User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
- Computer Software Copyrights
- Documentation Copyrights
- Disclaimer
- Contents
- Safety
- General Radio Operation
- Notations Used in This Manual
- XTS 2500 Model III Radio
- Physical Features of the XTS 2500 Model III Radio
- Programmable Features
- Display
- Backlight
- Status Symbols
- Menu Entry (Softkey)
- Menu Select Buttons
- Home Button (h)
- App Button (@)
- 4-Way Navigation Button (o)
- Keypad
- LED Indicators
- Alert Tones
- Standard Accessories
- Universal Connector Cover
- Remote Speaker Microphone Adapter
- Radio On and Off
- Zones and Channels
- Receive / Transmit
- Common Radio Features
- Selectable Power Level
- Radio Lock
- Mute or Unmute Keypad Tones
- Conventional Squelch Options
- PL Defeat
- Time-out Timer
- Emergency
- Lists
- Edit a Call, Page, or Phone List Number
- Edit a Call, Page, or Phone List Name
- Scan
- Telephone Calls (Trunking Only)
- Private Calls (Trunking Only)
- Call Alert Paging
- Conventional Talkgroup Calls (Conventional Operation Only)
- Repeater or Direct Operation
- Special Radio Features
- Helpful Tips
- Accessories
- Glossary
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Common Radio Features
Private Calls (Trunking Only)
These one-to-one calls between two radios are not heard by others in
the current talkgroup. The calling radio automatically verifies the
receiving radio is active on the system and can display the caller’s ID.
Answer a Private Call
Use the Preprogrammed Call Response Button.
1 When a private call is
received, you hear two alert
tones, the LED flashes
GREEN, the call-received
symbol (m) flashes, and
CALL RECEIVD is
displayed.
•Two tones
• Flashing GREEN LED
2 Press the Call Response
button within 20 seconds.
If the caller’s name is in the
call list, it will be displayed.
OR
If the name is not in the call
list, the caller’s ID number
is displayed.
3 Press and hold the PTT
button to talk; release it to
listen.
4 Press h or the Call
Response button to
hang up.
m
CALL RECEIVD