Ericsson EDACS MDX, Operator'S Manual

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This manual covers Ericsson and General Electric products
manufactured and sold by Ericsson Inc.
NOTICE!
Copyright© November 1992, Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc.
Repairs to this equipment should be made only by an authorized service
technician or facility designated by the supplier. Any repairs, alterations
or substitution of recommended parts made by the user to this equipment
not approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to
operate the equipment in addition to the manufacturer’s warranty.
NOTICE!
This manual is published by Ericsson Inc., without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by
typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by
Ericsson Inc., at any time and without notice. Such changes will be incorportated into new editions of this manual. No part of this
manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and
recording, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Ericsson Inc.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SAFE DRIVING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR USERS
OF MOBILE RADIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
OPERATING PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
CONTROLS, INDICATORS, AND DISPLAYS . . . . . . . . . 9
CONTROLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DISPLAY INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
DISPLAY ALPHA INDICATORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Full Length Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Abbreviated Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ALERT TONES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ALL APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EDACS APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
EDACS ALERT TONE SETS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Single Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Continuous Alert Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
GE-MARC APPLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
OPERATING NOMENCLATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
TRUNKED OPERATION (EDACS OR GE-MARC) . . . 20
CONVENTIONAL OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
DEFINITION OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wide Area System Operation (Optional) . . . . . . . 21
ProSound
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Telephone Interconnect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
BASE/UNIT OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
OPERATING THE RADIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
TURNING THE RADIO ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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