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TWO-WAY RADIOS
APX 900 MODEL 2
Model 2
Public Works
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  • Page 1 TWO-WAY RADIOS APX 900 MODEL 2 Model 2 Public Works CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 2: Declaration Of Conformity

    DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 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, IL60196, U.S.A. Phone Number: 1-800-927-2744 Hereby declares that the product: Model Name: APX 900 conforms to the following regulations: FCC Part 15, subpart B, section 15.107(a), 15.107(d) and section 15.109(a)
  • Page 3 (continued) 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 4: Important Safety Information

    (e.i.r.p.) is not more than that necessary for successful communication. This radio transmitter has been approved by Industry Canada to operate with the Motorola Solutions-approved antenna types with the maximum permissible gain and required antenna impedance for each antenna type indicated.

  • Page 5: Software Version

    This device may not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Changes or modifications made to this device, not expressly approved by Motorola Solutions, could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. CONTENTS <...
  • Page 6 No duplication or distribution of this document or any portion thereof shall take place without the express written permission of Motorola Solutions. No part of this manual may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose without the express written permission of Motorola Solutions.
  • Page 7 (continued) Model 2 APX 900 Battery Main Display 4-Way Navigation Button Menu Select Menu Select Button Button Back Button Home Button Rear View CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...
  • Page 8 (continued) Top (Orange) EMERGENCY On/Off/Volume Antenna Control Knob Battery Latch 16-Position Select Knob* Top View Bottom View CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 9: Fleet Map

    Fleet map CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 10: Preparing Your Radio For Use

    Note: When charging a battery attached to a radio, turn the radio off to ensure a full charge. Battery Charger To charge the battery, place the battery, with or without the radio, in a Motorola Solutions-approved charger. The charger’s LED indicates the charging progress; see your charger’s user guide.

  • Page 11: Attaching/Removing The Battery

    Preparing Your Radio for Use Attaching/Removing the Battery To attach, slide the battery into the radio’s frame until the bottom latch clicks into place. To remove the battery, turn the radio off. Press down the latch then slide the battery down to remove the battery from the radio.

  • Page 12: Attaching/Removing The Antenna

    Preparing Your Radio for Use Attaching/Removing the Antenna With the radio turned off, set the antenna in its receptacle and turn clockwise to attach it to the radio. To remove the antenna, turn the antenna counterclockwise. CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...
  • Page 13 Preparing Your Radio for Use Attaching/Removing the Accessory Connector Cover The accessory connector is located on the antenna side of the radio. It is used to connect accessories to the radio. Note: To prevent damage to the connector, shield it with the connector cover when not in use. Insert the hooked end of the cover into the slot above the connector.

  • Page 14: Attaching/Removing The Belt Clip

    Preparing Your Radio for Use Attaching/Removing the Belt Clip Align the grooves of the belt clip with those of the radio and press upward until you hear a click. To remove the clip, use a flat bladed object to press the belt clip tab away from the radio. Then, slide the clip downward and away from the radio.

  • Page 15: Turning On/Off The Radio

    Preparing Your Radio for Use Turning On/Off the Radio Rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise until you hear a click. If the power-up test is successful, you see the Home screen. Note: If the power-up test is unsuccessful, you see Error XX/YY (XX/YY is an alphanumeric code).

  • Page 16: Adjusting The Volume

    Preparing Your Radio for Use Adjusting the Volume To increase the volume, rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob clockwise. To decrease the volume, rotate the On/Off/Volume Control Knob counterclockwise. CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 17: Identifying Radio Controls

    Identifying Radio Controls Programmable Features Any reference in this manual to a control that is “preprogrammed” means that the control must be programmed by a dealer or a qualified radio technician using the radio’s programming software, in order to assign a feature to that control.

  • Page 18: Accessing The Preprogrammed Functions

    Identifying Radio Controls Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions You can access various radio functions through one of the following ways: Zone A Chan 1 • A short or long press of the relevant programmable buttons. Zone Mute Menu Select • Use the Menu Select buttons. Buttons Back Button...
  • Page 19 (continued) Home Button The home button returns you to the home (default) screen. In most cases, this is the current mode. For selected radio features, the home button is also used to save user-edited radio settings or information before returning you to the home screen. Note: Some features do not require you to press home to go to the home screen.

  • Page 20: Push-To-Talk (Ptt) Button

    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 21: Identifying Status Indicators

    Identifying Status Indicators Status Icons The front liquid crystal display (LCD) of your radio shows radio status, text entries, and menu entries. The top two display rows contain color icons that indicate radio operating conditions. Selected icons are also shown on the first row of the top monochrome display screen of your radio. The following are the icons that appear on the radio’s display.
  • Page 22 (continued) Power Level • L = Radio is set at Low power. • H = Radio is set at High power. Scan Radio is scanning a scan list. Priority Channel Scan • Blinking dot = Radio detects activity on channel designated as Priority-One. •...

  • Page 23: Led Indicator

    Identifying Status Indicators LED Indicator The LED indicator shows the operational status of your radio. • Solid red – Radio is transmitting. • Blinking red – Radio is transmitting at low battery condition. • Double blinking red – Radio is in Emergency Mode.

  • Page 24: Intelligent Lighting Indicators

    Identifying Status Indicators Intelligent Lighting Indicators This feature temporarily changes the radio’s display backlight color and the alert text background color to help signal that a radio event has occurred. Backlight and Bar Color Notification When The radio initiates an emergency alarm or call. Orange Emergency Alerts The radio receives an emergency alarm or call.
  • Page 25 (continued) Orange Green Emergency Alerts Critical Alerts Call Alerts CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 26: Alert Tones

    Identifying Status Indicators Alert Tones Your radio uses alert tones to inform you of your radio’s condition. The following table lists these tones and when they occur. You Hear Tone Name Heard Short, Radio Self Test Fail When radio fails its power-up self test. Low-Pitched Reject When unauthorized request is made.
  • Page 27 (continued) Short, Valid Key-Press When correct key is pressed. Medium- Radio Self Test Pass When radio passes its power-up self test. Pitched Clear Voice At beginning of a non-coded communication. Tone Priority Channel Received When activity on a priority channel is received. Emergency Alarm Entry When entering the emergency state.
  • Page 28 (continued) Short, Low-Battery Chirp When battery is below preset threshold value. High-Pitched Tone (Chirp) Two High- GPS Fails When the GPS signal is lost or when GPS fails. Pitched Tones 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.

  • Page 29: Selecting A Zone

    GENERAL RADIO OPERATION Selecting a Zone A zone is a group of channels. Procedure: Press the Side Middle button to scroll Up the Zones Press the Side Bottom button to scroll Down the Zones CONTENTS < PREV NEXT >...

  • Page 30: Selecting A Radio Channel

    GENERAL RADIO OPERATION Selecting a Radio Channel A channel is a group of radio characteristics, such as transmit/receive frequency pairs. Procedure: [16-Position Select Knob] Turn the preprogrammed 16-Position Select Knob to the desired channel. Press the PTT button to transmit on the displayed zone channel.

  • Page 31: Repeater Or Direct Operation

    GENERAL RADIO OPERATION Repeater or Direct Operation The REPEATER operation increases the radio’s range by connecting with other radios through a repeater. The transmit and receive frequencies are different. The DIRECT or “talkaround operation” allows you to bypass the repeater and connect directly to another radio.

  • Page 32: Scan Lists

    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 33: Turning Scan On Or Off

    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: [Preprogrammed Button] Press the preprogrammed Side Top Button to turn the Scan on Press the Top Side Button to turn the Scan off CONTENTS <...

  • Page 34: Emergency Operation

    ADVANCED FEATURES Emergency Operation The Emergency feature is used to indicate a critical situation. If the Top (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 mode: Top (Orange) Button •...
  • Page 35 ADVANCED FEATURES (continued) The radio operates in the normal dispatch manner while in Emergency Call, except if enabled, it returns to one of the following: • Tactical/Non-Revert The radio sends emergency alarm and/or make emergency call on the current selected channel. •...

  • Page 36: Sending An Emergency Alarm With Emergency Call

    ADVANCED FEATURES Emergency Operation Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call This feature gives your radio priority access on a The radio enters the Emergency Call state channel for conventional system, and to a talkgroup when: for trunking system. You receive the dispatcher’s acknowledgement. The display shows Ack received.

  • Page 37: Trunking System Controls

    ADVANCED FEATURES Trunking System Controls Operating in Failsoft System The failsoft system ensures continuous radio communication during a trunked system failure. If a trunking system fails completely, the radio goes into failsoft operation and automatically switches to its failsoft channel. During failsoft operation, your radio transmits and receives in conventional operation on a predetermined frequency.

  • Page 38: Out-Of-Range Radio

    ADVANCED FEATURES Trunking System Controls Out-of-Range Radio 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 39: Site Trunking Feature

    ADVANCED FEATURES Trunking System Controls 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. Note: When this occurs, you can communicate only with other radios within your trunking site. CONTENTS <...

  • Page 40: Time-Out Timer

    UTILITIES Time-Out Timer This feature turns off your radio’s transmitter. You cannot transmit longer than the preset timer setting. If you attempt to do so, the radio automatically stops your transmission, and you hear a talk-prohibit tone. The timer is defaulted at 60 seconds, but it can be preprogrammed from 3 to 120 seconds, in 15-second intervals, or it can be disabled entirely for each radio mode, by a qualified radio technician.

  • Page 41: Radio Care

    RADIO AND BATTERY CARE Radio Care • Your radio casing has a vent port that allows for pressure equalization in the radio. Never poke this vent with any objects, such as needles, tweezers, or screwdrivers. This could create leak Vent Port paths into the radio and the radio’s submergibility will be lost.

  • Page 42: Cleaning Your Radio

    RADIO AND BATTERY CARE Radio Care Cleaning Your Radio • Do not use solvents to clean your radio as most chemicals may permanently damage the radio housing and textures. • Do not submerge the radio in the detergent solution. To clean the external surfaces of your radio, follow the procedure described next. Combine one teaspoon of mild dishwashing detergent to one gallon of water (0.5% solution).

  • Page 43: Proper Ways To Handle The Radio

    RADIO AND BATTERY CARE Radio Care Proper Ways to Handle the Radio • Do not pound, drop, or throw the radio unnecessarily. • Never carry the radio by the antenna. • Avoid subjecting the radio to an excess of liquids. •...

  • Page 44: Radio Service And Repair

    Motorola Solutions to support maintenance services. Through its maintenance and installation program, Motorola Solutions makes available the finest service to those desiring reliable, continuous communications on a contract basis. For a contract service agreement, please contact your nearest Motorola Solutions service or sales representative, or an authorized Motorola Solutions dealer.

  • Page 45: Battery Care

    RADIO AND BATTERY CARE Battery Care Battery Charge Status • Your radio can indicate the battery’s charge status through: – The LED and sounds. – The fuel gauge icon on the display. • You can also check the battery charge status via the menu entry. •...

  • Page 46: Fuel Gauge Icons

    RADIO AND BATTERY CARE Battery Care Fuel Gauge Icons Gauge Battery Charge A blinking fuel gauge icon ( ) is displayed only when the battery voltage 76% to 100% full * drops to low level. In this case, replace the battery with a fully charged one.

  • Page 47: Battery Recycling And Disposal

    Battery Care Battery Recycling and Disposal • In the U.S. and Canada, Motorola Solutions participates in the nationwide Call2Recycle program for battery collection and recycling. Many retailers and dealers participate in this program. • For the location of the drop-off facility closest to you, access Call2Recycle's Internet web site at http:// www.call2recycle.org/...

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