Radio Feature Comparisons 2-41
17.0 Radio Feature Comparisons
17.1 CM300 Commercial Series vs GM300 Professional Series vs GM950
This chart highlights the differences between the CM300 Series of Commercial Radios and GM300
Series of Professional Radios and their predecessors in the Motorola range of mobile radios.
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Table 2-3 Comparison of Motorola Radios
CM300
Commercial
Mobile
Series
GM300
Professional
Mobile Series
GM950
Mobile Series
Feature description
CM340
CM360
GM340
GM360
GM380
GM950 N2
GM950 N3
GM950 N4
Audio Features:
Companding ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓ ---
Low Level Expansion - - ✓ ✓ ✓ - - -
Pre-emphasis / De-emphasis ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓
VOX ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ - - -
Alerts ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓
Volume (min & max) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Channel
Number of channels 10 100 6 255 255 4 128 128
Channel alias
- ✓ - ✓✓ ---
Dedicated channel select buttons - - 6 - - 4 - -
Channel select via up/down buttons ✓✓- ✓✓ - ✓✓
fast scroll channel change - ✓ - ✓ ✓ - ✓ ✓
Numeric channel select (keypad select) -
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Channel select via menu mode - ✓ - ✓ ✓ - - -
Memory channel ✓✓- ✓✓ - ✓✓
Channel power - high / low ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Repeater talkaround ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓
PL Encode: PL & DPL ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PL Decode: PL & DPL ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PL reverse burst ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
DPL turn off code (TOC) ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓