Motorola MTP8500Ex, User Manual

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Rotary Knob
• Rotate to set the volume.
• Press and rotate to select a different talkgroup.
• Press and hold the Rotary Knob to lock/unlock it. Powering the radio off
and on also unlocks a locked Rotary Knob.
3 Programmable Side buttons
The Programmable Side buttons support the One-Touch Button feature. By
default the upper Programmable Side button is set to Flip Display and the
lower Programmable Side button is set to High/Low Audio.
NOTICE: The required time to press and hold a button to activate a
One-Touch Button feature is by default set to 0.1 second.
4 Earpiece
5 Push-To-Talk (PTT)
Press and hold to talk in simplex calls, release it to listen.
6 Soft key
Press Left or Right Soft key, to select the option that appears above.
7 Send key
• Press to initiate or answer duplex calls, or send messages.
• Press in home screen to enter Recent Dialed Calls.
8 Navigation key
Press Up, Down, Left, or Right Navigation key for list scrolling, while moving
around the menu hierarchy, or for alphanumeric text editing.
From the home screen, press to activate one of the following:
• Down Navigation key – enters Recent Calls menu item.
• Up Navigation key – changes My Groups talkgroup folder.
• Left and Right Navigation key – toggles through the talkgroups.
9 Left One-Touch Button
10 Bottom Microphone
Activated during Duplex low audio calls such as Private Calls.
11 Antenna
12 Top LED Display
Features a high resolution of 200 x 112 pixels screen with 262,144 colors.
13
Emergency Button
Press and hold the Emergency button to start Emergency Operations. By de-
fault, when your radio is off, press and hold to power on in Emergency Opera-
tions.
14 LED Coverage Indicator
For ultimate safety, the radio is fitted with an LED Coverage Indicator to show
when coverage is poor.
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MN002033A01–AC (en-US)
Chapter 2: Getting Started
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