MOTOROLA MTP850 User Guide

MTP850

TETRA Portable Terminal

Basic User Guide

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Contents

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

MTP850 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

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

Key, Knob, and Button Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

On-Off/End/Home Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Soft Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Menu Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rotary Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Emergency Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Speaker Control Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

The LED Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

To Enter the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

To Return to the Previous Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

To Exit the Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

List of Menu Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Status Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Inbox Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Contact Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Text Entry Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Installing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Replacing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Battery Capacity Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Attaching the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Powering On/Off (On-Off/End/Home Key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Powering On (Emergency Button) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Powering On with Transmit Inhibit (TXI) Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Unlocking the MTP850 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Locking/Unlocking the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Selecting TMO or DMO Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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Entering TMO or DMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

“My Groups” Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting a Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Selecting a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

TMO Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

DMO Group Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Private, Phone, and PABX Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Creating a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

How to Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Phone and PABX Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Entering or Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Sending an Emergency Alarm (TMO Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Hot Microphone Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Selecting the “My Groups” Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Adding a Group (TMO/DMO) to the “My Groups” Folder . 25

Using the Rotary Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using the Navigation Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using Alphabetic Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Using Folder Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Making a TMO Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Receiving a TMO Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Receiving a TMO Broadcast Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Making a DMO Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Receiving a DMO Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Exiting DMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Dialing a Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Dialing via the Contact List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Receiving a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Making a Phone or PABX Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Making an Emergency Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sending a Status Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sending a New Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sending a User-defined Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Sending a Predefined Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Handling New Incoming Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Handling Unread (New) Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Tips & Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Quick Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Safety Information

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This user guide covers the basic operation of the MTP850 Handportable Terminal. Please consult your dealer for further, more detailed information which is contained in the feature user guide 6866537D80_.

Before using this product, read the operating instructions for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet 6864117B25_ enclosed with your MTP850.

Caution

ATTENTION!

The MTP850 is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy ICNIRP 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 (Motorola Publication part number 6864117B25_) to ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

Keep this User Guide and the Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet in a safe place and make it available to other operators in case the MTP850 is passed on to other people.

The Motorola products described in this manual may include copyrighted Motorola computer programs stored in semiconductor memories or other mediums. Laws in the United States and other countries preserve for Motorola certain exclusive rights for copyrighted computer programs, including 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 or reproduced 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 licence under the copyrights, patents, or patent applications of Motorola, except for the normal non-exclusive royalty-free licence to use that arises by operation of the law in the sale of a product.

MTP850 Overview

Controls and Indicators

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

Number Description

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Antenna

Top Microphone Activated during half-duplex, high-audio calls such as Group Calls.

External Antenna Connector Used with the digital car kit to connect the RF signal to the external antenna. (At the back of the MTP850)

Colour Display Provides alphanumeric text and images within 65,536 colours and 130 x 130 pixels with backlight, scalable fonts, and contrast.

On-Off/End//Home Key Press and hold to turn the MTP850 On/Off. Press to end calls. Press to return to the Home display (idle screen).

Four-Way Navigation Key Press up, down, left or right for list scrolling, while moving around the menu hierarchy, or for alphanumeric text editing.

Audio Accessory Connector (At the side of the MTP850)

Alphanumeric Keypad Use the keypad to enter alphanumeric characters for dialing, contact entries and text messages.

Sensor for keypad backlight On/Off

Bottom Microphone Activated during half-duplex and full-duplex, low-audio calls such as Phone Calls.

Accessory Connector Provides connection for accessories. (At the base of the MTP850)

Speaker Control Key Selects earpiece (low audio) or speaker (high audio).

Speaker (under keypad)

Send Key Used to initiate or answer full-duplex calls (such as Phone Calls), or send status and text messages.

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Number Description

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Menu Key Used to enter the main menu and the context sensitive menu.

Soft Key(s) Press to select the option that appears in the display directly above the left or right soft key.

Push-To-Talk Button (PTT) Press and hold this side button to talk in half-duplex calls, release it to listen. Press to send status and text messages.

Programmable Side Keys 1 and 2 Default programming: upper Side key activates/deactivates Backlight; lower Side key activates Screen Saver. (See also No. 19)

Earpiece

Programmable Rotary Knob Default programming: “Dual” - Press the knob to toggle between “volume” and “list”. Side keys (No. 17) operate as programmed.

Emergency Button (on top of the MTP850). Press and hold to enter Emergency Mode, and send Emergency Alarms (as programmed). When the MTP850 is Off, press and hold to power on in Emergency Mode or in normal mode (as programmed).

LED (Indicator)

Before using your MTP850 for the first time, remove the plastic lens protector from the display, and charge the battery overnight to ensure battery is initialised to its full capacity.

Audio Signal Tones

= High Tone; = Low Tone;

Description Typ e Repeated

Idle

• Back to Home display

• Back to rotary volume use when rotary scroll timer expires

• Back to coverage

• Back to full service

Clear-to-send Once

Bad key press Once

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• Good key press

• MTP850 self-test fails at power up

• From out-of-service to inservice

Once

In Call

Call clear warning Once

Call waiting tone while Phone or Private Call are pending.

Data connected or Data disconnected

Talk permit sounds upon pressing the PTT.

Talk permit without gateway sounds upon pressing PTT. The tone indicates the gateway is no longer available.

• Talk prohibit

• System busy

• Time-out timer expire

• Called MTP850 not available or busy

Every 6 seconds, until a call is terminated.

Once

Once (Normal Tone)

Once (Short Tone)

Twice

Once

Until you release the PTT.

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Description Typ e Repeated

• Call disconnected or failed due to network

• Wrong number dialed

DMO (Direct Mode) Entering

DMO Exiting Once

Once

Local site trunking — entering/exiting

Phone ring back (sending) Every three seconds,

Phone busy Every 0.5 seconds

Status message sent to the dispatcher or failed.

Once

until the called user answers or call is rejected.

Twice

Incoming Calls

Status message acknowledged by the dispatcher.

Your MTP850 received a Group Call without gateway (setup only).

High-priority Group Call received

Emergency Alarm sent or received

Emergency Alarm failed Four times

Emergency Call received Once

Phone ring (reception) full-duplex Private Call

Private Call received Until the call is

Private Call ringing to the caller

Half-duplex Private Pre-emptive Priority Call (PPC) ring

Four times

Once

Twice

Until you answer or the call is rejected.

answered.

Until the call is answered.

Every 4 seconds, until the call is answered or rejected.

Description Typ e Repeated

Full-duplex Private PPC ring

Limited service Once, upon entering

New mail received Once

New Group Call Once

Every 4 seconds, until the call is answered or rejected.

limited service.

Battery/General

Volume setting (earpiece, keypad, speaker)

Volume setting (ringer) While setting the

Transmit Inhibit (TXI)

Rotary knob tone Once, when toggling

Low battery alert Repeated

Continuous

volume.

Once

from list control to volume control.

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DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-

Frequency), keys -

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DTMF Continuous, until you

release the key.

Key, Knob, and Button Overview

On-Off/End/Home Key

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Soft Keys

Menu Key

Rotary Knob

• Press and hold to turn the MTP850 On/Off.

• Press to end calls.

• Press to return to the Home display.

Press or to select the option that appears in the display directly above the left or right soft key.

Press to enter:

• The menu. The MTP850 menus allow you to control your MTP850 settings.

• Context sensitive menu (when icon is on) to view a list of items for the current menu.

The Service Provider can program the Rotary knob to one of the following uses:

1. Dual control - the knob is used as both a volume control and to

scroll through lists. Press the knob to toggle between volume and list control (default programming).

2. List control - the knob is used to scroll lists (e.g. Talk group lists)

or menu items. In this case volume control is always via the Side keys.

3. Volume control - the knob is used only as a volume control; turn

clockwise to increase the audio volume level.

Press and hold the Rotary knob to lock it, press and hold it again to unlock. Powering Off also unlocks a locked Rotary knob.

Emergency Button

Press and hold this button to enter Emergency Mode.

When the MTP850 is powered down, press and hold this button to power On in Emergency Mode or in standard mode (as programmed).

Function Keys

For information on the function assigned to each Side or Numeric key, please refer to your Service Provider.

The required time you need to press the Side or Numeric keys to activate a one-touch function is set as default to 1 second. This time may be set, however, by your Service Provider.

Side Keys

The Rotary knob and Side key programming are paired:.

Rotary Knob

Programming

Dual control

List control

Volume control Programmed to a one-touch function

Side Key Programming

Programmed to a one-touch function

: Volume Up

: Volume Down

When the Rotary knob is programmed to volume control or dual control, the Side keys support the one-touch feature that allows you to select or activate commonly used features by pressing and holding a single key. By default, the upper Side key is set to “Backlight On/Off” and the lower Side key is set to “Screen Saver On”. Please check with your Service Provider.

Numeric Keys

The MTP850 supports the one-touch feature that allows you to select or activate commonly used features by pressing and holding a Numeric key.

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