Motorola SL7550 User Manual

PROFESSIONAL DIGITAL TWO-WAY RADIO

MOTOTRBO™ SL7550 PORTABLE

USER GUIDE

Declaration of Conformity

This declaration is applicable to your radio only if your radio is labeled with the FCC logo shown below.

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

Per FCC CFR 47 Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)

Responsible Party Name: Motorola Solutions, Inc.

Address: 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196, U.S.A. Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744

Hereby declares that the product:

Model Name: SL 7550

conforms to the following regulations:

FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.107(a), 15.107(d) and section 15.109(a)

Class B Digital Device

As a personal computer peripheral, this device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. This device complies with Industry Canada licence-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Declaration of Conformity

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Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to part

15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation.

If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Declaration of Conformity

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Contents

This User Guide contains all the information you need to use the MOTOTRBO SL7550 Portable Radio.

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . .viii

Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii

Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix

Open Source Software Legal Notices . . . . . . . . . .ix

Handling Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x

RF Energy Exposure and Product Safety

Guidelines and Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x

Operating Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Preparing Your Radio for Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Attaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Attaching the Earpiece/Audio Accessory . . . . . . . . . 4

Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . 9

Using the 4-Way Navigation Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . 10

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

IP Site Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Capacity Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Linked Capacity Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Utilities Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Mini Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Sent Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Job Tickets Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

LED Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Making and Receiving Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Selecting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 23

Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . 24

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . . 24

Receiving an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

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

Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Making an All Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Making a Group, Private or All Call with the

Programmable Number Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Stopping a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Monitoring Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Monitoring a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Sticky Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Radio Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Sending a Radio Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Remote Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Initiating Remote Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing an Entry in the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Viewing an Entry in the Scan List by Alias

Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Adding a New Entry to the Scan List . . . . . . . . 36

Deleting an Entry from the Scan List . . . . . . . . 37

Setting and Editing Priority for an Entry in the

Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Setting an Active Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 39

Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Contacts Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Making a Group Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 41

Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 41

Making a Call by Alias Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Assigning an Entry to a Programmable

Number Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Removing the Association between Entry and

Programmable Number Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Adding a New Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Sending a Message to a Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for

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Call Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for

Private Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for

Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Assigning Ring Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Ring Alert Type Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Call Log Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Viewing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Missed Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Storing an Alias or ID from a Call List . . . . . . . . . 49

Deleting a Call from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Viewing Details from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Receiving and Responding to a Call Alert . . . . . . 50

Making a Call Alert from the Contacts List . . . . . . 51

Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Access

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Receiving an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Responding to an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . 53

Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 54

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Voice to

Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Text Message Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Writing and Sending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . 57

Sending a Quick Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Sending a Quick Text Message with the One

Touch Access Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Accessing the Drafts Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Viewing a Saved Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Editing and Sending a Saved Text Message . . 59 Deleting a Saved Text Message from Drafts . . 60

Managing Fail-to-Send Text Messages . . . . . . . . 60

Resending a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Forwarding a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Editing a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Managing Sent Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Viewing a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Sending a Sent Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Deleting All Sent Text Messages from Sent

Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Receiving a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Reading a Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Managing Received Text Messages . . . . . . . . . . 64

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 65

Replying to a Text Message from the Inbox . . . 65

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Deleting a Text Message from the Inbox . . . . . 66

Deleting All Text Messages from the Inbox . . . 66

Job Tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Accessing the Job Ticket Folder . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Responding to the Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Deleting a Job Ticket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Covert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Entering Covert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Exiting Covert Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Multi-Site Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Starting an Automatic Site Search . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Stopping an Automatic Site Search . . . . . . . . . . 72

Starting a Manual Site Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Radio Disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Radio Enable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Lone Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Password Lock Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Accessing the Radio from Password . . . . . . . . . 76

Unlocking the Radio from Locked State . . . . . . . 76

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Turning the Password Lock On or Off . . . . . . . . . 77

Changing the Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Bluetooth Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Turning Bluetooth On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Finding and Connecting to a Bluetooth Device . . 79

Disconnecting from a Bluetooth Device . . . . . . . 80

Switching Audio Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Viewing Device Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Editing Device Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Notification List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Accessing the Notification List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Turning the Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . 82

Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Setting the Tone Alert Volume Offset Level . . . . 83

Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off . . . . . . . 83

Changing the Display Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Adjusting the Display Brightness . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Controlling the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Wallpaper Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Screen Saver Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Audio Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Locking and Unlocking the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Auto Keypad Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Turning the LED Indicator On or Off . . . . . . . . . . 87

Turning the Voice Operating Transmission

(VOX) Feature On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

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Turning the Option Board Feature(s) On or Off . . 89

Identifying Cable Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Voice Announcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Menu Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Intelligent Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Accessing General Radio Information . . . . . . . 91

Accessing the Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . 91

Checking the Radio Alias and ID . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Checking the Firmware Version and Codeplug

Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Checking the Open-Source Software

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Audio Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Carry Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Miscellaneous Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Batteries and Chargers Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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Important Safety Information

Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance

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

C a u t i o n

Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio.

Any modification to this device, not expressly authorized by Motorola, may void the user’s authority to operate this device.

Under Industry Canada regulations, this radio transmitter may only operate using an antenna of a type and maximum (or lesser) gain approved for the transmitter by Industry Canada. To reduce potential radio interference to other users, the antenna type and its gain should be so chosen that the equivalent isotropically radiated power (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that necessary for successful communication

This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy FCC/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 enclosed with your radio (Motorola Publication part number 6881095C98) to ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

For a list of Motorola-approved antennas, batteries, and other accessories, visit the following website:

http://www.motorolasolutions.com/governmentandenterprise

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ATTENTION!

Firmware Version

All the features described in the following sections are supported by the radio's firmware version R02.03.00 or later.

See Checking the Firmware Version and Codeplug Version on page 92 to determine your radio's firmware version.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more details of all the features supported.

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.

The AMBE+2 this product is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc.

voice coding Technology embodied in

This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use within this Communications Equipment. The user of this Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to decompile, reverse engineer, or disassemble the Object Code, or in any other way convert the Object Code into a human-readable form.

U.S. Pat. Nos. #5,870,405, #5,826,222, #5,754,974, #5,701,390, #5,715,365, #5,649,050, #5,630,011, #5,581,656, #5,517,511, #5,491,772, #5,247,579, #5,226,084 and #5,195,166.

Open Source Software Legal Notices

This Motorola Product contains Open Source Software. For information regarding licenses, acknowledgements, required copyright notices, and other usage terms, refer to the Documentation for this Motorola Product at:

http://www.motorola.com/businessonline

Computer Software Copyrights

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Handling Precautions

The MOTOTRBO Series Digital Portable radio meets IP54 specifications. Your radio limits protection against dust and water exposure.

• Keep your radio clean and exposure to water should be

avoided to help ensure proper functionality and performance.

• To clean the exterior surfaces of the radio, use a diluted

solution of mild dishwashing detergent and fresh water (i.e. one teaspoon of detergent to one gallon of water).

• These surfaces should be cleaned whenever a periodic visual

inspection reveals the presence of smudges, grease, and/or grime.

The effects of certain chemicals and their vapors can have harmful results on certain plastics.

C a u t i o n

Avoid using aerosol sprays, tuner cleaners and other chemicals.

Handling Precautions

RF Energy Exposure and Product Safety Guidelines and Instructions

See more detailed proper usage instructions, warnings and cautions in the Regulatory Compliance and Product Safety Guide.

1 To ensure a comfortable audio level and

compliance with RF energy exposure limits, do not hold against the ear or alongside the

See User Manual.

head.

2 Use only in front of the face or with

Motorola Solutions approved audio accessories and carry cases to ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.

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Operating Precautions

• Transmit no more than the rated duty factor of 50% of the

time. To transmit (talk), push the Push-To-Talk (PTT) button.

To receive calls, release the PTT button. Transmitting 50% of

the time, or less, is important because this radio generates

measurable RF energy exposure only when transmitting (in

terms of measuring for standards compliance).

• To protect your hearing, use the lowest volume necessary to

do your job, turn down the volume before adding a headset or

earpiece, and limit the amount of time you use headsets or

earpieces at high volume.

• User awareness instructions should accompany device when

transferred to other users.

NOTE: For more details please read the information about RF

Energy Exposure Awareness and Control Information and Operational Instructions for Occupational Use in the Quick Reference Guide/Safety Booklet (Motorola Publications number 68009553001) provided with your radio.

Operating Precautions

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Getting Started

Take a moment to review the following:

How to Use This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1

How to Use This Guide

This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO SL7550 Digital Portable Radios.

However, your dealer or system administrator may have customized your radio for your specific needs. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

For features that are available in a conventional multi-site mode, see IP Site Connect on page 13 for more information.

Selected features are also available on the single-site trunking mode, Capacity Plus. See Capacity Plus on page 13 for more information.

Selected features are also available on the multi-site trunking mode, Linked Capacity Plus. See Linked Capacity Plus on page 14.

What Your Dealer/System Administrator

Can Tell You

You can consult your dealer or system administrator about the following:

• Is your radio programmed with any preset conventional

channels?

• Which buttons have been programmed to access other

features?

• What optional accessories may suit your needs?

• What are the best radio usage practices for effective

communication?

• What maintenance procedures will help promote longer radio

life?

Getting Started

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Preparing Your Radio for Use

Assemble your radio by following these steps:

Attaching the Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3

Attaching the Earpiece/Audio Accessory . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4

Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5

Attaching the Battery

Align the battery contacts with the contacts inside the battery compartment. Insert the contact side of the battery first. Gently push the battery into place.

To attach battery cover, align it in place and slide the battery latch until it snaps into place. Slide battery latch into lock position.

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Battery Latch

Charging the Battery

Your radio is powered by a Lithium-Ion (Li-lon) battery. To avoid damage and comply with warranty terms, charge the battery using a Motorola charger exactly as described in the charger user guide. All chargers can charge only Motorola authorized batteries. Other batteries may not charge.

Charge a new battery 14 to 16 hours before initial use for best performance. Prior to charging a battery with the radio, it is recommended to turn the radio off. Batteries charge best at room temperature.

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NOTE: The battery charging icon will be displayed until the

user unplugs the USB cable or takes the radio out of the charger.

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Attaching the Earpiece/Audio Accessory

Powering Up the Radio

The audio jack is located on the antenna side of the radio. It is used to connect MOTOTRBO SL7550 accessories to the radio.

Lift up the flap of the Audio Jack cover. Align the indicators on both the connector and housing, then push until it fits in properly.

Audio Jack

Rotate connector clockwise or counterclockwise to lock.

To unlock, rotate until the indicators on both the connector and housing are aligned. Pull out the connector gently to disconnect from radio.

Indicators

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Press the On/Off button on the front keypad. You see MOTOTRBO (TM) on the radio’s display momentarily, followed by a welcome message or welcome image.

The LED lights up solid green and the Home screen lights up. The backlight depends on the last brightness setting.

LED Indicator

On/Off Button

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NOTE: Brightness is set via the manual brightness mode and

auto brightness is controlled by the radio’s photo sensor. The Home screen does not light up during a power up if the LED indicator is disabled (see Turning the LED Indicator On or Off on page 87).

A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power up test is successful.

NOTE: There is no power up tone if the radio tones/alerts

function is disabled (see Turning the Radio Tones/ Alerts On or Off on page 82).

If your radio does not power up, check your battery. Make sure that it is charged and properly attached. If your radio still does not power up, contact your dealer.

To turn off the radio, press the On/Off button again and hold for 2 seconds. You see a brief display.

Powering Down on the radio’s

Adjusting the Volume

To increase the volume, push the Volume Button up.

To decrease the volume, push the Volume Button down.

NOTE: Your radio can be

programmed to have a minimum volume offset where the volume level cannot be lowered past the programmed minimum volume. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Volu me Button

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Radio Controls

Take a moment to review the following:

Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6

Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7

Using the 4-Way Navigation Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9

Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . page 10

Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 11

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 12

IP Site Connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13

Capacity Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 13

Linked Capacity Plus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14

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2 3

4 5

6 7 8

LED Indicator

Push-to-Talk (PTT) Button

Display

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Microphone

Volume Button

Front Button P1*

SP: _____________ LP: _____________

On/Off Button

Emergency Button*

4-way Navigation Disc

Antenna

Speaker

Front Button P2 *

SP: _____________ LP: _____________

Back/Home Button

Menu/OK Button

Keypad

Programmable Buttons

Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as shortcuts to radio functions or preset channels/groups depending on the duration of a button press:

• Short press – Pressing and releasing rapidly (0.05 seconds).

• Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed

duration (between 1.00 second and 3.75 seconds).

• Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.

NOTE: The programmed duration of a button press is

applicable for all assignable radio/utility functions or settings. See Emergency Operation on page 52 for more information on the programmed duration of the Emergency button.

For your convenience, a programmable button can also be customized to support up to 9 of your favorite features. Please consult your dealer for programming options.

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* These buttons are programmable.

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Assignable Radio Functions

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Actions – A programmable button to access a CPS programmable action list.

Audio Routing – Toggles audio routing between internal radio speaker and external accessory speakers.

Power Battery Indicator – Displays the current status of the battery level.

Bluetooth

internal radio speaker and external Bluetooth-enabled accessory.

Contacts – Provides direct access to the contacts list. Call Alert – Direct access to the radio contacts list to select a

radio contact to send a call alert to.

Call Log – Selects the call log list. Channel Announcement – Plays zone and channel

announcement voice messages for the current channel.

Display Radio Alias - Shows radio display name. Emergency – Depending on the programming, initiates or

cancels an emergency alarm or call.

Intelligent Audio On/Off – Toggles intelligent audio on or off. Job Tickets – Allows the user to view and act upon job tickets.

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Manual Dial for Private Call – Allows the user to dial a private

call manually.

Audio Switch – Toggles audio routing between

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Manual Site Roam* Mic AGC On/Off – Toggles the internal microphone automatic

gain control (AGC) on or off.

Monitor – Monitors a selected channel for activity. Notifications – Provides direct access to the Notifications list.

Nuisance Channel Delete*

unwanted channel, except for the Selected Channel, from the scan list. The Selected Channel refers to the user’s selected zone/channel combination from which scan is initiated.

One Touch Access – Directly initiates a predefined Private or Group Call, a Call Alert or a Quick Text message.

Option Board Feature – Toggles option board feature(s) on or off for option board-enabled channels.

Permanent Monitor*

radio traffic until function is disabled.

Privacy – Toggles privacy on or off. Radio Alias and ID – Provides radio alias and ID. Radio Check – Determines if a radio is active in a system. Radio Enable – Allows a target radio to be remotely enabled. Radio Disable – Allows a target radio to be remotely disabled. Remote Monitor – Turns on the microphone of a target radio

without it giving any indicators.

– Starts the manual site search.

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– Temporarily removes an

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– Monitors a selected channel for all

* Not applicable in Capacity Plus

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Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus

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Repeater/Talkaround*‡ – Toggles between using a repeater

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and communicating directly with another radio. Ring Alert Type – Provides direct access to the Ring Alert Type

Setting.

Scan – Toggles scan on or off.

Site Lock On/Off* Text Message – Selects the text message menu. Transmit Interrupt Remote Dekey – Stops the transmission of

a remote monitored radio without giving any indicators, or an ongoing interruptible call to free the channel.

Unassigned – Unassigned programmable button. Voice Announcement On/Off – Toggles voice announcement

on or off. Voice Operating Transmission (VOX) – Toggles VOX on or

off. Zone – Allows selection from a list of zones.

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– Toggles the automatic site roam on or off.

* Not applicable in Capacity Plus

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Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions

All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones and alerts on or off. Brightness – Allows brightness to be set via the manual

brightness mode or auto brightness control via the radio’s photo sensor.

Display Mode – Toggles the day/night display mode on or off. Keypad Lock – Toggles keypad between locked and unlocked. Wallpaper – Displayed on home screen.

Using the 4-Way Navigation Disc

You can use the 4-way navigation disc, e, to scroll through options, increase/decrease values, and navigate vertically.

Direction

Accessing the Programmed Functions

Direction

Editor Category

Number –

Alias –

Free Form Text Move cursor up/down.

^ or v< or >

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Left: Delete last digit

Right: –

Move cursor one

character left/right.

Move cursor one

character left/right.

You can access various radio functions through one of the following ways:

• A short or long press of the

relevant programmable buttons.

• Use the 4-way navigation disc as follows:

1 To access the menu, press the c button. Press ^ or v to

access the required menu function.

2 Press c to select a function or enter a sub-menu. 3 To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous

screen, press the return to the Home screen.

NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period

of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.

d button. Long press the d button to

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Using the Keypad

You can use the alphanumeric keypad to access your radio’s features. You can use the keypad to enter subscriber aliases or IDs, and text messages. Many characters require that you press a key multiple times. The table below shows the number of times a key needs to be pressed to generate the required character.

Number of Times Key is Pressed

Key1 2345678910111213

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3 4

6 7

1.,?!@&‘%-:*#

ABC2

DEF3

GHI4

JKL5

MNO6

PQRS7

TUV8

WXYZ9

* or del

# or space

NOTE: Press to enter "0" and long press to activate the CAPS lock. Another long press to turn off the CAPS lock.

NOTE: Press during text entry to delete the character. Press during numeric entry to enter a "*".

NOTE: Press during text entry to insert a space. Press during numeric entry to enter a "#".

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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

The PTT button on the side of the radio serves two basic purposes:

PTT

Button

• While a call is in progress, the PTT button allows the radio to

transmit to other radios in the call.

Press and hold down PTT button to talk. Release the PTT button to listen.

The microphone is activated when the PTT button is pressed.

• While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make

a new call (see Making a Radio Call on page 26).

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If the Talk Permit Tone (see Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off on page 83) is enabled, wait until the short alert tone

ends before talking .

During a call, if the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled on your radio (programmed by your dealer), you will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio (the radio that is receiving your call) releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to respond.

You will also hear a continuous talk prohibit tone, if your call is interrupted, indicating that you should release the PTT button, for example when the radio receives an Emergency Call.

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IP Site Connect

This feature allows your radio to extend communication beyond the reach of a single repeater site by operating on multiple repeater sites connected together via an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

When the radio moves out of range from one site and into the range of another, it connects to the new site's base station to send or receive calls/data transmissions. Depending on your settings, this is done automatically or manually.

If the radio is set to do this automatically, it scans through all available sites when the signal from the current site is weak or when the radio is unable to detect any signal from the current site. It then locks on to the base station with the strongest Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) value.

In a manual site search, the radio searches for the next site in the roam list that is currently in range (but which may not have the strongest signal) and locks on to it.

NOTE: Each channel can only have either Scan or Roam

enabled, not both at the same time.

Channels with this feature enabled can be added to a particular roam list. The radio searches the channel(s) in the Members list during the automatic roam operation to locate the best site.

A roam list supports a maximum of 16 channels (including the Selected Channel).

You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the roam list. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Capacity Plus

Capacity Plus is a single-site trunking configuration of the MOTOTRBO radio system, which uses a pool of channels to support hundreds of users and up to 254 Groups. This feature allows your radio to efficiently utilize the available number of programmed channels while in Repeater Mode.

When Capacity Plus is enabled, features not applicable to Capacity Plus are not available in the menu. Also, you hear a negative indicator tone if you try to access a feature not applicable to Capacity Plus via a programmable button press.

Your radio also has features that are available in both conventional digital mode, IP Site Connect, Capacity Plus and Linked Capacity Plus. However, the minor differences in the way each feature works does NOT affect the performance of your radio.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information on this system configuration.

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Linked Capacity Plus

Linked Capacity Plus is a multi-site multi-channel trunking configuration of the MOTOTRBO radio system, combining the best of both Capacity Plus and IP Site Connect configurations.

Linked Capacity Plus allows your radio to extend trunking communication beyond the reach of a single site, by connecting to different available sites which are connected via an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It also provides an increase in capacity by efficiently utilizing the combined available number of programmed channels supported by each of the available sites.

When the radio moves out of range from one site and into the range of another, it connects to the new site's repeater to send or receive calls/data transmissions. Depending on your settings, this is done automatically or manually.

If the radio is set to do this automatically, it scans through all available sites when the signal from the current site is weak or when the radio is unable to detect any signal from the current site. It then locks on to the repeater with the strongest Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) value.

In a manual site search, the radio searches for the next site in the roam list that is currently in range (but which may not have the strongest signal) and locks on to it.

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Any channel with Linked Capacity Plus enabled can be added to a particular roam list. The radio searches these channels during the automatic roam operation to locate the best site.

NOTE: You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the roam

list. Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information.

Similar to Capacity Plus, icons of features not applicable to Linked Capacity Plus are not available in the menu. You hear a negative indicator tone if you try to access a feature not applicable to Linked Capacity Plus via a programmable button press.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information on this configuration.

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Identifying Status Indicators

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 15

Call Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17

Utilities Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 17

Mini Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Sent Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

Job Tickets Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19

LED Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 19

Audio Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 20

Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 21

Display Icons

Your radio has a 2 inch landscape display with QVGA (Quarter Video Graphics Array) 16-bit color resolution.

The following are icons that appear on the radio’s display. Icons are displayed arranged left-most in order of appearance/usage.

Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)

The number of bars displayed represents the radio signal strength. Four bars indicate the strongest signal. This icon is only displayed while receiving.

Battery

The number of bars shown indicates the charge remaining in the battery. Blinks when the battery is low.

Battery Discharging Status

Shows battery discharging status.

Bluetooth Not Connected

The Bluetooth feature is enabled but there is no remote Bluetooth device connected.

Bluetooth Connected

The Bluetooth feature is enabled. The icon stays lit when a remote Bluetooth device is connected.

* Not applicable in Capacity Plus

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Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus

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Emergency

Radio is in Emergency mode.

Job Ticket Notification

Notification List has items to review.

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Scan*

Scan feature is enabled.

Scan – Priority 1

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Radio detects activity on channel/group designated as Priority 1.

Scan – Priority 2

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Radio detects activity on channel/group designated as Priority 2.

Monitor

Selected channel is being monitored.

Talkaround*

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In the absence of a repeater, radio is currently configured for direct radio to radio communication.

Site Roaming*

The site roaming feature is enabled.

Secure

The Privacy feature is enabled.

Unsecure

The Privacy feature is disabled.

Option Board

The Option Board is enabled. (Option board enabled models only).

Option Board Non-Function

The Option Board is disabled.

All Tones Disabled

No ring tones available.

Call Log

Radio call log.

Contact

Radio contact is available

Message

Incoming message.

Silent Ring

Silent ring mode is enabled.

Ring only

Ringing mode is enabled.

Vibrate

Vibrate mode is enabled.

Vibrate and Ring

Vibrate and ring modes are enabled.

Keypad

Keypad locked.

* Not applicable in Capacity Plus

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Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus

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