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INTERACTIVE END USER TOOLKIT (IEUTK)

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  • Page 1 TWO-WAY RADIOS APX 4500 O2 CONTROL HEAD INTERACTIVE END USER TOOLKIT (IEUTK)

  • Page 2: Radio Parts And Controls

    APX 4500 O2 CH RADIO PARTS AND CONTROLS  O2 Control Head Emergency CHANNEL UP/DOWN Power Button Button* Indicators Home Dimmer Bluetooth Accessory Port Menu Select SPEAKER VOLUME Button* Button Indicator** (Microphone) Buttons * These radio controls/buttons are programmable. ** Your radio’s hardware is Bluetooth ready. (Check with your dealer or system administrator for more details of all the...

  • Page 3: Turning On/Off The Radio

    APX 4500 O2 CH PREPARING YOUR RADIO FOR USE  Turning on/off the Radio RADIO WILL POWER UP ON IGNITION OR WHEN MASTER SWITCH IS TURN ON. IF RADIO DOES NOT RADIO WILL POWER DOWN WHEN IGNITION OR POWER UP PUSH POWER BUTTON.

  • Page 4: Adjusting The Volume

    APX 4500 O2 CH PREPARING YOUR RADIO FOR USE  Adjusting the Volume To increase the volume, rotate VOLUME SWITCH clockwise. The display shows volume bars and volume level when you change the volume. To decrease the volume, rotate the VOLUME CONTROL KNOB counterclockwise.

  • Page 5: Identifying Radio Controls

    APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS – – Scan Toggles scan on or off. Zone Select Allows selection from a list of zones. THIS IS THIS IS ACTIVATED BY THE FIRST MENU SELECT SOFT ACTIVATED BY SECOND MENU SELECT SOFT KEY...
  • Page 6 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS – Emergency Depending on the programming, initiates or – cancels an emergency alarm or call. ORANGE BUTTON IS Nuisance Delete Temporarily removes an unwanted PROGRAMMED FOR EMERGENCY channel, except for priority channels or the designated transmit channel, from the scan list.
  • Page 7 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS Assignable Settings or Utility Functions – Channel Announcement Allows you to hear the Voice Announcement audio file that is assigned to the radio’s current channel/mode. ALL CHANNELS IN THE FIRST ZONE USE VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT –...

  • Page 8: Accessing The Preprogrammed Functions

    APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS  Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions You can access various radio functions through one of the following ways: • A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons. • Use the Menu Select Buttons ( Using the Menu Select Buttons The Menu Select Buttons allow to access the menu entries of features.
  • Page 9 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS Using the Advance Programmable Buttons This feature is to help you to shorten the process of applying certain common features. CHANNEL UP/DOWN Emergency Buttons* Button* Menu Select Buttons* * These programmable buttons support the One Touch Button feature.
  • Page 10 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS Using the Navigation Buttons Home Button button returns you to the Home (default) screen. In most cases, this is the current mode. For selected radio features, the button is also used to save user-edited radio settings or information before returning you to the Home screen.
  • Page 11 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS Multi-function Knob (MFK) – Volume Change Turn the VOLUME CONTROL KNOB clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the volume level of the speaker. The volume level can be adjusted in 16 steps or 32 steps. A fast turn of the VOLUME KNOB adjusts the volume level in 16 steps with large increments in volume level.

  • Page 12: Status Icons

    APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS  Status Icons Monitor (Carrier Squelch) The liquid crystal display (LCD) of your radio shows the radio Selected channel is being monitored (during conventional status, text entries, and menu entries. operation only). The following are the icons that appear on the radio’s display.
  • Page 13 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS Bluetooth On Secure Operation • Bluetooth is on and ready for Bluetooth connection. On = Secure operation. • Off = Clear operation. • Blinking = Receiving an encrypted voice call. Bluetooth Connected Bluetooth is currently connected to the external Bluetooth User Login Indicator (IP Packet Data) device.

  • Page 14: Led Indicator

    APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS  LED Indicator LEDs Yellow Green The LED indicator shows the operational status of your radio. CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...
  • Page 15 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS – Solid red Radio is transmitting. – Blinking red Radio is transmitting at low battery condition. – Rapidly blinking red Radio has failed the self test upon powering up or encountered a fatal error.

  • Page 16: Intelligent Lighting Indicators

    APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS  Intelligent Lighting Indicators This feature temporary changes the radio’s display backlight color and the alert text background color to help signal that a radio event has occurred. Note: This feature must be preprogrammed by a qualified radio technician.
  • Page 17 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS Orange Emergency Alerts Critical Alerts CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 18: Alert Tones

    APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS  Alert Tones An alert tone is a sound or group of sounds. Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio’s conditions. The following table lists these tones and when they occur.
  • Page 19 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS You Hear Tone Name Heard Short, Valid Key-Press When correct key is pressed. Medium-Pitched Radio Self Test Pass When radio passes its power-up self test. Tone Clear Voice At beginning of a non-coded communication.
  • Page 20 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS You Hear Tone Name Heard Ringing Fast Ringing When system is searching for target of Private Call. Enhanced Call Sent When waiting for target of Private Call to answer the call. Play Phone Call Received When a land-to-mobile phone call is received.

  • Page 21: General Radio Operation

    APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION  Selecting a Zone A zone is a group of channels. Procedure: TO SELECT A ZONE [Menu] to Zone. Press the Menu Select button directly below Zone. to the required zone. Rotate the MFK to the desired zone.

  • Page 22: Selecting A Radio Channel

    APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION  Selecting a Radio Channel A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit/receive frequency pairs. Procedure: TO CHANGE CHANNELS CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 23: Receiving And Responding To A Radio Call

    APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION  Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call Once you have selected the required channel and/or zone, you can proceed to receive and respond to calls. The LED lights up solid red while the radio is transmitting. In conventional mode, the LED lights up solid yellow when the radio is receiving a transmission.
  • Page 24 APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION  Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup Call To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that talkgroup.

  • Page 25: Making A Radio Call

    APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION  Making a Radio Call You can select a zone, channel, subscriber ID, or talkgroup by using: • The preprogrammed Zone switch • The Multi-function Knob (MFK) • A preprogrammed One Touch Call button •...
  • Page 26 APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION  Making a Radio Call Making a Talkgroup Call To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be configured as part of that talkgroup. Procedure: Power Button CHANNEL Emergency...

  • Page 27: Scan Lists

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Lists Scan lists are created and assigned to individual channels/groups. Your radio scans for voice activity by cycling through the channel/group sequence specified in the scan list for the current channel/group. Your radio supports different types of Scan Lists: •...
  • Page 28 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Lists Viewing a Scan List Procedure: to ScnL. Press the Menu Select button directly below ScnL. to view the members on the list. Press to exit the current display and return to the Home screen.
  • Page 29 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Lists Editing the Scan List This feature lets you change scan list members and priorities. to select more channels to be added or deleted. Procedure: Use the MFK to select additional channels to be added or to ScnL.
  • Page 30 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Lists Changing the Scan List Status Procedure: Press to exit scan list programming and return to the Home screen. Long press the preprogrammed Scan side button. to the member you want to edit.
  • Page 31 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Turning Scan On or Off This feature allows you to monitor traffic on different channels by scanning a preprogrammed list of channels. Procedure: [Menu] to Scan. Press the Menu Select button directly below Scan.
  • Page 32 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Transmitting While the Scan is On Radio Programmed for Talkback Scan: DIRECT Radio Programmed for Non-Talkback Scan: CHANNEL SCAN IS PROGRAMMED FOR TALK BACK TRUNKED TALK GROUP CHANNELS ARE SCAN 7TAC52D PROGRAMMED TO TALK BACK ON SELECTED...

  • Page 33: Deleting A Nuisance Channel

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Deleting a Nuisance Channel If a channel continually generates unwanted calls or noise Procedure: (termed a “nuisance” channel), you can temporarily remove the unwanted channel from the scan list. When the radio is locked onto the channel to be deleted, to Nuis.

  • Page 34: Restoring A Nuisance Channel

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Restoring a Nuisance Channel Procedure: To restore the deleted nuisance channel, do one of the following: • Turn the radio off and then turning it on again. • Change modes. • Turn off the radio, and then turn it back on.

  • Page 35: Hang Up Box (Hub)

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Scan Hang Up Box (HUB) SCAN FUNCTION IS PROGRAMMED SO THAT REMOVING THE MIC FROM MIC HOLDER WILL NOT SUSPEND SCAN Power Button Emergency Button* Up & Down Buttons* Bluetooth Indicator** Indicators Multi-function...

  • Page 36: Emergency Operation

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Emergency Operation The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation. If the Orange button is preprogrammed to send an emergency signal, this signal overrides any other communication over the selected channel.

  • Page 37: Sending An Emergency Alarm

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Emergency Operation Sending an Emergency Alarm This feature allows you to send a data transmission, which identifies the radio sending the emergency, to the dispatcher. Procedure: Press the preprogrammed Emergency button. A tone sounds and the display alternates Emergency and the home display.
  • Page 38 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Emergency Operation Special Considerations for Emergencies • If you press the emergency button while in a channel that has no emergency capability, a low-pitched tone sounds. • If the unit is out of the range of the system and/or the emergency alarm is not acknowledged, a tone sounds and the display shows No acknowledge.

  • Page 39: Secure Operations

    Sec and press the Menu Select button directly below Sec. Unlike other forms of security, Motorola digital encryption The display shows and the current key if multi-key provides signaling that makes it virtually impossible for others has been enabled.

  • Page 40: Trunking System Controls

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Trunking System Controls Using the Fail-soft System The fail-soft system ensures continuous radio Procedure: communications during a trunked system failure. Rotate the MFK to change to a different repeater If a trunking system fails completely, the radio goes into fail- frequency.
  • Page 41 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Trunking System Controls Going Out of Range Out of range when your radio goes out of the range of the system, it can no longer lock onto a control channel. Procedure: You hear a low-pitched tone.

  • Page 42: Using The Site Trunking Feature

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Trunking System Controls Using the Site Trunking Feature If the zone controller loses communication with any site, that site reverts to site trunking. The display shows the currently selected zone/channel combination and SITE TRUNKING.

  • Page 43: Ignition Switch Options

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Ignition Switch Options This feature allows the user to select the radio’s functionality PTT Tx Inhibit based on the Ignition State of the radio user’s vehicle. The available options are as follows. This option allows the user to power on and power off the radio through the Power button regardless of the Ignition’s...

  • Page 44: Voice Announcement

    APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES  Voice Announcement This feature enables the radio to audibly indicate the current Note: Voice announcements support certain number of zone- feature mode, Zone or Channel the user has just assigned. channel, but not all.

  • Page 45: Selecting A Radio Profile

    APX 4500 O2 CH UTILITIES  Selecting a Radio Profile This feature allows you to manually switch the visual and audio settings of the radio. The display, backlight, alert tones, and audio settings are defined according to the [Menu] preprogrammed radio settings of each radio profile.

  • Page 46: Controlling The Display Backlight

    APX 4500 O2 CH UTILITIES  Controlling the Display Backlight You can enable or disable the radio’s display backlight as Procedure: needed, if poor light conditions make the display difficult to read. Press the Dimmer button to adjust the brightness of the display.

  • Page 47: Using The Time-Out Timer

    APX 4500 O2 CH UTILITIES  Using the Time-Out Timer This feature turns off your radio’s transmitter. You cannot Procedure: transmit longer than the preset timer setting. Hold down the PTT button longer than the preprogrammed If you attempt to do so, the radio automatically stops your time.

  • Page 48: Using The Digital Ptt Id Feature

    APX 4500 O2 CH UTILITIES  Using the Digital PTT ID Feature This feature allows you to see the radio ID (number) of the radio from whom you are currently receiving a transmission. This ID, consisting up to a maximum of eight characters, can be viewed by both the receiving radio and the dispatcher.

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