Motorola APX Series Manual
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 APX 4500 O2 CH RADIO PARTS AND CONTROLS O2 Control Head Emergency Channel Up & Down Power Button Button* Buttons Indicators Home Dimmer Accessory Port Menu Select Bluetooth Multi-function Button* Button (Microphone) Buttons Indicator Knob* * These radio controls/buttons are programmable. CONTENTS <...
- Page 3 APX 4500 O2 CH RADIO PARTS AND CONTROLS Keypad Microphone Push-to-Talk Navigation Push-to-Talk (PTT) Button Button (PTT) Button Not Used At Voice This Time Announcement Cancel Button Home Button Okay/Select Not Used Button Not Used Keypad Note: The microphone is not part of a radio. It is an optional accessory. * These radio controls/buttons are programmable.
- Page 4 APX 4500 O2 CH PREPARING YOUR RADIO FOR USE Turning on/off the Radio Press the Power Button briefly to power on the radio. If your radio does not power up, contact your dealer. After a short time, the red, yellow and green LEDs light up. To turn off the radio, press the Power Button after the LEDs The display then shows Zone and channel text, and menu light up.
- Page 5 APX 4500 O2 CH PREPARING YOUR RADIO FOR USE Adjusting the Volume To increase the volume, rotate the Multi-function Knob (MFK) clockwise. The display shows volume bars and volume level when you change the volume. To decrease the volume, rotate the Multi-function Knob counterclockwise.
- Page 6 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 7 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 8 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS Multi-function Knob (MFK) The concentric ring LED on the multi-function knob will blink in green when the knob is set to secondary feature. The MFK button on your radio is programmable to the The secondary feature has an inactivity timer.
- Page 9 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING RADIO CONTROLS Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button The PTT button on the side of the radio serves two basic purposes: • While a call is in progress, the PTT button allows the radio to transmit to other radios in the call. Press and hold down PTT button to talk.
- Page 10 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 11 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 12 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS Orange Emergency Alerts Critical Alerts Green Call Alerts CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...
- Page 13 APX 4500 O2 CH IDENTIFYING STATUS INDICATORS Multi-function Knob - Concentric Ring LED The concentric ring LED blinks green when the MFK is using the secondary feature. See Multi-function Knob (MFK) understand the functionality of MFK. If Intelligent Lighting is activated, the concentric ring LED will not blink green when the MFK is in the secondary mode. The LED turns into solid color of orange, red or green depending on the status of Intelligent Lighting.
- Page 14 APX 4500 O2 CH GENERAL RADIO OPERATION Selecting a Zone A zone is a group of channels. [Menu] Procedure: to Zone. [Multi-Function Knob] Press the Menu Select button directly below Zone. If zone is set as the primary mode, Turn the MFK until the display shows the desired zone.
- Page 15 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. [Menu] to Chan. Procedure: Press the Menu Select button directly below Chan. [Multi-Function Knob] If channel is set as the primary mode, to the required channel.
- Page 16 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 17 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES Scan Lists Viewing a Scan List Procedure: to Scan. 2 Press/Hold the Menu Select button directly below SCAN. to Switch Zones to view the members on the list. Press to exit the current display and return to the Home screen.
- Page 18 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 Scan.
- Page 19 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. Press the button or press the Menu Select button directly below Sel once to add the currently displayed...
- Page 20 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES Scan Lists Viewing and Changing the Priority Status Procedure A Scan icon indicates that the current channel is in the scan list as a non-priority channel. Below the Sel, Del, and Rcl screen, press the Menu The LED lights up solid green.
- Page 21 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. The display shows Scan off if scan is disabled.
- Page 22 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES Pre-Programmed Buttons The keypad Microphone can have the number keys programmed to quickly access a ZONE or TALKGROUP within a ZONE Use the MENU and MFK to navigate to the Talkgroup you wish to pre-program PRESS and HOLD the keypad number that you want to preset.
- Page 23 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. Your radio supports the following Emergency modes: •...
- Page 24 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 25 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 26 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES The Global Positioning System (GPS) This feature uses information from the Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites orbiting the Earth to determine the approximate geographical location of your radio, expressed as latitude and longitude. The availability and accuracy of this location information (and the amount of time that it takes to calculate it) varies depending on the environment in which you are using the GPS feature.
- Page 27 APX 4500 O2 CH ADVANCED FEATURES The Global Positioning System (GPS) Current GPS Location Procedure: While in the current location display: Press the Menu Select button directly below Loc. Press the button under Rfsh to display coordinates. Press button to return to the Home screen. Zone A Channel 1 Zone Resp...
- Page 28 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. AND/OR The display shows the currently selected zone/channel combination and Out of range.
- Page 29 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.