Motorola DM-3400, DM-3401 User Manual

Professional Digital Two-Way Radio System

DM 3400 / DM 3401 Numeric Display Mobile

User Guide

Contents

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

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . .iii

Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

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

How to Use This 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 You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

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

Assignable Settings/Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Switching Between Analog and Digital Mode . . . . . . 5

Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Receiving and Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Selecting a Radio Channel, Subscriber ID,

or Group ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Receiving and Responding to a Voice Call . . . . . . . . 8

Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . . . 9

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . . . 9

Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Making a Voice Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Making a Voice Call with the Channel

Rocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Making an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Making a Group or Private Call with the

One Touch Call Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

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Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Responding to a Transmission During

a Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Receiving and Acknowledging a Call Alert . . . . . 15

Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Call

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 16

Sending an Emergency Alarm with

Voice to Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Exiting an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Text Messaging Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Turning Horns/Lights On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Turning Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . . . . 20

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Important Safety Information

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance

Before using this product, read the operating

C a u t i o n

instructions for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio.

ATTENTION!

This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy FCC RF energy exposure requirements.

Before using this product, read the RF energy awareness information and operating instructions in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio (Motorola Publication part number 6866537D37) 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

Important Safety Information

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Computer Software Copyrights

The Motorola products described in this manual may include copyrighted Motorola computer programs stored in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for Motorola certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer programs including, but not limited to, the exclusive right to copy or reproduce in any form the copyrighted computer program. Accordingly, any copyrighted Motorola computer programs contained in the Motorola products described in this manual may not be copied, reproduced, modified, reverse-engineered, or distributed in any manner without the express written permission of Motorola. Furthermore, the purchase of Motorola products shall not be deemed to grant either directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license under the copyrights, patents or patent applications of Motorola, except for the normal non-exclusive license to use that arises by operation of law in the sale of a product.

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

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

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

voice coding Technology embodied in

Computer Software Copyrights

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Getting Started

Take a moment to review the following:

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

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

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

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

How to Use This Guide

This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO Mobiles with Numeric Display.

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

Throughout this publication, two icons are used to differentiate

Analog mode and Digital mode only features:

Indicates an Analog mode only feature.

Indicates a Digital mode only feature.

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You

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

• Is your radio programmed with any preset conventional

channels?

• Which buttons have been programmed to access other

features?

• What optional accessories may suit your needs?

Getting Started

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

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Powering Up the Radio

CH+

CH -

P 1 P 2

CH+

CH -

P 1 P 2

Adjusting the Volume

Press the On/Off Button briefly.

The green LED blinks and the numeric display 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 Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off on page 20).

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

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

On/Off

Button

Getting Started

To increase the volume, turn the Volume Knob clockwise.

To decrease the volume, turn this knob counterclockwise.

Volu me Knob

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Identifying Radio Controls

CH+

CH -

P 1 P 2

Take a moment to review the following:

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

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

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Switching Between Analog and Digital Mode . . . . . . . . page 5

Radio Controls You Will Be Using

2 3

On/Off Button

Volume Knob

Display

Channel Rocker

Speaker

Front Button P2*

Front Button P1*

Accessory Connector

LED Indicators

* These buttons are programmable.

Identifying Radio Controls

8 7

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