Motorola ASTRO APX Owner's manual

ASTRO®
APXTM Digital Portable Radios
User Guide Supplement
for Front Panel Programming
680XXXXXX-A

Preface
Before operating your radio, please
review the "Product Safety and RF
Exposure Compliance" section in the
front of your Radio User Guide.
Be sure to retain this publication for
future reference.

Computer Software Copyrights
The Motorola products described in this
manual may include copyrighted
Motorola computer programs stored in
semiconductor memories or other
media. Laws in the United States and
other countries preserve for Motorola
certain exclusive rights for copyrighted
computer programs, including, but not
limited to, the exclusive right to copy or
reproduce in any form the copyrighted
computer program. Accordingly, any
copyrighted Motorola computer
programs contained in the Motorola
products described in this manual may
not be copied, reproduced, modified,
reverse-engineered, or distributed in any
manner without the express written
permission of Motorola. Furthermore,
the purchase of Motorola products shall

not be deemed to grant either directly or
by implication, estoppel, or otherwise,
anylicenseunderthecopyrights,patents
or patent applications of Motorola,
except for the normal non-exclusive
license to use that arises by operation of
law in the sale of a product.

Frequency Programming Restrictions
• the radio may only be programmed
for those frequencies that the radio
user is permitted to use.
• Programming of frequencies should
be done only by authorized service
personnel.
• Radio operation on unauthorized
frequencies is a violation of the
federal law.
Warning, Caution, and Note Notations
Throughout this publication, you will
notice the use of WARNING, CAUTION,
and Note notations. These notations are
used to emphasize that safety hazards
exist, and care must be taken or
observed.

Note: An operational procedure,
practice,orcondition,etc.,which
is important to emphasize.
An operational
procedure, practice, or
condition, etc., which
may result in injury or
death if not carefully
observed.
An operational
procedure, practice, or
condition, etc., which
may result in damage
to the equipment if not
carefully observed.

Contents
APX - FPP SUPPLEMENT i
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Preface................................................. ii
Computer Software Copyrights........... iii
Frequency Programming Restrictions. v
Warning, Caution, and Note Notations
v
Getting Started.............................. 1
Introduction.......................................... 1
Programming Feature Operation 3
Front Panel Programming ................... 4
Initiate the FPP Feature...................6
Glossary........................................ 8

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Notes

APX - FPP SUPPLEMENT 1
Getting Started
Introduction
Your radio provides the ability to edit and
program several operational features
using the front panel keypad. Front
Panel Programming (FPP) covered in
this manual, can only be programmed/
reprogrammed when the radio is
ordered with the FPP option.
A special Advanced System Key (ASK)
is also needed. It needs to be used with
the CPS.

2 APX - FPP SUPPLEMENT
Before attempting Front Panel
Programming as described in this
manual:
• Familiarize yourself with the your
radio.
• Remove the universal connector
seal if it is attached to the radio.
• Install the ASK to the computer.
• Install the Customer Programming
Software (CPS) on the computer.