*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment
Identity)

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)

To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause]
[ok]

You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options'
function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0
[pause] [ok]

This only works with some versions of software.

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is
answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press
[OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx'
appears, where xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the
result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU]
until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative
for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)

To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause]
[ok]

You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options'
function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0
[pause] [ok]

This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

UK (Orange)

AU

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is
answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press
[OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx'
appears, where xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the
result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU]
until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative
for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered left to right, keypad up, battery down

1. Audio Ground

2. V+

3. True data (TD) (input)

4. Downlink - Complimentary data (CD) (input)

5. Uplink - Return data (RD) (output)

6. GND

7. Audio Out - on/off

8. Audio In

9. Manual Test - ???

10. Battery Feedback

11. Antenna connector

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)

To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause]
[ok]

You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options'
function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0
[pause] [ok]

This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

IT (model: F16 HW: 5.2 SW: 2.1)

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is
answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press
[OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx'
appears, where xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the
result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU]
until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative
for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered right to left, keypad up, battery down looking

1. Gnd

2. Pos

3. True data (TD) (input)

4. Complimentary data (CD) (input)

5. Return data (RD) (output)

6. Audio gnd

7. Audio out

8. Audio in

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)

To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause]
[ok]

You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options'
function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0
[pause] [ok]

This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

ES, AU, NL, BE

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is
answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press
[OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx'
appears, where xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the
result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU]
until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative
for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered right to left, keypad up, battery down looking

1. Audio Ground

2. V+

3. True data (TD) (input)

4. Downlink - Complimentary data (CD) (input)

5. Uplink - Return data (RD) (output)

6. GND

7. Audio Out - on/off

8. Audio In

9. Manual Test - ???

10. Battery Feedback

11. Antenna connector

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)

To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause]
[ok]

You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options'
function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0
[pause] [ok]

This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

IT, NL

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is
answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press
[OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx'
appears, where xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the
result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU]
until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative
for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.

Pin Outs

Numbered left to right, keypad up, battery down

1. Audio Ground

2. V+

3. True data (TD) (input)

4. Downlink - Complimentary data (CD) (input)

5. Uplink - Return data (RD) (output)

6. GND

7. Audio Out - on/off

8. Audio In

9. Manual Test - ???

10. Battery Feedback

11. Antenna connector

#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment
Identity)

Activate RBS

(Note: pause means the * key held in until box appears)

To activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 1 [pause]
[ok]

You now have to press the [MENU] and scroll to the 'Eng Field Options'
function with the keys, and enable it.

De-activate RBS

To de-activate RBS type: [pause] [pause] [pause] 1 1 3 [pause] 0
[pause] [ok]

This only works with some versions of software.

These countries has been reported working:

AU, IT, SG, DE, ES, ZA

What's the use of RBS:

Get Distance From Base Station - Place a call, when it is
answered, press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is displayed, press
[OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU] until 'Time Adv xxx'
appears, where xxx is a number. Multiply this number by 550, and the
result is the distance from the RBS (Radio Base Station), in meters.

Get Signal Quality - press [MENU] until 'Eng Field Option' is
displayed, press [OK], select 'Active Cell', press [OK], press [MENU]
until 'C1' appears. This is the signal quality. If it becomes negative
for longer than 5 seconds, a new cell is selected.

*#06# for checking the IMEI (International Mobile Equipment
Identity)

Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR):

To Enable EFR press [][][] 119 [] 1 [] OK.

To Disable EFR press [][][] 119 [] 0 [] OK

NOTE: Nothing appears on Screen.

Motorola CD 160

Press menu and type one of these numbers and press OK:

11 = Status Review

13 = Available Networks

14 = Preferred Networks

22 = Select Keypad Tones

25 = Require SIM Card PIN

26 = Language Selection

32 = Repetitive Timer

33 = Single Alert Timer

34 = Set IN-Call Display

35 = Show Call Timers

36 = Show Call Charges

37 = Call Charge Settings

38 = Reset All Timers

43 = Reset All Timers

45 = Show Last Call

46 = Total For All Calls

47 = Lifetime Timer

51 = Change Unlock Code

52 = Master Reset

53 = Master Clear (Warning!! May result in deleting the Message
Editor!!!)

54 = New Security Code

55 = Automatic Lock

63 = Battery Saving Mode

Free call tip


1 Enter the phone number

2 Enter OK

3 Type *#06#

4 Press Button C

5 And finally press the button for power off.

You should now be able to talk without being billed.

Motorola CD 520

Free call tip


1 Enter the phone number

2 Enter OK

3 Type *#06#

4 Press Button C

5 And finally press the button for power off.

You should now be able to talk without being billed.

Motorola 920/930

The 54# Tip:


Type 1#, 2#........54# on the keypad (when you're not in the menu)
to get the phone number used for with this key when speed dialing.

Keyboard lock

if you push * and # on the same time your keyboard locked. When you
press it again, you unlock your keyboard.

Supplementary Menu

If your Motorola CD920 or 930 has the engineering software, you can get
an engineering mode by typing : ***113*1*, but you have to maintain each
* during 3 sec to get a square. So 3 squares, 113, 1 square, 1, 1
square, CALL.

If the software is present you have one supplementary menu. To remove it
typ ***113*0* like above.

To put the counter to 0 even global counter, just do a reset factory
in the Config menu.