Security; Radio Lock; Unlocking Your Radio; Changing Your Password - Motorola ASTRO APX 6000XE Series User Manual

Security

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Radio Lock

This feature changes your radio to a more robust security
system that protects the use of the secure encryption keys.
If this feature is enabled in your radio by a qualified radio
technician, when you turn the radio on, the display shows Radio
locked.
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Unlocking Your Radio

Procedure:
1
Enter your numeric password.
Secure-equipped radios – 6 to 8 characters.
Clear radios – 0 to 8 characters.
2
Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel to enter the
code.
OR
Press the Menu Select button directly below Del to delete
any unwanted characters.
OR
Press the Menu Select button directly below Cncl to exit the
feature.
3
If the password is correct, the radio unlocks.
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If the password is incorrect, the display show Incorrect
password and the radio remains locked.
If you enter three incorrect passwords in a row, the display
Deadlock
shows . Turn the radio off and then on, and begin
again at Step 1.
IMPORTANT:
For Secure Radios Only – After a total of 17 consecutive
incorrect passwords (turning the radio off and on does not reset
this number), the radio erases all of its encryption keys and
shows Deadlock. See a qualified radio technician.
If you forget the password, enter ******** to erase all keys
and revert the password in the radio back to the default
password of 01234567.
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Changing Your Password

Procedure:
1 < >
or to Pswd.
2
Press the Menu Select button directly below Pswd. The
display shows Change Password screen.
3 U D
or to Unlock Pswd.
4
Press the Menu Select button directly below Sel.
5
Enter the old password.