Motorola XPR 4580 User Manual
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, Inc.
Address: 1301 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196-1078, U.S.A.
Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744
Hereby declares that the product:
Model Name: XPR 4580
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. 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.
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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 XPR Series Mobile Radios.
Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance . . vii
Software Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
How to Use This User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can
Tell You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Identifying Radio Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Assignable Radio Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Assignable Settings/Utility Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Switching Between Conventional and
Trunking Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Contents
Identifying Status Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Main Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
In-Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Receiving and Making Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting a Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Selecting a Radio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call . . . . . . 11
Receiving and Responding to a Group Call . . . . . 11
Receiving and Responding to a Private Call . . . . 12
Receiving and Responding to a Phone Call . . . . 13
Making a Radio Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making a Call with the Channel Rocker . . . . . . . . 14
Making a Group Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making a Private Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Making an Enhanced Private Call . . . . . . . . . . 15
Making a Phone Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Sending a Status Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Using the Dynamic Regrouping Feature . . . . . 17
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Talkaround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Permanent Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Scan Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Viewing an Entry in the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Editing the Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adding a New Entry to the Scan List . . . . . . . . 19
Deleting an Entry from the Scan List . . . . . . . . 20
Setting and Editing Priority for an Entry in the
Scan List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Starting and Stopping Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Responding to a Transmission During a Scan . . 22
Deleting a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Restoring a Nuisance Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Contacts Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Making a Private Call from Contacts . . . . . . . . . . 23
Call Indicator Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Activating and Deactivating Call Ringers for
Private Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Escalating Alarm Tone Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Call Log Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Contents
Viewing Recent Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Deleting a Call from a Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Call Alert Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Receiving and Acknowledging a Call Alert . . . . . 26
Making a Call Alert from the Contacts List . . . . . 26
Making a Call Alert with the One Touch
Call Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Emergency Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Receiving an Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Receiving an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Receiving an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . 28
Sending an Emergency Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sending an Emergency Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sending an Emergency Alarm with Call . . . . . . . 29
Sending an Emergency Alarm with
Voice to Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reinitiating an Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Exiting Emergency Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Trunking System Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Failsoft System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Going Out of Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the Site Trunking Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Locking and Unlocking a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing and Changing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Viewing and Changing a Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Changing the Current Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the Squelch Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the Power Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Turning the Public Address System On or Off . . . 35
Turning the External Public Address System On
or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Controlling the Display Backlight . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Turning Horns/Lights On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Turning the Radio Tones/Alerts On or Off . . . . . .36
Turning the Talk Permit Tone On or Off . . . . . . . 37
Turning the LED Indicators On or Off . . . . . . . . . 37
Turning the Introduction Screen On or Off . . . . . .38
Accessing General Radio Information . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking the Radio ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking the Firmware Version . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Checking the Codeplug Version . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Keypad Microphone Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Turning Keypad Tones On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Additional Advanced Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Making a Private Call by Alias Search . . . . . . . . . 41
Storing an Alias or ID from the Received
Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Dual-Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Mounting Kits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Miscellaneous Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Notes
Notes
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Important Safety Information
Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
Before using this product, read the operating
!
Caution
This radio is restricted to occupational use only to
satisfy FCC RF energy exposure requirements.
Before using this product, read the RF energy awareness
information and operating instructions in the Product
Safety and RF Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio
(Motorola Publication part number 6881095C99) to
ensure compliance with RF energy exposure limits.
For a list of Motorola-approved antennas and other
accessories, visit the following website:
http://www.motorola.com/governmentandenterprise
instructions for safe usage contained in the
Product Safety and RF Exposure booklet
enclosed with your radio.
ATTENTION!
Software Version
Important Safety Information
All the features described in the following sections are
supported by the radio's software version R01.00.00 or
later.
See Checking the Firmware Version on page 38 to
determine your radio's software version.
Please 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+2
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
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.
TM
voice coding Technology embodied in
Computer Software Copyrights
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Getting Started
Take a moment to review the following:
How to Use This User Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 1
What Your Dealer/System Administrator Can Tell You . page 1
Powering Up the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 2
How to Use This User Guide
This User Guide covers the basic operation of the MOTOTRBO
Mobiles.
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.
Throughout this publication, a note is shown for Conventional
mode and Trunking mode only features to differentiate the
features according to the two modes.
For features that are available in both Conventional and
Trunking modes, no note is shown.
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?
Getting Started
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Powering Up the Radio
P 1
O K
P 2
P 3
P 4
CH+
BACK
MENU
CH -
P 1
O K
P 2
P 3
P 4
CH+
BACK
MENU
CH -
Press the On/Off
Button briefly. You see
Motorola and
MOTOTRBO (TM) on the
radio’s display
momentarily, followed
by Motorola once
more.
The green LED blinks
and the Home screen
lights up if the backlight
setting is set to turn on
automatically.
NOTE: The Home screen does not light up during a power-up
if the LED indicators are disabled (see Turning the
LED Indicators On or Off on page 37).
A brief tone sounds, indicating that the power-up test is
successful.
Getting Started
On/Off Button
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 36).
If your radio does not power up, contact your dealer or system
administrator.
To turn off the radio, press and hold the On/Off Button until you
see Powering Down on the radio’s display.
Adjusting the Volume
To increase the
volume, turn the
Volume Knob
clockwise.
To decrease
the volume, turn
this knob
counterclockwise.
Volume Knob
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Identifying Radio Controls
P1
OK
P2
P3
P4
CH+
BACK
MENU
CH -
Take a moment to review the following:
Radio Controls You Will Be Using . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 3
Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Accessing the Programmed Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5
Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 6
Switching Between Conventional and Trunking Mode . page 6
Radio Controls You Will Be Using
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1
On/Off Button
1
Volume Knob
2
Front Button P1*
3
Display
4
Channel Rocker
5
Speaker
6
Front Button P3*
7
Front Button P4*
8
Menu Navigation Buttons
9
Front Button P2*
10
Accessory Connector
11
LED Indicators
12
* These buttons are programmable.
Identifying Radio Controls
12 11 8 7910
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Programmable Buttons
Your dealer or system administrator can program the
programmable buttons as shortcuts to radio functions or preset
channels/groups depending on the duration of a button press:
• Press – Pressing and releasing rapidly.
• Long press – Pressing and holding for the programmed
duration (between 0.25 seconds and 3.75 seconds).
• Hold down – Keeping the button pressed.
Assignable Radio Functions
Call* – Initiates a private call by keying in or selecting any
subscriber ID and accepts incoming private calls.
Call Alert* – Allows selection of radio ID number to initiate a call
alert.
Contacts – Provides direct access to the Contacts list.
Emergency* – Depending on the programming, initiates or
cancels an emergency alarm or call.
Ext PA On/Off – Toggles the audio routing between the
connected public address (PA) loudspeaker amplifier and the
radio’s internal public address (PA) system.
Identifying Radio Controls
Message Update* – Selects a message update to send to the
dispatcher.
Monitor** – Monitors a selected channel for activity.
Nuisance Delete – Temporarily removes an unwanted channel
from the scan list until the radio is powered off and on again, or
the scan is turned off and on again.
One Touch Call* – Directly initiates a predefined Message,
Status, Private Call, Phone Call, or a Call Alert to a target radio.
PA On/Off – Toggles the radio’s internal public address (PA)
system on or off.
Permanent Monitor** – Monitors a selected channel for all
radio traffic until function is turned off.
Phone – Initiates a phone call by keying in or selecting any
phone ID and accepts incoming phone calls.
Repeater/Talkaround** – Toggles between using a repeater
and communicating directly with another radio.
Scan – Toggles scan on or off.
Site Display* – Displays current site on the radio display.
Site Lock On/Off* – Toggles the automatic site roam on or off in
Smart Zone operation.
Site Search* – Starts site search in SmartZone operation.
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Status Update* – Selects a status update to send to the
dispatcher.
Transmit Inhibit – Prevents transmission when enabled.
Zone – Allows selection from a list of zones.
Assignable Settings/Utility Functions
All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones on or off.
Backlight – Controls the display backlight intensity and front
panel buttons backlight intensity.
Horns/Lights – Toggles horns and lights feature on or off.
Power Level – Toggles transmit power level between high and
low.
Squelch** – Toggles squelch level between normal and tight.
* A trunking only feature
** A conventional only feature
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 Menu Navigation Buttons as follows:
1 To access the menu, press the S button. Press the
appropriate Menu Scroll button (Por Q) to access
the menu functions.
2 To select a function or enter a sub-menu, press the N
button.
3 To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous
screen, press the
to return to the Home screen.
The Menu Navigation Buttons are also available on a keypad
microphone (see Using the Keypad on page 40).
NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period
of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.
R button. Long press the R button
Identifying Radio Controls
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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button
P3
CH+
BACK
CH -
The PTT button on the side
of the microphone serves
two basic purposes:
• While a call is in
PTT
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.
Button
• While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make
a new call (see Making a Radio Call on page 13).
If the Talk Permit Tone is enabled (see Turning the Talk
Permit Tone On or Off on page 37), wait until the short alert
tone ends before talking.
Identifying Radio Controls
Switching Between Conventional and
Trunking Mode
Each channel in your
radio can be configured
as a conventional channel
or a trunking channel. Use
the Channel Rocker to
switch between a
conventional or a trunking
channel.
When switching from trunking to conventional mode, certain
features are unavailable. Icons for the trunking features reflect
this change by appearing “grayed out’. Disabled features are
hidden in the menu.
Your radio also has features available in both conventional and
trunking mode. However, the minor differences in the way each
feature works does NOT affect the performance of your radio.
Channel Rocker
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Identifying Status Indicators
Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:
Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Call Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
Main Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
In-Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
LED Indicators. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9
Audio Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9
Indicator Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 9
Display Icons
The liquid crystal display (LCD) of your radio shows the radio
status, text entries, and menu entries.
The following are the icons that appear on the radio’s display.
Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI)
NOTE: This is a trunking only feature.
The number of bars displayed represents the radio
signal strength. Four bars indicates the strongest
signal.
Monitor
NOTE: This is a conventional only feature.
Selected channel is being monitored.
Power Level
Radio is set at Low power.
or
Radio is set at High power.
Tones Disable
Tones are turned off.
Scan
Scan feature is activated.
Priority Scan
NOTE: This is a trunking only feature.
Radio detects activity on channel/group designated
as Priority 1 (if
steady).
Emergency
NOTE: This is a trunking only feature.
Radio is in Emergency mode.
Talkaround
NOTE: This is a conventional only feature.
In the absence of a repeater, radio is currently
configured for direct radio to radio communication.
is blinking) or Priority 2 (if • is
•
Identifying Status Indicators
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Call Icons
The following icons appear on the radio’s display during a call.
These icons also appear in the Contacts list to indicate alias or
ID type.
Private Call
NOTE: This is a trunking only feature.
Indicates a Private Call in progress. In the Contacts
list, it indicates a subscriber alias (name) or ID
(number).
Zone
Allows selection from a list of zones.
TMS
Selects the Status and Message menu.
Call Log
Selects the Call Log menu.
Utilities
Selects the Utilities menu.
Dispatcher Call
Indicates a Dispatcher Call in progress.
Phone Call
Indicates a Phone Call in progress.
Main Menu Icons
The following are icons that appear on the radio’s display.
Contacts
Selects the Contacts menu.
Identifying Status Indicators
Scan
Selects the Scan menu.
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In-Menu Icons
The following are icons that appear on the radio’s display.
Left Arrow
Navigates to the left of the items in the display.
Right Arrow
Navigates to the right of the items in the display.
Scan Priority 1
Detects activity on channel/group designated as
Priority 1.
Scan Priority 2
Detects activity on channel/group designated as
Priority 2.
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