User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- ASTRO® XTL™ 5000 Mobile Radio with W4, W5, W7, and W9 Control Heads User's Guide
- Front Cover
- W4 Quick Reference Card
- W5 Quick Reference Card
- W4 and W5 Control Heads Foldout Page
- Inside Title Page
- Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
- Computer Software Copyrights
- Documentation Copyrights
- Disclaimer
- Notations Used in this Manual
- Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Operating Procedures
- General Radio Features
- Often-used Features
- Emergency Call and Alarm
- Scan Operation
- Turning On Scan
- Turning Scan On While Disregarding the Squelch Code (Conventional Modes Only)
- Viewing a Scan List
- Transmitting While Scan Is On
- Temporarily Deleting a Nuisance Mode With Scan On (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Restoring a Nuisance Mode (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Changing Mode Priorities While Scan Is On (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Restoring Mode Priorities in a Scan List (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Programming a Scan List
- Hang Up Box (HUB)
- Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights)
- Time-Out Timer
- Push-To-Talk Identification (PTT-ID)
- Telephone Interconnect List (Conventional and Trunking)
- Unlimited Telephone Interconnect (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Call Alert Page (Conventional and Trunking— Digital Modes Only)
- Conventional Radio Features
- Trunking Operation
- Secure Operation
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
- W7 and W9 Control Heads Foldout Page
- W7 Quick Reference Card
- W9 Quick Reference Card
- Back Cover
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Index
control head
operation ...................................5
status display .............................8
conventional
channel ......................................7
mode .......................................15
scan list ...................................26
selecting talkgroup ...................62
talkaround ................................64
talkgroup calls ..........................62
conventional mode, monitoring
activity ........................................17
current zone
change mode ...........................13
select mode .............................13
D
Del button ....................................31
delete
nuisance mode ........................31
scan list channel ......................35
digital trunking system
considerations ...........................95
Dim (dimmer) button ...................39
direct-entry keyboard, send
status .........................................60
display, brightness adjustment ......6
dynamic regrouping
receiving an ID assignment .....82
requesting ................................83
E
edit name in list ...............47, 55, 79
embedded signaling ......................2
emergencies, special
considerations ...........................25
emergency call
initiating ...................................22
trunking ....................................20
emergency call and alarm
description ...............................20
initiating ...................................23
encryption key
index selection ........................99
selecting ..................................97
Enhanced Private Conversation
answer a call .....................66, 75
description ...............................74
initiate call .........................67, 76
select unit to call ................67, 76
entering keypad characters ........49
external alarms ...........................36
activate non-permanent horn and
lights ......................................36
activate permanent horn and
lights ......................................37
non-rearmable .........................39
rearmable ................................39
F
failsoft .........................................81
FLASHport technology ..................3
frequency ranges
800 MHz ....................................2
G
glossary ....................................101
H
hang time ....................................27
hang up box (HUB) .....................36
Home
mode, selecting .......................14
horn and lights alarms ................36
HUB (hang up box) .....................36
I
identification, radio ........................4
indicator
N PRI (non-priority) .................27
Phone ......................................44
PRI (priority) ............................27
scan ........................................27
initiate
emergency alarm ....................21