Motorola DP 2600 – page 2

Assignable Settings or Utility Functions

Accessing the Programmed Functions

Identifying Radio Controls

All Tones/Alerts – Toggles all tones and alerts on or off.

You can access various radio functions through one of the

following ways:

Backlight – Toggles display backlight on or off.

Backlight brightness – Adjusts the brightness level.

• A short or long press of the

relevant programmable buttons.

Power Level – Toggles transmit power level between high and

low.

OR

Squelch – Toggles squelch level between tight and

• Use the Menu Navigation Buttons as follows:

normal.

1 To access the menu, press the c button. Press the

appropriate Menu Scroll button (

<or >) to access

the menu functions.

2 To select a function or enter a sub-menu, press the e

button.

3 To go back one menu level, or to return to the previous

screen, press the

d button. Long press the d button

to return to the Home screen.

NOTE: Your radio automatically exits the menu after a period

of inactivity and returns to your Home screen.

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Push-To-Talk (PTT) Button

• While a call is not in progress, the PTT button is used to make

a new call (see Making a Radio Call on page 27).

The PTT button on the side of the radio serves two basic

If the Talk Permit Tone (see Turning the Talk Permit Tone On

purposes:

or Off on page 74) or the PTT Sidetone is enabled, wait

until the short alert tone ends before talking.

During a call, if the Channel Free Indication feature is

enabled on your radio (programmed by your dealer), you

will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio (the

PTT

radio that is receiving your call) releases the PTT button,

Button

indicating the channel is free for you to respond.

You will also hear a continuous talk prohibit tone, if your

call is interrupted, indicating that you should release the

PTT button, for example when the radio receives an

Emergency Call.

• While a call is in progress, the PTT button allows the radio to

transmit to other radios in the call.

Press and hold down PTT button to talk. Release the PTT

button to listen.

The microphone is activated when the PTT button is pressed.

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Switching Between Conventional Analog and

IP Site Connect

Digital Mode

Identifying Radio Controls

This feature allows your radio to extend conventional

Each channel in your radio can be configured as a conventional

communication beyond the reach of a single site, by connecting

analog or conventional digital channel. Use the Channel

to different available sites which are connected via an Internet

Selector Knob to switch between an analog or a digital channel.

Protocol (IP) network.

When the radio moves out of range from one site and into the

Channel

range of another, it connects to the new site's repeater to send

Selector

or receive calls/data transmissions. Depending on your settings,

Knob

this is done automatically or manually.

If the radio is set to do this automatically, it scans through all

available sites when the signal from the current site is weak or

when the radio is unable to detect any signal from the current

site. It then locks on to the repeater with the strongest Received

Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) value.

In a manual site search, the radio searches for the next site in

When switching from digital to analog mode, certain features

the roam list that is currently in range (but which may not have

are unavailable. Icons for the digital features (such as

the strongest signal) and locks on to it.

Messages) reflect this change by appearing ‘greyed out’.

Disabled features are hidden in the menu.

NOTE: Each channel can only have either Scan or Roam

enabled, not both at the same time.

Your radio also has features available in both analog and digital

mode. However, the minor differences in the way each feature

Channels with this feature enabled can be added to a particular

works does NOT affect the performance of your radio.

roam list. The radio searches the channel(s) in the Members

roam list during the automatic roam operation to locate the best

Your radio also switches between digital and analog modes

site.

during a dual mode scan (see Scan on page 39).

A roam list supports a maximum of 16 channels (including the

Selected Channel).

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You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the roam list. A

Linked Capacity Plus

Software License Key sold separately is required to use this

feature

Linked Capacity Plus is a multi-site multi-channel trunking

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more

configuration of the MOTOTRBO radio system, combining the

best of both Capacity Plus and IP Site Connect configurations.

information.

Linked Capacity Plus allows your radio to extend trunking

communication beyond the reach of a single site, by connecting

Capacity Plus

to different available sites which are connected via an Internet

Protocol (IP) network. It also provides an increase in capacity by

Capacity Plus is a single-site trunking configuration of the

efficiently utilizing the combined available number of

MOTOTRBO radio system, which uses a pool of channels to

programmed channels supported by each of the available sites.

support hundreds of users and up to 254 Groups. This feature

allows your radio to efficiently utilize the available number of

When the radio moves out of range from one site and into the

programmed channels while in Repeater Mode.

range of another, it connects to the new site's repeater to send

or receive calls/data transmissions. Depending on your settings,

Icons of features not applicable to Capacity Plus are not

this is done automatically or manually.

available in the menu. You hear a negative indicator tone if you

try to access a feature not applicable to Capacity Plus via a

If the radio is set to do this automatically, it scans through all

programmable button press.

available sites when the signal from the current site is weak or

when the radio is unable to detect any signal from the current

Your radio also has features that are available in conventional

site. It then locks on to the repeater with the strongest Received

digital mode, and Capacity Plus. However, the minor differences

Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) value.

in the way each feature works does NOT affect the performance

of your radio. A Software License Key sold separately is

In a manual site search, the radio searches for the next site in

required to use this feature.

the roam list that is currently in range (but which may not have

the strongest signal) and locks on to it.

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more

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information on this configuration.

Any channel with Linked Capacity Plus enabled can be added

to a particular roam list. The radio searches these channels

during the automatic roam operation to locate the best site.

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NOTE: You cannot manually add or delete an entry to the roam

Identifying Status Indicators

list. Check with your dealer or system administrator for

more information.

Identifying Radio Controls

Your radio indicates its operational status through the following:

Similar to Capacity Plus, icons of features not applicable to

Display Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 16

Linked Capacity Plus are not available in the menu. You hear a

Call Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 17

negative indicator tone if you try to access a feature not

Advanced Menu Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 18

applicable to Linked Capacity Plus via a programmable button

Mini Notice Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 18

press. A Software License Key sold separately is required to

Sent Item Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 19

use this feature.

Audio Tones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 20

Check with your dealer or system administrator for more

Indicator Tones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .page 21

information on this configuration.

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Selecting a Zone

Selecting a Channel

A zone is a group of channels. Your radio supports up to 128

Transmissions are sent and received on a channel. Depending

channels and 50 zones, with a maximum of 128 channels per

on your radio’s configuration, each channel may have been

zone.

programmed differently to support different groups of users or

supplied with different features. After selecting the relevant

Use the following procedure to select a zone.

Zone, select the relevant channel you require to transmit or

Procedure:

receive on.

Press the programmed Zone button and proceed to Step 3.

OR

Follow the procedure below.

1 c to access the menu.

2 < or > to Zone and press e to select.

3 The current zone is displayed and indicated by a 9.

4 < or > to the required zone and press e to select.

5 The display shows <Zone> Selected momentarily and

returns to the selected zone screen.

Procedure:

Once the required zone is displayed (if you have multiple

zones in your radio), turn the programmed Channel Selector

Knob to select the channel.

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Receiving and Responding to a Radio Call

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Receiving and Responding to a Group Call

To receive a call from a group of users, your radio must be

Making and Receiving Calls

Once the channel, subscriber

configured as part of that group.

ID or group ID is displayed,

LED

you can proceed to receive

Procedure:

Indicator

and respond to calls.

When you receive a Group Call (while on the Home screen):

The LED lights up solid green

1 The LED blinks green.

while the radio is transmitting

2 The Group Call icon appears in the top right corner. The first

and blinks green when the

text line shows the caller alias. The second text line displays

radio is receiving.

the group call alias. Your radio unmutes and the incoming

call sounds through the radio speaker.

NOTE: The LED lights up solid green while the radio is

transmitting and double blinks green when the radio is

3 To respond, hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0

receiving a privacy-enabled call.

cm) from your mouth.

To unscramble a privacy-enabled call, your radio must

have the same Privacy Key, OR the same Key Value

4 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you

and Key ID (programmed by your dealer), as the

will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio

transmitting radio (the radio you are receiving the call

releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for

from).

you to respond.

Press the PTT button to respond to the call.

See Privacy on page 63 for more information.

OR

If the Voice Interrupt feature is enabled, press the PTT

button to stop the current call from the transmitting radio and

free the channel for you to talk/respond.

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5 The LED lights up solid green.

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Receiving and Responding to a Private Call

6 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak

A Private Call is a call from an individual radio to another

clearly into the microphone.

individual radio.

OR

Procedure:

Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and

When you receive a Private Call:

speak clearly into the microphone.

1 Depending on how your radio is programmed:

7 Release the PTT button to listen.

The LED lights up solid yellow momentarily. Then, the LED

blinks green.

8 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of

OR

time, the call ends.

The LED blinks green.

See Making a Group Call on page 28 for details on making a

2 The first text line shows private call icon. The second text

Group Call.

line displays the private call alias. Your radio unmutes and

the incoming call sounds through the radio speaker.

NOTE: If the radio receives a Group Call while not on the

Home screen, it remains on its current screen prior to

3 To respond, hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0

answering the call.

cm) from your mouth.

4 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will

Long press the d button to go to the Home screen

hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio

to view the caller alias before replying.

releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for

you to respond.

Press the PTT button to respond to the call.

OR

If the Voice Interrupt feature is enabled, press the PTT

button to stop the current call from the transmitting radio and

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free the channel for you to talk/respond.

5 The LED lights up solid green.

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6 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak

If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you

clearly into the microphone.

will hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio

Making and Receiving Calls

releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is now

7 Release the PTT button to listen.

available for use.

8 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of

time, the call ends.

You cannot respond to an All Call.

See Making an All Call on page 29 for details on making an All

9 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.

Call.

See Making a Private Call on page 28 for details on making a

NOTE: The radio stops receiving the All Call if you switch to a

Private Call.

different channel while receiving the call.

During an All Call, you will not be able to use any

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Receiving an All Call

programmed button functions until the call ends.

An All Call is a call from an individual radio to every radio on the

channel. It is used to make important announcements requiring

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Receiving and Responding to a Selective Call

the user’s full attention.

A Selective Call is a call from an individual radio to another

Procedure:

individual radio. It is a Private Call on an analog system.

When you receive an All Call:

Procedure:

1 A tone sounds and the LED blinks green.

When you receive a Selective Call:

2 The Group Call icon appears in the top right corner. The first

1 The LED blinks green.

text line shows the caller alias. The second text line displays

2 The Private Call icon appears in the top right corner. The

All Call. Your radio unmutes and the incoming call sounds

through the radio speaker.

first text line shows the caller alias or Selective Call or

Alert with Call. Your radio unmutes and the incoming

3 Once the All Call ends, the radio returns to the previous

call sounds through the radio's speaker.

screen before receiving the call. An all call does not wait for

3 To respond. hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0

a predetermined period of time before ending.

cm) from your mouth.

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4 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will

3 Press d to end the call.

hear a short alert tone the moment the transmitting radio

The display shows Ending Phone Call.

releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for

you to respond.

4 If successful:

Press the PTT button to respond to the call.

A tone sounds and the display shows Call Ended.

OR

5 The LED lights up solid green.

If unsuccessful:

Your radio returns to the Phone Call screen. Repeat Step 3

6 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak

or wait for the telephone user to end the call.

clearly into the microphone.

7 Release the PTT button to listen.

If Phone Call capability is not enabled in your radio, the display

shows

Unavailable

and your radio mutes the call. Your radio

8 If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of

returns to the previous screen when the call ends.

time, the call ends.

9 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.

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Phone Call as Group Call

Procedure:

NOTE: See Making a Selective Call on page 30 for details on

When you receive a Phone Call as a Group Call:

making a Private Call.

1 The Phone Group Call icon appears in the top right corner.

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Receiving and Responding to a Phone Call

The display shows the group alias and Phone Call.

2 Press the PTT button to talk and release to listen.

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Phone Call as Private Call

3 Press d to end the call.

Procedure:

The display shows Ending Phone Call.

When you receive a Phone Call as a Private Call:

4 If successful:

1 The Phone Call icon appears in the top right corner. The

Making and Receiving Calls

A tone sounds and the display shows Call Ended.

display shows the caller alias or Phone Call.

OR

2 Press the PTT button to talk and release to listen.

If unsuccessful:

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Your radio returns to the Phone Call screen. Repeat Step 3

NOTE: When you receive a Phone Call as an All Call, you can

or wait for the telephone user to end the call.

respond to the call or end the call, only if an All Call

type is assigned to the channel.

Making and Receiving Calls

If Phone Call capability is not enabled in your radio, the display

shows

Unavailable

and your radio mutes the call. Your radio

returns to the previous screen when the call ends.

Making a Radio Call

You can select a channel, subscriber ID, or group by using:

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Phone Call as All Call

• The Channel Selector Knob.

Procedure:

When you receive a Phone Call as an All Call:

• A programmed One Touch Access button (see Making a

Phone Call with the One Touch Access Button on

1 The Phone Call icon appears in the top right corner. The

display shows All Call and Phone Call.

page 31).

2 Press the PTT button to talk and release to listen.

• A programmable button – This method is for Phone Calls only

(see Making a Phone Call with the Programmable Phone

3 Press d to end the call.

Button on page 32).

The display shows Ending Phone Call.

• The Contacts list. (see Contacts Settings on page 42)

4 If successful:

A tone sounds and the display shows All Call and

NOTE: Your radio must have the Privacy feature enabled on

Call Ended.

the channel to send a privacy-enabled transmission.

OR

Only target radios with the same Privacy Key OR the

If unsuccessful:

same Key Value and Key ID as your radio will be able

Your radio returns to the Phone Call screen. Repeat Step 3

to unscramble the transmission.

or wait for the telephone user to end the call.

See Privacy on page 63 for more information.

If Phone Call capability is not enabled in your radio, the display

shows

Unavailable

and your radio mutes the call. Your radio

The One Touch Access feature allows you to make a

returns to the previous screen when the call ends.

Group or Private Call to a predefined ID easily. This

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feature can be assigned to a short or long

5 Release the PTT button to listen.When the target radio

programmable button press. You can ONLY have one

responds, the LED blinks green. You see the Group Call

ID assigned to a One Touch Access button. Your

icon, the group alias or ID, and transmitting radio alias or ID

radio can have multiple One Touch Access buttons

on your display.

programmed.

6 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you

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Making a Call with the Channel Selector Knob

will hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio

releases the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for

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Making a Group Call

you to respond. Press the PTT button to respond.

OR

To make a call to a group of users, your radio must be

If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of

configured as part of that group.

time, the call ends.

Procedure:

7 Radio returns to the screen you were on prior to initiating the

1 Select the channel with the active subscriber alias or ID.

call.

See Selecting a Channel on page 22.

OR

You can also make a Group Call via Contacts (see Making a

Press the programmed One Touch Access button.

Group Call from Contacts on page 42).

2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

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Making a Private Call

your mouth.

While you can receive and/or respond to a Private Call

3 Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up

initiated by an authorized individual radio, your radio

solid green. The first text line shows the group call icon. The

second text line shows the group call alias.

must be programmed for you to initiate a Private Call.

There are two types of Private Calls. The first type, where a

4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak

radio presence check is performed prior to setting up the call,

clearly into the microphone.

while the other sets up the call immediately.

Making and Receiving Calls

OR

Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and

Only one of these call types can be programmed to your

speak clearly into the microphone.

radio by your dealer.

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You hear a negative indicator tone, when you make a Private

6 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will

Call via the Contacts list, Call Log, One Touch Access button,

hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases

the programmed number keys, or the Channel Selector Knob,

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the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to

if this feature is not enabled.

respond. Press the PTT button to respond.

OR

Use the Text Message or Call Alert features to contact an

If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of

individual radio. See Call Alert Operation on page 49 for more

time, the call ends.

information.

7 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.

Procedure:

1 Select the channel with the active subscriber alias or ID.

You can also make a Private Call via Contacts (see Making a

See Selecting a Channel on page 22.

Private Call from Contacts on page 43).

OR

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Making an All Call

Press the programmed One Touch Access button.

This feature allows you to transmit to all users on the channel.

2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

Your radio must be programmed to allow you to use this feature.

your mouth.

Procedure:

3 Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up

solid green. The first text line shows the private call icon.

1 Select the channel with the active subscriber alias or ID.

The second text line displays the private call alias.

See Selecting a Channel on page 22.

4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak

2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

clearly into the microphone.

your mouth.

5 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio

3 Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up

responds, the LED blinks green.

solid green. The first text line shows the All Call icon. The

second text line displays the All Call alias.

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4 Wait for the Talk Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak

3 Press the PTT button to make the call. The LED lights up

clearly into the microphone.

solid green. The Private Call icon appears in the top right

OR

corner. The first text line shows the subscriber alias. The

second text line displays the call status. Wait for the Talk

Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and

Permit Tone to finish (if enabled) and speak clearly into the

speak clearly into the microphone.

microphone.

Users on the channel cannot respond to an All Call.

OR

Wait for the PTT Sidetone to finish (if enabled) and speak

clearly into the microphone.

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Making a Selective Call

4 Release the PTT button to listen. When the target radio

Just like a Private Call, while you can receive and/or

responds, the LED blinks green.

respond to a Selective Call initiated by an authorized

individual radio, your radio must be programmed for you

5 If the Channel Free Indication feature is enabled, you will

to initiate a Selective Call.

hear a short alert tone the moment the target radio releases

the PTT button, indicating the channel is free for you to

Procedure:

respond. Press the PTT button to respond.

1 Select the channel with the active subscriber alias or ID.

OR

See Selecting a Channel on page 22.

If there is no voice activity for a predetermined period of

time, the call ends.

2 Hold the radio vertically 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5.0 cm) from

your mouth.

6 You hear a short tone. The display shows Call Ended.

Making and Receiving Calls

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