User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ASTRO XTS 2500 Digital Portable Radio Model I User Guide
- Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
- Computer Software Copyrights
- Documentation Copyrights
- Disclaimer
- Contents
- General Radio Operation
- Notations Used in This Manual
- XTS 2500 Model I Radio
- Physical Features of the XTS 2500 Model I Radio
- Programmable Features
- LED Indicators
- Alert Tones
- Standard Accessories
- Universal Connector Cover
- Remote Speaker Microphone Adapter
- Radio On and Off
- Zones and Channels
- Receive / Transmit
- Conventional Mode Operation
- Common Radio Features
- Special Radio Features
- Helpful Tips
- Accessories
- Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF Frequency Range
- Glossary
- Commercial Warranty
- Index
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Glossary
This is a list of specialized terms used in this manual.
ACK Acknowledgment of communication.
Active Channel A channel that has traffic on it.
Analog Signal An RF signal that has a continuous nature
rather than a pulsed or discrete nature.
ASTRO 25 Trunking Motorola standard for wireless digital trunked
communications.
ASTRO
Conventional
Motorola standard for wireless analog or
digital conventional communications.
Call Alert A page received by your radio, along with an
audible tone.
Carrier Squelch Feature that responds to the presence of an
RF carrier by opening or unmuting (turning
on) a receiver's audio circuit. A squelch circuit
silences the radio when no signal is being
received so that the user does not have to
listen to noise.
Central Controller A software controlled, computer-driven device
that receives and generates data for the
trunked radios assigned to it. It monitors and
directs the operations of the trunked
repeaters.
Channel A group of characteristics such as transmit/
receive frequency pairs, radio parameters,
and encryption encoding.
Control Channel In a trunking system, one of the channels that
is used to provide a continuous, two-way/data
communications path between the central
controller and all radios on the system.
Conventional Typically refers to radio-to-radio
communications, sometimes through a
repeater. (See Trunking.)