EFJohnson 002-9800-401 manual

MUL TI-NET® 98xx SERIES OPERA TING MANU AL Part No. 00 2-9800-401 April 20 01[...]

SAFETY INFORMA TION 2 SAFETY INFORMA TION The FCC has ad opted a sa fety sta ndard for human exposur e to RF en- er gy . Proper o peration of this r adio under normal cond itions r esults i n user expo sure to RF ener gy below the Occupati onal Safet y and Health Act and Fed eral Commun ication Commission li mits. WA R N I N G DO NOT allow th e ant[...]

LAND MOBILE PRODUCT W ARRANTY - The manufact urer ’ s warrant y statement for this p roduct is availabl e from your product s up- plier or from the E.F . John son Company , 299 Johnson A venue, Box 1249, W aseca, MN 56093-0 514. Phone (5 07) 835-6222 . Copyright © 2001 by t he E.F . Johnson Company The E.F . Johnson Company , which was founde d [...]

SAFETY INFORMA TION 4 FCC EXPOSURE LIMITS This mo bile radio t ranscei ver was tes ted by the manufactur er with an approp riate an tenna in o rder to ve rify compl iance wit h Maximum Per - missibl e Exposure (M PE) limits set under Sec tion 2.1091 of the FCC Rules and Regulatio ns. The gu idelines us ed in the e valuatio n are deri ved from T abl[...]

SAFETY INFORMA TION 5 T able 2 lists t he antenna whips an d bases re commended for use in each fr equency range. Eac h model of this r adio was te sted with the appro - priate antenna l isted. The antenna was mounted in t he cente r of the r oof of a domest ically manufactur ed 4-door p assenger sedan. The r adio manu- factur er has deter mined th[...]

T ABLE OF CONTEN TS 6 T ABLE OF CO NTENTS SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 CONTROLS AND DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Front Panel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T ABLE OF CONTENTS 7 Stealth Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Time-Out Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Tone Select . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Transmitter The rmal Foldback . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T ABLE OF CONTEN TS 8 Talk-Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Call Guard Squ elch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Priority Group Sampling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE 9 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE Power On/Off - Pres s on-of f /volu me control . Set V olume Level - Rotate on-of f/volume control. Change Syste m or Group - Pr ess Selec t switch to enable sys tem or group select mode (indicated by ← /→ or __) . The n rota te Se lect sw itc h to select desired system or group (see page 17). Sele [...]

FEA TURE S 10 General Features • Up to a ppro xima tel y 100 1- grou p or 40 16-gr oup system s prog ram mabl e • Multi-Net ® , L TR ® , and conventi onal opera tion • Unique 8-charac ter system and group identification tags • System and gr oup scan • User progr ammable system and g roup scan lists • Menu mode t o con trol v ariou s f[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 11 CONTR OLS AND DISPLA Y Front P anel Contr ols On-O ff V olu me - Pressing this knob turns power on and of f. The vehic le igniti on switch ma y also cont rol po wer as desc ribed in “Power T urn-Off Delay” on page 30. Rota ting thi s knob sets the speak er vol ume (see page 15 ). Select Swit ch - Th is s witch chan ges [...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 12 Option Switches - The five front panel opt ion switches can be programmed by you r system operat or to the func tions listed below . Refer to the s ection i ndicated for more in formation on a fun ction. The k eycap usuall y indic ates the fun ction controll ed by the s witch. A/D - Scan list add/delet e (see pa ge 37) CG -[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 13 Speaker - The i nternal speaker i s locate d behind the gril le. An opti onal speaker can be c onnected t o the exte rnal s peaker j ack locat ed on the bac k (see “Sp eaker J ack” desc ription wh ich foll ows). Rear P anel Jac ks and Connectors Antenna Jack - Miniature UHF j ack for c onnecting the 50-ohm an tenna. Pow[...]

CONTROLS AND DISPLA Y 14 Displa y Descrip tion 16-Charact er Messa ge Area - Indicate s the sel ected syst em and group (see pa ge 16) and a lso error conditi ons and s tatus info rmation . - Indi cate s that the displ aye d syst em is in th e scan list and s canne d normally (see p age 37). - Indic ates tha t the dis played group is i n the scan l[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 15 - Indic ates tha t an opti on control led by the AUX switch is enabled (see pa ge 26). - Indi cates tha t a call has been r eceiv ed on a grou p programmed f or a call i ndicator (see page 26). T o tur n this indi cation of f, press an y key . - Indicate s that t he monitor mo de is enabled . This mode disables Cal l Guard squ[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 16 • If a conv entional system is s elected, take t he microphon e off -hook and if someon e is using the channe l, voic e is heard. I f no one is using the channel, the sq uelch cont rol can be adjusted counterc lockwis e as descri bed in “Set ting Sque lch Control ” on page 1 8 and no ise is he ard. It is n ot possib le t[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 17 bottom li ne. For example , a “SECURITY” sys tem and “CAR 220” gr oup are dis played as follow s. The syste m and group numbe rs are no t displa yed in thi s mode. Alpha T ag Displa y Mode Selecting the Syst em and Group The front panel Sel ect swit ch is used to change t he system a nd group. Pre ssing thi s switch to[...]

GENERAL OPERA TION 18 Select Mode I ndication Wit h Alpha T ag Displa y The tran sceiver c an be progr ammed so that after a change is made, the cur rent sel ect mode rema ins enabl ed or a def ault mode i s select ed after a delay of up to 15 sec onds. This p rogramming also controls the mode that is selec ted when power is turned on . Setting Squ[...]

ST AND ARD CALLS 19 4. If both narrow and wi de band cha nnels are used, perf orm this adju st- ment on bot h types be cause sepa rate setti ngs are mai ntained. NOTE: Some r eadjustment may be r eq uir ed if weak message s ar e not hear d or unsquelch ing occurs when no messag es ar e pr esent. ST AND ARD C ALLS Intr oduction Most calls you make a[...]

ST AND ARD CA LLS 20 success fully ac cessed. If it i s not enabl ed, no tone sounds wh en the system is su ccessful ly accesse d. The procee d and other tones can be disabl ed as descr ibed in “T one Sel ect” on page 32. • If the radio sys tem is busy , the busy tone s ounds ( see page 54 ) and “BUSY” is indicate d on the lower line of t[...]

TELEPHONE CALLS AND O T HER SPECIAL CALLS 21 2. Select or scan th e syst em and group p rogrammed for the cal l you want to rece ive (see page 35 f or scan i nformatio n). 3. When the mess age is receive d, the disp lay usual ly changes to the system a nd group of the cal l. T a ke the mic rophone of f-hook and press the P TT swit ch to tal k and r[...]

TELEPHONE CALLS AND O THER SPECIAL CALLS 22 Busy and Out-Of- Range Conditions Busy and out -of-ra nge cond itions ar e indica ted the s ame as with Multi-Net an d L TR standard calls des cribed on page 19. The followi ng additi onal feat ures may be available wi th telep hone calls : Busy - W i th L TR operati on, if Busy Que uing is progr ammed (s[...]

TELEPHONE CALLS AND O T HER SPECIAL CALLS 23 Receiving a T elephone Call 1. T urn t ransceive r power on and set th e volume as des cribed start ing on page 15. 2. Select or scan th e syst em and group pr ogrammed for telephon e calls. When a tel ephone or Mul ti-Net speci al call group is sel ected, i s displa yed. 3. When “r inging” i s heard[...]

TELEPHONE CALLS AND O THER SPECIAL CALLS 24 3. Dial the 4-8 digi t number usi ng the micr ophone keypa d. Refer to step 4 on page 2 2 for mor e informatio n. 4. A tone then sounds to indic ate that th e call was accep ted by the syste m. If thi s tone does not sound, an incorr ect or unauth orized numbe r may have been diale d. The call then proc e[...]

GENE RA L F EA TURE S 25 Landside-O riginate Call s Calls ca n be place d from a lan dside telephone to your tr ansceive r if the rad io system a nd transce iver have that cap ability . W ith most s ystems, a mobile c an be call ed direc tly (eac h has a uniq ue teleph one number). W it h others, a mobi le may be cal led as f ollows: 1. Dial the nu[...]

GENERAL FEA TURE S 26 Call Indi ca tor The c all ind icator i s “ C ” in the upper part of th e display as shown in the fol lowing il lustration . The purpose of this indica tion is to s how that a call was receive d while you we re away fr om the veh icle. Ind ividual groups ca n be progr ammed for thi s featur e and it then turns on when a ca[...]

GENE RA L F EA TURE S 27 Auto mati c Opera tio n - T he tran smi tter au tomati cal ly tran smit s an em er- gency me ssage on t he emer gency sys tem/group. Th e messag e is trans- mitted wi thout pre ssing the P TT switch and at the hi ghest pri ority . Emer gency tran smissions continue u ntil an a cknowledgment is rece ived from the dispatche r[...]

GENERAL FEA TURE S 28 Function ( FCN) Switch If an opt ion switch i s programmed for FCN (functi on), it perf orms the fol lowing fu nction s. If t his switc h is not programmed, t hese fun ctions are not available. Whe n the funct ion sele ct mode is a ctive, “FCN” is displa yed on the lower line of the di splay . The fun ction mode is au toma[...]

GENE RA L F EA TURE S 29 When ena bled, the h orn alert pulse s on and of f fo r 1-8 cycl es and then g oes back to the disabled s tate. T o change the cu rrently selected ho rn alert mode, the HORN option switch or HRN ALR T menu parameter can be used i f availa ble (see page 32). The horn a lert is programmed t o operate in the ma nual or au toma[...]

GENERAL FEA TURE S 30 P ower T urn-O ff Del ay Y our tran sceiver may hav e been insta lled so that the vehicle ignition switch a s well as t he front -panel powe r switch c ontrol t ransceiv er power . If this is the case , bot h the i gniti on s witch and t he fro nt pan el po wer swit ch must be on for tran sceive r power to turn on. When the ig[...]

GENE RA L F EA TURE S 31 On conventi onal sy stems, the T ransmit Disab le On Busy feat ure can be used t o automati cally per form monito ring (see pag e 51). Th e proceed tone the n does not sound if the chann el is bus y . Otherwise , the proce ed tone (i f enabled ) sound s on convent ional sys tems even i f the chan nel is busy . W it h all op[...]

OPTION SWITCHES AND ME NU MODE 32 One use of the time- out timer feature is to pre vent a rep eater fr om being kep t busy for an ext ended peri od by an acc identall y keyed trans- mitter . It can also pre vent possi ble damage t o the tr ansmitter caused by transmi tting for an excess ively lo ng period. T one Select If the TONES m enu p aram ete[...]

OPTION SWITCHES AND ME NU MODE 33 column . Refer to t he page li sted in this tabl e for a de scripti on of the func- tion. I f a functi on is cont rolled b y an option switch, it canno t be control led by the menu mode and vi ce versa . Some switche s may not be used and a re then di sabled. Menu Mode Intr oducti on The menu mode is selected b y p[...]

OPTION SWITCHES AND ME NU MODE 34 Menu Mode and Option Switch Functi ons Function Menu Items Opt io n Swit ch See Descrip. on Page Add/delet e (scan li st pr g) --- A/D 37 Backlight adjust BACKLGHT --- 16 Bank select BANK SEL --- 25 Caller ID [1] CALL ID -- 46 Call Guard S q. disable --- CG 52 Emerge ncy --- EMER 26 Encryptio n on-of f E NCR YP T E[...]

SYSTE M AND GROUP SC AN 35 5. The sele cted status c ondition s for th e various functi ons are s aved whe n the menu mode is exit ed in one of the foll owing ways: • Pressi ng the FCN swit ch again • Pressi ng the P TT switch • Automatic ally when time- out occurs 2 seconds af ter a cha nge is made or 8 s econds aft er no chan ges are made .[...]

SYSTE M AND GROUP SC AN 36 The type o f scannin g selecte d is dete rmined by th e menu mode S CN TYPE paramet er (see pa ge 33). If that parameter is not selec table, t he type of sc anning is f ixed by progr amming. The avai lable sca n types are as follows . Single and mult iple site sca n may als o be selec table (s ee page 37 ). SYS-GRP - Both[...]

SYSTE M AND GROUP SC AN 37 Single and Multipl e Site Scan Single a nd Multiple site sc anning (see de scripti ons which f ollow) are se lect able i f the S CAN S EL me nu par amet er if it is av ailab le. If this parame ter is n ot availa ble, scann ing is fi xed in one of the se state s by programmin g. If you can s elect th is paramet er , yo ur [...]

SYSTE M AND GROUP SC AN 38 inal gr oup scan li st is ag ain acti ve. Systems a nd groups c an be deleted from the scan list whi le list ening to a message on t he system o r group by pressi ng the A/D swi tch in th e normal manner . Scann ing re sumes shortly after the system or group i s deleted. Scan list programming is not available if the A/D s[...]

SYSTE M AND GROUP SC AN 39 There is also a sc an continu e timer that may be progr ammed. This timer co ntrols the ma ximum time tha t a call is received before sc anning resumes. T imes up to 60 se conds can be program med. This prevent s scannin g from be ing delaye d for long periods b y lengthy c alls. If the menu SCN CONT paramet er is sele ct[...]

MUL TI-NET , L TR, A ND CONVENTIONAL MODES 40 disabl ed), the se lected s ystem/grou p is ag ain displ ayed. Therefor e, you can res pond to a ca ll without changing the selec ted syst em/group as long as you do s o before s canning r esumes. Fixed Syst em/Group T ransmit in S can Each bank c an be progr ammed so that transmis sions in the scan mod[...]

MUL TI-NET , L TR, A ND CONVENTIONAL MODES 41 include telephone , unique ID, and direct ed group. Mul ti-Net feat ures are descri bed startin g on page 43. L TR oper ation is si mila r to Mul ti-Ne t ope rati on. Th e main differ- ence is that the preced ing feat ures are n ot avail able. Th e two types of calls that can b e placed wi th L TR opera[...]

MUL TI-NET , L TR, A ND CONVENTIONAL MODES 42 Monitoring Con ventional Channels Bef ore T ransmit ting Regulati ons requi re that t he channel be monitor ed before transmit - ting t o make sure that i t is not being us ed by someone else. I f you were to transmit whe n someone el se is talki ng, you would p robably di srupt their conversa tion. As [...]

MUL TI-NET FEA TURES 43 MUL TI-NET FEA TURES Standar d and Special Calls S tandard calls ar e between t wo mobiles or between a mob ile and a control statio n, and speci al call s include telephone , unique ID, a nd direct ed group. S tandar d calls are describ ed starting on page 19, t ele- phone cal ls star ting on pag e 21, and unique ID an d di[...]

MUL TI-NET FEA TURES 44 with all calls e xcept tel ephone, and the dial tone sounds with tel ephone calls. The call c an then be p laced in t he normal ma nner . When in the queue mod e, calls a re received normally . A response can be made to a call and Busy Queuing res umes short ly after th e call is finish ed (if it was not on the selecte d gro[...]

MUL TI-NET FEA TURES 45 other s electabl e systems. While searchi ng is occur ring, “ROAMING” i s indicat ed on the l ower line of the displ ay as shown b elow . When a new site i s locate d, this mess age is no l onger dis played , and the sy stem and group of the new sit e is displa yed. The new system is the first hi gher syst em with a di f[...]

MUL TI-NET FEA TURES 46 message and exi t this mode, pre ss the FCN option swit ch again . This also occurs a utomatica lly 2 seco nds af ter a chan ge is made or 8 seconds after no change s are made. Up to eigh t status con ditions s uch as “A T SITE”, “LEA VING”, and “LOADING” may be pr eprogrammed by your syst em operato r . The sele[...]

MUL TI-NET FEA TURES 47 If a ca ll is re ceived on o ne of the f ixed pri ority ID c odes, ei ther “PRIOR TY1” or “PRI OR TY2” is displ ayed on the bot tom line. Th e select able groups are then che cked to see i f any have the same ID code. If a matc h is found, the tran sceiver c hanges to t hat group . If no ma tch is found, th e group d[...]

L TR FE A TUR ES 48 L TR FEA TURES Standar d and T elephone Calls S tandard calls ar e between t wo mobiles or between a mob ile and a control statio n. T elephon e call s allow you to place and recei ve calls over the publ ic telep hone sys tem using y our trans ceiver . S tanda rd calls are descri bed start ing on page 19, and tel ephone cal ls a[...]

LT R F E AT U R E S 49 remains e nabled whi le in the queu e mode, but sy stem scanni ng is tempo - rarily di sabled. Thi s feature i s enabled on indivi dual L TR systems by dealer programmi ng, and it is then av ailable with all telephone calls on that sy stem. System Sear ch If an out -of-ra nge condit ion exist s when att empting an L TR te le-[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURE S 50 a call is recei ved on on e of these groups, th e transc eiver automaticall y transmi ts a resp onse. This c auses the transcei ver plac ing the call to briefl y unsquel ch and t he call indicat or to t urn on ( if it is prog rammed on the sel ected gro up). Priorit y and Bloc k ID Codes L TR priority a nd block ID c odes[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 51 A CG (Call Gua rd disable) option swi tch may also be programme d. This swit ch dis ables bot h receive and trans mit squ elch contr ol on the select ed group onl y (the moni tor mode di sables onl y receiv e squelch control ). When squel ch contro l is disabl ed by the CG swi tch, “CG OFF” is momenta rily dis played. [...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURE S 52 T alk-Around Normally , all transmis sions go t hrough a re peater . There fore, if you are out of radio r ange of t he repeat er , you c annot tal k to any one, even if you are o nly a short distanc e away from t he mobile yo u are calli ng. T o allow communi cation i f this o ccurs, the talk-ar ound feat ure can be used[...]

CONVENTIONAL FEA TURES 53 Priority Group Sampling The prior ity grou p sampli ng featur e ensures that messa ges on priori ty convent ional gr oups are not missed whi le list ening to a message on a non-p riorit y conventi onal group. A fixed first a nd second pr iority group can be designa ted by prog ramming or either priority gr oup can be the s[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 54 NOTE: Priori ty sampli ng occurs o nly on c onventional systems and only when scanni ng is enab led by the SCAN switch. I t does not occ ur when list ening to a Mu lti- Net o r LTR call o r whe n tran smit ting. MISCELLANEOUS Supervisory T ones The fo llowing t ones are he ard at va rious ti mes when opera ting th is trans cei ver[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 55 seconds b efore this ton e sounds, a s ingle bee p sounds to indic ate that time-out wi ll soon occ ur . • Tr a n s m i t I n h i bi t - If this tone sounds as s oon as the P TT switch is press ed wi th a Mult i-Net or L TR syst em s elect ed an d “TX INH IB” is displa yed, the transmit ter has be en disabl ed by t he T ransm[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 56 Multi-Net T elephone Call T ones The fo llowing t ones are ge nerated b y the Multi-Net equipme nt and are hear d when making a telephon e, unique I D, or direc ted group s pecial call o n a Mult i-Net s ystem. Confirmation T one - This is a sho rt tone t hat sounds when the numbe r just di aled has b een accept ed by the s ystem.[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 57 Conversati on Ti me-Out T one - Call s are li mited to a certain length by the syst em. Thirty seconds bef ore this time is reac hed, a “ tick” begins sounding each se cond. When the 30-second t ime expir es, the ca ll is aut o- mati call y termi nat ed by t he sy stem. T urn-Ar ound T one - This is a single beep which may be u[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 58 EMERGNCY - Indicat es that the e mer gency swit ch has been press ed (see “Emer gency Switch” on pag e 26). FCN - Indic ates that t he functi on select mode is sel ected by the FCN option s witch ( see page 2 8). GSCN DIS - Indi cates that a n attempt was made to delet e a group f rom the sca n list wit h group sc anning disab[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 59 OUT -RNGE - Indicates that the transcei ver was una ble to cont act a repeat er . Once this i ndicati on appears , no more acce ss atte mpts are made until t he P TT swit ch is rel eased and then pres sed aga in. Refer t o “Opera- tion At E xtended Range ” on pag e 61 for more informat ion. PRI ON or OFF - Indic ates that prior[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 60 Menu Mode Messages The foll owing mes sages are dis played in the menu mode that i s descri bed start ing on page 32. “ON” is di splayed to i ndicate e nabled or yes, and “ OFF” is disp layed to i ndicate disabled or no. BCKLHG T - Backlig ht contro l • BRIGHT • DIM • OFF BANK SEL - Bank select • Bank alpha tag CAL[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 61 ST A TUS - Stat us message s elect • NO ST A TUS - No status mes sage tra nsmitted • Programmed s tatus message s STEAL TH - Ste alth mode select • ON or OFF SYS SRCH - L TR system sear ch • ON or OFF T ALKARND - Convention al talk-ar ound on-of f • ON or OFF TON ES - Beep tones sele ct • SILENT - All tones dis abled ?[...]

MISCEL LANEOUS 62 ground noi se when messa ges are r eceiv ed. Y ou may still be out of range even tho ugh you ca n hear a mes sage. The r eason for this is that the signal you are r eceiving is usu ally tra nsmitted at a highe r power lev el than t he one tran smitted by y our trans ceiver . Communicat ion may be impr oved by moving to h igher gro[...]

MISCELLANEOUS 63 Also make s ure that the con trols are pr operly s et and tha t the power , externa l spea ker (if used), and a ccessory (if u sed), cabl es are se curely plugged i nto the ba ck of the transcei ver . If the transcei ver stil l does not operate properly , return i t to your system oper ator for service . NOTE: Ther e ar e no use r-[...]