1 General Information ................................................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1 Safety Information ............................................................................................................................ 1-1

1.2 Copyrights....................................................................................................................................... 1-1

1.3 Icon Conventions.............................................................................................................................. 1-2

1.4 Using this Guide............................................................................................................................... 1-3

2 Getting Started .......................................................................................................................................... 2-1

2.1 Product Technical Information ............................................................................................................ 2-1

2.2 Before Power On .............................................................................................................................. 2-1

2.2.1 Attaching the Antenna .............................................................................................................. 2-1

2.2.2 Installing the Battery ................................................................................................................ 2-2

2.2.3 Removing the Battery............................................................................................................... 2-3

2.2.4 Charging Your Radio................................................................................................................ 2-3

2.2.5 Charging Indicators.................................................................................................................. 2-3

2.2.6 Low Battery Indication ............................................................................................................. 2-4

2.3 Controls and Indicators ...................................................................................................................... 2-5

2.4 Display ........................................................................................................................................... 2-8

2.5 Status Icons ..................................................................................................................................... 2-9

2.6 Powering On the Radio .................................................................................................................... 2-13

2.7 PIN Code Authentication ................................................................................................................. 2-13

2.7.1 Unblocking Your Radio .......................................................................................................... 2-13

2.8 Locking/Unlocking the Keys/Buttons ................................................................................................. 2-14

2.9 Holding Your Radio ........................................................................................................................ 2-14

2.10 Setting Vertical Flip....................................................................................................................... 2-15

2.11 Entering TMO / DMO Mode ........................................................................................................... 2-15

2.12 Transmit Inhibit Mode ................................................................................................................... 2-15

2.13 Selecting a Talkgroup .................................................................................................................... 2-16

2.14 Using Timed Talkgroup Change....................................................................................................... 2-16

2.15 Activating Talkgroup Scanning ........................................................................................................ 2-17

2.16 Broadcast Call .............................................................................................................................. 2-18

2.17 Ambience Listening (AL) Call......................................................................................................... 2-18

2.18 One-Touch Button Feature .............................................................................................................. 2-18

2.19 Terminal Temporary Disable/Enable ................................................................................................. 2-19

2.20 Terminal Permanent Disable............................................................................................................ 2-20

2.21 High/Low Audio Toggle................................................................................................................. 2-20

2.21.1 Using High Audio ................................................................................................................ 2-20

2.21.2 Using Low Audio ................................................................................................................ 2-20

2.22 During the Call ............................................................................................................................. 2-21

2.23 Writing Text................................................................................................................................. 2-21

2.23.1 Selecting Text Entry Mode..................................................................................................... 2-21

2.23.2 Selecting Text Entry Method and Language .............................................................................. 2-22

2.23.3 Text Entry Icons .................................................................................................................. 2-22

2.23.4 Keys Usage ........................................................................................................................ 2-23

2.23.5 Writing in iTAP Alphanumeric ............................................................................................... 2-25

2.23.6 Writing in TAP Alphanumeric ................................................................................................ 2-26

2.23.7 Word Locking ..................................................................................................................... 2-26

2.23.8 Adding Words to the Dictionary.............................................................................................. 2-27

2.24 Home Display Text Message ........................................................................................................... 2-27

3 Modes ..................................................................................................................................................... 3-1

3.1 Using Networks................................................................................................................................ 3-1

3.2 Trunked Mode Operation ................................................................................................................... 3-1

3.2.1 Entering TMO Mode ................................................................................................................ 3-2

3.2.2 Selecting a Talkgroup ............................................................................................................... 3-2