Motorola SL7550 User Manual

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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.

Conformity of Declaration

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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.

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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 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for

 

Private Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for

 

Text Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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

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

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Missed Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Making a Call Alert with the One Touch Access

 

Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

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

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

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

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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 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 Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet

C a u t i o n enclosed with your radio.

Information

ATTENTION!

 

 

This radio is restricted to occupational use only to

 

satisfy FCC/ICNIRP RF energy exposure

Safety

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

Important

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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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

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.

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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+2TM voice coding Technology embodied in this product is protected by intellectual property rights including patent rights, copyrights and trade secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc.

This voice coding Technology is licensed solely for use

 

within this Communications Equipment. The user of this

 

Technology is explicitly prohibited from attempting to

Computer

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,

Software

#5,581,656, #5,517,511, #5,491,772, #5,247,579,

 

#5,226,084 and #5,195,166.

 

Open Source Software Legal Notices

Copyrights

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

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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

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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. Avoid using aerosol sprays, tuner cleaners and

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other chemicals.

 

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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 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.

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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

 

 

Getting

Is your radio programmed with any preset conventional

You can consult your dealer or system administrator about the

 

following:

 

 

channels?

Started

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?

 

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Preparing Your Radio for Use

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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.

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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

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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.

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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Preparing Your Radio for Use

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Attaching the Earpiece/Audio Accessory

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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Powering Up the Radio

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 Powering Down on the radio’s display.

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

Volume

lowered past the

Button

programmed

 

minimum volume.

 

Check with your

 

dealer or system

 

administrator for

 

more information.

 

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Identifying Radio Controls

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Identifying 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

Radio Controls

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1

11

2

 

3

 

4

 

5

12

 

 

13

6

14

15

7

 

8

 

 

9

1LED Indicator

2Push-to-Talk (PTT) Button

3Display

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4Microphone

5Volume Button

6Front Button P1*

SP: _____________ LP: _____________

7On/Off Button

8Emergency Button*

94-way Navigation Disc

10Antenna

11Speaker

12Front Button P2 *

SP: _____________ LP: _____________

13Back/Home Button

14Menu/OK Button

15Keypad

* These buttons are programmable.

Programmable Buttons

Your dealer can program the programmable buttons as

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duration (between 1.00 second and 3.75 seconds).

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

 

Hold down Keeping the button pressed.

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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

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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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Assignable Radio Functions

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® Audio Switch Toggles audio routing between 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.

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

Manual Site Roam*Starts the manual site search.

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*Temporarily removes an 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*Monitors a selected channel for all 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.

* Not applicable in Capacity Plus

Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus

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Repeater/Talkaround*Toggles between using a repeater 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*Toggles the automatic site roam on or 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.

* Not applicable in Capacity Plus

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.

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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.

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Direction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Category

^ or v

 

< or >

Controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Menu

Vertical Navigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lists

Vertical Navigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View Details

Vertical Navigation

 

Previous/Next Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numeric Values

Increase/Decrease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can use the 4-way navigation disc, e, as a number, alias, or free form text editor.

The > button can be used to change the channels in the home screen.

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Press the Menu/OK button to select your desired channel.

 

 

Direction

 

 

 

 

Editor Category

^ or v

 

< or >

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Left: Delete last digit

 

Right: –

 

 

 

Alias

 

Move cursor one

 

character left/right.

 

 

 

Free Form Text

Move cursor up/down.

Move cursor one

character left/right.

 

 

 

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Accessing the Programmed Functions

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

A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons.

OR

Use the 4-way navigation disc as follows:

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

2Press cto select a function or enter a sub-menu.

3To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous screen, press the dbutton. Long press the dbutton to return to the Home screen.

NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

.

,

?

!

@

&

%

-

:

*

#

2

A

B

C

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

D

E

F

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

G

H

I

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

J

K

L

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

M

N

O

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

P

Q

R

S

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

T

U

V

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

W

X

Y

Z

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

0

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

 

*

* or del

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

 

 

 

#

# or space

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).

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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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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

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.

Scan*

Scan feature is enabled.

Scan – Priority 1*

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

Scan – Priority 2*

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

Monitor

Selected channel is being monitored.

Talkaround*

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

Not applicable in Linked Capacity Plus

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