User manual MOTOROLA T6550

[. . . ] Contents Safety and General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 FCC Licensing Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Control Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Installing the the AA Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Installing the NiMh Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Battery Meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Attaching the Belt Clip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Removing the Belt Clip. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Turning Your Radio On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Setting a Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Channels and Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Weather Channels and Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Talking and Listening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Talk Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Monitor Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Special Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Interference Eliminator Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Push to Talk Timeout Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Locking the Keypad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Turning Keypad Tones Off/On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Enhanced Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Advanced Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Handsfree Use Without Accessories (iVOX) . . . . . . . . . . 19 Handsfree Scan With Accessories (VOX) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Weather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting the Weather Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Channel Busy Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Setting and Transmitting Call Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Transmitting a Talk Confirmation Tone . . . . . . . . . . 24 QT Noise Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VibraCall® Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Using Audio Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Setting the Sensitivity Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Patent Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Copyright Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Contents 1 Safety and General Information Safety and General Information 2 Important Information on Safe and Efficient Operation Read This Information Before Using Your Radio. The information provided in this document supersedes the general safety information in user guides published prior to December 1, 2002. Transmit and Receive Procedure Your two-way radio contains a transmitter and a receiver. [. . . ] · Find someone in your group who has accidentally changed channels and is talking during your scan. With enhanced scanning, your home channel is scanned more frequently than any other channel. The home channel is the channel your radio was set to when you started to scan. If you activate scan while your radio's Interference Eliminator Code is set to a number between 1 and 99, the radio checks for activity on each channel, but only in the specific code selected. All transmissions using code 0 or any other code are ignored. · To turn the keypad tones on again, press and hold the 19 Special Features Turning Keypad Tones Off & On To start scanning, briefly press and release . The scan indicator displays and the radio begins to scroll through the channel and Interference Eliminator Code combinations. When the radio detects activity, it stops scanning and you can hear the transmission on that channel. To respond and talk to the person transmitting, press within 5 seconds. Special Features To stop scanning, briefly press and release . Note: If you press while the radio is scanning, the radio transmit on the channel you selected before you activated scan. If no transmission occurs within 5 seconds, scanning will resume. Advanced Scan If the radio stops scanning on a channel you do not want to listen to, briefly press and release or to resume scanning for the next active channel. Removing Channels from the Scan List (Nuisance Delete Feature) To prevent the radio from scanning a channel, press and hold or for at least 3 seconds, then release, when the scan first stops on that channel. This temporarily removes the channel from the scan list. Press a second time to activate scan again. To restore a previously deleted channel, turn the radio off and then back on. Note: You cannot remove your home channel from the scan list. The home channel is the channel your radio was set to when you started the scanning. 20 Handsfree Use Without Accessories (iVox) You can use the iVox feature to transmit handsfree without the need for any voice activation (VOX) accessories. Once iVOX is turned on, the radio detects your voice and transmits when you speak. flashes intermittently. Handsfree Use With Accessories (VOX) You can transmit handsfree with the use of optional accessories. Once VOX is turned on, the radio detects your voice and transmits when you speak. Turn the radio off and plug the VOX accessory into the accessory port (see page 11 for accessory port location). Turn the volume down, then turn the radio on. [. . . ] We may use functionally equivalent reconditioned/refurbished/pre-owned or new Products, Accessories or parts. No data, software or applications added to your Product, Accessory or Software, including but not limited to personal contacts, games and ringer tones, will be reinstalled. To avoid losing such data, software and applications please create a back up prior to requesting service. USA Two-Way Radios 1-800-638-5119 Canada Two-Way Radios 1-800-638-5119 For Accessories and Software, please call the telephone number designated above for the product with which they are used. You will receive instructions on how to ship the Products, Accessories or Software, at your expense, to a Giant International Ltd. [. . . ]