Motorola EM400 User Manual

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EM400

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Mobile Radio User Guide

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RADIO OVERVIEW

LED INDICATORS

Indicates power up, transmit, receive, scan,
monitor status, channel busy, Call Alert™
receive/transmit, and Selective Call receive/
transmit.

DISPLAY

The top row displays menu and radio status
information:

LED State/Color Indication

Radio Call

Red Transmitting

Flashing Red Receiving

Flashing Red Channel Busy

Scan

Flashing Green Scanning for activity

Call Alert

Flashing Yellow Indicates receiving a Call Alert

Yellow Indicates sending a Call Alert

Selective Call

Flashing Yellow

Indicates receiving a Selective
Call

Ye l l o w

Indicates sending a Selective
Call

Sticky Monitor/Open Squelch

Yellow While monitoring

Symbol Indication

I

Signal Strength

The more bars, the stronger
the signal being received by
your radio.

B

Power Level

Low Power “R” or High Power
“S” is activated.

C

Monitor

The selected channel is being
monitored.

D

Phone

Phone mode is selected.

G

Scan

Indicates that the Scan
feature has been activated.

PERS4

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RADIO OVERVIEW

OPTIONAL ENHANCED KEYPAD
MICROPHONE (RMN5029)

Your radio may be ordered with an optional
DTMF (Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency)
microphone that has a direct entry keypad.
This keypad microphone has three
programmable buttons (A, B, C) below the
keypad that can be programmed to
conveniently activate select radio features.

H

Priority 1 Scan

(

•

flashing)

Indicates scan has stopped
and landed on an active
Priority 1 channel.

H

Priority 2 Scan

(

•

steady)

Indicates scan has stopped
and landed on an active
Priority 2 channel.

J

Talkaround

You are not transmitting
through a repeater

F

Call Received

A Selective Call or Call Alert
has been received.

E

Emergency

An Emergency Alarm is being
sent.

A

Option Board

An Option Board has been
activated.

Symbol Indication

Microphone

P

ush-to-Talk

(P

TT) button

DTMF
Keypad

Programma-

ble Buttons (

A

B, C)

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RADIO OVERVIEW

The keypad is used for:

• Dialing a phone number.

• Entering information when programming
phone lists.

• Directly accessing preprogrammed features
(see page 13).

Each key can generate several different
characters. For example, to enter the
character “C,” press the 2 button three
times. (Refer to the Entering Characters

Using the DTMF Microphone Keypad table.)

Entering Characters Using the DTMF

Microphone Keypad

Number of Times Button is Pressed

Button 1 2 3 4 5

0

0

1

1/ \

2

ABC2

3

DEF3

4

GH I 4

5

JKL5

6

MNO6

7

PQRS7

8

TUV8

9

WX YZ9

*

*<>

#

#+ -_

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RADIO OVERVIEW

INDICATOR TONES

High pitched tone Low pitched tone

Some programmable buttons use tones to
indicate one of two modes:

Self Test Pass Tone

Se lf Te s t Fa i l To n e

Positive Indicator Tone

Negative Indicator Tone

Good Key Press

Bad Key Press

Programmable

Buttons

Positive

Indicator Tone

Negative

Indicator Tone

Scan Start Stop
Power Level High Low
Squelch Tight Normal
Repeater/

Talkaround

Does not use

repeater

Uses repeater

VOX Enabled Disabled

Local/Distance Local Distance

Sticky Monitor/
Open Squelch

— Enabled

Home Revert
Memory
Channel (1&2)

— Enabled

Story Memory
Channel (1&2)

— Stored

Menu Mode

D

— Accessed

Radio Call — Enabled

Scan List Edit — Enabled

Speed Dial — Enabled

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RADIO OVERVIEW

PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS

Your radio has four programmable buttons.
Your dealer/programmer can program these
buttons as shortcuts to various radio features.

Check with your dealer/programmer for a
complete list of functions your radio supports.

Programmable buttons include:

• The four front buttons (

C, D, E, and

F).

• The three buttons (A, B, and C) of the
optional DTMF microphone.

Some buttons can access up to two features,
depending on the type of button press:

• Short Press — quickly pressing and
releasing the programmable buttons,

–

or

–

• Long Press — pressing and holding the
programmable buttons for a
preprogrammed period of time,

–

or

–

• Hold Down — pressing and holding down
the programmable buttons while checking
status or making adjustments.

The table on page 13 summarizes the
programmable features available and shows
the page number where the feature is
explained.

In the “Button” column, have your dealer/
programmer record the name of the
programmable button next to the feature that
has been programmed to it.

The dealer/programmer can use the
abbreviations (P1, P2, P3, or P4) shown in the
radio illustration on page 7.

Also, where appropriate, have your dealer/
programmer indicate whether the button press
requires a short press, a long press, or needs
to be held down.

Phone Mode — Enabled

Option Board Enabled Disabled

Escalert Enabled Disabled

Programmable

Buttons

Positive

Indicator Tone

Negative

Indicator Tone

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Programmable Features

Function Indicator Short Press Long Press Hold Down Page Button

Menu Mode —

D button enters Menu Mode and selects

menu options.

C button is automatically

re-assigned to exit Menu Mode.

†

—15

D

Vol ume Se t — — —

Sounds a tone
for adjusting
your radio’s
volume level.

17

Monitor C

Toggle silent
monitor operation
(also turn off open
squelch monitor
when it has been
activated).

Turn on open
squelch monitor.

—18

Repeater/
Talkaround

J

Toggle between using a repeater or
transmitting directly to another radio.

†

—19

Home Revert
Memory
Channel (1&2)

—

Provides direct
channel access.

——20

Store Memory
Channel (1&2)

—

—

Stores current chan­nel.

—20

Local/Distance —

Toggle between local mode and distance
mode.

†

—20

†

This function is activated by EITHER a short OR a long press, but not both.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

Voice Operated
Transmission
(VOX)

— Toggle VOX on and off.

†

—21

Radio Call — Directly access the radio call menu.

†

—

23,

24

Scan/Nuisance
Channel Delete

G

Toggle scan on and
off.

Delete a nuisance
channel while
scanning.

—

27,

29

Edit Scan List

—

Directly access the Scan Edit menu to add,
delete, or prioritize channels.

†

—29

Phone D

Directly access Phone mode.

†

—33,34

Speed Dial

D

Directly Access Phone mode to quickly
access phone list for speed dial.

†

—35

Escalert On/Off

—

Toggles escalert on and off.

†

—44

Squelch —

Toggles squelch level between tight and
normal squelch.

†

—49

Power Level B

Toggle transmit power level between High
and Low.

†

—49

Option Board

A

Toggle the option board on and off.

†

—50

†

This function is activated by EITHER a short OR a long press, but not both.

Programmable Features (Continued)

Function Indicator Short Press Long Press Hold Down Page Button

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RADIO OVERVIEW

MENU BUTTONS

Menu Button

If preprogrammed by your dealer/programmer,
the two front buttons (

C and D) can be

used, in conjunction with other programmable
features, to access and select menu options

(

D); and exit menu mode (C).

The

D button can be preprogrammed by

your dealer/programmer to either a short or
long press to access Menu Mode.

Menu Scroll Buttons

Used to scroll while in Menu Mode.
Refer to the menu navigation chart for

menu selectable features at the back of
this manual.

Navigate the Menu

G or H to scroll through the menu options. If

you scroll past the last option, the selection
wraps around and starts again.

When you reach the required option, a short
press of the

D button selects that option and

enters the Sub-menu.

G or H to scroll through the sub-menu

options. Select the option with a short press of
the

D button.

Exit the Menu

While in Menu Mode, the

C button is

automatically assigned to completely exit the
Menu Mode by a long press or by a series of
short presses to exit from a sub-level of the
menu hierarchy.

The radio also exits the menu mode if there
has been no inputs via the navigation buttons
for the “Inactivity Time” or after a selection has
been made.

Once you have exited Menu Mode, the

C

and

D buttons return to normal

programmable condition.