Motorola GM340 User manual

Professional Radio
GM340
User Guide
68P64110B88
Issue:July 2000

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CONTENTS
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

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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
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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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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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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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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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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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