Tait TM8235 User manual

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Users Guide
TM8235 mobile

MMA-00051-01 Issue 1
© Tait Electronics Limited June 2006. All rights reserved.1
Directive 1999/5/EC Declaration of Conformity
da Dansk
Undertegnede Tait Electronics Limited erklæ-
rer herved, at følgende udstyr TMAA4C,
TMAB1C, TMAH5C & TMAC0C overholder de
væsentlige krav og øvrige relevante krav i
direktiv 1999/5/EF.
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de Deutsch
Hiermit erklärt Tait Electronics Limited die
Übereinstimmung der Geräte TMAA4C,
TMAB1C, TMAH5C & TMAC0C mit den
grundlegenden Anforderungen und den
anderen relevanten Festlegungen der
Richtlinie 1999/5/EG.
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el Ελληνικός
Με την παρουσα Tait Electronics Limited
δηλωνει οτι TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C
& TMAC0C συµµορφωνεται προσ τισ
ουσιωδεισ απαιτησεισ και τισ λοιπεσ
σχετικεσ διαταξεισ τησ οδηγιασ 1999/5/ΕΚ.
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en English
Tait Electronics Limited declares that this
TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C & TMAC0C
complies with the essential requirements and
other relevant provisions of
Directive 1999/5/EC.
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es Español
Por medio de la presente Tait Electronics Limi-
ted declara que el TMAA4C, TMAB1C,
TMAH5C & TMAC0C cumple con los requisi-
tos esenciales y cualesquiera otras disposi-
ciones aplicables o exigibles de la Directiva
1999/5/CE.
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fi Suomi
Tait Electronics Limited vakuuttaa täten että
TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C & TMAC0C
tyyppinen laite on direktiivin 1999/5/EY oleel-
listen vaatimusten ja sitä koskevien direktiivin
muiden ehtojen mukainen.
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fr Français
Par la présente, Tait Electronics Limited
déclare que l'appareil TMAA4C, TMAB1C,
TMAH5C & TMAC0C est conforme aux
exigences essentielles et aux autres disposi-
tions pertinentes de la directive 1999/5/CE.
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it Italiano
Con la presente Tait Electronics Limited dichi-
ara che questo TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C
& TMAC0C è conforme ai requisiti essenziali
ed alle altre disposizioni pertinenti stabilite
dalla direttiva 1999/5/CE.
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nl Nederlands
Hierbij verklaart Tait Electronics Limited dat
het toestel TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C &
TMAC0C in overeenstemming is met de
essentiële eisen en de andere relevante
bepalingen van richtlijn 1999/5/ EG.
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pt Português
Tait Electronics Limited declara que este
TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C & TMAC0C
está conforme com os requisitos essenciais e
outras provisões da Directiva 1999/5/CE.
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sv Svensk
Härmed intygar Tait Electronics Limited att
denna TMAA4C, TMAB1C, TMAH5C &
TMAC0C står I överensstämmelse med de
väsentliga egenskapskrav och övriga rele-
vanta bestämmelser som framgår av direktiv
1999/5/EG.
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To our European customers:
Tait Electronics Limited is an environmentally responsible company
which supports waste minimization and material recovery.
The European Union’s Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
Directive requires that this product be disposed of separately from the
general waste stream when its service life is over. Please be
environmentally responsible and dispose through the original
supplier, your local municipal waste “separate collection” service, or
contact Tait Electronics Limited.

Safety and compliance warnings 3
Safety and compliance warnings
Radio frequency exposure information
For your own safety and to ensure you comply with the
Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) radio
frequency (RF) exposure guidelines, please read the following
information before using this radio.
Using this radio
You should use this radio only for work-related purposes (it is
not authorized for any other use) and if you are fully aware
of, and can exercise control over, your exposure to RF energy.
To prevent exceeding FCC RF exposure limits, you must
control the amount and duration of RF that you and other
people are exposed to.
It is also important that you:
■Do not remove the RF exposure label from the radio.
■Ensure this RF exposure information accompanies the
radio when it is transferred to other users.
■Do not use the radio if you do not adhere to the guide-
lines on controlling your exposure to RF.
Controlling your exposure to RF energy
This radio emits RF energy or radio waves primarily when
calls are made. RF is a form of electromagnetic energy (as is
sunlight), and there are recommended levels of maximum
RF exposure.
To control your exposure to RF and comply with the maxi-
mum exposure limits for occupational/controlled environ-
ments, follow these guidelines:
■Do not talk (transmit) on the radio more than the rated
transmit duty cycle. This is important because the radio
radiates more energy when it is transmitting than when
it is receiving.

4Safety and compliance warnings
■While you are transmitting (talking or sending data) on
the radio, you must ensure that there is always a distance
of 0.9m (35 inches) between people and the antenna.
This is the minimum safe distance.
■Use the radio only with Tait-approved antennas and
attachments, and make only authorized modifications to
the antenna otherwise you could damage the radio and
violate FCC regulations.
Website: For more information on what RF energy is
and how to control your exposure to it, go to
http://www.fcc.gov/oet/rfsafety/rf-faqs.html.
Compliance with RF energy exposure
standards
This two-way radio complies with these RF energy exposure
standards and guidelines:
■United States Federal Communications Commission,
Code of Federal Regulations; 47 CFR 1.1307, 1.1310
and 2.1091
■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.
This radio complies with the IEEE (FCC) and ICNIRP exposure
limits for occupational/controlled RF exposure environments
at operating duty factors of up to 50% talk to 50% listen.
Radio frequency emissions limits in the USA
Part 15 of the FCC Rules imposes RF emission limits on elec-
tronic equipment to prevent interference to reception of
broadcast services.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Opera-
tion is subject to the condition that this device does not
cause harmful interference.

Safety and compliance warnings 5
Note: Changes or modifications to this device that are not
expressly approved by Tait Electronics Limited may
make its use illegal.
Health, safety and electromagnetic compatibility
in Europe
In the European Community, radio and telecommunications
equipment is regulated by Directive 1999/5/EC, also known
as the Radio and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
(R&TTE) directive. The requirements of this directive include
protection of health and safety of users, as well as
electromagnetic compatibility.
Intended purpose of product
This product is an FM radio transceiver. Its intended purpose
is for radio communication in Private Mobile Radio (PMR)
services or Public Access Mobile Radio (PAMR) services.
Note: This product can be programmed for frequencies or
emissions that may make its use illegal. Where appli-
cable, a license must be obtained before this product
is used. All license requirements must be observed.
Limitations may apply to transmitter power, operating
frequency, channel spacing, and emission.
Declaration of conformity
Brief Declarations of Conformity appear on page 1.
Website: To download the formal declaration of
conformity, go to http://eudocs.taitworld.com/.
A signed and dated paper copy of the declaration of
conformity can be obtained from Tait Europe Limited.
Electromagnetic compatibility in European vehicles
In the European Community, radio equipment fitted to auto-
motive vehicles is regulated by Directive 72/245/EEC, as
amended by 95/54/EC. The requirements of this directive

6Safety and compliance warnings
cover the electromagnetic compatibility of electrical or elec-
tronic equipment fitted to automotive vehicles.
Note:
To meet the requirements of Directive 72/245/EEC (as
amended by 95/54/EC) installation of this product in a
vehicle must be performed according to the instructions
provided, and any guidelines of the vehicle manufacturer.
EN 60950 requirements (25 watt radios)
This radio complies with the European Union standard
EN 60950 when operated up to the rated 33% duty cycle of
two minutes transmit and four minutes receive, and with
ambient temperatures of 30°C or lower.
Caution: Operation outside these limits may cause the
external temperature of the radio to rise higher
than this standard permits.
Safe radio operation
Warning: Observe the following safe operating practices:
■Switch the radio off at petrol filling stations or near flam-
mable liquids or gases.
■Switch the radio off in the vicinity of explosive devices
and blasting zones.
■ Using a handheld microphone or a radio while driving a vehi-
cle may violate the laws and legislation that apply in your
country or state. Please check the regulations in your area.
High radio surface temperatures
The bottom surface of the radio and the heatsink fins can
become hot during prolonged operation. Do not touch these
parts of the radio.
Radio protection when charging the vehicle battery
Always remove the fuses from the radio power cable before
charging the vehicle battery, connecting a second battery or using
power from another vehicle (e.g. when jump-starting the vehicle).

Your radio’s settings
Use the following tables to list your radio’s programmed settings.
Function key settings
Access numbers (this radio)
Commonly called unit and group numbers
Trunked Conventional
Prefix: Fleet: Identity:
Via PABX: :
Via PSTN: :
Number Description Number Description

Preset calls
Conventional channels and groups
Number Description Number Description
Access number Description Access Number Description

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Contents
Safety and compliance warnings ................................................ 3
Radio frequency exposure information ........................................................ 3
Radio frequency emissions limits in the USA ................................................ 4
Health, safety and electromagnetic compatibility in Europe .......................... 5
Electromagnetic compatibility in European vehicles ..................................... 5
EN 60950 requirements (25 watt radios) ..................................................... 6
Safe radio operation ................................................................................... 6
High radio surface temperatures ................................................................. 6
Radio protection when charging the vehicle battery ..................................... 6
Your radio’s settings .................................................................... 7
About this guide ........................................................................ 11
Safety warnings used in this guide ............................................................ 11
Feedback about this guide ........................................................................ 11
Changes to this guide ............................................................................... 11
Copyright information ............................................................................... 12
Disclaimer ................................................................................................ 12
Getting started ........................................................................... 13
About the radio controls ........................................................................... 13
About the keypad microphone .................................................................. 15
Understanding the radio indicators ........................................................... 16
About scrolling lists .................................................................................. 19
Basic operation ........................................................................... 21
Turning the radio on and off ..................................................................... 21
Entering your personal identification number ............................................. 21
Checking that your network is available .................................................... 22
Adjusting the speaker volume ................................................................... 22
Making a call ........................................................................................... 22
Making a preset call ................................................................................. 24
Receiving a call ......................................................................................... 26
Re-establishing a call ................................................................................ 27
About emergency operation ...................................................................... 28
Operating in conventional mode .............................................. 30
Changing to conventional mode ............................................................... 30
Selecting a channel ................................................................................... 32

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Checking that a channel is clear ................................................................ 32
Communicating directly with other radios ................................................. 33
Making a call ........................................................................................... 34
Receiving a call ........................................................................................ 34
Scanning .................................................................................................. 35
Voting ...................................................................................................... 36
Changing back to trunked mode ............................................................... 36
Troubleshooting .........................................................................37
When your radio won’t turn on ................................................................. 37
Removing the microphone ........................................................................ 37
Reinstalling the microphone ...................................................................... 38
Removing the radio from the vehicle ......................................................... 38
Describing the radio’s audible tones .......................................................... 39
Tait general software licence agreement .................................41

About this guide 11
About this guide
This user’s guide provides information about your TM8235
mobile radio. If you need further assistance or your radio
does not operate as you expect, contact your radio provider.
Website: For information about how to install your
TM8200 radio, go to http://support.taitworld.com/.
Safety warnings used in this guide
Within this guide, the following conventions are used to alert
you to important safety information:
Warning: There is a potential risk of death or serious injury.
Caution: There is the risk of minor or moderate injury
to people.
Caution: “Caution” is used without the safety alert symbol
when there is a risk of equipment damage
or malfunction.
Feedback about this guide
If you have any enquiries regarding this guide, or any
comments, suggestions and notifications of errors, please
contact Technical Support at http://sup[email protected]om.
Changes to this guide
In the interests of improving the performance, reliability or
servicing of the equipment, Tait Electronics Limited reserves
the right to update both the equipment or this user’s guide,
without prior notice.
Website: For contact details and technical assistance,
go to http://www.taitworld.com/, and
http://support.taitworld.com/.

12 About this guide
Copyright information
All information contained in this guide is the property of Tait
Electronics Limited. All rights are reserved. This guide may
not, in whole or in part, be copied, photocopied, reproduced,
translated, stored, or reduced to any electronic medium or
machine-readable form, without prior written permission
from Tait Electronics Limited. All trade names referenced are
the service mark, trademark, or registered trademark of the
respective manufacturers.
Disclaimer
There are no warranties extended or granted by this guide.
Tait Electronics Limited accepts no responsibility for damage
arising from use of the information contained in the guide or
of the equipment and software it describes. It is the responsi-
bility of the user to ensure that use of such information,
equipment and software complies with the laws, rules and
regulations of the applicable jurisdictions.

Getting started 13
Getting started
This section provides a brief description of your radio’s
controls and indicators.
The following topics are covered in this section:
■about the radio controls
■understanding the radio indicators
■about scrolling lists.
About the radio controls
The radio controls are the PTT key, volume control, on/off key,
scroll keys, clear and shift keys, and function keys. Some keys
may have functions assigned to both short and long key
presses:
■a short key press is less than one second, and
■a long key press is more than one second.
The radio controls and their functions are summarized in
the following diagram.

14 Getting started
scroll keys
on/off key
volume
control
microphone
socket
press-to-talk
(PTT) key
red
display
speakergreen
amber
microphone radio status LEDs
function key 1 function key 2
clear key shift key
Symbol Name Function
PTT key Press to call the number on the display, press
and hold to transmit, and release to listen
Volume control Rotate to change the speaker volume
On/off key Turn the radio on or off with a long press
Scroll keys Press to scroll up or down numbers on the
display
Tip: If you press and hold the scroll keys, the scroll speed increases.
Clear key Press to clear down the currently active call,
clear certain numbers on the display, or cancel
the current operation
Shift key Press to begin dialling a single digit using the
scroll keys, press again to select the next digit
on the display
Function keys 1
and 2
Function keys with programmed options

Getting started 15
About the keypad microphone
Your radio may have a keypad microphone installed. The
keypad microphone has a PTT key as well as twelve alphanu-
meric keys, two scroll keys, and shift and clear keys.
The PTT key, and the scroll, clear and shift keys work in the
same way as those on the control head (see “About the radio
controls” on page 13).
The alphanumeric keys can be used in trunked mode to
directly dial any number you can dial using the shift key and
scroll keys. In addition, the alphanumeric keys can be used to
dial special MPT functions as summarized in the following
table. The availability of these functions is dependant on the
way your radio is programmed and the way your network
operates.
Note: In the following examples, the final #may be replaced
by a short press of the PTT key.
PTT key
(press-to-talk)
microphone
clear key
scroll keys
alphanumeric keys
shift key
Dialling
code
Call to
#Accept an incoming call
*# Clear call or displayed item, or decline an incoming call
*0#
#0#
Request base dispatcher to call you back
Cancel request

16 Getting started
Understanding the radio indicators
The radio’s LED indicators and audible tones—together with
the radio display—all combine to give you information about
the state of your radio.
The most common way the indicators work is described in
the following sections.
Note: The way these indicators behave may be affected by
the way your radio is programmed.
Clear, Shift, and Function Key LED indicators
#41# Cancel call diversion
*49#
#49#
Do not disturb
Cancel do not disturb
#50# Resume normal channel hunting (site-select diagnostic function,
enabled during programming)
**n# Abbreviated dialled codes (1-9)
Dialling
code
Call to
LED Meaning
clear key LED Glowing: the clear key can be used, for example, to clear
down a call, clear the number on the display, or cancel the
current operation
shift key LED Glowing: the shift key can be used to select the next digit
while dialling using the shift key and scroll keys
function key
1 and 2
LEDs
Glowing: the function assigned to the function key is
currently on

Getting started 17
Status LED indicators
Audible tones
Note: If quiet or silent mode has been turned on, you will
not hear any audible tones.
For a description of other tones you may hear, see “Describ-
ing the radio’s audible tones” on page 39.
LED Meaning
red status LED
(transmit)
Glowing: your radio is transmitting
Flashing: your transmit timer is about to expire, or
your radio is stunned
green status
LED
(receive)
Glowing: you are receiving activity (conventional mode) or
your radio is actively in a call (MPT trunked mode)
Flashing (conventional mode): you have activated monitor
amber status
LED
(scanning or
network)
Glowing: your radio is scanning a group of channels for
activity (conventional mode) or network service is available
(MPT trunked mode)
Flashing: your radio has detected activity on a channel, and
has halted on this channel (conventional mode)
flashing fast: there is no network service available (MPT
trunked mode)
Tone type Meaning
one short
beep
Valid key press: the action you have attempted is permitted,
or
Function activated: a function key has been pressed and
that function has been activated
one long,
low-pitched
beep
Invalid key press: the action you have attempted is not
permitted, or
Transmission inhibited: you have attempted to transmit but
for some reason transmission is not permitted at this time
one short,
low-pitched
beep
Function deactivated: a function key has been pressed and
the corresponding function has been turned off

18 Getting started
Display messages
Message Meaning
Called party busy: the called party is engaged on another call
or does not accept your call
Conventional mode: you are currently operating on a conven-
tional channel (in this example, channel ID 01), or group
Call cancelled: the call has been cleared down before a traffic
channel is assigned
Callback: your call has reached the other party and they did not
answer, but their radio has stored a message to call you back
Data call: a data call is currently in progress
Call diversion: the call diversion feature is currently activated,
or your call has been diverted by the calling party
Do not disturb: the “do not disturb” feature is currently acti-
vated
System error: your radio has encountered an error (in this
example, error 1)
Function not available: the function that you requested is not
available on this radio
GPS: your radio is currently sending GPS location information
Network: your radio is currently operating on the trunking
network indicated (in this example, network 1)
Out-of-fleet: you have received a call from another party that is
not part of your fleet
Out-of-lock: the radio's synthesizer is out-of-lock on the
current channel and you cannot operate on that channel