Motorola XTS 3000

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North Zone Communications Committee

• Motorola XTS 3000
• Portable Radio Operations

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Antenna Install/Remove

• 1. Screw the antenna into the antenna receptacle
  on top of the radio
• 2. Tighten the antenna firmly with your fingers

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Battery Install/Remove

• NOTE The battery must be charged before use.
  Memory effect is a phenomenon that causes a loss
  in battery capacity or voltage due to repetitive
  shallow discharging or long-term overcharging.
  This memory effect has been greatly reduced in
  your batteries through the use of new cell
  technology.

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Battery Install/Remove

• To install the battery
• 1. Turn OFF the radio
• 2. Place the notched tabs,
  at the top of the
  battery,
  into the slots at the top of
  the
  back of the radio
• 3. Press the bottom of the battery into the
  radio until the battery clicks into place

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Battery Install/Remove

• To remove the battery
• 1. Turn OFF the radio
• 2. Press and hold the battery
  release button on the bottom
  of the radio
• 3. Hold the radio with the battery side tilted
  down. The bottom of the battery should fall away
  from the radio
• 4. Remove the battery from the radio

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Belt Clip Install

• NOTE Remove the battery from the radio before
  installing or removing the belt clip
• 1. Hold the battery with the back
  of the battery facing you, slots
  at the top
• 2. Hold the belt clip with the top
  facing upward, and align the metal
  slides on the back of the clip
  with the slots on
  the battery back
• 3. Slide the metal slides on the clip downward
  into the slots until it clicks into place

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Belt Clip Remove

• 1. Hold the battery with the
  back of the
  battery facing
  you, slots at the top
• 2. Using a flat-beaded
  screwdriver, push the
  small metal tab at the
  top of the
  metal slide upward
• 3. Slide the slip out of the battery

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Universal Connector

• The Universal Connector Seal covers the side
  connector near the antenna
• To install the seal
• 1. Turn off the radio
• 2. Place the top portion of the seal
  into the slot at the top of
  the radio
• 3. Rotate the seal down alongside
  the connector
• 4. Press middle of the seal until it clips into
  place over the connector

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Universal Connector

• To remove the seal
• 1. Turn off the radio
• 2. Carefully insert a flat-bladed
  screwdriver between the
  
  bottom of the cover and the
  connector
• 3. Push the screwdriver gently
  downward to pry the
  cover away from the radio. Store the cover in a
  safe place

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Extended Microphone

• To install extended microphone
• 1. Remove the Universal Connector seal as
  described previously
• 2. Place the bottom of the extended microphone
  connector into the lower slot of the radio
  connector
• 3. Clip the top of the extended microphone
  connector to the top of the radio
• 4. Secure the connector by screwing the set
  screw located at the top of the connector into
  the radio

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Extended Microphone

• NOTE Do not over-tighten the set screw. One or
  two rotations of the screw are all that is needed
  to hold it in place

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Extended Microphone

• To remove the extended microphone
• 1. Unscrew the set screw from the top of the
  connector
• 2. Using your index finger, pull the small clip
  at the top of the connector toward the microphone
  cable
• 3. Pull the connector away from the radio

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Radio ON/OFF

• 1. Turn the radio ON by
  rotating the ON/OFF/Volume
  Control Knob
  clockwise
• 2. Turn the radio OFF by
  rotating the ON/OFF/Volume
  Control Knob
  counterclockwise
  until you hear a click

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Set Volume

• 1. Turn the ON/OFF Volume Control Knob clockwise
  to increase the volume, counterclockwise to
  decrease the volume

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Select A Talkgroup/Mode

• 1. Turn the mode selector knob to the desired
  mode. The new talkgroup/mode will appear in the
  display. Notice the zone name does not change

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Select A Zone

• 1. Press the arrow keys on the keypad until ZONE
  appears on the display
• 2. Press the softkey
  button on the keypad
  
  below ZONE. Notice
  the
  current zone name
  begins flashing on the
  display

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Select A Zone

• 3. To change zones, you can either
• 3a. Press the arrow keys
  until the
  desired ZONE
  name appears on the display,
  or
• 3b. Enter the number of the
  desired zone on the
  keypad
  (usually 1-16). The zone
  associated
  with that number
  will appear in the display
• 4. Press the HOME key to exit

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Transmit Receive

• To Transmit
• 1. Turn the radio ON and select the desired zone
  talkgroup/mode. The
  selected zone
  talkgroup appear on the display
• 2. Listen for ongoing conversation.
  When talkgroup becomes
  available, proceed
  with your call
• 3. Press the Push-To-Talk and wait for the Talk
  Permit Tones (3 quick beeps). Begin speaking
  with the microphone approximately 1 from your
  mouth

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Transmit Receive

• 3a. If you hear a phone-type busy signal,
  release the PTT and wait for the system to call
  you back with the Call Back Tones (similar to
  the Talk Permit)
• 3b. If you hear a steady low-pitched tone,
  release the PTT and wait until the talkgroup is
  available
• 4. Release the PTT button to receive

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Scan ON/OFF

• NOTE If you turn the scan on and hear a
  continuous low tone with the words EMPTY LIST
  on the display, turn the scan off and program a
  scan list. Eash System (e.g. County RCS, San
  Diego City, and Conventional) requires its own
  scan list. Remember that you can not scan
  between Systems

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Scan ON/OFF

• 1. Place the Three Position Scan ON/OFF switch
  to either A or C to turn scan ON. The scan
  symbol Z will appear in the display
• 2. Place the Three Position Scan ON/OFF switch
  to B to turn the scan off

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Scan List Program

• 1. If the word PROG is not in the display, press
  either of the arrow keys on the keypad until PROG
  appears
• 2. Press the softkey button
  directly below PROG.
  The
  word SCAN will appear in
  the display
• 3. Press the softkey button
  directly below SCAN. The scan
  programming
  symbol will
  appear flashing in the display, along with
  softkeys SEL and DEL

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Scan List Program

• 4. Use the arrow keys (or keypad) and mode
  selector knob to display the talkgroup you wish
  to scan
• 5. Press the softkey button under SEL once to
  add the displayed talkgroup to the scan list as a
  Non-Priority talkgroup
• 5a. When the talkgroup is added as a
  Non-Priority, the scan symbol Z will appear in
  the display

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Scan List Program

• 5b. To increase the priority of that talkgroup
  to a Priority2, press the softkey button SEL
  again. You will notice a small dot appear next
  to the scan symbol Z. (Only one talkgroup can
  be Priority 2, so this should be your dispatch
  or HOME channel)
• NOTE Your radio has been pre-programmed to have
  whichever talkgroup you are selected to transmit
  on as your Priority 1 talkgroup. As you switch
  talkgroups to transmit, the new talkgroup becomes
  Priority 1

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Scan List Program

• 5c. To remove the talkgroup, press the softkey
  button under DEL
• 6. To add more talkgroups to the scan list, go
  back to step 4. Your radio can scan up to 10
  talkgroups in each System
• 6a. If you attempt to program an extra
  talkgroup into your scan list, the radio will
  emit a low-pitched tone. You must remove a
  talkgroup to add any others to the scan list.

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View Scan List

• 1. If the word VIEW is not in the display, press
  either of the arrow keys until VIEW appears.
• 2. Press the softkey button
  directly below VIEW.
  SCAN
  will appear in the display
• 3. Press the softkey button
  directly below
  SCAN. The
  scan programming symbol
  will appear steady
  (non-flashing)
  in the display

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View Scan List

• 4. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the
  talkgroups currently programmed into your scan
  list
• 5. Press the home key to exit

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Nuisance Delete

• 1. While scanning, wait until the
  talkgroup you wish to
  Nuisance Delete is receiving
  and is displayed
• 2. Press the Nuisance Delete
  button on the side of the
  radio
• 3. To resume scanning that talkgroup, turn the
  scan OFF, then back ON again. You may also turn
  the radio power off and on again. All programmed
  talkgroups will now be scanned

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Display Light ON/OFF

• 1. Press the Light button to turn the display
  light ON
• 2. The light will
  automatically turn off
  after about 15
  seconds.
  To manually turn the light
  
  off prior to the 15 seconds,
  press the light
  button again

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Mute Keypad Tones

• 1. Press the arrow keys at the bottom of the
  keypad until MUTE appears in the display
• 2. Press the softkey button
  below MUTE
• 3. The diplay will indicate the
  current state of the radio.
  The
  display will also show
  two softkeys, ON OFF
• 4. Press the softkey button
  below ON or OFF. The radio
  will automatically return to normal operation

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EMERGENCY Operation

• Some radios have an optional EMERGENCY button at
  the top
• Note EMERGENCY only
  operates on trunked
  RCS talkgroups. It MAY
  or
  MAY NOT work on
  talkgroups
  from another
  system, such as talkgroups
  you
  have from the City of San Diegos system

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EMERGENCY Operation

• 1. To initiate an alarm, press the orange
  EMERGENCY button on top of the radio. (If you
  are on a talkgroup which dosent allow EMERGENCY
  alarms, you will hear a single low tone. If
  possible, switch to your dispatch talkgroup and
  re-try.)
• 1a. After pressing the EMERGENCY button, your
  radio will emit a single beep tone. Your radio
  will then display EMERGENCY, alternating with
  the talkgroup you are on

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EMERGENCY Operation

• 1b. When the system acknowledges your
  EMERGENCY, you will hear 5 more beep tones
• 1c. If the system does not acknowledge your
  EMERGENCY due to being out of range, you will
  hear a single low tone
• 2. To cancel the alarm, press and hold EMERGENCY
  button until you hear a continuous beep tone

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EMERGENCY Receive Feature

• Your radio has the ability to be notified if
  another user presses the EMERGENCY button
• When another user on your talkgroup presses their
  EMERGENCY button and then presses their PTT
  Button
• 1. Your radio will emit a single beep tone, and
  will display EMER RCVD alternating with your
  talkgroup

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EMERGENCY Receive Feature

• 2. Your radio will clear the EMER RCVD only
  when
• 2a. The user that initiated the EMERGENCY
  cancels it, or
• 2b. You switch to another talkgroup

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PAGING Feature

• Your radio has the ability to receive a page
  from a dispatch console or base station

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PAGING Feature

• 1. When your radio is paged by another radio or
  dispatch console, you will hear 4 beep tones.
  The radio will display the Call Received icon
  and the display will alternate between the
  talkgroup you have selected and PAGE RECEIVED.
  The radio will beep at you every 5 seconds until
  you clear the page
• 2. To clear the page, switch to your dispatch or
  HOME talkgroup and contact your dispatcher

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SITE Switch

• NOTE Your radio is programmed to automatically
  allow you to roam throughout the county, much
  like a cell phone system. Generally, you should
  allow your radio to operate without using the
  SITE Switch feature, unless it is needed. There
  may be times, such as when the system goes into
  SITE TRUNKING, when you may wish to have your
  radio affiliate with a different mountaintop
  repeater site.

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SITE Switch

• 1. Press the SITE Switch button briefly to
  display the current site with which your radio is
  affiliated
• a. The radio will display the repeater site for
  approximately 2 seconds
• b. The radio will then display the Received
  Signal Strength Indicator, or RSSI, and a number
  between 0 and 99. (Any above 50 is considered
  good)
• c. After approximately 2 seconds, the radio
  will return to normal operations

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SITE Switch

• 2. To affiliate with a different repeater site,
  press and hold the SITE Switch button until
  SCANNING appears in the display. The radio will
  affiliate with a repeater site. This could be
  the same site, or a different site.
• 3. Repeat step 1 to confirm which
  site you are now affiliated
  with. If you
  need to affiliate with a
  different site, repeat this
  procedure until
  you affiliate
  with a different site.

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DIRECT Operation

• Your radio has the ability to operate directly
  with other radios on a conventional channel,
  without going through the repeaters
• NOTE Remember that while in DIRECT, you will not
  be able to speak with your dispatcher or units a
  long distance away. DIRECT is only good for
  approximately 1-5 miles, depending on terrain,
  etc.

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DIRECT Operation

• 1. Switch your radio to a conventional talkgroup
• 2. Press the softkey button below DIR. The
  display will show what configuration the radio is
  currently in. DIR and RPTR will also be
  displayed. Press the softkey below DIR for
  Direct Mode. The DIR indicator will appear
  in the display
• 3. To exit direct operation,
  follow step 2 using the
  RPTR
  softkey

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Monitor

• When you are on a conventional frequency, you
  should press the monitor button (prior to
  transmitting) to ensure no one else is using the
  same frequency. This is especially important
  when using your radio in a different state or
  county.

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Monitor

• 1. Press the Monitor button to determine if the
  talkgroup is busy, or
• a. Press and hold the
  Monitor button for
  about 2
  seconds to lock the squelch
  open
• 2. When the talkgroup is clear, press the PTT
  button and speak
  into the microphone

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Secure/Clear Transmission

• 1. Switch your radio to a secure-enabled
  talkgroup
• 2. Turn the Secure/Clear
  Encryption Switch to the
  Secure
  position
• 3. When you wish to return to
  normal, or Clear, operation,
  turn
  the Secure/Clear Encryption
  Switch to the Clear position

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Final Thoughts

• When it comes to operating communication devices,
  redundancy is a must. Repetitious and continuous
  training must be the 1 objective.