GME CM1039 User manual

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CM1039
PROFESSIONALSERIESMOBILERADIO
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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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CopyrightNotice
StandardCommunicationsPtyLtdreservesallrightstothisdocumentandtheinformation
containedherein.Reproduction,useordisclosuretothirdpartieswithouttheexpress
permissionisstrictlyprohibited.
Copyright2013
StandardCommunicationsPtyLtd
Sydney,Australia
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RADIOFREQUENCYEXPOSUREHAZARD
Attention
Thisradioshouldbeusedonlyinanoccupational(workrelated)environmentwherethe
userisawareofandabletoexercisecontrolovertheirexposuretoRFenergy.Thisradiois
notauthorizedforusebytheconsumerorbythegeneralpopulation.
TocomplywiththeUSFCCradiofrequencyguidelinesandtoensureyoursafetypleaseread
thefollowinginformationbeforeinstallingandusingtheradio.
•Usetheradioonlywithintheguidelinesofthismanual.
•Useonlywithanapprovedantenna.
•DonotremovetheRFExposurelabelfromthisradio.
•Donottransitlongerthantherateddutycycleof50%talk‐50%listen.
RadioFrequencyExposureControl
ThisradioemitsRF(RadioFrequency)energyorradiowaveswhentransmitting.RFenergyis
oneofmanyformsofelectromagneticenergyincludingsunlightandelectricity.TheFCC
RadioFrequencyexposureguidelinesincluderecommendationsonthesafelevelsof
exposureforworkersandthegeneralpublicwithasignificantmarginofprotection.
TocomplywithFCCexposurelimitstheradiomustbeinstalledusinganexternallymounted
antennawithagainofeither2.15dBior5.15dBi.Transmitonlywhenbystandersareata
minimumsafedistanceof35inches(0.9m)fromtheantenna.
ForfurtherinformationonRFenergyexposureandhowtocontrolit,pleasevisitthe
followingwebsite.www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/rf‐faqs.html
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CompliancewithRFEnergyStandards
Thisradioisdesignedandtestedtocomplywithanumberofnationalandinternational
standardsandguidelines(listedbelow)regardinghumanexposuretoRFelectromagnetic
energy.ThisradiocomplieswiththeIEEEandICNIRPexposurelimitsfor
occupational/controlledRFexposureenvironmentatdutycyclesofupto50%talk‐50%
listenandshouldbeusedforoccupationaluseonly.IntermsofmeasuringRFenergyfor
compliancewiththeFCCexposureguidelines,yourradioradiatesmeasureableRFenergy
onlywhenitistransmitting(duringtalking),notwhenitisreceiving(listening)orinstandby
mode.
ThisradiocomplieswiththefollowingRFenergyexposurestandardsandguidelines:
•UnitedStatesFederalCommunicationsCommission,CodeofFederalRegulations;
47CFRpart2sub‐partJ
•AmericanNationalStandardsInstitute(ANSI)/InstituteofElectricalandElectronic
Engineers(IEEE)C95.1‐1992
•InstituteofElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE)C95.1‐1999edition
•InternationalCommissiononNon‐IonizingRadiationProtection(ICNIRP)1998
FCCCOMPLIANCE
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ThisequipmenthasbeentestedandfoundtocomplywiththelimitsforaClassBdigital
device,pursuanttopart15oftheFCCRules.Theselimitsaredesignedtoprovide
reasonableprotectionagainstharmfulinterferenceinaresidentialinstallation.This
equipmentgeneratesusesandcanradiateradiofrequencyenergyand,ifnotinstalledand
usedinaccordancewiththeinstructions,maycauseharmfulinterferencetoradio
communications.However,thereisnoguaranteethatinterferencewillnotoccurina
particularinstallation.Ifthisequipmentdoescauseharmfulinterferencetoradioor
televisionreception,whichcanbedeterminedbyturningtheequipmentoffandon,the
userisencouragedtotrytocorrecttheinterferencebyoneormoreofthefollowing
measures:
•Reorientorrelocatethereceivingantenna.
•Increasetheseparationbetweentheequipmentandreceiver.
•Connecttheequipmentintoanoutletonacircuitdifferentfromthattowhichthe
receiverisconnected.
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Consultthedealeroranexperiencedradio/TVtechnicianforhelp.
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USINGTHERADIOINEXPLOSIVEATMOSPHERESORBLASTINGAREAS
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Switchoffyourradiobeforeenteringanyareawheretheremaybeinflammablegas,liquids
ordust.Anexplosioncouldresultinseriousinjuryordeath.
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Switchoffyourradiowhenapproachingablastingarea.Blastingareasareusuallysign
postedwithinstructionstouserstoturnofftwowayradios.Strongradiotransmissions
couldigniteblastingcapsresultinginanunscheduledexplosionresultinginseriousinjuryor
death.
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INSTALLATIONGUIDELINES
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•Donotinstalltheradionearanairbagorinanareawhereanairbagmaydeploy.If
anairbagisobstructedbytheradio,itmaynotdeployasexpected.Itcouldalso
propeltheradiowithenoughforcetocauseseriousinjury.
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•Avoidtouchingtheheatsinkattherearoftheradiowhiletheradioisinuse.The
heatsinkcanbecomehotduringprolongeduse.
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•Donotinstalltheradioinfrontofavehicleheater.Theradiorequiresacoolairflow
overtherearheatsinkwhentransmittingtomaintainefficiency.
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•Donotmakeunapprovedmodificationstotheradio.Suchmodificationscouldvoid
thewarrantyandcausetheradiotooperateoutsideitsapprovedspecifications.
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InterferencewithVehicleElectronics
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SomeoftheelectronicsinyourvehiclemaybesusceptibletoRFenergywhenyourradiois
transmitting.Examplesofelectronicdevicesinyourvehiclethatcouldbeaffectedareanti‐
lock/anti‐skidbrakingsystems,cruisecontrolsystemsandfuelinjectionsystems.Ifyour
vehicleisfittedwithanyofthesesystemspleaseconsultyourvehiclemanufacturerto
determinewhetherthesesystemsarelikelytobeaffectedbyyourradiowhenitis
transmitting.Carefulselectionofmountinglocationsandgoodinstallationtechniques
shouldgenerallyminimizeanyinterferencetoyourvehicleelectronics.
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION...........................................................
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FEATURES...........................................................6
PRIMARYCONTROLS........................................................
FrontPanel.........................................................
RearPanel.........................................................
MC513BCMicrophone................................................
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PROGRAMMABLEKEYS......................................................8
MENUNAVIGATION........................................................
General............................................................
MenuMap.........................................................
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GENERALOPERATION......................................................
Backlight...........................................................
TXPowerLevel......................................................
Squelch............................................................
SquelchLevel.......................................................
BeepVolume.......................................................
FirmwareVersion....................................................
RadioSerialNumber..................................................
SelectiveCall........................................................
DTMF..............................................................
MCD1200DigitalDataSignaling........................................
CTCSS/DCS..........................................................
MonitorFunction....................................................
Zones..............................................................
Scan...............................................................
Voting..............................................................
ScanNuisanceDelete.................................................
DynamicRegrouping..................................................
FailsoftOperation....................................................
10
10
10
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11
11
12
12
12
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13
13
14
14
17
18
20
20
21
INSTALLATION.............................................................
MountingtheCradle.................................................
FittingtheRadio.....................................................
RemovingtheRadio..................................................
FittingtheMC513BCMicrophone.......................................
RemovingtheMicrophone.............................................
ConsoleMounting....................................................
DCPowerConnection.................................................
AntennaConnection..................................................
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21
22
22
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23
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24
24
SPECIFICATIONS............................................................25
WARRANTY...............................................................26


6

INTRODUCTION

TheGMECM1039Seriesisa25WCommercialradiowhichwilloperateintheVHF136–174
MHz,UHF(H)450MHz–512MHzandUHF(L)403MHz–470MHzbands.
GMECM1039Seriesradiosrepresentasignificantopportunityforbothlargeandsmall
networkoperatorstoeffectivelyfutureprooftheircommunicationssystems.TheCM1039
seriesofmobileradiospermitsfleettransitionfromasimple,yetfullyfeaturedanalog
transceivertoatotallycompliantconventionalortrunkedP25digitalsolution.
TheGMECM1039supportsarangeofconfigurableoptionstosuitanyapplicationand
virtuallyanyvehicleinstallationchallenge.

TheCM1039Seriescanoperateinthreemodes:

1. Conventionalanalog
2. P25Conventional
3. P25Trunkedwithencryptionanddata

FEATURES

•LocalandRemoteconfigurations
•Scan
•RSSIVoting
•1072Channels
•50Zones
•Selcall(analogmode)
•MDC1200(analogmode)
•CTCSS
•DCS
•Programmablefunctionkeys
•Channelprofiles




7

PRIMARYCONTROLS

FrontPanel









RearPanel




MC513BCMicrophone
ARYCONTROLS
Channel/
SelectKnobDisplay
On/OffVolume/
ClearKnob
Microphone
Socket
F1Function
Key
F2Function
Key
F3Function
Key
F4Function
Key
Push‐To‐Talk
Key
CallKey
UPKeyDownKey
Dash(‐)Key
12VDC
Connection
Antenna
Socket
Extension
Speaker

8

PROGRAMMABLEKEYS

Thefunctionsofthefollowingbuttonsaredeterminedthroughdealerprogramming.
•Select(SEL)knob)
•Clear(CLR)knob)
•F1Key
•F2Key
•F3Key
•F4Key
•CallKey(MC513BCtop)
•Dash(‐)Key(MC513BCfront)

MENUNAVIGATION

Themenuisusedtoadjustsettingswithintheradio.Menuitemscanbeindividually
enabledordisabledbythedealerprogrammer.Dependingonhowitisprogrammed,the
menuinyourradiomayonlyincludeasmallselectionofthepossibleitemslistedbeloworit
maybedisabledcompletely.
Anenabledmenuitemmaynotbeapplicabletoallinstalledchannels;however,themenu
itemwillalwaysremainvisibleinthemenu.Attemptstoselecttheinvalidmenuitemwill
resultinanerrorbeep.
MenuNavigation‐General
Toaccessthemenu,presstheSELknob.RotatetheSELknobtoscrollthroughtheavailable
menuoptions.PresstheSELknobagaintoselectthedisplayedoption.Forsubmenuitems,
rotatetheSELknobagainuntiltherequiredsubmenuitemisdisplayedthenpresstheknob
toselect.
Example:ToadjusttheBeepTonevolumelevel;
1. PressSELtoaccesstheMenu.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’thenpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘ALERTLEVEL’thenpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘BEEPVOLUME’thenpressSEL.
5. RotatetheknobtoadjusttheBeepVolumelevel.
6. PressSELtoacceptthechangeandreturntothepreviousmenulevel
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Tostepbacktothepreviousmenuoptionatanytime,presstheCLR(volume)Knob.Toexit
themenucompletelyandreturntothenormaldisplay,pressandholdtheCLRknob.

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Note:TheMenuoptionwilltimeoutafter5secondsifnofurthermenuselectionsaremade.
MenuMap
ThefollowingMenuMaprepresentsalloftheavailablemenuoptions.Onlythemenuitems
thathavebeenenabledinyourradiowillactuallyappearinyourradio’smenu.
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GENERALOPERATION
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BACKLIGHT
TheLCDbacklightbrightnesslevelisadjustablein16stepsfromofftofull.
Toadjustthebacklightbrightness;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘DISPLAY’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘BKLGT’andpressSEL.
5. Rotatetoselecttherequiredbrightnesssetting.
6. PressSELtoaccept.
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TXPOWERLEVEL
Setstheglobalmaximumtransmitpowerfortheradio.Theusercanselectfrom1of4
levels:1W,5W,10W,25W.
Note:Individualchannelscanalsohavetheirownpowersettingsinwhichcasethetransmit
powerfortheselectedchannelwillbethelowerofthetwopowersettings.
E.g.Ifachannelissetfor10Wandthemaximumpowerlevelis25W,thenthetransmit
poweronthatchannelwillbe10W.Howeverifthemaximumpoweristhenloweredto5W,
thentheactualtransmitpoweronthatchannelwillbe5W.
TosettheTXPower;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘FUNCTIONS’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘TXPOWER’andpressSEL.
5. RotatetoselecttherequiredTXpower
6. PressSELtoaccept.
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SQUELCH
Toturnthesquelchoff;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘FUNCTIONS’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘SQUELCH’andpressSEL.

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5. RotatetoselectONorOFF.ThesquelchwillopenwhenOFFisselectedandclose
whenONisselected.
6. PressSELtoaccept.
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Note:SquelchsettingsarenotapplicabletoP25operation.
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SQUELCHLEVEL
Thesquelchleveladjuststhesensitivityofthesquelchtoincomingsignals.Thesquelchlevel
shouldbesetatapointwherethesquelchremainsclosedwhentherearenosignals
presentbutwillopenonmostsignals.
Inquietcountryorrurallocationswherethereislittleinterferencealowervaluemaybeset
toallowthesquelchtoopenonveryweaksignals.
Ininnercityapplicationsorareasofsevereinterferenceahighervaluemaybenecessaryto
allowonlystrongersignalstoopenthesquelch.
Toadjustthesquelchlevel;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘FUNCTIONS’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘SQLLEVEL’andpressSEL.
5. Rotatetoselecttherequiredsquelchlevelfrom1‐9
6. PressSELtoaccept.
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BEEPVOLUME
TheBeepVolumeadjuststhevolumelevelofthebeepsthatareheardwhenbuttonsare
pressed.
ToadjusttheBeepVolume;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘ALERTLEVEL’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘BEEPVOLUME’andpressSEL.
5. Rotatetoselecttherequiredbeepvolumelevelfrom0to9.Todisablethebeeps
select0.
6. PressSELtoaccept.
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FIRMWAREVERSION
Toreadthecurrentfirmwareversion;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘RADIOINFO’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘VERSION’andpressSEL.
5. Thecurrentradiofirmwareversionwillbedisplayed.
6. PressandholdCLRtoexitthemenu.
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ELECTRONICSERIALNUMBER(ESN)
Toviewtheradio’selectronicserialnumber;
1. PressSEL.
2. Rotateto‘SETTINGS’andpressSEL.
3. Rotateto‘RADIOINFO’andpressSEL.
4. Rotateto‘SERIALNOandpressSEL.
5. Theradio’selectronicserialnumberwillbedisplayed.
6. PressandholdCLRtoexitthemenu.
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SELECTIVECALL
SelectiveCalling(Selcall)isasecuresignalingsystemallowingindividualradiostobe
selectivelycalledwithoutdisturbingothersonthesamechannel.Eachradiocanbepre‐
programmedwithauniqueSelcallIdent.Theradiocanthenbesettoremaintotallyquiet
whileitmonitorsthechannelforSelcallsignals.IfanincomingsignalcontainsaSelcall
matchingtheIdentinyourradio,analarmsoundstoalertyouandthecaller’sidentification
isdisplayedonyourradio.Inthisway,evenifyouareawayfromyourradiowhenthecallis
received,youwillstillknowthatyouwerecalled.Youcanthenreturnthecallatyour
convenience.Iffurthercallsarereceived,themostrecentcallerisdisplayed.
IfSelcallhasbeenenabledonyourradio,itmayallowyoutocallotherswhoarealsousing
theSelcallsystem.Itmayalsobeprogrammedtoallowingspecificgroupsofradiostobe
calledwithoutdisturbingotherindividualsorgroups.
TomakeaSelcall
1. PresstheBlueCALLbuttononthemicrophone.
2. ‘CALLTO’willbedisplayed.
3. Presstheor buttonsonthemicrophone(orrotatetheSELknob)toselectthe
requiredcallnumberprogrammedintoyourradio.
4. HoldtheCALLbuttontomakethecall.

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Ifthecallisreceivedsuccessfully,aconfirmationmessagewillbedisplayed.
OperatingintheQuietmode
TheQUIETmodepreventsanyincomingtransmissionsfrombeinghearduntilyourSelcall
Identisreceived.Thisallowsyoutomonitorabusychannelforcallswithoutbeingdisturbed
byunwantedsignals.WhenyourSelcallIdentisreceived,theQUIETmodeiscancelledand
allincomingsignalswillbeheardinthespeaker.
IfyourradioisprogrammedwithaQuietkey,youmaybeabletomanuallyactivateyour
radiosQuietmutingsystem.Ifnot,yourradio'squietmutingsystemwillhavebeenpreset
foryoubyyourretailer.
DTMF
YourradiomaybefittedwithDTMF‘speeddial’memoriestoprovidepre‐programmed
DTMFsequences.Iffitted,DTMF‘speeddial’memoriescanbeprogrammedintooneof
moreofthefunctionkeysF1,F2,F3orF4.
MDC1200DIGITALDATASIGNALLING
MDC1200digital/datasignalingoffersexpandedcallingfunctions.
MDC1200MenufunctionsarelocatedintheSERVICESmenu.Availablemenuoptionsare;
•CallAlert
•RadioCheck
•Status
•StatusRequest
•Message
•RemoteMonitor
•Stun
•Revive
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MDC1200–Primaryusefunctions:
•PTT‐ID
•EmergencyCall
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CTCSS/DCS(ContinuousToneCodedSquelchSystem/DigitallyCodedSquelch)
CTCSS/DCSareautomaticcodedsquelchsystemsthatallowgroupsofradioreceiversto
remainquietuntiltheyreceiveacallencodedwithaspecificsquelchtone.Thereceiver's
squelchthenopenstoallowthecalltobeheardandclosesagainwhenthecallisfinished.
Otherradiossharingthesamechannelbutprogrammedwithadifferentsquelchtonewill

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nothearthecall.Similarly,callsmadetootherradiosthatuseadifferentsquelchtonewill
notbeheardbyyourradio.Inthiswayseveralgroupsofradioscansharethesamechannel
butbealmostunawareofeachother'sexistence.OnemainadvantageofCTCSS/DCSisitis
fullyautomaticwithnospecialoperationrequiredbytheuser.
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MONITOR
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Amonitorkeyisusedtomonitor(listen)toachannelthatwouldnormallyremainsquelched
(quiet)underthecontrolofaCTCSSorDCStone.WhenCTCSS/DCSisbeingused,theremay
beotheruserstalkingonthechannelbutyouwillnotbeabletohearanything.Pressingthe
Monitorkeyoverridesthetonesquelchtoallowyoutohearthesesignals.TheMonitorkey
isoftenusedtocheckthatthechannelisclearbeforetransmitting.
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Note:TheMonitorkeydoesnotopentheSquelch;itsimplyoverridestheCTCSS/DCStone
decoder.Iftherearenosignalsonthechannel,theradiowillstillremainquietandno
receivernoisewillbeheard.
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ZONES
TheCM1039seriesradioiscapableof50zoneswhichareusedforallocatingdiscreet
channelsortalkgroup(P25)intozones.Zonescanalsobeusedforregional,hierarchyor
geographicgrouping
Azoneisacollectionofchannelsortalkgroups.Zonesareusedtogroupchannelsthat
havesomethingincommon,suchaspublicagency(police,fire,ambulance)orgeographic
region.
Whenzonesareenabled,theusercanselectchannelsonlyfromthecurrentlyactivezone.
Ifzonesarenotrequired,zonescanbegloballydisabled.Allchannelsthenappearinone
list.Themaximumchannelcapacityis1072channels.
Ifzonesareenabled,everychannelmustbelongtoazoneandeachchannelcanbeinonly
onezoneatatime.
Eachzonecanbeindividuallyenabled.Azonecontainingnochannelsisalwaysdisabled.
Whenselectingazone,theusercanselectonlyfromthelistofenabledzones.The
maximumnumberofzonesis50.
Selectingazone
Toselectazone:
1. PressSELtoaccesstheMenu.
2. RotatetheSELknobtoselect‘ZONES’thenpressSEL.
3. RotatetheSELknobtoselectthedesiredZonethenpressSEL.
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Whileselectingazoneusingthemenu,theradiocontinuestooperateonthecurrent

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channelinthecurrentzone.Theradiodoesn'tchangetotheselectedzoneuntiltheSEL
knobispressed.IftheCLRknobpressed,thezonemenuclearsandtheradiocontinuesto
operateonthecurrentchannel.
ProgrammablekeyscanbeassignedtotheZONEfunctionprovidingdirectaccesstothe
ZONEsmenu.ThezoneisthenselectedusingtheSELknob.
Ifzonesaregloballydisabled,thezonemenuitemisalsodisabled.
ZoneInitialChannel
Bydefault,theradiochangestothefirstchannelintheselectedzone.Thefirstchannelis
knownasthehomechannelofthezone.Optionallytheradiocanbeconfiguredtosavethe
currentchannelinthecurrentzonebeforechangingtotheselectedzone.Theradiothen
changestothesavedchanneloftheselectedzone.Ifthereisnosavedchannelinthe
selectedzone,theradiodefaultstothefirstchannelinthezone.
ZoneDisplay
Eachzonehasazonename.Thezonenameisdisplayedwhenselectingazoneusingthe
ZONEmenu.
Withaone‐linedisplayitisnotpossibletoshowthechannelnameandzonenameatthe
sametime.Themainscreennormallydisplaysthechannelname.
IfakeyisassignedtotheZONEfunction,thenpressingthatkeywilldisplaythecurrent
zone.Theradiochangestothezoneselectmenuwiththecurrentzoneasthestarting
point.PressingtheZONEkeyagainorpressingtheBACKkeycancelsthezoneselectmenu.
Ifnokeyispressed,atimeoutwillclearthezonemenuandreturntheradiotothemain
screen.Bythismeantheusercancheckwhatthecurrentzoneisbyakeypressatanytime,
butthezonenameisnotnormallydisplayed.
ZonesandRecallChannels
ArecallchannelisachannelassignedtoaRECALLkey.ThechannelassignedtoaRECALL
keyisnotnecessarilyinthecurrentzone.WhentheRECALLkeyispressed,theradio
changestotherecallchannel.Bydefaulttheradiochangestothezonetherecallchannelis
in,(althoughthisisoptional),thereforethenextchannelchangeusingtheSELknobwillbe
fromtherecallchannel'szone.
Alternativelytheradiocanbeconfiguredtoremaininthecurrentzonewhileontherecall
channelfrequencyortalkgroup.InthiscasethenextchannelchangeusingtheSELknob
willbefromchannelsinthecurrentzone.
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ZonesandScanning
Therearetwomaintypesofscanning;scangroupsandzonescan.Thescanbehaviorwhen
zonesarechangeddependsonthecurrentscantypeinprogress.
Ascangroupisalistofchannelsusedforscanningorvoting.Thescangroupappearsinthe
channellist,andisselectedbytheuserwiththeSELknob.
Iftheradioiscurrentlyonascangroupchannel,scanningstopswhenthezoneischanged.
Iftheinitialchannelintheselectedzoneisascangroup,thenscanningresumeswiththat
scangroup.
Zonescangivestheusertheabilitytoscanselectedchannelsinthecurrentzone.Channels
tobeincludedinthescanaretagged.ZonescanisstartedandstoppedwiththeSCANkey.
Ifzonescanisactivewhenzonesarechangedthenzonescancontinuestobeactiveinthe
selectedzoneifthatzonehaschannelstaggedforzonescan.Ifzonescanisnotpossiblein
theselectedzone,(e.g.thereareinsufficienttaggedchannels)thenscanstopsandtheradio
changestotheinitialchannelinthezone.
Channelsinascangrouparenotnecessarilyfromthecurrentzone.Whilescanningthe
radioremainsinthecurrentzoneasitchangeschannelsinthescangroup.Ifasignalis
receivedorPTTispressedsotheradioholdsonachannelinthescangroup,theradio
remainsinthecurrentzone.Iftheuserexitsscanwhileholdingonachannelinthescan
grouptheradiomaychangetothezoneoftheholdchanneloroptionallyremaininthe
currentzone.
ZoneEditing
Zonescanbecreated,modifiedanddeletedusingtheRadioprogrammeronly.Zonescannot
bemodifiedbytheuser.
Ifzonesareenabled,theremustbeatleastonezoneintheradio.Ifthereisonlyonezone,
thenallchannelsintheradiowillbeinthatzone.
Azonemustcontainatleastonechannelforthatzonetobeenabled.
Ifnozonenameisspecifiedtheradiogeneratesazonename:ZONE1,ZONE2etc.
Azonecanbedisabledwiththeradioprogrammer.Adisabledzonecannotbeselectedby
theuserintheradio,however,thezoneanditschannelswillstillexistinthememory.
Azoneisdeletedwhenallchannelsinthatzonearealsodeletedormovedfromthatzone.
Ifthezonecontainschannelsthataremembersofascangroupthatisinanotherzone,then

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thezonecannotbedeleteduntilthechannelisremovedfromthescangroup.Whenazone
isdeleted,thezonenameiserasedandallzoneflagsarecleared.
Everychannelhastobelongtoazone.Channelscanbemovedfromonezonetoanotherin
theprogrammer.
SCAN
Thescanfeatureisusedtomonitoragroupofchannelsforactivity.Whenthereisactivity
onachanneltheradiostopsscanningandholdsonthatchannel.
AscangroupcanonlycontainAnalogorP25channels.Thescangroupcannotinclude
anotherscangrouporaP25Trunkingchannel.Thechannelsinthescangroupdonothave
tobefromthesamezoneasthescangroup.Channelsinthescangroupmaybehidden
channels,orchannelsthatcannormallybeselected.Ascangroupcancontainupto32
channels.
Therearetwowaysthatchannelscanbegroupedforscanningorvoting:
ScanGroup
ZoneScan
ScanGroup
Ascangroupisalistofchannelsusedforscanningorvoting.Themainuseforascangroup
istodefineachannelthatperformsRSSIvotingofrepeaterfrequencies.However,scan
groupscanbeconfiguredfordifferenttypesofscanningorvoting.
AscangroupappearsinthechannellistandisselectedusingtheSELknob.Thenameofthe
scangroupappearsasachannelname;thereforeascangroupappearstobeanother
channeltotheuser.Ifzonesareenabled,ascangrouphastobelongtoazone.Ascan
groupcanonlybelongtoonezone.Severalscangroupscanbeincludedinonezone.
Scanningorvotingbeginsautomaticallywhenthescangroupisselected.Scanningorvoting
stopswhenthescangroupisdeselected.
Whilethereisnochannelactivityandthescangroupisscanning,thescangroupnameis
displayed.Whenchannelactivityisdetected,thedisplaymayshowthenameofthechannel
theradioisholdingon.Whenchannelactivityceasesandtheradioresumesscanningor
voting,thescangroupnameisdisplayedagain.
AscangroupcanbeassignedtoaRECALLkey.WhentheRECALLispressedwhileon
anotherchannel,theradioselectsthescangroupandscanningorvotingbegins
immediately.IfaRECALLkeyassignedtoanotherchannelorscangroupispressedwhilea

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scangroupisactive,thenthescangroupisdeselectedandscanningorvotingstops.The
radiothenselectsthechannelorscangroupassignedtheRECALLkey.
Ascangroupisconfiguredusingtheradioprogrammer.Thescangroupconfiguration
cannotbemodifiedandchannelscannotbeaddedtoorremovedfromthescangroupby
theuser.
Ascangroupcanbeconfiguredforeitherscanningorvoting.Eachscangroupcanbe
configuredindividually.
Scanning
Scanningisgenerallyusedtomonitoragroupofunrelatedchannelsforactivity.Theradio
checkseachchannelinthescangroupinturnforactivityandholdsonthefirstchannelwith
avalidsignal.Theconditionstoholdonachannelarethesameasthegeneralun‐mute
conditionsoftheradio.
Whenthesignaldisappearstheradiocontinuestoholdonthechanneluntilthescanhold
timeoutexpires.Ifthescanholdtimeoutexpires,theradioresumesscanning.
OpenScan
InOpenScan,theradioscansthechannelsinthesequenceofthechannellistcheckingfor
activity.
IfthePTTispressedwhileholdingonachannel,theradiotransmitsontheholdchanneland
thescantransmitchannelissettotheholdchannel.WhenthePTTispressedwhile
scanning,theradiotransmitsonthescantransmitchannel.
PriorityScan
InPriorityScan,theradioscansthechannelsinsequencesimilartoopenscanbutchecksa
prioritychannelmoreoftenthantheotherchannels.Thefirstchannelinthescangroupis
theprioritychannel.
IfthePTTispressedwhileholdingonachannel,theradiotransmitsontheholdchannel.
WhenthePTTispressedwhilescanning,theradiotransmitsontheprioritychannel.
VOTING
Votingisgenerallyusedtomonitoragroupofchannelsassociatedwitharepeaternetwork.
Therearetwogeneraltypesofvoting,RSSIvotingandBusyVoting.
RSSIVoting
RSSIvoting(alsocalledSignalStrengthvoting)isusedwithrepeaternetworkswherethe
repeaterstransmitthesameinformationsimultaneouslyondifferentrepeaterfrequencies.

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Theradioscanstherepeateroutputfrequenciesandselectsthechannelwiththehighest
signalstrengthorthefirstchannelaboveasignalstrengththreshold.
TheradiomaintainsachanneltouseforPTT.Generallythisisthelastchanneltheradio
selectedforreceive.Ifnosignalhasbeenreceivedtheradiowillcyclethroughallthe
channelsinturnoneachPTTpress.
BusyVoting
Busyvotingisusedwhenthereareseveralrepeatersonthesamesiteprovidingapoolof
channelstoseveralgroupsofusers.Eachgroupofusersisgenerallydefinedbyacommon
CTCSStone.Theradioscansthechannelsandkeepstrackofwhichchannelsarefreeand
whicharebusyandcurrentlyusedbyanothergroup.
WhenasignalisreceivedwiththecorrectCTCSStone,theradiostopsscanningandholds
onthatchannel.
WhenthePTTispressedtheradiotransmitsonafreerepeaterchannel.Theradiosina
groupdon'ttransmitonthesamerepeaterchanneleachtime,asitdependsonwhich
repeaterchannelisinuseatanygiventime.
ZoneScan
Zonescanisusedtoscanagroupofchannelsforactivitywithinthecurrentzone.The
channelsarescannedinsequenceforactivityusingopenscanorpriorityscanmethods.
Votingisnotusedforzonescan.
Thechannelstobescannedaretaggedforzonescan.Analogchannels,P25Conventional
channels,andscangroupscanbetaggedforzonescan.Ifascangroupistagged,thenonly
thefirstchannelinthescangroupisincludedinthezonescansequence.P25Trunking
channelscannotbetagged.Hiddenchannelscanalsobetagged.Hiddenchannelscanonly
betaggedbytheradioprogrammer,notbytheuser.
Zonescanchannelsaretaggedusingtheradioprogrammer.Theusermayalsooptionally
beenabledtotagchannelsforzonescan.Totagachannel,theuserselectsthechannel
withtheSELknobthentagsthechannelwithalongpressoftheSCANkey.Atagged
channelisuntaggedwithalongpressoftheSCANkey.
ZonescanisselectedusingtheSCANkey.WhentheSCANkeyispressed,theradio
commencesscanningallthetaggedchannelsinthecurrentzone.TheSCANkeyispressed
againtostopzonescan.WhilezonescanisactivetheSELknobcannotbeusedtoselect
channels.
IfaRECALLkeyispressedduringzonescan,thenzonescanstopsandtheradioselectsthe
channelorscangroupassignedtotheRECALLkey.

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Ifadifferentzoneisselectedwhilezonescanisactive,thenzonescancontinuestobeactive
intheselectedzoneifpossible.Iftherearenotenoughchannelstaggedforzonescaninthe
selectedzone,thenzonescanstops.
IftheSCANkeyispressedwhileascangroupisselected(i.e.:anRSSIvotingchannel),the
radiostopsthescangroupactivityandcommencesthezonescan.WhentheSCANkeyis
pressedagain,thezonescanstopsandtheradiowillresumescangroupactivity.
Duringzonescan,thedisplaychangesthroughthezonescanchannels.Whenactivityis
detectedonachannel,theradioholdsonthechannelandthedisplayshowsthenameof
theholdchannel.
Thecurrentchannelmaybeincludedinthezonescanchannellistevenifitisnottagged.
SCANNUISANCEDELETE
Anuisancechannelisonewheretemporaryunwantednoiseorinterferenceconstantly
stopsthescan.AnuisancechannelcanbetemporarilyremovedbyturningtheSELknob
whileholdingonthechannel.Theradiowillresumescanningandthenuisancechannelwill
beremovedforafixedtime(typically2minutes).
AnuisancechannelcanalsoberemovedfromthescansequencebyalongpresoftheSCAN
keywhileholdingonthechannel.Theradiowillresumescanningandthenuisancechannel
willberemovedaslongaszonescanisactive.
DYNAMICREGROUPING
Dynamicregroupingallowsthenetworkordispatchertore‐assigntheradiotoaspecial
communicationstalkgroup.Whenoperatingonthisgroup,normalchannelchange
operationmaybedisabled.
DynamicregroupingisonlyavailableonP25trunkingchannels.
Toactivatedynamicregrouping,theoperatorsendsa‘DynamicRegroupRequest’tothe
P25network.
TosendaDynamicRegrouprequest:
1. PresstheSELknobtoaccessthemenu.
2. RotatetheSELknobtoselect‘TRUNKING’thenpresstheSELknob.
3. RotatetheSELknobtoselect‘DYNREGROUP’thenpresstheSELknobtosendthe
request.
4. Thedisplaywillshow‘SENDREQ’.
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Iftherequestissuccessfulthedisplayshowsanacknowledgement.Therequestmaynot
succeedforvariousreasons.