Motorola GM340 User Manual

Professional Radio

GM340

User Guide

68P64110B88

Issue: July 2000

RadioOverview .................... 3

RadioControls...................... 3

ProgrammableButtons ............... 4

AudioSignalTones.................. 7

GettingStarted..................... 9

TurningtheRadioOn-Off.............. 9

RadioOnIndication.................. 9

AdjustingtheRadio’sVolume.......... 9

SelectingaRadioChannel............. 9

SendingaCall..................... 10

ReceivingaCall.................... 10

CancellingaCall................... 10

EndingaCall...................... 10

RadioCalls....................... 11

SelectiveCalls..................... 11

MakingaSelectiveCall.............. 11

ReceivingaSelectiveCall............ 11

EmergencyCalls................... 12

Features..........................13

PublicAddressMode.................13

CarRadioMute.....................14

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............15

VoiceRecorder.....................16

Scan .............................17

CallForward .......................19

Talkaround.........................20

ExternalAlarm......................21

LoneWorker.......................22

PowerLevel........................23

Companding .......................24

OptionBoard.......................25

VoiceOperatedTransmit(VOX)........26

Stun/Unstun........................26

CONTENTS

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SafetyInformation................. 27

SafeandEfficientOperation.......... 27

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy. . . 27 Electromagnetic Interference/

Compatibility....................... 28

OperationalWarnings ............... 28

CONTENTS

Potentially Explosive Atmospheres. . . 28

Blasting Caps and Areas. . . . . . . . . . . 28

Radio Operation and EME Exposure. . . . 29

Mobile Antenna Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ControlStationOperation.............29

GeneralRadioCare................. 30

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RADIO OVERVIEW

This user guide covers the operation of the GM340 Professional Mobile Radio.

Please read pages 27 to 30 before using this radio.

RADIO CONTROLS

The numbers below refer to the illustrations on the inside front cover.

1. On-Off / Volume Knob

Used to turn the radio on or off, and to adjust the radio’s volume.

2. LED Indicators

Indicateschannel, scan, and monitor status,as well as receipt of a selective call.

Green: Successful power up. Green Flashing: Radio scanning. Red: Radio transmitting. Red Flashing: Channel busy-when receiving. Yellow: Radio called or Monitor (lower priority). Yellow Flashing: Radio call reminder alert.

3. Programmable Buttons

4. Mic Jack

5. Programmable Buttons VWXY

6. Push-to-talk (PTT)

Press and hold down this button to talk; release it to listen.

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PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS

Several of your radio buttons can be programmed (by Customer Programming Software CPS) to activate the radio features.

AboveeachbuttonisanassociatedLED.For buttons programmed as channel selectors, only the LED of the selected channel will be lit; for buttons programmed as feature on/off

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switches, the LED will be lit if the feature is on.

Feature Description

Monitor allows user to select between signalling squelch, carrier squelch and unsquelch, and to suspend scan when

Monitor/Cancel

Radio Call To make an individual or group selectivecall.

landed on a channel in scan mode. Cancel allows user to cancel current incoming or outgoing call.

The following table shows the features that can be assigned to the P1and P2 buttons and the 1-4 buttons.

P1 and P2 are exchangeable for customised icon buttons to match programming.

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Scan On/Off

Nuisance

Delete/Cancel

(Voice Storage)

To toggle between start and stop of the scan operation.

To delete a nuisance (unwanted) channel when scanning, with exception of priority channel, last channel in scan list and home channel. Cancel, deletes messages being played back from the Voice Storage feature.

Feature Description

To delete a nuisance (unwanted) channel when scanning,

Nuisance Delete

with exception of priority channel, last channel in scan list and home channel.

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Cancel

(Voice Storage)

Power Level

Talkaround On/Off

Emergency Activates emergency alarm sequence.

Lone Worker

Call Forward

Companding On/Off

Option Board

On/Off

Cancel, deletes messages being played back from the Voice Storage feature.

To toggle the radio’s transmit power level between High and Low.

To talk directly with another radio without going through a system or despatcher.

Toidentify user as a lone worker.Radio enters emergency sequence unless user responds, when prompted, by pressing any radio button.

To transfer calls automatically to another radio if user is unable to take the call.

Totoggle between compression/expansionof audio signal and nor mal audio signal.

Allows user to toggle the option board between on and off.

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Feature Description

External Alarm To toggle the External Alarm feature on and off.

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Record/Play-back

(Voice Recorder)

To record/play-back incoming calls or memos using voice recorder feature.

AUDIO SIGNAL TONES

High pitched tone Low pitched tone

Tone Signal Description

Power up OK Radio self-test OK. Power up Fail Radio self-test fail.

Button Error

Engaged

Call Failed Call failed t o connect.

Force Monitor

Button Feature Enable

Button Feature Disable

Group Call

Individual Call

Button press not permitted.

Channel busy or not permitted to transmit.

Radio must monitor channel before transmission permitted.

Any option button pressed to enable a feature.

Any option button pressed to disable a feature.

Radio receives a Group Call.

Radio receives an Individual Call.

Tone Signal Description

Call Reminder

TOT Pre-Alert

Monitor Alert

VoiceStorage

Scan St art

Scan St op

Priority Call Decode

Priority Channel

Lone Worker

Reminder of unanswered call.

Warns of expiry of time out timer.

Alerts to change of squelch.

VoiceStorageRecording.

VoiceStorageWarning.

VoiceStorageFull.

Radio starts scanning.

Radio stops scanning.

Radio detects a priority call.

Radio landed on the priority c hannel.

Reminds lone worker to respond.

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Tone Signal Description

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Hardware Error

Cancel Message

Channel Free Beep

Incoming Emergency Alert

Ringtones

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Hardware error, tone continues until valid operation.

Previous message or message currently being played from VoiceStorage has been deleted.

Indicates current channel is free.

Indicates an emergency situation.

Incoming calls (high tones), outgoing calls (low tones).

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