User's Guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Legal and Support
- Radio Care
- Radio Overview
- Getting Started
- Home Screen Overview
- General Radio Operation
- 5.1 Selecting Zones
- 5.2 Selecting Channels
- 5.3 Mode Select Feature
- 5.4 Selecting the Power Level
- 5.5 Selecting a Radio Profile
- 5.6 Enabling and Disabling the Radio Alias
- 5.7 Adjusting the Display Backlight
- 5.8 Editing the Time and Date
- 5.9 Locking and Unlocking the Controls
- 5.10 Setting the Tones for Controls and Buttons
- 5.11 Setting the Voice Mute
- 5.12 Using the Time-Out Timer
- 5.13 Adjusting the Squelch Level
- 5.14 Conventional Squelch Operation
- 5.15 Using the PL Disable Feature
- 5.16 Digital PTT ID Support
- 5.17 General Radio Information
- Trunking System Controls
- Types of Radio Calls
- Emergency Operation
- Fireground
- Tactical Public Safety (Conventional Only)
- Man Down (Fall Alert)
- Secure Operations
- Scan
- Scan Lists
- Connectivity
- Location
- Mission Critical Geofence (ASTRO 25 Trunking)
- Contacts
- Recent Calls
- Sending Status
- Call Alert Paging
- Automatic Registration Service
- User Login Feature
- Text Messaging Service
- Monitor Feature
- Remote Monitor
- Transmit Inhibit
- Dynamic Regrouping (Trunking Only)
- Dynamic Zone Programming
- Zone-to-Zone Cloning
- Radio Kill
- Radio Inhibit
- Voice Announcement
- Site Selectable Alerts
- Additional Performance Enhancement
Function Description
Channel Announcement Allows you to hear the Voice Announcement audio file that is
assigned to the radio's current channel/mode.
Channel Up/Down Allows you to scroll up or down to other channels within the
current Zone.
Contacts Allows you to access the Contacts menu.
Dual Tone Multiple Frequency
(DTMF) Tone
Allows you to send out DTMF code of the assigned DTMF
value. For example, when DTMF Tone 9 is selected, you can
send out DTMF Tone 9.
Dynamic ID (Conventional Only) Allows you to edit the ASTRO Individual ID and/or MDC
Primary ID of the radio.
NOTE:
If the Dynamic ID menu key is not programmed
in the radio, use dongle to display the menu key.
Press the menu key and enter the password to
view or edit the ASTRO Individual ID and/or MDC
Primary ID of the radio.
If the password is not programmed, press the
menu key to directly view or edit the ASTRO Indi-
vidual ID and/or MDC Primary ID of the radio.
Dynamic Priority (Conventional
Only)
Allows any channel in a Scan List (except for a Priority-One
channel) to temporarily replace the Priority-Two channel.
Emergency Allows you to send or cancel Emergency Alarm to the dis-
patcher.
Info Allows you to display the Radio Information, Internet Proto-
col (IP) Display, SIM Status, Control Assignments and Soft
ID (if enabled).
Internet Protocol (IP) Allows you to display the IP address.
Keypad/Control Lock Toggles the keypad/control to lock or unlock.
Light/Flip To turn on the display backlight on and off, press the button.
Location Displays the current location (latitude, longitude, time, and
date), and also the distance and bearing to another location,
or toggles GPS/Location between on and off.
Man Down Clear Allows you to clear and deactivate the Man Down (Fall Alert)
Emergency mode alarm.
Message Allows you to access the message list.
Monitor (Conventional Only) Monitors a selected channel for all radio traffic until the func-
tion is disabled.
MS01–MS13 Allows you to program these buttons with frequently used or
any desired zone and channel combination.
Multiple Private Line (Conventional
Only)
Allows you to access the Multiple Private Line lists.
Nuisance Delete Temporarily removes an unwanted channel from scan list,
except for priority channels and the designated transmit
channel.
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