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 53
Common Radio Features
Telephone Calls (Trunking Only)
Use your radio to make and receive standard phone calls. A landline
phone can be used to call a radio, or a radio can be used to call a
landline phone.
Answer a Phone Call
Use the Preprogrammed Call Response Button
1 When a phone call is
received, you hear a
telephone-type ringing, the
LED blinks GREEN, the
call-received symbol (m)
blinks, and PHONE CALL is
displayed.
• Telephone ringing
• Flashing GREEN LED
2 Press the Call Response
button within 20 seconds
after the call indicators
begin.
3 Press and hold the PTT
button to talk; release it to
listen.
4 Press h to hang up and
return to the home display.
m
PHONE CALL