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APX TWO-WAY RADIOS
APX 8000H
Model 3.5
USER GUIDE
*MN004478A01*
MN004478A01-AA
JULY 2018
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2018 Motorola Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved

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Motorola 3.5 Specifications

General IconGeneral
BrandMotorola
Model3.5
CategoryTwo-Way Radio
LanguageEnglish

Summary

Important Safety Information

RF Energy Exposure and Product Safety Guide for Portable Two-Way Radios

Information on safe usage and RF energy awareness for portable radios.

Getting Started

How to Use This Guide

Explains how to navigate and use the user guide effectively.

Notations Used in This Manual

Defines special notations like Warning, Caution, and Notice used in the manual.

Radio Care

Provides recommendations for proper radio usage and care for longevity.

Preparing Your Radio for Use

Charging the Battery

Instructions on how to properly charge the radio's battery.

Attaching the Battery

Steps for securely attaching the battery to the radio.

Attaching the Antenna

Procedure for correctly attaching the radio's antenna.

Turning On the Radio

Step-by-step guide on how to power on the radio.

Adjusting the Volume

Identifying Radio Controls

Radio Parts and Controls

Identifies and labels the physical parts and controls of the radio.

Programmable Features

Overview of controls that can be customized by a technician.

Assignable Radio Functions

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions

KeypadControls Lock

How to lock or unlock the keypad and other controls.

Accessing the Preprogrammed Functions

How to access preprogrammed radio functions.

Keypad

Keypad Characters - Uppercase Mode

How to input uppercase characters using the keypad.

Keypad Characters - Lowercase Mode

How to input lowercase characters using the keypad.

Keypad Characters - Numeric Mode

How to input numeric characters using the keypad.

Keypad Characters - Hexadecimal Mode

How to input hexadecimal characters using the keypad.

Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

Identifying Status Indicators

Status Icons

Explains various icons displayed to indicate radio operating conditions.

Text Messaging Service (TMS) Indicators

TMS Status Icons

Describes icons that appear on the radio display for text messages.

TMS Menu Options

Lists menu options available within the Text Messaging Service.

Call Type Icons

LED Indicator

Intelligent Lighting Indicators

Alert Tones

Phone Call Displays and Alerts

Display Color Change On Channel

HAZLOC Battery Type Detection

General Radio Operation

Selecting a Zone

How to select a group of channels (zone) on the radio.

Selecting a Radio Channel

Procedures for selecting a specific radio channel.

Selecting a Channel by using Channel Search Button

How to quickly search for a channel by alias.

Mode Select Feature

Saving a Zone and a Channel to a Softkey

How to save frequently used zone and channel combinations to softkeys.

Saving a Zone and a Channel to a Button

How to save frequently used zone and channel combinations to programmable buttons.

Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

Receiving and Responding to a Talkgroup Call

How to receive and respond to calls within a talkgroup.

Receiving and Responding to a Private Call (Trunking Only)

How to receive and respond to one-to-one calls.

Receiving and Responding to a Telephone Call (Trunking Only)

Methods to Make a Radio Call

Making a Talkgroup Call

Making a Private Call (Trunking Only)

Making an Enhanced Private Call (Trunking Only)

Making a Telephone Call (Trunking Only)

Switching Between Repeater or Direct Operation Button

Monitor Feature

Monitoring a Channel

Monitoring Conventional Mode

Advanced Features

Advanced Call Features

Explains various call features available on the radio.

Selective Call (ASTRO Conventional Only)

Information on selective calls specific to ASTRO Conventional.

Making a Selective Call

How to initiate a selective call to another radio.

Talkgroup Call Feature (Conventional Operation Only)

Selecting a Talkgroup

How to select a talkgroup for communication.

Sending a Status Call

Responding to the Dynamic Regrouping Feature (Trunking Only)

Requesting a Reprogram (Trunking Only)

Classification of Regrouped Radios

Dynamic Zone Programming (DZP)

Entering the Dynamic Zone to Select a Dynamic Channel

How to access and select channels within a Dynamic Zone.

Saving a Channel in the Dynamic Zone from List Selection

How to save a channel from a list into a Dynamic Zone.

Saving a Channel in the Dynamic Zone from Channel Name

Deleting a Channel in the Dynamic Zone

Zone to Zone Cloning

Contacts

Making a Private Call from Contacts

How to make a private call using the Contacts list.

Adding a New Contact Entry

Deleting a Contact Entry

Adding a Contact to a Call List

Removing a Contact from a Call List

Methods of Contact Editing in a Call List

Editing an Entry Alias

How to change the alias (name) of a contact entry.

Editing as Entry ID

How to change the ID (number) of a contact entry.

Viewing Details of a Contact

Scan Lists

Intelligent Priority Scan

Feature to add/delete channels and talkgroups to priority scan lists.

Viewing a Scan List

How to view the members of a configured scan list.

Editing the Scan List

Changing the Scan List Status

Viewing and Changing the Priority Status

Scan

Turning Scan On or Off

How to initiate or stop the radio's scanning function.

Making a Dynamic Priority Change (Conventional Scan Only)

Deleting a Nuisance Channel

Restoring a Nuisance Channel

Call Alert Paging

Receiving a Call Alert Page

What happens when a call alert page is received.

Sending a Call Alert Page

How to send an individual call alert page.

Emergency Operation

Sending an Emergency Alarm

Sending an Emergency Call (Trunking Only)

Sending An Emergency Call With Hot Mic (Trunking Only)

Sending an Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call

Sending An Emergency Alarm and Call with Hot Mic

Sending a Silent Emergency Alarm

Change of Channels during Emergency

Emergency Keep-Alive Feature

Emergency Find Me

Sending and Receiving Emergency Find Me Beacon

Fireground

Entering Fireground Zone Channel (Conventional)

Sending Evacuation Tone

Responding to Evacuation Indicator

Tactical Public Safety (TPS) (Conventional Only)

Using TPS Normal Transmission

How to use TPS for normal transmissions, identifying caller.

Using TPS Emergency Transmission

Details of alert tones for TPS emergency feature.

Emergency Beacon

How the radio sounds a beacon during an emergency.

Emergency Call De-Key Sidetone

Alert tone reminding the user that Emergency Mode is active.

Man Down

Pre-Alert Timer

Post-Alert Timer

Radio Alerts When Man Down Feature is Triggered

Triggering Emergency

Radio Alerts When Man Down Enhanced is Triggered

Exiting Man Down Feature

Re-Initiating Man Down

Testing the Man Down Feature

Automatic Registration Service (ARS)

Automated data application registration for the radio.

User Login Feature

Logging In as a User

Steps for logging into the radio system.

Logging Out

Text Messaging Service (TMS)

Accessing the Messaging Features

How to access the radio's messaging features.

Composing and Sending a New Text Message

Step-by-step guide to composing and sending text messages.

Sending a Quick Text Message

Priority Status and Request Reply of a New Text Message

Appending a Priority Status to a Text Message

How to add a priority status to an outgoing 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

Receiving a Text Message

Viewing a Text Message from the Inbox

Replying to a Received Text Message

Accessing the Drafts Folder

Sent Text Messages

Viewing a Sent Text Message

How to view sent messages.

Sending a Sent Text Message

Deleting a Text Message

Deleting All Text Messages

ASTRO 25 Advanced Messaging Solution

System Setup for ASTRO Advanced Messaging Solution

Two-Factor Authentication

Feature for authenticating with username, ID, password, and passcode.

Logging out of Two-Factor Authentication

Sending a Query

Receiving a Query

Secure Operations

Selecting Secure Transmissions

How to select secure transmission modes for voice security.

Selecting Clear Transmissions

How to select clear transmission modes.

Managing Encryption

Loading an Encryption Key

How to load encryption keys into the radio.

Multikey Feature

Allows equipping the radio with different encryption keys.

Selecting an Encryption Key

Selecting a Keyset

Erasing the Selected Encryption Keys

Requesting an Over-the-Air Rekey (ASTRO Conventional Only)

MDC Over-the-Air Rekeying Page

Infinite UKEK Retention

Hear Clear

Random FM Noise Canceller (Flutter Fighter)

Security

Radio Lock

Enhances security by protecting encryption keys.

Unlocking Your Radio

Steps to unlock the radio using a password.

Changing Your Password

Changing Your Tactical Inhibit Password

Enabling or Disabling the Radio Lock Feature (Secure Radios Only)

Radio Stun and Kill

Radio Stun

How to stun another radio remotely via air command.

Using Radio Stun

Procedure for stunning another radio.

Radio Kill

Using Remote Kill to Kill Another Radio

Procedure to remotely disable another radio.

Using Direct Kill to Kill Your Own Radio

Radio Inhibit

Global Positioning SystemGlobal Navigation Satellite System

GPS Operation

How GPS technology establishes location coordinates.

GPS Performance Enhancement

Information on potential GPS feature limitations.

The Outdoor Location Feature (Using GPS)

Military Grid Reference System (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

Location Feature in Emergency Mode

Geofence (ASTRO 25 Trunking System)

Entering the Geofence Area

What happens when the radio enters a predefined Geofence area.

Entering Mission Critical Geofence

Mission Critical Geofence

Exiting Mission Critical Geofence

Trunking System Controls

Operating in Failsoft System

Out-of-Range Radio

Site Trunking Feature

Locking and Unlocking a Site

Site Display and Search Button

Viewing the Current Site

How to view the name of the current site.

Changing the Current Site

How to force the radio to change to a new site.

Mission Critical Wireless - Bluetooth

Turning On Bluetooth

Turning on the Bluetooth using the radio menu BT

Steps to turn on Bluetooth via the radio menu.

Turning on the Bluetooth using the preprogrammed button

Steps to turn on Bluetooth using a dedicated button.

Turning Off the Bluetooth

Turning off the Bluetooth using the radio menu BT

Steps to turn off Bluetooth via the radio menu.

Turning off the Bluetooth using the preprogrammed button

Steps to turn off Bluetooth using a dedicated button.

Re-Pair Timer

Bluetooth Drop Timer

Pairing with Low Frequency-Motorola Proximity Pairing (LF-MPP) Feature

Radio Indications of Lost Bluetooth Connection

Standard Pairing Feature

Searching and Pairing the Bluetooth Device

Turning On Bluetooth Visibility

Receiving Pairing Request from other Devices

Turning Off Bluetooth Visibility

PIN Authentication in Pairing

Pairing the Authentication PIN when Receiving a Pairing Request

How to handle PIN authentication for pairing requests.

Pairing the Authentication PIN with the Generated Numeric PIN

Turning On the Bluetooth Audio

Turning Off the Bluetooth Audio

Adjusting the Volume of the Radio from Bluetooth Audio Device

Viewing and Clearing the Bluetooth Device Information

Clearing All Bluetooth Devices Information

Editing the Bluetooth Friendly Name

Pairing with LEX Handheld

Holster Sensor

Disabling Holster Sensor Temporarily

Disabling Holster Sensor Permanently

Over-the-Air Programming (POP 25, ASTRO 25, and ASTRO Conventional and Wi-Fi)

Responding to the Notification of Upgrade

Voice Announcement

High

Voice announcements enabled even during radio reception.

Low

Voice announcements disabled during radio reception.

Site Selectable Alerts (ASTRO 25)

Sending SSA Notification to Single Site

How to send a Site Selectable Alert to a single site.

Sending SSA Notification to Single Site by 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 by Manual Entry

How to manually stop SSA alerts for a site.

Stopping SSA Notification of All Sites

Stopping SSA Notification of All Available Sites

Wi-Fi

Turning Wi-Fi On or Off

How to turn the radio's Wi-Fi feature on or off.

Selecting WiFi Network

How to view and select available Wi-Fi networks.

Checking the Wi-Fi Configuration and Status of the Radio

Utilities

Viewing Recent Calls

How to view recent incoming and outgoing call information.

Using the Flip Display

Selecting a Basic Zone Bank

Selecting the Power Level

Selecting a Radio Profile

Selecting an Enhanced Zone Bank

Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias

Controlling the Display Backlight

Setting Up the Radio Display and Visual Indicators to Suit Night Vision Goggles

Locking and Unlocking the Keypad and Controls

Turning the Controls and Keypad Buttons Tones On or Off

Turning Voice Mute On or Off

Using the Time-Out Timer

Time and Date Setup

Editing the Time and Date

Using Conventional Squelch Operation Features

Analog Options

Describes Tone Private Line (PL), Digital Private-Line (DPL), and carrier squelch.

Digital Options

Describes digital squelch options like COS, Normal Squelch, and Selective Switch.

Using the PL Defeat Feature

Digital PTT ID Support

Smart PTT Feature (Conventional Only)

Transmit Inhibit

Enabling Transmit Inhibition

How to enable the Transmit Inhibit feature.

Disabling Transmit Inhibition

Instant Recall

Saving and Playback Calls

IMPRES Battery Annunciator

Remaining Capacity

Shows the remaining battery power in mAh.

Estimated Charges

Indicates the number of charge cycles the battery has completed.

Accessing the Battery Info screen

General Radio Information

Accessing the Radio Information

How to access various radio information details.

Viewing the IP Information

Viewing the Control Assignments

Editing the Soft ID

Front Panel Programming

Entering the Front Panel Programming Mode

Procedure to enter the radio's front panel programming mode.

Editing FPP Mode Parameters

Helpful Tips

Battery Care

Information on battery charge status, recycling, and disposal.

Fuel Gauge Icons

Describes the fuel gauge icon indicating low battery voltage.

Battery Recycling and Disposal

Accessories

Maritime Radio Use in the VHF Frequency Range

Special Channel Assignments

Information on specific channel assignments for maritime use.

Non-Commercial Call Channel

Use of VHF Channel 9 for non-commercial transmissions.

Operating Frequency Requirements

Declaration of Compliance for the Use of Distress and Safety Frequencies

Technical Parameters for Interfacing External Data Sources

Glossary

ASTRO conventional

Motorola Solutions standard for wireless analog or digital conventional communications.

Autoscan

A feature that allows the radio to automatically scan the members of a scan list.

Bluetooth

An open wireless technology standard for exchanging data securely.

Bluetooth Pairing

Occurs when two devices exchange a passkey for a wireless connection.

Call Alert

Privately paging an individual by sending an audible tone.

Carrier Squelch

Silences radio when no signal is received, opening audio circuit when signal present.

Limited Warranty

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS

Overview of Motorola Solutions communication products.

I. WHAT THIS WARRANTY COVERS AND FOR HOW LONG:

Details the warranty coverage period for products.

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