User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
- Computer Software Copyrights
- Documentation Copyrights
- Disclaimer
- Important Rebanding Information
- Contents
- General Radio Operation
- Notations Used in This Manual
- XTS 2500 / XTS 2500I Model III Radio
- Physical Features of the XTS 2500 / XTS 2500I Model III Radio
- Programmable Features
- Display
- Backlight
- Status Symbols
- Menu Entry (Softkey)
- Menu Select Buttons
- Home Button (h)
- App Button (TMS Feature 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
- 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
- ARS User Login and Text Messaging Features
- Helpful Tips
- Accessories
- Appendix: Maritime Radio Use in the VHF Frequency Range
- Glossary
- Commercial Warranty
- Index
ASTRO XTS 2500 / XTS 2500I Model III 15
General Radio Operation
A Group of
Medium-
Pitched
Tone s
Failsoft when the trunking system fails.
Automatic
Call Back
when the voice channel is available
from the previous request.
Talk Permit (When pressing the PTT button)
verifies the system is accepting
transmissions.
Console
Acknowledge
when a status, emergency alarm, or
reprogram request acknowledgment
is received.
Received
Individual Call
when a Call Alert, or Private
Conversation Call is received.
Call Alert
Sent
when a Call Alert is received by the
target radio.
Short, High-
Pitched Tone
(Chirp)
Low-Battery
Chirp
when the battery is below the preset
threshold value.
Ringing
Fast Ringing when the system is searching for the
Private Conversation Call target
radio.
Enhanced
Call Sent
when waiting for the Private
Conversation Call target radio to
respond to the call.
Phone Call
Received
when a landline phone call is
received.
Gurgle Dynamic
Regrouping
when the PTT button is pressed, a
dynamic ID has been received.
Unique, low-
pitched chirp
New
Message
when a new message is received.
Table 6: Alert Tones (Continued)
You hear: Tone Name Heard: