Motorola PR400 User Manual 2

PR400

Commercial Series

Two-Way Radio User Guide

Manuel de l'utilisateur

de la radio bidirectionnelle

™

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.

CONTENTS

Computer Software Copyrights. . . inside cover

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Product Safety and RF Exposure

Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Conventional Radio Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Trunked Radio Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

LTR Trunked Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PR400™ Radio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Radio-Wide Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

LTR Trunked Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Conventional Signaling Features . . . . . . . 6

Radio Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Accessory Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Attach the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Remove the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Attach the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Remove the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Attach the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Remove the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Charging Your Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Wall Charger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Desktop Chargers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Rapid Charger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Slow Charger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Battery Charge Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Indicator Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Programmable Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Turn the Radio On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Adjust the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Select an LTR Channel/Talkgroup . . . . . . . . 20

Select a Conventional Radio Channel . . . . . 20

Receive a Conventional or LTR Call . . . . . .20

Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transmit an LTR Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Transmit a Conventional Call . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Call Light (LTR Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . 22

Repeater or Talkaround Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 22

VOX Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Connecting a VOX Headset . . . . . . . . . .23

Enable or Disable VOX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Enable/Disable Headset Sidetone . . . . . . . . 23

VOX Headset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Non-VOX Headset with In-Line PTT . . . . 24

CONTENTS

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Escalert (Conventional Operation Only) . . . .24

Set Squelch Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Set Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Option Board On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Radio Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

CONTENTS

Selective Radio Inhibit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Receive a Selective Call

Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Headsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Surveillance Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Ear Microphone Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Remote Speaker Microphones. . . . . . . . . . . 36

Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . 25

Receive a Call Alert™ Page

(Conventional Operation Only) . . . . . . . . . . 25

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Talkback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Start System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Stop System Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Start Auto Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Stop Auto Scan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Delete a Nuisance Channel/Talkgroup. . . . .28

Restore Channels/Talkgroups to the

Scan List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Carry Accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

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SAFETY

PRODUCT SAFETY AND RF EXPOSURE COMPLIANCE

Before using this product, read the operating instructions for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and

C a u t i o n

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 68P81095C98) to ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas, batteries, and other accessories, visit the following web site which lists approved accessories: http://www.motorola.com/cgiss/ index.shtml.

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SAFETY

Notes:

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INTRODUCTION

Your PR400™ radio can operate on both LTR® trunked and conventional radio systems. This radio combines the very latest in two-way technology while delivering outstanding functionality at the touch of a button.

CONVENTIONAL RADIO SYSTEMS

Conventional typically refers to radio-to-radio communications through a single channel. Conventional systems also allow radio users to extend communication coverage by relaying their messages through a repeater. To ensure coordinated use by multiple users, each radio user must monitor the channel or repeater before transmitting to verify that the system is not currently busy.

TRUNKED RADIO SYSTEMS

A trunked radio system allows a large number of users to share a relatively small number of frequencies or repeaters without interfering with each other. The airtime of all the repeaters in a trunked system is pooled, which maximizes the amount of airtime available to

any one radio and minimizes channel/ talkgroup congestion.

Some of the benefits of trunked two-way radio systems are:

• No channel/talkgroup monitoring required prior to transmission

• Improved system access

• Automatic channel/talkgroup selection

• Increased privacy among members of the same group

LTR Trunked Systems

LTR (Logic Trunked Radio) is a transmissionbased trunking protocol developed by the E. F. Johnson Company for primarily single-site trunking applications. In transmission trunking, a repeater is used for only the duration of a single transmission. Once a transmission is completed, that repeater becomes available to other users. This means that a conversation comprised of many transmissions may occur over several different channels/talkgroups within the LTR system. This method of trunking provides system efficiency by making repeaters available to all users after every transmission.

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INTRODUCTION

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When an LTR trunked radio user wants to communicate with another radio, the user’s radio sends a “channel/talkgroup request” to the home repeater. The system then sends back a “channel/talkgroup grant” to the user’s radio. The channel/talkgroup grant message contains the number of a “go to” repeater to tell the radio which repeater to use. This “go to” repeater can be the same as the radio’s home repeater or another repeater in the system.

The radio uses the “go to” repeater for transmission. Once the transmission has ended, this repeater is available for other users.

PR400™ RADIO FEATURES

Radio-Wide Features

• 16 Conventional Channels

• Up to 4 Sites and 16 Talkgroups

• Up to 20 Repeaters per Site

• 2 Programmable Feature Buttons

• Option Board Expandability

• Busy Channel Lockout

• High/Low Power Settings

• Transmit Time-Out Timer

• Monitor and Sticky Permanent Monitor

• System Scan with 2 Priority Levels and Revert Scan

LTR Trunked Features

• MDC 1200 Signaling

- Selective Radio Inhibit Decode

- Radio Check

-MDC Pre-Time

- PTT ID Decode

-DOS

Decode

Conventional Signaling Features

• MDC 1200 Signaling

- Selective Radio Inhibit Decode

• Quik-Call II Signaling

- PTT ID Encode/ Decode

- Call Alert Decode - Selective Call Decode

• DTMF Signaling

- DTMF PTT ID

Encode

RADIO OVERVIEW

Antenna

Push-to-Talk

(PTT) Button

Side Button 1

(programmable)

Side Button 2

(programmable)

On/Off/Volume

Knob

Channel Selector

Knob

LED Indicator

Microphone/ Speaker

Accessory Connector with a Dust Cover

Belt Clip

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ACCESSORY INFORMATION

Attach the Battery

Remove the Battery

Locked

Unlocked

Battery Latch

1 Turn off the radio if it is turned on (see page 19).

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1 Align the battery to the battery rails on the

back of the radio (approximately 1/2 in. from the top of the radio.)

2 Press the battery firmly to the radio and slide the

battery upward until the latch snaps into place.

3 Slide the battery latch, located on radio bottom,

into the lock position.

2 Slide the battery latch into the unlock position.

Disengage by pushing downward and holding the latch towards the front of the radio.

3 With the battery latch disengaged, slide the

battery down from the top of the radio about 1/2 in. Once the battery is free from the battery rails, lift it directly away from the radio.

Attach the Antenna Remove the Antenna

Turn the antenna clockwise to attach it. Turn the antenna counter-clockwise to remove

it.

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Attach the Belt Clip Remove the Belt Clip

Belt Clip Tab

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1 Align the grooves of the belt clip with those of

the battery.

2 Press the belt clip downward until you hear a

click.

1 Use a key to press the belt clip tab away from

the battery to unlock the belt clip.

2 Slide the belt clip upward to remove it.

BATTERY INFORMATION

Charging Your Battery

This radio is powered by a nickel-cadmium (NICd), a nickel-metal hydride (NiMH), or a lithium-ion (Li-lon) rechargeable battery. Charge the battery before use to ensure optimum capacity and performance. The battery was designed specifically to be used with a Motorola charger. Charging in nonMotorola equipment may lead to battery damage and void the battery warranty.

Note: When charging a battery attached to a

radio, turn the radio off to ensure a full charge.

The battery should be at about 77°F (25°C) (room temperature), whenever possible. Charging a cold battery (below 50° F [10°C]) may result in leakage of electrolyte and ultimately in failure of the battery. Charging a hot battery (above 95°F [35°C]) results in reduced discharge capacity, affecting the performance of the radio. Motorola rapid-rate battery chargers contain a temperaturesensing circuit to ensure that batteries are charged within the temperature limits stated above.

If a battery is new, or its charge level is very low, you will need to charge it before you can use it. When the battery level is low and the radio is in transmit mode you will see the LED indicator flash red. Upon release of the PTT button, you will hear an alert tone.

Note: Batteries are shipped uncharged from the

factory. Always charge a new battery 14 to 16 hours before initial use, regardless of the status indicated by the charger.

Note: Do not use the wall charger and desktop

charger at the same time when charging.

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