User's Guide

To continue in Failsoft and to communicate with other talkgroups, refer to the following procedure.
Procedure:
1 Rotate the MFK to change to a different repeater frequency.
2 Press the PTT button to talk, and release the button to listen.
6.18.2
Out-of-Range Radio
When your radio goes out of the range of the system, it can no longer lock onto a control channel.
You hear a low-pitched tone and/or the display shows the currently selected zone/channel combination
and Out of range notification. Your radio remains in this out-of-range condition until it locks onto a
control channel or failsoft channel, or if it is turned off.
6.18.3
SmartConnect
SmartConnect allows your radio to maintain voice communication when LMR is out of range by
switching to a Wi-Fi, LTE through Tethered Data Modem and Satellite through Ethernet.
Before switching broadband connections, your radio compares the relative signal strength of the
various broadband connection types to one another, as well as LMR. Your radio remains or returns to
LMR connection when the other broadband connections fall below the quality threshold. In addition, a
radio operating on a lower priority broadband connection returns to the higher priority or quality
connection while idle on SmartConnect.
NOTICE: This feature is only applicable for APX 8500 and must be preprogrammed by a
qualified radio technician. Contact your system administrator for more information.
Your radio can connect through a fixed Wi-Fi access point in buildings or in-vehicle Broadband modem
such as the following modems:
• Motorola Solutions VML750
• Sierra Wireless MP70
• Sierra Wireless GX450
Your radio displays the SmartConnect capable icon on the SmartConnect enabled channel, once
the device is connected to an available network, the radio displays SmartConnect connection icon
.
Your radio displays Out of Range when both LMR and SmartConnect are unavailable.
6.18.4
SmartZone
The SmartZone
™
feature extends communications beyond the reach of a single-trunked site (antenna
location) when operating in a SmartZone system. SmartZone units provide expanded wide-area
coverage.
SmartZone automatically switches the radio to a different site when the current site signal becomes
unacceptable. This usually happens when the vehicle in which the radio is located is driven out of the
range of one site, and into the range of another.
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