Motorola APX8500 User manual

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APXTM TWO-WAY RADIOS
APX 8500
E5 CONTROL HEAD
INTERACTIVE END USER TOOLKIT (IEUTK)

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Content
Declaration of Conformity
Important Safety Information
Software Version
Copyrights and Disclaimer
Using the IEUTK
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Getting Started
Radio Parts and Controls
Fleet map
Preparing Your Radio for Use
•Turning On/Off the Radio
•Validating Compatibility During Power Up
•Adjusting the Volume
Identifying Radio Controls
•Programmable Features
•Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions
•Keypad (On Keypad Mic)
•Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button
Identifying Status Indicators
•Status Icons
•Text Messaging Service (TMS) Status Icons
•Call Type Icons
•LED Indicators
•LED Indications
•Intelligent Lighting Indicators
•Channel Color Backlight
•Alert Tones
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General Radio Operation
Selecting a Zone
Selecting a Radio Channel
Channel Search Button
Mode Select Feature
Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call
•Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup
Call
•Receiving and Responding to a Private
Call (Trunking Only)
•Receiving and Responding to a Telephone
Call (Trunking Only)
Making a Radio Call
•Making a Talkgroup Call
•Making a Private Call (Trunking Only)
•Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only)
Switching Between Repeater or Direct
Operation Button
Monitor Features
•Monitoring a Channel
•Monitoring Conventional Mode
Advanced Features
ViQi Virtual Partner
•Using ViQi Virtual Partner
Advanced Call Features
•Calling a Phone Not in the List
•Selective Call (ASTRO®25 Conventional
Only)
•Talkgroup Call Feature (Conventional
Only)
•Sending a Status Call
•Making a Priority Dispatch Call
•Dynamic Regrouping (Trunking Only)
•Requesting a Reprogram (Trunking Only)
Dynamic Zone Programming (DZP)
•Entering the Dynamic Zone to Select a
Dynamic Channel
•Saving a Channel in the Dynamic Zone
from List Selection
•Deleting a Channel in the Dynamic Zone
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Multiple Control Head Features
•Setting the Initial Control Head’s ID
•All Active Mode
•OneActive Mode
Contacts
•Making a Private Call from Contacts
•Adding a New Contact Entry
•Deleting a Contact Entry
•Adding a Contact to a Call List
•Editing a Contact (EntryAlias and Entry ID)
•Editing a Contact (Call Type)
Scan Lists
•Viewing a Scan List
•Editing the Scan List
•Changing the Scan List Status
•Viewing and Changing the Priority Status
Scan
•Turning Scan On or Off
•Turning Scan On While Disregarding the
Squelch Code (Conventional Channels
Only)
•Deleting a Nuisance Channel
•Restoring a Nuisance Channel
•Changing Priorities Status While Scan is
On
•Restoring Priorities in a Scan List
•Using the Hang Up Box (HUB)
Call Alert Paging
•Receiving a Call Alert Page
•Sending a Call Alert Page
•Enabling and Disabling In-Call UserAlert
Quick Call II (ASTRO®P25 Digital Trunking
and Conventional)
•Initiating a Quick Call II Transmission
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Emergency Operation
•Special Considerations for Emergencies
•Emergency Keep Alive
•Exiting Emergency as Operation
•Exiting Emergency as Supervisor
(Trunking Only)
•Sending an EmergencyAlarm
•Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking
Only)
•Sending an Emergency Call With Hot Mic
(Trunking Only)
•Sending an EmergencyAlarm with
Emergency Call
•Sending an EmergencyAlarm and Call
with Hot Mic
•Sending a Silent EmergencyAlarm
•Impact Detection
•Detecting Impact
•Exiting Impact Detected Condition
Automatic Registration Service (ARS)
•Selecting or Changing the ARS Mode
•User Login Feature
Text Messaging Service (TMS)
•Accessing the Messaging Features
•Composing and Sending a New Text
Message
•Sending a Quick Text Message
•Priority Status and Request Reply of a
New Text Message
•Receiving a Text Message
•Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox
•Replying to a Received Text Message
•Accessing the Drafts Folder
•Sent Text Messages
•Deleting Text Messages
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Secure Operations
•Enabling Secure Transmission
•Accessing the Secure Feature
•Managing Encryption
–Loading an Encryption Key(s)
–Multikey Feature
–Selecting Encryption Key
–Selecting Keysets
–Erasing Encryption Keys
•Requesting an Over-the-Air Rekey
(ASTRO®25 Conventional Only)
•MDC Over-the-Air Rekeying (OTAR) –
Conventional Only
•Infinite UKEK Retention
•Hear Clear
Security
•Enabling or Disabling the Radio Lock
(Secure Radios Only)
•Changing the Radio Lock Password
•Changing Your Tactical Inhibit Password
Radio Stun and Kill
•Radio Stun
•Radio Kill
Radio Inhibit
Global Positioning System/Global Navigation
Satellite System
•GPS Performance Enhancement
•The Outdoor Location Feature (Using
GPS)
•Location Format
•Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature
•Selecting Location Format
•Turning Off GPS
•Saving a Waypoint
•Viewing a Saved Waypoint
•Editing theAlias of a Waypoint
•Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint
•Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint
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•DeletingAll Saved Waypoints
•Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a
Saved Waypoint
•Location Feature in Emergency Mode
•Peer-Location on the Display (ASTRO®25
Conventional)
Mission Critical Geofence (ASTRO 25
Trunking)
•Entering the GeofenceArea
•Mission Critical Geofence
Trunking System Controls
•Operating in Failsoft System
•Out-of-Range Radio
•SmartConnect
•SmartZone
•Site Trunking Feature
•Locking and Unlocking a Site
•Viewing the Current Site
•Changing the Current Site
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•TrunkedAnnouncement
Ignition Switch Options
Voice Announcement
Site SelectableAlerts (ASTRO®25)
•Sending SSA Notification to Single Site
•Sending SSA Notification to Single Site by
Manual Entry
•Sending SSA Notification to All Sites
•Sending SSA Notification to All Available
Sites
•Stopping SSA Notification to Single Site
•Stopping SSANotification to Single Site by
Manual Entry
•Stopping SSA Notification to All Sites
•Stopping SSA Notification to All Available
Sites
Channel Change On/Off Hook
Low Voltage Threshold Warning
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Wi-Fi
•Turning Wi-Fi On or Off
•Selecting Wi-Fi Network
•Checking the Wi-Fi Configuration and
Status of the Radio
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Utilities
Viewing Recent Calls
Selecting the Power Level
Selecting a Radio Profile
Controlling the Display Backlight
Turning Keypad Tones On or Off
Turning Voice Mute On or Off
Using the Time-Out Timer
Conventional Squelch Operation Features
Using the PL Defeat Feature
Digital PTT ID Support
Smart PTT Feature (Conventional Only)
Transmit Inhibit
•Enabling and Disabling Transmit Inhibition
Instant Recall
ExternalAlarms (Horn and Lights)
Programmable Button Configurations for Gun
Lock
•UnlockingAll Gun Locks
Action Consolidation Mode
General Radio Information
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Radio Care
Radio Care
•Cleaning the External Surface of the Radio
•Cleaning the External Plastic Surface
•Proper Ways to Handle the Radio
•Radio Service and Repair
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Declaration of Conformity
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DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
This declaration is applicable to your radio only if your radio is labeled with the following FCC logo.
Per FCC CFR 47 Part 2 Section 2.1077(a)
Responsible Party
Name: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
Address: Motorola Solutions, Inc., 1303 East Algonquin Road, Schaumburg, IL 60196-1078, U.S.A.
Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744
Hereby declares that APX 8500 conforms to FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.107(a), 15.107(d), and
section 15.109(a)

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Class B Digital Device
As a personal computer peripheral, this device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. This device complies
with Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard(s). Operation is subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and
2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Note:
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 and Industry Canada license-exempt RSS standard. 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.
•Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.