About This Manual ..................................................................................................................................... iii

Scope of Manual ..................................................................................................................................... i ii

Model and Kit Identification................................................................................................................... i ii

Service ...................................................................................................................................................... i ii

General Safety Information................................................................................................................... i ii

Portable Operation .................................................................................................................................. i ii

Mobile Operation (Vehicle Adaptor) .......................................................................................................... i ii

Portable/Mobile Telephone Use and Driving.............................................................................................. i v

Specifications ........................................................................................................................................... v

Cellular Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 1

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 1

Control (Data) Channels ........................................................................................................................... 2

Voice Channels ........................................................................................................................................ 3

Signaling Protocol .................................................................................................................................... 3

Analog Cellular......................................................................................................................................... 5

Signaling Tone (ST) and Digital ST (DST) .................................................................................................. 5

SAT (Supervisory Audio Tone) and DSAT (Digital SAT)............................................................................... 6

DTMF (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency)........................................................................................................... 6

Analog Cellular Signal Summary (AMPS and NAMPS)............................................................................... 7

Going into Service ................................................................................................................................... 8

Placing a Call (Mobile to Land or Mobile to Mobile) .................................................................................. 1 0

Receiving a Call (Land to Mobile)............................................................................................................ 1 1

Power Steps ........................................................................................................................................... 13

Hand-offs............................................................................................................................................... 13

Call Termination ..................................................................................................................................... 15

Digital Cellular ........................................................................................................................................ 17

Multiplexing ........................................................................................................................................... 17

FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) ............................................................................................ 1 7

Digitizing Voice ...................................................................................................................................... 17

TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) .................................................................................................... 1 8

Digitization and TDMA ............................................................................................................................ 18

Digitization of Voltage............................................................................................................................. 19

Conventional Radio ................................................................................................................................ 19

TDMA Radio .......................................................................................................................................... 20

Accessories .................................................................................................................................................21

TDMA EASY NAM Programming ............................................................................................................25

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 25

User Mode Programming ...................................................................................................................... 2 5

Programming Sequence ....................................................................................................................... 2 6

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