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Internal Voice Operated Transmission (iVOX)/Voice Operated

Transmission (VOX)

The microphone detects if you are talking when using VOX. If you are talking,

the radio triggers transmission automatically.

• When iVOX is displayed, the radio uses the built-in microphone to detect your voice.

• When a VOX headset is connected to the radio, VOX is displayed and the headset

microphone is used to detect your voice.

You can turn off or select the following settings to select the sensitivity level.

Note: Pressing the PTT button cancels the VOX transmission.

High Sensitivity for quiet environments. Speaking softly is

enough to trigger VOX transmission.

L2 Medium Sensitivity for most environments

Low Sensitivity for noisy environments. You must speak up to

trigger VOX transmission.

Call Tone

When you send a Call Tone, the receiving radio sounds a tone similar to

phone ringing tone.

Scan

Radio scans for voice activity by cycling through the channels. When signals

are detected, the signal is sent to the speaker. This feature allows you to find

which channel is being used by other groups and have heavy traffic. This

helps you to avoid the busy channels when deciding which channel to use for

your group.

Monitor

You can hear everything including noise on your current radio channel. This

feature allows you to monitor a channel for weak signals.

Roger Tone

This feature adds a beep to mark the end of a transmission when you release

the PTT button. When the receiver hears the roger tone, it is a confirmation

that complete message has been received.

Weatherproof

This radio is weatherproof to IP54 standards. The radio is resistant to

occasional splash of water only when the battery and connector covers are

sealed. Do not expose the radio to water for extended period of time. Do not

submerge the radio in water.

1. High or Low Power

2. Transmit or Receive

3. Mute

4. Easy Pairing

5. VOX/iVOX

6. Call Tone

7. Battery

8. Scan

9. Roger Tone

10.Monitor

11.Code

12.Channel

Buttons Descriptions

Menu/Power

• Press to enter Menu and scroll through the menu screen.

• Press and hold for two seconds to turn on or off the radio.

and

• Press to adjust the volume level.

• Press to change the settings or trigger action in the menu screen.

PTT

• Press and hold to talk, release to stop transmission.

• Press to exit menu screen and return to home screen.

Easy Pairing

Copy channel and code settings from radio A to radio B.

1. Radio B–Hold the button until you hear a beep. The radio is ready to

be paired. Multiple radios can be paired simultaneously.

2. Radio A–Hold the button until you hear a double beep. The radio

broadcasts channel and code settings for other radios to pair.

1. Getting to Know Your Radio

Battery Door Latch

(Slide to lock/unlock)

PTT Button

Microphone

USB Charging Port

Power/Menu

button

Headphone Jack

Easy Pairing

button

Installing and Charging the Battery

Inserting and Removing Belt Clip

Turning your Radio On and Off

To turn the radio on or off, hold the Power/Menu button until the display turns on or off.

Channel and Codes

• Set your radios with the same channel and code setting to enable communication

with other radios.

• The channel setting controls the radio frequency. To avoid jamming, select a

channel that is not used by others in your area. See table in Section 3, “Scan” for

more information on selecting unused channel.

• The code setting on the transmitting and receiving radios need to match, otherwise

the receiving radio blocks the received signal. This feature helps you to mute

unwanted voices from other radio users transmitting on your channel.

• When code is set to zero, radio does not block any signal and everything that is

picked up on the channel is sent to the speaker. Motorola Solutions recommends

setting your code to zero when using XT185 with radios that do not support the code

feature. See Section 3, “Navigating the Menu Pages” for detailed instructions on

how to change settings.

• Channel and code settings can be copied from one radio to multiple radios

simultaneously with a shortcut feature called Easy Pairing. See table in Section 1,

“Easy Pairing” for instruction on how to copy channel and code settings.

Transmission Power

• In some countries different powers are allowed for different channels. The H/L icon

indicates if the current channel is a High or Low power channel. Motorola Solutions

recommends you to use high power channels for more reliable communications.

Select low power channels only when your radios are not far from each other and

you want to maximize the battery life.

2. Setting up Your Radio

1. Observe the polarity before installing the battery.

2. Charge the battery using the desktop charger or USB. Charging is completed

when the battery icon on the radio stops blinking. Charging takes up to 8 hours.

Note: Connect the USB charger to a nearby and easily accessible wall power outlet.

Battery Information

The rated battery life is measured under industrial standard 5-5-90 duty cycle

under lab conditions. (5 % of the time transmitting, 5 % receiving with

speaker on, 90 % waiting for incoming call.)

Battery Capacity Maintenance

The XT185 radio comes equipped with a rechargeable Li-Ion battery. This

battery should be fully charged before initial use to ensure optimum capacity

and performance. Battery life is determined by several factors. Among the

more critical are the regular overcharge of batteries and the average depth of

discharge with each cycle. Typically, the greater the overcharge and the

deeper the average discharge, the fewer cycles a battery will last.

For example, a battery which is overcharged and discharged 100 % several

times a day, lasts fewer cycles than a battery that receives less of an over-

charge and is discharged to 50 % per day. Further, a battery which receives

minimal overcharging and averages only 25 % discharge, lasts even longer.

Turn off the radio while charging.

Push-to-Talk Time-out Timer

To avoid air-wave traffic congestion, transmission ends after one minute even

if the PTT button is still pressed. To reset the timer, release the PTT button

briefly.

Use the Menu button to scroll through the menu screen. Press PTT to exit

any screen and return to home screen.

Menu Screen

Use the or button to perform the

following actions:

Call Tone Start or stop Call Tone transmission.

Monitor

Start or stop monitoring the air-wave. You can

hear signals transmitted on the channel setting

of your radio. If there is no signal, you can hear

static.

Scan

Start or stop scanning the air-wave. Radio scans

all the channels one after another. When a signal

is detected, you hear the signal on the speaker

and the radio displays the channel of the

detected signal.

Adjust VOX

To change the Voice Operated Transmission

(VOX) setting, select OFF or L1 to L3.

L3 being the most sensitive, use it in quiet

environments.

Adjust Roger Tone Enable or disable the roger tone. Roger tone is a

beep tone that you hear when PTT is released.

Adjust Channel

(Channel number blinks)

Change the radio channel setting.

Adjust Code

(Code number blinks)

Change the radio code setting.

3. Navigating the Menu Pages

Home

Menu – CDOO TRQH

Menu – MRQLWRU

Menu – SFDQ

Menu – Adj Channel

Menu – Adj Code

Menu – Adj VOX

Menu – Adj Roger Tone

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Channel and Frequencies

Channel

Frequency

(MHz)

Power

(W)

Channel

Frequency

(MHz)

Power

(W)

1 462.5625 1.0 12 467.6625 0.5

2 462.5875 1.0 13 467.6875 0.5

3 462.6125 1.0 14 467.7125 0.5

4 462.6375 1.0 15 462.5500 1.0

5 462.6625 1.0 16 462.5750 1.0

6 462.6875 1.0 17 462.6000 1.0

7 462.7125 1.0 18 462.6250 1.0

8 467.5625 0.5 19 467.6500 1.0

9 467.5875 0.5 20 462.6750 1.0

10 467.6125 0.5 21 462.7000 1.0

11 467.6375 0.5 22 462.7250 1.0

Talking/Transmitting

1. Press and hold the PTT button, then start talking into the microphone.

2. Release the PTT button to stop transmission.

Note: Do not press the PTT button when others are talking. When more

than one radio transmits on the same channel, the air-wave is

jammed and all transmissions are lost.

Listening/Receiving

• The radio speaker receives signal automatically if radio is set to the same channel and

code as the transmitting radio.

• Ensure the speaker volume is set to an appropriate level.

Adjusting Speaker Volume

1. Press or from the home screen.

Using Headsets

• When a headset is connected to the radio, radio speaker is disabled. You need to wear

headset to monitor and receive messages.

• If your headset has PTT button, you can use the button to make a transmission with

the microphone on the headset.

• You can still use the PTT button on the radio to make a transmission with the

microphone on the radio.

4. Using Your Radio

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