Axon Fleet 3 Instruction Manual

Axon Fleet 3 Wireless
Mic Installation &
User Manual
Models: AX1034, AX1035
Document Revision: A
January 2023

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Table of Contents
Introduction .............................................................................................................................................5
Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone Hardware Kit...................................................................................... 5
Charging the Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone Outside of the Vehicle............................................. 5
Getting to know the Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone ......................................................................... 6
Wireless Microphone Operation............................................................................................................... 7
Charging the Battery ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Charging Status........................................................................................................................................ 8
Pairing the Microphone .................................................................................................................................. 9
Firmware Updates ........................................................................................................................................... 9
Operation Overview ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Power On................................................................................................................................................. 10
Power Off ................................................................................................................................................ 11
Ready to Record..................................................................................................................................... 11
Battery Status: Full ................................................................................................................................ 11
Battery Status: Partial........................................................................................................................... 12
Battery Status: Low ............................................................................................................................... 12
Battery Status: Critical .......................................................................................................................... 12
Backlight Light On/Off .......................................................................................................................... 13
Stealth On ............................................................................................................................................... 13
Stealth Off ............................................................................................................................................... 13
Volume Up .............................................................................................................................................. 14
Volume Down......................................................................................................................................... 14
Mute On................................................................................................................................................... 14
Mute Off .................................................................................................................................................. 15
Mute and Record Requests when Out of Range............................................................................. 15
Recording Start ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Recording Stop....................................................................................................................................... 16
Firmware Updates................................................................................................................................. 17
Signal Strength....................................................................................................................................... 17
Wireless Connection Lost .................................................................................................................... 18
Error ......................................................................................................................................................... 18

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Lapel Mic Plugged In ............................................................................................................................. 19
Battery Exceeds Thermal Limits......................................................................................................... 19
Hard Reset .............................................................................................................................................. 20
Fleet Dashboard & Confirming Microphone Readiness .......................................................................... 20
Confirming Wireless Microphone is Operational.................................................................................... 20
Evidence Review in Dashboard................................................................................................................... 21
Axon Evidence Evidence Review........................................................................................................... 21
Wireless Microphone Installation............................................................................................................22
Wireless Microphone Hardware ................................................................................................................. 22
Troubleshooting and Other Information.................................................................................................. 25
Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................. 25
Technical Support .......................................................................................................................................... 25
Warranty Policy............................................................................................................................................... 25
Warnings.......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Radio Waves.................................................................................................................................................... 26
Compliance Marks ......................................................................................................................................... 28

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Introduction
The Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone is a hardware solution for audio capture outside of the Fleet
3-equipped vehicle where Axon Body Worn Cameras have not been deployed. The Charge Base is
mounted in the vehicle, connected to the hub via ethernet, and handles all charging and data needs
for the Wireless mic while docked. The Charge base also facilitates all pairing and audio
communication to the microphone while in use. The Axon Fleet 3 Hub can support up to 2 Wireless
Microphones and 2 Charge bases per vehicle.
Wireless Microphone Performance:
•The Wireless Microphone has a range of 1,000ft (300m) with unobstructed line-of-
sight and at least 500ft (150m) with a person and vehicle obstruction.
•When fully charged, the Wireless Microphone will last 12 hours. When inserted in the
Charging Base, a Wireless Microphone will recharge to 85% within 90 minutes.
•Wireless Microphone uses the Axon Rapidlock mounting solution, sharing all the
same mounting configurations as Axon Body Worn cameras.
•The Wireless Microphone is shipped with an optional lapel microphone, which
provides superior audio capture quality and wind noise cancellation.
Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone Hardware Kit
The FLEET 3 WIRELESS MICROPHONE KIT – SKU 72035 – includes the following components:
SKU
Component
72020
FLEET 3 WIRELESS MIC
11509
BELT CLIP, RAPIDLOCK
72022
FLEET 3 WIRELESS MIC, CHARGING BASE
72024
FLEET 3 WIRELESS MIC, CHARGING BASE, REMOTE ANTENNA
72032
FLEET ETHERNET CABLE, CAT6, 20 FT
72025
FLEET 3 WIRELESS MIC, LAPEL MIC
Charging the Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone Outside of the Vehicle
Axon offers a solution for charging the Wireless Microphone outside of the vehicle. The hardware kit for this
consists of an AC PoE Injector and Charging base, If you wish to supplement your in-vehicle charging with in-office
charging, please purchase an additional Charging base and an injector for each device you wish to charge.
SKU
Component
72026
FLEET 3 WIRELESS MIC, AC POWER POE INJECTOR

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72022
FLEET 3 WIRELESS MIC, CHARGING BASE
Getting to know the Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone
The following images show the different components of the Axon Fleet 3 Wireless
Microphone system.
Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone and Lapel Microphone
Top Status LED – Mirrors the Axon Fleet 3 front camera operating mode, except for error
states. When initially powering on the Wireless Microphone, the LED will remain solid red
until the Wireless Microphone is placed in pairing mode.

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Wireless Microphone Notifications
Operating Mode LEDs Audio
Notification
Haptic
Notification
(Vibration)
Powering on or off - One beep Once
The device is ready to record (i.e.
Buffering)
Blink Green - -
Recording an event Blink Red Two beeps (every
2 minutes)
Twice (every 2
minutes)
Mute audio recording Blink Blue - -
Live streaming to Respond is occurring Blink Purple
Low battery notifications:
•When in BUFFERING mode and battery
has power for 20 minutes or less
•When in EVENT (recording) mode and
battery nearly discharged (the
microphone will shut down within a
few minutes)
-
Four quick beeps
(every 20
seconds)
Four times, quickly
(every 20 seconds)
Wireless Microphone Connection lost /
Out of range
Blink Yellow One beep (every
10 seconds)
Once (every 10
seconds)
Wireless Microphone Operation
Charging the Battery
A fully charged Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone battery will have enough power for
approximately 14 hours of normal operation. It is recommended to charge your microphone
for a minimum of 1.5 hours after a typical 12-hour shift.
Charging is done through the Fleet 3 charging base. The microphone charges when docked
in the Charging base, mounted inside a Fleet 3 enabled vehicle. Dock the microphone into
the charging base to charge it back to full.
NOTE: Operational thermal limits for charging are 5℃- 40℃0

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Axon Fleet 3 Charging Base for Wireless Microphone
Charging Status
While docked, the Wireless Microphone’s top and front status LEDs show information on the charge level. The
LEDs will display as yellow when below 100% charge, and the LEDs will change to green when fully charged.
Below Full Charge: Status LEDs are yellow Fully Charged: Status LEDs are green

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Pairing the Microphone
The first time the Wireless Microphone is docked in a Charging Base, it will enter the pairing process.
Once paired, the microphone automatically reconnects when:
-The Wireless Microphone goes out of range and comes back in range.
-The Wireless Microphone is powered off and then powered back on.
-Pairing will reoccur if the Wireless Microphone is placed in a different charging base. When
this happens, it loses pairing with its original charging base and becomes paired with its new
charging base.
For simplicity, pairing and reconnection have the same experience:
Pairing Process: LCD displays "PAIRING" and the LED is white.
Successful Pairing and Connection: LCD displays “READY” and the LED shows the charge level (if
docked) or the recording status (if undocked).
Note: No audio is recorded while the mic is docked.
Firmware Updates
Firmware updates for the Axon Fleet 3 Wireless Microphone and Charging Base are executed
through the Fleet Dashboard application.
Note: Always dock the Wireless Microphone before installing a Fleet 3 update so the
Wireless Microphone also receives the latest update.

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Operation Overview
This section will cover all controls, operations, and status messages for the Fleet 3 Wireless
Microphone.
Power On
Control: Press the Power Button until short vibration is felt.
Power up sound, progresses through pairing, after pairing becomes READY with a blinking green
LED.

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Power Off
Control: Press and hold Power button for 3 seconds.
Power down sound, devices turns off.
Ready to Record
Control: This is the default state after pairing a Wireless Microphone.
"READY" on LCD, LED blinks green.
Battery Status: Full
Control:
Battery full icon with 100% on LCD.

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Battery Status: Partial
Control:
Battery partial icon with charge percentage shown on LCD
Battery Status: Low
Control:
Battery low icon with charge percentage shown on LCD.
Battery Status: Critical
Control: Battery reaches 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%
Battery critical icon with charge percentage shown on LCD, periodic haptic and sound warnings,
emits 4 beeps and haptic vibrations every 20 seconds.

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Backlight Light On/Off
Control: Double-press the Select button.
Backlit display stays on for 5 seconds then turns off.
Stealth On
Control: Press and hold the Volume Down button for 3 seconds.
Lights, haptics, and sounds turn off. (No backlight and no LED, but the backlight will still illuminate
when pressing the Select button.)
Stealth icon appears on the top-left corner of the LCD screen.
Stealth Off
Control: Press and hold the Volume Up button for 3 seconds.
Lights, haptics, and sounds turn back on.
Stealth icon disappears from the LCD screen.

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Volume Up
Control: Press the Volume Up button.
The Volume icon increases and the Wireless Microphone’s speaker beeps at the new volume level.
Note: This does not change the volume of the video recording, only the volume of the microphone’s
speaker.
Volume Down
Control: Press the Volume Down button.
The Volume icon decreases and the Wireless Microphone’s speaker beeps at the new volume level.
At the lowest volume, the screen displays “SOUND OFF” and the device vibrates once.
Note: This does not change the volume of the video recording, only the volume of the microphone’s
speaker.
Mute On
Control: Press and hold the Select button for 3 seconds while recording. Mute is only available while
recording. Attempting to mute while not recording has no effect. Also note that mute is
automatically disabled at the end of a recording.
Mute icon is shown with a short vibration and sound and the LED blinks blue.

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Mute Off
Control: Press and hold the Select button for 3 seconds.
The Mute icon is removed, followed by a short vibration and sound. The LED goes back to blinking
red to reflect active recording state.
Mute and Record Requests when Out of Range
When attempting to record or mute while out of range, the request will fail. The Microphone shows
an “Unavailable” message as well as emits an error sound and haptic vibrations. The system then
reverts to its original state.
Mute while out of range
Record while out of range

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Recording Start
Control: Double-press the Event button.
The LEDs will blink red, "RECORDING" word and icon will appear on the LCD display, and the device
will emit a sound and haptic vibration every 2 minutes while recording.
Note: No audio is recorded while the mic is docked.
Recording Stop
Control: It is not possible to terminate active recordings from the Wireless Microphone. All
recording termination events must be initiated from the Fleet Dashboard application or the front
camera primary button.
LEDs go back to flashing green and display shows "READY”.

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Firmware Updates
Control: Initiate a Firmware update through the Dashboard app. More details are provided in the
“Firmware Update” section of this manual.
The top LED blinks white and the LCD displays “UPDATING”.
Signal Strength
Control:
1-4 bars represent the signal strength. Four full bars denotes the strongest signal strength.

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Wireless Connection Lost
Control:
The top LED will blink yellow. Sound and haptic vibration reminders emit every 10 seconds while out
of range.
Error
If the Wireless Microphone encounters an error state, please restart the Wireless Microphone to
recover it.
Control:
The LEDs will blink yellow, "ERROR" will display on LCD.

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Lapel Mic Plugged In
Control: Plug your Lapel Mic accessory into the right side of your Wireless Mic.
When plugged in, the LCD shows a mic icon next to the signal strength bars. Unplugging the Lapel
Mic removes the icon.
Battery Exceeds Thermal Limits
When the microphone’s battery is too hot or too cold to operate, you’ll enter a thermal shutdown
mode. If the microphone is undocked then it will shut off immediately. If the microphone is docked
then you’ll see the following warning on its display. Thermal limits are exceeded:
•If above 80C
•If below -21C
Control:
Blinking yellow LEDs, LCD shows icon indicating temperature is too extreme

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Hard Reset
In rare situations the Wireless Microphone may become unresponsive, even while paired. If this
occurs, please execute a hard reset of the device.
Control: Hold Power button 10 seconds
Fleet Dashboard & Confirming Microphone Readiness
Confirming Wireless Microphone is Operational
A Wireless Microphone ready indicator is displayed on Fleet 3 Dashboard’s camera view
tab. The Front 1x tile has iconography on the top left that shows when a Wireless
Microphone charging base is plugged into the Fleet 3 Hub. It has one of two states:
•MIC ON – Indicates the Wireless Microphone is paired and undocked from the CB. All
evidence capture use the Wireless Microphone for evidence capture.
•MIC OFF – Indicates the Wireless Microphone is not paired or available to record audio.