled
call or data.
Audio Tones
Alert tones provide you with audible indications of the radio’s
status or the radio’s response to data received.
Identifying Status Indicators
NOTE: While in conventional mode, when the green LED
blinks, it indicates the radio detects activity over the air.
Due to the nature of the digital protocol, this activity
may or may not affect the radio's programmed channel.
Continuous Tone A monotone sound. Sounds
continuously until termination.
Periodic Tone Sounds periodically depending on the
duration set by the radio. Tone starts,
stops, and repeats itself.
Repetitive Tone A single tone that repeats itself until it is
terminated by the user.
Momentary Tone Sounds only once for a short period of
time defined by the radio.
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Indicator Tones
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High pitched tone Low pitched tone
Positive Indicator Tone
Negative Indicator Tone
Once you understand how your MOTOTRBO Mobile 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 15
Selecting a Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15
Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . page 16
Making a Radio Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18
Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21
Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 22
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Selecting a Zone
Selecting a Channel
A zone is a group of channels. Your radio supports up to 160
channels and 25 zones, with a maximum of 160 channels per
zone.
Use the following procedure to select a zone.
Procedure:
Press the programmed Zone button and proceed to Step 3.
OR
Follow the procedure below.
1 g to access the menu.
2 b or c to Zone and press g to select.
3 The current zone is displayed and indicated by a 9.
4 b or c to the required zone and press g to select.
5 The display shows <Zone> Selected momentarily and
returns to the selected zone screen.
Transmissions are sent and received on a channel. Depending
on your radio's configuration, each channel may have been
programmed differently to support different groups of users or
supplied with different features. After selecting the required
zone, select the channel you require to transmit or receive on.
Procedure:
Select a channel by using:
• Left/Right Navigation buttons, OR
• Channel Up/Down Button, OR
• The programmed Channel Up or Channel Down buttons
See Selecting a Zone on page 15 for more information on
selecting your required zone.
See Switching Between Conventional Analog and Digital
Mode on page 8 for information about Scroll Up/Down buttons.
See Programmable Buttons on page 5 for information about
the Channel Up or Channel Down buttons.
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Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call
Receiving and Responding to a Group Call
Once the channel, radio alias
or ID, or group alias or ID is
displayed, you can proceed to
receive and respond to calls.
The green LED lights up
while the radio is transmitting
and blinks when the radio is
receiving.
The green LED lights up while
the radio is transmitting and double blinks when the radio is
receiving a privacy-enabled call.
To unscramble a privacy-enabled call, your radio must have the
same Privacy Key, or the same Key Value and Key ID
(programmed by your dealer) as the transmitting radio (the
radio you are receiving the call from).
NOTE: See Privacy on page 54 for more information.
Green
To receive a call made to a group of users, your radio must be
configured as part of that group.
Procedure:
When you receive a Group Call (while on the Home screen):
1 The green LED blinks.
2 The caller ID information appears in the top right corner. The
first text line displays the Group Call icon and the group call
alias. Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds
through the radio's speaker.
3 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio
releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for
you to respond.
Press the PTT button to respond to the call.
The green LED lights up.
4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
OR
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Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and
speak clearly into the microphone.
5 Release the PTT button to listen.
6 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the call ends.
See Making a Group Call on page 19 for details on making a
Group Call.
See Making a Private Call on page 19 for details on making a
Private Call.
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Receiving and Responding to a Private Call
A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another
individual radio.
Procedure:
When you receive a Private Call:
1 The green LED blinks.
2 The first text line shows the Private Call icon and the caller
alias. Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds
through the radio's speaker.
3 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio
releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for
you to respond.
Press the PTT button to respond to the call.
The green LED lights up.
4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
5 Release the PTT button to listen.
6 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the call ends.
Receiving an All Call
An All Call is a call from an individual radio to every radio on the
channel. It is used to make important announcements requiring
the user’s full attention.
Procedure:
When you receive an All Call:
1 A tone sounds and the green LED blinks.
2 The caller ID information appears in the top right corner. The
first text line displays the Group Call icon and All Call.
Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds through
the radio's speaker.
3 Once the All Call ends, the radio returns to the previous
screen before receiving the call. An All Call does not wait for
a predetermined period of time before ending.
If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio
releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is now
available for use.
You cannot respond to an All Call.
NOTE: The radio stops receiving the All Call if you switch to a
different channel while receiving the call.
7 The display shows Call Ended.
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During an All Call, you are not able to continue with
any menu navigation or editing until the call ends.
Receiving and Responding to a Selective Call
Making a Radio Call
After selecting your channel, you can select a radio alias or ID,
or group alias or ID by using:
A Selective Call is a call from an individual radio to another
individual radio. It is a Private Call on an analogue system.
Procedure:
When you receive a Selective Call:
1 The green LED blinks.
2 The first text line shows the Private Call icon. The radio
displays Selective Call or Alert with Call. Your radio
unmutes and the incoming call sounds through the radio's
speaker.
3 Press the PTT button to respond to the call.
4 The green LED lights up.
5 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
6 Release the PTT button to listen.
7 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the call ends.
8 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.
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NOTE: See Making a Selective Call on page 20 for details on
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• The Contacts list (see Contacts Settings on page 28)
• A programmed One Touch Access button
• The programmed number keys – This method is for Group
and Private Calls only and is used with the keypad
microphone (see Making a Group or Private Call with the
Programmable Number Key on page 72). Manual Dial
(via Contacts) – This method is for Private Calls only and is
dialed using a keypad microphone (see Making a Private
Call by Manual Dial on page 71)
NOTE: Your radio must have the Privacy feature enabled on
the channel to send a privacy-enabled transmission.
Only target radios with the same Privacy Key as your
radio are able to unscramble the transmission.
See Privacy on page 54 for more information.
The One Touch Access feature allows you to make a
Group or Private Call to a predefined ID easily. This
feature can be assigned to a short or long
programmable button press.You can ONLY have one
ID assigned to a One Touch Access button. Your
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radio can have multiple One Touch Access buttons
programmed.
Making a Group Call
4 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio
responds, the green LED blinks. You see the Group Call
icon, the group alias or ID, and transmitting radio alias
or ID on your display.
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To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be
configured as part of that group.
Procedure:
1 Select the channel with the active group alias or ID. See
Selecting a Channel on page 15.
OR
Press the programmed One Touch Access button.
2 Press the PTT button to make the call. The green LED lights
up. The first text line shows the Group Call icon and the
group call alias.
3 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
OR
Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and
speak clearly into the microphone.
5 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases
the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to
respond. Press the PTT button to respond.
OR
If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the call ends.
6 Radio returns to the screen you were on prior to initiating the
call.
You can also make a Group Call via Contacts (see Making a
Group Call from Contacts on page 29).
Making a Private Call
While you can receive and/or respond to a Private Call
initiated by an authorized individual radio, your radio must
be programmed for you to initiate a Private Call.
There are two types of Private Calls. The first type, where a
radio presence check is performed prior to setting up the call,
while the other sets up the call immediately.
Only one of these call types can be programmed to your radio
by your dealer.
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You hear a negative indicator tone, when you make a Private
Call via the Menu, Call Log, Contacts list, One Touch Access
button, the programmed number keys, Left/ Right Navigation
button or the Channel Up/ Down button buttons.
If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the call ends.
6 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.
Use the Text Message or Call Alert features to contact an
individual radio. See Text Messaging Features on page 45 or
Call Alert Operation on page 38 for more
information.Procedure:
1 Select the channel with the active radio alias or ID. See
Selecting a Channel on page 15.
OR
Press the programmed One Touch Access button.
2 Press the PTT button to make the call. The green LED lights
up. The display shows the Private Call icon, with the radio
alias alternating with Calling.
3 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
4 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio
responds, the green LED blinks.
5 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you
hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases
the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to
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respond. Press the PTT button to respond.
OR
You can also make a Private Call via Contacts (see Making a
Private Call from Contacts on page 29), manually dial a
Private Call (see Making a Private Call by Manual Dial on
page 71) or perform a quick alphanumeric search for the
required target alias via a keypad entry (see Making a Group
or Private Call by Alias Search on page 73).
Making a Selective Call
Just like a Private Call, while you can receive and/or respond to
a Selective Call initiated by an authorized individual radio, your
radio must be programmed for you to initiate a Selective Call.
Procedure:
1 Select the channel with the active radio alias or ID. See
Selecting a Channel on page 15.
2 Press the PTT button to make the call. The green LED lights
up. The display shows the Private Call icon and the radio
alias.
3 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak
clearly into the microphone.
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4 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio
responds, the green LED blinks.
5 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of
time, the call ends.
6 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.
Talkaround
You can continue to communicate when your repeater is not
operating, or when your radio is out of the repeater’s range but
within talking range of other radios. This is called “talkaround”.
Procedure:
Press the programmed Repeater/Talkaround button to toggle
between talkaround and repeater modes.
OR
Follow the procedure below.
1 g to access the menu.
2 b or c to Utilities and press g to select.
3 b or c to Radio Settings and press g to select.
4 b or c to Talkaround and press g to select.
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5 Press g to enable Talkaround. The display shows 9
beside Enabled.
OR
Press
beside Enabled.
g to disable Talkaround. The 9 disappears from
6 The screen automatically returns to the previous menu.
The Talkaround setting is retained even after powering down.
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