Motorola APX NEXT User manual

APX NEXTⓇ
APX NEXTⓇXE
QUICK START GUIDE

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Important Safety Information
RF Energy Exposure and Product Safety Guide for Portable Two-Way Radios
This radio is restricted to Occupational use only.
Before using the radio, read the RF Energy Exposure and Product Safety Guide for Portable
Two-Way Radios (6881095C98) which contains important operating instructions for safe
usage and RF energy awareness and control for Compliance with applicable standards and
Regulations.
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C a u t i o n
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Getting Started
Slide the battery into the
radio frame until the side
latches click into place.
Rotate the antenna
clockwise. Rotate the On/Off/Volume
Control Knob clockwise
until you hear a click.
Battery Installation Antenna Installation Power On
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Radio Controls
1. High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mic 1 5. 2–Position Concentric Switch 10. Speaker
2. Touch Screen 6. Channel Selector 11. NFC Antenna
3. Display Sleep/Wake (Short Press) 7. On/Off and Volume Control Knob 12. Battery
Home Button (Long Press) 8. High Dynamic Range (HDR) Mic 2 13. Charging Contacts
4. RF Antenna 9. 3-Dot (Speaker Grill) Feature
Button
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3
2
1
4
5
9
6
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
9
7
8
10
1
1
1
These radio controls/buttons are programmable.
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Radio Controls
14. Status LED 19. Push-to-Talk Button
15. ABC Switch 20. 1-Dot (Side Middle) Feature Button
16. Top Display 21. 2-Dot (Side Bottom) Feature Button
17. Top (Orange) Button 22. Battery Latch
18. Purple (Side Top) Button 23. Accessory Connector
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116 114
116 1
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19
20
21
22
23 23
1
1
1
1
1
1
These radio controls/buttons are programmable.
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To increase the volume, rotate the
On/Off/Volume Control Knob
clockwise.
To decrease the volume, rotate the
On/Off/Volume Control Knob
counterclockwise.
Adjusting the Volume
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Mode Indication Status
Operation Mode Solid Green Powering Up
Blinking Green Receiving a Call
Solid Red Transmitting
Blinking Red Transmitting at low battery
condition or detects an
incompatible battery
Rapidly Blinking Red Self-test failure upon powering up
or fatal error
Double Blinking Red Transmitting Emergency
Solid Yellow Channel Busy (Conventional
Mode)
Blinking Yellow Receiving a Secured Transmission
LED Indications
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Battery Bluetooth On GPS LTE Network
Strength
Wi-Fi Downloading
Data
Unread
Notification
Direct Power Level Monitor
RSSI Scan Secure
Operation
SmartConnect User Login
Indicator
Zone Bank
Display
Color Call State
Light Blue Open
Yellow Receiving
Red Transmitting
Grey Unprogrammed
Radio Control Color Band
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Feature Command Query
Zone and Channel Zone <Z name>, channel <C name> What is my zone and channel
Change zone to <Z name>, channel to
<C name>
Current zone and channel
Switch zone to <Z name>, channel to
<C name>
Zone and channel
Zone Zone <Z name> What is my zone
Change zone to <Z name> Current zone
Switch zone to <Z name> Zone
Channel Channel <C name> What is my channel
Change channel to <C name> Current channel
Switch channel to <C name> Channel
Home Channel Home channel -
Change to home channel -
Switch to home channel -
Voice Control
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