Motorola Solutions Inc. 89FT5803 User Manual

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CONTENTS

Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Computer Software Copyrights . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Safety and General Information  . . . . . . . . . .  5
Radio Frequency (RF) Operational
Characteristics  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
Portable Radio Operation and EME
Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5

Two-way Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Body-worn Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
Antenna Care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
Approved Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7

Electromagnetic Interference/Compatibility. . 7

Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Safety and General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Operational Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
Operational Cautions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
Intrinsically Safe Radio Information. . . . . . .  10

FMRC Approved Equipment . . . . . . . . . 10
Repair of FMRC Approved Products . . . 11

Radio Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Parts of the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

MTX850 and MTX950 Models . . . . . . . . 15
On/Off/Volume Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Mode Selector Knob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Push-to-Talk (PTT) Button . . . . . . . . . . . 16
LED Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Microphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Alert Tone Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Programmable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Trunked Radio Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Battery Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Attaching the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Removing the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Accessory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Attaching the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing the Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Attaching the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Attaching the Side Connector Cover . . . . 28

Turning Radio On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selecting a Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sending a Trunked Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sending a Conventional Call . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Receiving a Trunked or Conventional Call. . . . . 30
Failsoft Operation (Trunked Systems Only). . . . 30