User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Declaration of Conformity
- Important Safety Information
- Software Version
- Informations importantes sur la sécurité
- Version du logiciel
- Computer Software Copyrights
- Documentation Copyrights
- Disclaimer
- Getting Started
- Preparing Your Radio for Use
- Identifying Radio Controls
- Identifying Status Indicators
- General Radio Operation
- Advanced Features
- Advanced Call Features
- Contacts
- Scan Lists
- Scan
- Call Alert Paging
- Emergency Operation
- Automatic Registration Service (ARS)
- Text Messaging Service (TMS)
- Accessing the TMS Features
- Composing and Sending a New Text Message
- Sending a Quick Text Message
- Using the Priority Status and Request Reply Features
- Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message
- Removing a Priority Status from a Text Message
- Appending a Request Reply to a Text Message
- Removing a Request Reply from a Text Message
- Appending a Priority Status and a Reply Request to a Text Message
- Removing a Priority Status and a Reply Request from a Text Message
- Managing Text Messages
- Managing Sent Text Messages
- ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging Solution
- Security
- Radio Stun and Kill
- The Global Positioning System (GPS)
- Understanding the GPS Feature
- Enhancing GPS Performance
- The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS)
- Enabling MGRS Coordinates
- Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature
- Saving a Waypoint
- Viewing a Saved Waypoint
- Editing the Alias of a Waypoint
- Editing the Coordinates of a Waypoint
- Deleting a Single Saved Waypoint
- Deleting All Saved Waypoints
- Measuring the Distance and Bearing from a Saved Waypoint
- Using the Location Feature While in Emergency Mode
- Trunking System Controls
- Programming Over Project 25 (POP 25) (ASTRO 25 and ASTRO Conventional)
- Voice Announcement
- Using Site Selectable Alerts (ASTRO 25)
- Sending SSA Notification to Single Site
- Sending SSA Notification to Single Site Via Manual Entry
- Sending SSA Notification to All Sites
- Sending SSA Notification to All Available Sites
- Stopping SSA Notification of a Single Site
- Stopping SSA Notification of a Single Site Via Manual Entry
- Stopping SSA Notification of All Sites
- Stopping SSA Notification of All Available Sites
- Utilities
- Viewing the Recent Calls
- Selecting the Power Level
- Selecting a Radio Profile
- Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias
- Selecting the Audio Speaker
- Controlling the Display Backlight
- Setting Up the Radio Display and Visual Indicators to Suite Night Vision Goggles
- Locking and Unlocking the Keypad and Controls
- Turning Keypad Tones On or Off
- Turning Voice Mute On or Off
- Using the Time-Out Timer
- Setting the Time and Date
- Using the Conventional Squelch Operation Features
- Using the PL Defeat Feature
- Using the Digital PTT ID Feature
- Using the Smart PTT Feature (Conventional Only)
- IMPRES™ Battery Annunciator
- Accessing the General Radio Information
- Helpful Tips
- Accessories
- Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF Frequency Range
- Glossary
- Commercial Warranty
Advanced Features
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• Inside of buildings, trains, or other covered vehicles
• Under any other metal or concrete roof or structure
• Between tall buildings or under dense tree-cover
• In temperature extremes outside the operating limits of your
radio
Even where location information can be calculated in such
situations, it may take longer to do so, and your location
estimate may not be as accurate. Therefore, in any emergency
situation, always report your location to your dispatcher.
Note: Even where adequate signals from multiple satellites
are available, your GPS feature only provides an
approximate location, usually within 20 meters from
your actual location, but sometimes further away.
Keep in mind that the accuracy of the location information and
the time it takes to obtain it varies depending upon
circumstances, particularly the ability to receive signals from an
adequate number of satellites.
Note: The satellites used by the GPS feature are controlled
by the U.S. government and are subject to changes
implemented in accordance with the Department of
Defense GPS user policy and the Federal Radio
Navigation Plan. These changes may affect the
performance of the GPS feature on your radio.
Enhancing GPS Performance
Sometimes, the GPS feature may be unable to complete a
location calculation successfully. You then see a message
indicating that your radio cannot connect to enough visible
satellites.
To maximize the ability of your radio to determine a fix, please
note the following guidelines:
• For your initial fix, hold the radio in the face position.
• Stay in the open. The GPS feature works best where there is
nothing between your radio and a large amount of open sky.
The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS)
This feature allows you to determine your current location using
a location menu, as well as your current distance and bearing in
relation to another location. Radio location may be requested
and reported over-the-air.
Your radio stores up to a maximum of sixty (60) programmable
location coordinates, also known as waypoints. When the
memory is full, the next waypoints automatically replaces the
oldest waypoints in the radio.
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