Motorola GM380 User Manual

Professional Radio

GM380

User Guide

68P64110B90

Issue: July 2000

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CONTENTS

Radio Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

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

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Keypad Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Keypad Lock/Unlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Menu Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Menu Navigation Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

LCD Display and Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Audio Signal Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Turning the Radio On-Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Radio On Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Adjusting the Radio’s Volume . . . . . . . . . 13

Selecting a Radio Channel. . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Memory Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Sending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Receiving a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Cancelling a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Ending a Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Radio Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Selective Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Making a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Receiving a Selective Call . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Keypad Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Missed Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Status Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Making a Status Call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Receiving a Status Call . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Emergency Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

DTMF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Voice Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Voice Recorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Emergency Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Public Address Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Car Radio Mute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Call Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Talkaround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

External Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Lone Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Companding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Backlight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Option Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Voice Operated Transmit (VOX) . . . . . . . 51

Stun/Unstun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Radio Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Safe and Efficient Operation . . . . . . . . . . 55 Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy . . . 55 Electromagnetic Interference/

Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Operational Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Potentially Explosive Atmospheres. . . 56 Blasting Caps and Areas. . . . . . . . . . . 56 Radio Operation and EME Exposure . . . . 57 Mobile Antenna Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Control Station Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 General Radio Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Computer Software Copyright

The products described in this manual may include copyrighted computer programmes stored in semiconductor memories or other media. Laws in the United States of America and other countries preserve for Motorola Europe and Motorola Inc. certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer programmes, including the right to copy or reproduce in any form the copyrighted computer programme. Accordingly, any copyrighted computer programmes contained in the products described in this manual may not be copied or reproduced in any manner without the express written permission of the holders of the rights. Furthermore, the purchase of these products shall not be deemed to grant either directly or by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence under the copyrights, patents, or patent applications of the holders of the rights, except for the normal non-exclusive royalty free licence to use that arises by operation of the law in the sale of the product.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

This user guide covers the operation of the GM380 Professional Mobile Radio.

Please read pages 55 to 58 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

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

3.LCD Display (4 Line)

4.Menu Exit/Escape Button x

5.Channel Selector/Menu Navigation Up/Down yor z

Used for channel scrolling. When in menu mode, used for menu navigation.

6.Menu Enter/Select Button c

7.Mic Jack

8.Programmable Button 1 g

9.Programmable Button 2 h

10.Edit Buttons Left/Right vor w

11.Programmable Button 3 i

12.Programmable Button 4 j

13.Keypad

14.Programmable Keys $%&

MICROPHONE CONTROLS

Hold the microphone 2.5 to 5 cm (1-2 inches) from your mouth, and speak clearly into it.

13.Keypad

14.Programmable Keys {}|

15.Push-to-talk (PTT)

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

PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS

Several of your radio buttons can be programmed (by Customer Programming Software CPS) to activate the radio features. The following table shows the features that can be assigned to the P1-P4 buttons and the F1-F3 buttons. P1-P4 are exchangeable for customised icon buttons to match programming.

OVERVIEW RADIO

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OVERVIEW
		Feature	Description
			Monitor allows user to select between signalling squelch,
			carrier squelch and unsquelch, and to suspend scan when
RADIO		Monitor/Cancel	landed on a channel in scan mode.
			Cancel allows user to cancel current incoming or outgoing
			call.
		Radio Call	To make an individual or group selective call.
		Missed Call List	Allows user direct access into the Missed Call List menu
			feature.
		Contact List	Allows user direct access into Contact List menu feature.
		Status List	Allows user direct access into Status List menu
			feature.
			Allows user direct access into the Channel mode. The up/
		Channel	down keys (5) are set to increment/decrement the channel
			number.
		Scan On/Off	To toggle between start and stop of the scan
			operation.

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Feature	Description		RADIO
	To delete a nuisance (unwanted) channel when scanning,
Nuisance	with exception of priority channel, last channel in scan list		OVERVIEW
Delete/Cancel	and home channel.
(Voice Storage)	Cancel, deletes messages being played back from the
	Voice Storage feature.
	To delete a nuisance (unwanted) channel when scanning,
Nuisance Delete	with exception of priority channel, last channel in scan list
	and home channel.
Cancel	Cancel, deletes messages being played back from the
(Voice Storage)	Voice Storage feature.
Power Level	To toggle the radio’s transmit power level between High
	and Low.
Talkaround On/Off	To talk directly with another radio without going through a
	system or despatcher.
	Activates emergency alarm sequence. A prerecorded
Emergency	message (using the voice storage feature) may be sent to
	enable the user’s location or status to be determined.
	To identify user as a lone worker. Radio enters emergency
Lone Worker	sequence unless user responds, when prompted, by
	pressing any radio button.

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OVERVIEW		Feature	Description
		Call Forward	To transfer calls automatically to another radio if user is
			unable to take the call.
RADIO		Companding On/Off	To toggle between compression/expansion of audio signal
			and normal audio signal.
		Option Board	Allows user to toggle the option board between on and off.
		On/Off
		Keypad Lock	Allows user to lock/unlock menu keys and keypad keys.
		On/Off
		DTMF	To place the keypad into permanent DTMF live dial mode.
		External Alarm	To toggle the External Alarm feature on and off.
		Memory Channel	Allows user direct channel access on single button press.
		Backlight	To toggle the display/keypad backlight on and off.
		Record/Play-back	To record/play-back incoming calls, emergency
		(Voice Recorder)	message or memo using voice recorder feature.

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KEYPAD KEYS

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9 * 0 # $ % &

These keys are used when dialling a phone number, making a radio call, or for numeric channel selection.

KEYPAD LOCK/UNLOCK

On your radio there is a keypad lock feature which allows you to lock the keypad keys and menu keys to eliminate accidental key presses.

Press the keypad lock button to lock the keys, the display icon Lwill be lit and the display will show:

Lock Keypad

After 2 seconds the radio returns to the IDLE STATE.

Press the keypad lock button again to unlock the keys when the icon will be extinguished and the display will show:

Unlock Keypad

The radio will then return to the IDLE STATE.

Keypad Unlock may be performed during a call, to allow menu access to the contact list, status list and scan on/off features.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

MENU KEYS

Menu/

Exit Up Select

x y c v z w

Left Down Right

Menu/Select Key c

Used to enter the Menu Mode. When you are in the Menu Mode, this key is also used to make menu selections.

Note: When the radio is in the IDLE STATE, pressing any of the cxvw menu keys causes the radio to enter the Menu mode.

Exit Key x

Used to move up to the next higher Menu level. When the top level menu is selected, this key is used to exit the Menu Mode.

Up /Down Key y/ z

Used to scroll when in Menu Mode. Increment/decrement channel number or scroll address/status list, whichever is defined as IDLE STATE.

Right Key w

Used as More key to provide additional information.

Left Key v

Used as a destructive backspace key when editing.

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MENU NAVIGATION CHART

(Refer to Menu Navigation guidelines—

c

lower, left-hand corner of this page)

+

e

Missed	Contact	Status	Channel	Voice	Utilities	Radio
Calls	List			Storage		Information

select/			select/			select/
entry			enter ID			enter Status
						Number

Menu Navigation

cto enter Menu Mode.

select/

+

e

+

e

+

e

enter

Channel

Call Forward

Number

SW Version

DTMF

Backlight

CP Version

SW Part No.

Brightness

CP Part No.

Emergency

Voice

Scan

Msg.

Recorder

select/

Talkaround

select/

record/

record/

External Alarm

play/

play/

Lone Worker

delete

delete

Option Board

Companding

Power Level

+or e to scroll through the list.

cto select Menu item.

xto return to previous menu level

+or e to scroll through sub-list.

cto select sub-menu item.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

LCD DISPLAY AND ICONS

CHAN

STAT

ADDR

Displays channel, menu, and radio status information. The top screen row shows radio status indicator symbols, explained in the table below:

Symbol	Name and Description
	XPAND™ Indicator
A	Indicates that your radio has the
	companding feature activated.
	Power Level Indicator
	“L” lights when your radio is configured to
B	transmit in Low Power. “H” lights when your
	radio is configured to transmit in High
	Power.
	Monitor Indicator
C	On indicates carrier squelch.
	Off indicates signalling squelch.

Symbol	Name and Description
	Voice Recorder Indicator
F	Indicates that there are stored messages or
	memos in the voice recorder.
	Scan Indicator
H	Indicates that you are scanning. The dot is
	lit during priority scan mode.
	Keypad Lock Indicator
L	On indicates that the keypad and menu
	keys are locked. Off indicates unlocked.
N	Option Board Indicator
	Indicates that an option board is activated.
D	DTMF Indicator
	Indicates DTMF is enabled.
	Missed Call Indicator
Q	On indicates call in list.
	Off indicates no calls in list.
	Flashing, indicates new call in list.
J	Talkaround Indicator
	Indicates talkaround enabled.
K	External Alarm Indicator
	Indicates external alarm enabled.

Note: At extremely low temperatures, you may experience a slight delay in displaying new information. This is normal and does not affect the function of your radio.

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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/

Button/keypad key/

menu key press not

Keypad Error

permitted.

Engaged

Channel busy or not

permitted to transmit.

Call Failed

Call failed to connect.

Radio must monitor

Force Monitor

channel before trans-

mission permitted.

Button

Any option button

Feature

pressed to enable a

Enable

feature.

Button

Any option button

Feature

pressed to disable a

Disable

feature.

Group Call

Radio receives a

Group Call.

Tone

Signal

Description

Individual Call

Radio receives an

Individual Call.

Call

Reminder of

Reminder

unanswered call.

TOT Pre-Alert

Warns of expiry of

time out timer.

Monitor Alert

Alerts to change of

squelch.

Voice Storage

Voice Storage-

Recording.

Voice Storage

Voice Storage-

Warning.

Voice Storage

Voice Storage-

Full.

Scan Start

Radio starts

scanning.

Scan Stop

Radio stops

scanning.

Priority Call

Radio detects a

Decode

priority call.

Priority

Radio landed on the

Channel

priority channel.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

Tone

Signal

Description

Lone Worker

Reminds lone worker

to respond.

Hardware

Hardware error, tone

continues until valid

Error

operation.

Previous message or

Cancel

message currently

being played from

Message

Voice Storage has

been deleted.

Channel Free

Indicates current

Beep

channel is free.

Incoming

Indicates an

Emergency

emergency situation.

Alert

Keypad

Confidence tone

when any key

Acknowledge

pressed.

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Incoming calls (high

Ringtones

tones), outgoing calls

General

(low tones).

LED INDICATORS

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.

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GETTING STARTED

TURNING THE RADIO ON OR OFF

ON	OFF
Push the On/Off/	Push the On/Off/
Volume Control knob	Volume Control knob
until you hear a click.	until you hear a click and
	the display clears.

ADJUSTING THE VOLUME

Turn the On/Off/Volume Control knob clockwise to increase the volume, or counterclockwise to decrease the volume.

RADIO ON MESSAGE

At power up the radio will display a message customised by your dealer, e.g.:

Radio On

After this text has been displayed, the radio perform a self test routine. On completion of a successful self test the radio will display:

Channel

This may be a number or an alias and will be the current channel. Alternatively, if required the radio may display a message customised by your dealer, e.g.

Ready

Note: If your radio fails the self test routine consult your dealer.

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GETTING STARTED

Selecting a Radio Channel

Your radio offers up to 255 channels, however some may not be programmed. Check with your dealer for more information.

Before selecting a channel ensure your radio is in channel mode.

Note: The keypad and Up/Down keys IDLE states are programmable and may be set to channel mode.

There are two ways to enter channel mode:

Method 1

Press the Channel Mode direct access button, if programmed by your dealer.

Method 2

1	cto enter Menu Mode
2	+or euntil:	Channel
3	cto select
4	Display shows e.g.:	Chan: 05

Note: After a short period of inactivity the radio returns to the IDLE STATE.

Once in channel mode, there are two ways to select a channel:

Method 1
1 +or euntil:	Channel Number
	or
	Alias

Note: If the +or eis pressed and held, the radio will fast scroll through the available channels.

2cto confirm your selection.

(If channel list is entered via the menu.)

Display shows:	Selected
(for 2 seconds)

Method 2

1Enter the desired channel number from

the keypad, e.g. 05:

CH: 05

2 cto confirm your selection.

Display shows:	Selected
(for 2 seconds)

Note: The keypad can’t be used to enter the channel number during a call or whilst the radio is in a scan.

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Memory Channel

Up to two programmable buttons can be programmed as memory channel buttons which allow you quick access to frequently used channels. The buttons may be preprogrammed by your dealer or programmable by yourself.

If pre-programmed by your dealer, a short press of the button will take you to the assigned channel.

To program a Memory Channel button yourself, select the desired channel in the normal way and press and hold the button for 2 seconds. The button is then programmed to the selected channel; a short press on the button will take you to that channel.

Note: The programming is retained when you turn off the radio.

Sending a Call

1.Select the desired radio channel.

2.Press the PTT button and speak clearly into the microphone.Your mouth should be 2.5 to 5 cm away from the microphone.

3.When transmitting, the red indicator will light continuously.

4.Release the PTT button to listen.

Your radio may be configured for ‘Transmit Inhibit’ under certain conditions (e.g. when the channel is in use by others) in which case, the channel busy tone will sound when you press the PTT or call button to indicate that transmission is inhibited.

When the channel is free, the Channel Free beep will sound, and you can make a call.

If your radio is equipped with a transmit time out timer (TOT), a warning tone will sound a few seconds before the transmission is cut off. Your radio may be programmed to inhibit retransmission within a preset time.

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GETTING STARTED

Receiving a Call

1.Turn your radio on and adjust the volume level.

2.Switch to the desired radio channel.

3.If, at any time, a call is received you will hear the call at the volume level you have set.

Note:The system may have a limited call time and the call may be terminated automatically if this call time is exceeded.

Cancelling a Call

At any time while setting up a call it may be cancelled by pressing the Monitor/Call Cancel button, or replacing the microphone in its holder (referred to as going “on hook”) .

The call timer can also cancel a call.

Ending a Call

A call should always be ended by pressing the Monitor/ Call Cancel button, or replacing the microphone in its holder.

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