User's Manual

4: OTHER STANDARD FEATURES
Cloning Radio to Radio
Note: The cloning described in this section is for standard radios. If you have a radio equipped
with the Fire Features option, refer to Chapter 8.
Radio to radio cloning enables the transfer of channel settings from one radio into another radio.
Information that is cloned:
• All channel settings
• Channel assignment to zones
• Zone assignments to banks
• Special function channels and assignments
Information that is not cloned:
• Encryption keys
• Passwords
• P25 Unit ID
• Auxiliary button functions
• Toggle switch functions
• Emergency switch functions
• Other global parameters
Note: Do not turn radios off or disconnect cable during cloning process.
To clone one Guardian II portable radio to another:
1. Turn off both radios.
2. Connect One end of the Source End of the clone cable to the source radio. (the radio with the
information to be cloned).
3. Connect the other end of the cloning cable to the side connector of the target radio
Note: Guide the top and bottom pegs on the end of the cable into the corresponding slots on
the radio’s side connector. When they click together, use your thumb to hold the cable to the
radio and turn the screw handle until the cable is tight against the radio.
5. Turn on the target radio and the source radio. The source radio indicates the cloning
mode.
6. Press PTT on the source radio. Banks 1 to 4, with all of their zones and channels, are sent to
the target radio. The source radio can then be used to clone another radio.
DTMF Dialing
DTMF dialing transmits (including sidetone) the DTMF tone that corresponds to a pressed key. It
is used primarily for: