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APX 4000 (2 KNOBS) 

Model 3 

Selecting a Zone 

GENERAL RADIO OPERATION 

A zone is a group of channels. 
 

Procedure: 
 

1               

to 

Zone

. 

 

2  

Press the 

Menu Select 

button directly below 

Zone. 

 

3 

  

                to the required zone. 

    OR 
 
 

    Use the keypad to enter the zone number. 

    

If the zone number entered is unprogrammed, the display 
shows 

Invalid entry

. 

    Repeat Step 2. 

 

4

  Press the 

Menu Select 

button directly below 

Sel

 to confirm 

the displayed zone. 

 
5  

Press the 

PTT

 button to transmit on the displayed zone 

channel. 

 

Summary of Contents for APX 4000 2

Page 1: ...APXTM TWO WAY RADIOS INTERACTIVE END USER TOOLKIT IEUTK APX 4000 2 KNOBS MODEL 2 MODEL 3 Model 3 Model 2 ...

Page 2: ...UISENSE DELETE Side Button 3 BACK LIGHT Push to Talk PTT Button Speaker Menu Select Buttons 4 Way Navigation Button Keypad Volume Knob Top Light bar Microphone Home Button Antenna LED Accessory Connector Main Display Data Feature Button MODEL 3 MODEL 2 These radio controls buttons are programmable 16 Position Channel Knob ...

Page 3: ...le you will need to charge the battery before use Charge at least 16 hours Note When charging a battery attached to a radio turn the radio off to ensure a full charge Battery Charger To charge the battery place the battery with or without the radio in a Motorola approved charger The charger s LED indicates the charging progress see your charger s user guide To avoid a possible explosion DO NOT rep...

Page 4: ... battery turn the radio off Lift up the latch then slide the battery down to remove the battery from the radio Note If your radio is preprogrammed with volatile key retention the encryption keys are retained for approximately 30 seconds after battery removal Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information You can view the status of your IMPRES battery Battery Latch Battery ...

Page 5: ...ving the Antenna PREPARING YOUR RADIO FOR USE With the radio turned off set the antenna in its receptacle and turn clockwise to attach it to the radio To remove the antenna turn the antenna counterclockwise Make sure you turn off the radio first Antenna ...

Page 6: ...en not in use Insert the hooked end of the cover into the slot above the connector Press downward on the cover s top to seat it in the slot Once in place tighten by rotating the thumbscrew clockwise by hand To remove the accessory connector cover rotate the thumbscrew counterclockwise until it disengages from the radio If the thumbscrew is too tight use an Allen wrench to loosen it first Rotate an...

Page 7: ...G YOUR RADIO FOR USE Align the grooves of the belt clip with those of the radio and press upward until you hear a click To remove the clip use a flat bladed object to press the belt clip tab away from the radio Then slide the clip downward and away from the radio Belt Clip Grooves ...

Page 8: ...ou see the Home screen Note If the power up test is unsuccessful you see Error XX YY XX YY is an alphanumeric code Turn off the radio check the battery and turn the radio back on If the radio fails the power up test again record the Error XX YY code and contact your dealer To turn off the radio rotate the On Off Volume Control Knob counterclockwise until you hear a click On Off Volume Control Knob...

Page 9: ... KNOBS Adjusting the Volume PREPARING YOUR RADIO FOR USE To increase the volume rotate the On Off Volume Control Knob clockwise To decrease the volume rotate the On Off Volume Control Knob counterclockwise On Off Volume Control Knob ...

Page 10: ... A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons OR Use the Menu Select Buttons Using the Menu Select Buttons The Menu Select Buttons allow to access the menu entries of features Note Check with your dealer or system administrator for the list of features activated in your radio Your radio may be preprogrammed differently from the following example but the steps for selecting a channel ...

Page 11: ...ted channel except for priority channels or the designated transmit channel from the scan list SECOND SIDE BUTTON BELOW PTT BUTTON WILL DELETE A NUISANCE CHANNEL IN SCAN LIST Light Flip Press the button to toggle the display backlight on or off press and hold the button to reverse the content of the top display BOTTOM SIDE BUTTON TOGGLES LIGHT ON OFF Emergency Initiates or cancels an emergency ala...

Page 12: ...UD OR DEFUALT PROFILE MIGHT BE USED MENU SELECT BUTTON Contacts Cnts Selects the Contacts menu SHOW AVAILABLE MEMBERS IN UNIT ID LIST MENU SELECT BUTTON Blue Tooth BT BLUE TOOTH MENU BLUE TOOTH SET UP MENU SELECT BUTTON Monitor Conventional Only Monitors a selected channel for all radio traffic until function is disabled Scan List Program ScnL ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE SCAN LIST NON PRIORITY MEMBERS ME...

Page 13: ...E OPERATION IS STRAPPED TO THE CHANNELS THAT WILL USE SECURE NO NEED TO SELECT SECURE OR KEY Talkaround Direct DIRECT CHANNELS ARE PREPROGRAMMED INTO THE RADIO NO NEED TO SLEECT DIRECT MODE OR TALK AROUND Voice Announcement Audibly indicates the current feature mode Zone or Channel the user has just assigned ...

Page 14: ...ore returning you to the Home screen Note Some features do not require you to press to go to the Home screen Refer to the individual feature sections in this manual for further details on saving user edited radio settings or information 4 Way Navigation Button Use this button to scroll up down left or right Press and release one of the button to scroll from one entry to the next one Press and hold...

Page 15: ...basic purposes 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 Push to Talk PTT Button ...

Page 16: ...he number of bars 0 4 shown indicates the charge remaining in the battery Blinks when the battery is low Received Signal Strength Indicator RSSI The number of bars displayed represents the received signal strength for the current site for trunking only The more stripes in the icon the stronger the signal Direct On Radio is currently configured for direct radio to radio communication during convent...

Page 17: ...17 NEXT PREV CONTENTS APX 4000 2 KNOBS Top Light bar and LED Indicators IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS The Top Light bar and LED indicators show the operational status of your radio Top Light bar LED ...

Page 18: ...ventional Only Channel is busy Blinking yellow Radio is receiving a secured transmission Solid green Radio is powering up or is on a non priority channel while in the Scan List Programming mode Blinking green Radio is receiving an individual or telephone call or is on a Priority Two channel while in the Scan List Programming mode Rapidly blinking green Radio is on a Priority One channel while in t...

Page 19: ...ndications IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS This feature temporarily changes the color of the Top Lightbar and adds a color bar to the main display screen to help signal that a radio event has occurred Note This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician Top Light bar LED ...

Page 20: ...ground color to help signal that a radio event has occurred Note This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician Backlight and Bar Color Notification When Orange Emergency Alerts The radio initiates an emergency alarm or call The radio receives an emergency alarm or call Red Critical Alerts The radio battery is low The radio is out of range The radio enters fail soft mode ...

Page 21: ...21 NEXT PREV CONTENTS APX 4000 2 KNOBS Orange Red Emergency Alerts Critical Alerts IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS ...

Page 22: ...d request is made Time Out Timer Warning Four seconds before time out No ACK Received When radio fails to receive an acknowledgment Individual Call Warning Tone When radio is in an individual call for greater than 6 seconds without any activity Long Low Pitched Tone Play Time Out Timer Timed Out After time out Talk Prohibit PTT Inhibit When PTT button is pressed transmissions are not allowed Out o...

Page 23: ...gency Exit When exiting the emergency state A Group of Medium Pitched Tones Play Fail soft When the trunking system fails Automatic Call Back When voice channel is available from previous request Talk Permit When PTT button is pressed verifying system accepting transmissions Keyfail When encryption key has been lost Console Acknowledge When status emergency alarm or reprogram request ACK is receiv...

Page 24: ...ss the Menu Select button directly below Zone 3 to the required zone OR Use the keypad to enter the zone number If the zone number entered is unprogrammed the display shows Invalid entry Repeat Step 2 4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to confirm the displayed zone 5 Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone channel ...

Page 25: ...electing a Radio Channel GENERAL RADIO OPERATION A channel is a group of radio characteristics such as transmit receive frequency pairs Procedure 16 Position Select Knob 1 Turn the preprogrammed 16 Position Select Knob to the desired channel ...

Page 26: ... you can proceed to receive and respond to calls The LED lights up solid red while the radio is transmitting In conventional mode the LED lights up solid yellow when the radio is receiving a transmission In trunking mode there is no LED indication when the radio receives a transmission If the radio is receiving a secure transmission the LED blinks yellow LED ...

Page 27: ...e a talkgroup call while on the Home screen depending on how your radio is preprogrammed 1 ASTRO Conventional Only The LED lights up solid yellow The display shows the talkgroup alias or ID and the caller alias or ID OR Trunking Only The display shows the caller alias or ID 2 Press the PTT button to respond to the call The LED lights up solid red 3 Release the PTT button to listen SCAN NUISANCE DE...

Page 28: ...ID or talkgroup by using The 16 Position Select Channel Knob A preprogrammed One Touch button The Contacts list Note If the feature inactivity timer is enabled your radio automatically exits the feature when your radio is left idle long enough for the time to expire You will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit ...

Page 29: ...he 16 Position Select Channel Knob to select the channel with the desired talkgroup 2 Press the PTT button to make the call ASTRO Conventional Only The LED lights up solid red The display shows the talkgroup alias or ID OR Trunking Only The LED lights up solid red Speak clearly into the microphone Release the PTT button to listen SCAN NUISANCE DLETE LIGHT Push to Talk PTT Button Volume Knob 16 Pos...

Page 30: ...he channel group sequence specified in the scan list for the current channel group Your radio supports different types of Scan Lists Trunking Priority Monitor Scan List Conventional Scan List Talkgroup Scan List Please refer to a qualified radio technician for the maximum number of Scan Lists can be programmed in your radio These lists must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician ...

Page 31: ...Button Home Button Scan Lists Viewing a Scan List ADVANCED FEATURES Procedure 1 to ScnL 2 Press the Menu Select button directly below ScnL 3 to view the members on the list 4 Press to exit the current display and return to the Home screen Sel Del Rcl Edit Scan Zone B ASTRO 25A ...

Page 32: ...tly below ScnL The display shows the lists that can be changed 3 to the entry you want to edit 4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to add and or change the priority of the currently displayed channel in the scan list OR Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete the currently displayed channel from the scan list ...

Page 33: ...icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan list as the Priority Two channel The LED blinks green OR A Priority One Channel Scan icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan list as the Priority One channel The LED rapidly blinks green You hear all traffic on the Priority One channel regardless of traffic on non priority channels OR No icon indicates that the current channel i...

Page 34: ...ing Scan On or Off ADVANCED FEATURES This feature allows you to monitor traffic on different channels by scanning a preprogrammed list of channels Procedure Preprogrammed Button 1 Press the preprogrammed Scan button to initiate or stop scan Chan Scan Dir ...

Page 35: ...nwanted channel from the scan list This capability does not apply to priority channels or the designated transmit channel Procedure Preprogrammed Button 1 When the radio is locked onto the channel to be deleted press the preprogrammed Nuisance Delete button The radio continues scanning the remaining channels in the list SCAN NUISANCE DELETE LIGHT Push to Talk PTT Button Volume Knob 16 Position Cha...

Page 36: ... nuisance channel do one of the following Turn the radio off and then turning it on again OR Stop and restart a scan via the preprogrammed Scan button or menu OR Change the channel via the 16 Position Select knob Top Side Select Button Side Button 1 Side Button 2 Push to Talk PTT Button Volume Knob 16 Position Channel Knob ...

Page 37: ...rgency Alarm Emergency Call Trunking Only Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call Silent Emergency Alarm Check with your dealer or system administrator for more information on the programming of this feature Only one of the Emergency modes above can be assigned to the preprogrammed Emergency button Note To exit emergency at any time press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second ...

Page 38: ...rgency and the current zone or channel You hear a short medium pitched tone and the LED momentarily blinks red OR You hear the radio sounds a short low pitched tone to indicate the selected channel does not support emergency and rejects to launch emergency mode The display shows No emergency if the selected channel does not support emergency When you receive the dispatcher s acknowledgment the dis...

Page 39: ...rgency button The display shows no changes the LED does not light up and you hear no tones The silent emergency state continues until you Press and hold the preprogrammed Emergency button for about a second to exit the Silent Emergency Alarm mode OR Press and release the PTT button to exit the Silent Emergency Alarm mode and enter regular dispatch or Emergency Call mode SCAN NUISNACE DELETE LIGHT ...

Page 40: ... the users of a group to identify a transmission starts and ends clearly by displaying the caller s name or ID on the radio display Procedure 1 At TPS Zone Channel Press PTT button to transmit Talk clearly into the microphone Release PTT button to listen OR Receive and listen to call the radio displays the caller s name or ID ...

Page 41: ...smission Emergency Call De Key Sidetone The radio sounds an alert tone to remind radio user that the Emergency Mode is still active after user releases the PTT button for an Emergency call transmission The volume of loudness depends on the maximum tone at your radio profile Procedure 1 Press the Emergency button to enter Emergency Mode You hear Emergency Beacon 2 Press PTT button to make Emergency...

Page 42: ...io goes into fail soft operation and automatically switches to its fail soft channel Procedure 1 During fail soft operation your radio transmits and receives in conventional operation on a predetermined frequency 2 You hear a medium pitched tone every 10 seconds and the display shows Fail soft When the trunking system returns to normal operation your radio automatically leaves fail soft operation ...

Page 43: ...nge of the system it can no longer lock onto a control channel Procedure 1 You hear a low pitched tone AND OR The display shows the currently selected zone channel combination and Out of range Your radio remains in this out of range condition until It locks onto a control channel OR It locks onto a fail soft channel OR It is turned off ...

Page 44: ...DVANCED FEATURES If the zone controller loses communication with any site that site reverts to site trunking The display shows the currently selected zone channel combination and Site trunking Note When this occurs you can communicate only with other radios within your trunking site Model 3 Model 2 ...

Page 45: ...e Preprogrammed Button 1 Press the preprogrammed button to turn the Bluetooth on You hear a short medium pitched tone The display shows momentary Bluetooth on and appears to indicate Bluetooth is on OR The display shows Bluetooth on failed to indicate Bluetooth has failed to launch OR Menu 1 to BT 2 Press the Menu Select button directly below BT to access the Bluetooth feature screen 3 to Status 4...

Page 46: ...ll voice announcements in a radio shall be no more than 1000 seconds Note This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician The features which Voice Announcement supports are Zone Channel Scan PL Disabled Talkaround Direct Tx Inhibit Note Voice announcements support certain number of zone channel but not all Seek advice from your dealer or qualified technician for the best selecti...

Page 47: ...the feature inactivity timer is enabled when the radio is left idle and the timer expires You will hear the Menu Inactive Exit Tone upon feature exit Procedure Menu 1 to Prfl 2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Prfl to access the Profiles feature screen 3 to scroll through the menu selections 4 Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to select the required radio profile OR Press ...

Page 48: ...o s front display Note The backlight setting also affects the Menu Select buttons the Menu Navigation buttons and the keypad backlighting accordingly Procedure 1 Press the preprogrammed Light Flip button to toggle the backlight on or off OR Press any key of the keypad the Menu Select or Menu Navigation buttons or any programmable radio controls or buttons to turn the backlight on Note The backligh...

Page 49: ...3 to 120 seconds in 15 second intervals or it can be disabled entirely for each radio mode by a qualified radio technician Note You will hear a brief low pitched warning tone four seconds before the transmission times out Procedure 1 Hold down the PTT button longer than the preprogrammed time You hear a short low pitched warning tone the transmission is cut off and the LED goes out until you relea...

Page 50: ...utton directly below Edit The first item blinks 4 to change the selected item OR one or more times to move to an item you wish to change to change the selected item OR Press the Menu Select button directly below Exit to exit the screen without making any changes and return to the Home screen 5 Press the Menu Select button directly below Ok once you have finished to save your changes and return to ...

Page 51: ... consisting up to a maximum of eight characters can be viewed by both the receiving radio and the dispatcher Your radio s ID number is also automatically sent every time the PTT button is pressed This is a per channel feature For digital voice transmissions your radio s ID is sent continuously during the voice message SCAN NUISANCE DELETE LIGHT Push to Talk PTT Button Volume Knob 16 Position Chann...

Page 52: ...ated Capacity Percentage of current battery capacity Remaining Capacity Remaining power of the battery in mAh Estimated Charges Number of charges cycles the battery has gone through To access battery info screen Procedure 1 to Batt 2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Batt The display shows the details of the battery 3 to scroll through the various information OR Press the Menu Select but...

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