Motorola GM340 User manual

Professional Radio

GM340

User Guide

68P64110B88

Issue:July 2000

123

1English

CONTENTS

RadioOverview .................... 3

RadioControls......................3

ProgrammableButtons ...............4

AudioSignalTones..................7

GettingStarted..................... 9

TurningtheRadioOn-Off..............9

RadioOnIndication.................. 9

AdjustingtheRadio’sVolume .......... 9

SelectingaRadioChannel............. 9

SendingaCall..................... 10

ReceivingaCall....................10

CancellingaCall ................... 10

EndingaCall...................... 10

RadioCalls....................... 11

SelectiveCalls..................... 11

MakingaSelectiveCall..............11

ReceivingaSelectiveCall............ 11

EmergencyCalls................... 12

Features..........................13

PublicAddressMode.................13

CarRadioMute.....................14

Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..............15

VoiceRecorder.....................16

Scan .............................17

CallForward .......................19

Talkaround.........................20

ExternalAlarm......................21

LoneWorker.......................22

PowerLevel........................23

Companding .......................24

OptionBoard.......................25

VoiceOperatedTransmit(VOX)........26

Stun/Unstun........................26

English

CONTENTS

SafetyInformation................. 27

SafeandEfficientOperation.......... 27

Exposure to Radio Frequency Energy. . . 27

Electromagnetic Interference/

Compatibility.......................28

OperationalWarnings ............... 28

Potentially Explosive Atmospheres. . . 28

Blasting Caps and Areas. . . . . . . . . . . 28

Radio Operation and EME Exposure. . . . 29

Mobile Antenna Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ControlStationOperation............. 29

GeneralRadioCare.................30

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RADIO OVERVIEW

This user guide covers the operation of the

GM340 Professional Mobile Radio.

Please read pages 27 to 30 before using this radio.

RADIO CONTROLS

The numbers below refer to the illustrations on

the inside front cover.

1. On-Off / Volume Knob

Used to turn the radio on or off, and to adjust

the radio’s volume.

2. LED Indicators

Indicates channel, scan, and monitor status, as

well as receipt of a selective call.

Green:Successful power up.

Green Flashing:Radio scanning.

Red:Radio transmitting.

Red Flashing:Channel busy-when receiving.

Yellow:Radio called or Monitor (lower priority).

Yellow Flashing:Radio call reminder alert.

3. Programmable Buttons gh

4. Mic Jack

5. Programmable Buttons VWXY

6. Push-to-talk (PTT)

Press and hold down this button to talk;

release it to listen.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

PROGRAMMABLE BUTTONS

Several of your radio buttons can be

programmed (by Customer Programming

Software CPS) to activate the radio features.

AboveeachbuttonisanassociatedLED.For

buttons programmed as channel selectors,

only the LED of the selected channel will be lit;

for buttons programmed as feature on/off

switches, the LED will be lit if the feature is on.

The following table shows the features that can

be assigned to the P1and P2 buttons and the

1-4 buttons.

P1 and P2 are exchangeable for customised

icon buttons to match programming.

Feature Description

Monitor/Cancel

Monitor allows user to select between signalling squelch,

carrier squelch and unsquelch, and to suspend scan when

landed on a channel in scan mode.

Cancel allows user to cancel current incoming or outgoing

call.

Radio Call To make an individual or group selective call.

Scan On/Off To toggle between start and stop of the scan

operation.

Nuisance

Delete/Cancel

(Voice Storage)

To delete a nuisance (unwanted) channel when scanning,

with exception of priority channel, last channel in scan list

and home channel.

Cancel, deletes messages being played back from the

Voice Storage feature.

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RADIO OVERVIEW

Nuisance Delete To delete a nuisance (unwanted) channel when scanning,

with exception of priority channel, last channel in scan list

and home channel.

Cancel

(Voice Storage) Cancel, deletes messages being played back from the

Voice Storage feature.

Power Level To toggle the radio’s transmit power level between High

and Low.

Talkaround On/Off To talk directly with another radio without going through a

system or despatcher.

Emergency Activates emergency alarm sequence.

Lone Worker To identify user as a lone worker. Radio enters emergency

sequence unless user responds, when prompted, by

pressing any radio button.

Call Forward To transfer calls automatically to another radio if user is

unable to take the call.

Companding On/Off To toggle between compression/expansion of audio signal

and normal audio signal.

Option Board

On/Off Allows user to toggle the option board between on and off.

Feature Description

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RADIO OVERVIEW

External Alarm To toggle the External Alarm feature on and off.

Record/Play-back

(Voice Recorder) To record/play-back incoming calls or memos using voice

recorder feature.

Feature Description

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RADIO OVERVIEW

AUDIO SIGNAL TONES

High pitched tone Low pitched tone

Tone Signal Description

Power up OK Radio self-test OK.

Power up Fail Radio self-test fail.

Button Error Button press not

permitted.

Engaged Channel busy or not

permitted to transmit.

Call Failed Call failed to connect.

Force Monitor Radio must monitor

channel before trans-

mission permitted.

Button

Feature

Enable

Any option button

pressed to enable a

feature.

Button

Feature

Disable

Any option button

pressed to disable a

feature.

Group Call Radio receives a

Group Call.

Individual Call Radio receives an

Individual Call.

Call

Reminder Reminder of

unanswered call.

TOT Pre-Alert Warns of expiry of

time out timer.

Monitor Alert Alerts to change of

squelch.

Voice Storage Voice Storage-

Recording.

Voice Storage Voice Storage-

Warning.

Voice Storage Voice Storage-

Full.

Scan Start Radio starts

scanning.

Scan Stop Radio stops

scanning.

Priority Call

Decode Radio detects a

priority call.

Priority

Channel Radio landed on the

priority channel.

Lone Worker Reminds lone worker

to respond.

Tone Signal Description

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RADIO OVERVIEW

Hardware

Error

Hardware error, tone

continues until valid

operation.

Cancel

Message

Previous message or

message currently

being played from

Voice Storage has

been deleted.

Channel Free

Beep Indicates current

channel is free.

Incoming

Emergency

Alert

Indicates an

emergency situation.

Ringtones English/French/

General

Incoming calls (high

tones), outgoing calls

(low tones).

Tone Signal Description

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