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
Answering a Phone Call in Trunked Modes
Making a Call (Trunked Modes Only)
Alarm and Call
Sending a Status Transmission
Sending a Direct-Entry Keyboard Status
Transmission
Initiating an Enhanced Private Conversation Call
Initiating a Private Conversation II
Initiating a Call Alert Page
Answering a Call Alert Page
Answering a Private Conversation Call
When a call is received, ringing tones are heard from
the speaker, and the display shows
PHONE.
1 Press PHON and begin your conversation.
2 Press Home to hang up.
A tone sounds and the display alternates between
EMERGENCY and the zone/channel.
1 Press the PTT button and talk.
2 After completing the call, press and hold the
emergency actuator until a tone sounds to return to
normal operation.
After the display shows ACK RCVD, your radio has
priority voice-channel access.
1 Press the PTT button and talk.
2 After completing the call, press and hold the
emergency actuator until a tone sounds to return to
normal operation.
1 Press Sts. The display shows the last acknowledged
status or first status name.
2 Press the Mode rocker switch or use the keypad to
select other statuses.
3 Press Sel or the PTT button to send the
transmission. The display flashes the
PLEASE WAIT
until the dispatcher acknowledges, at which time alert
tones sound and the display shows
ACK RCVD. The
radio then returns to normal operation.
Press the appropriate Sts # button that you wish to
send. The associated indicator blinks until an
acknowledgment is received, then it lights steadily.
1 Press Sel or the PTT button. A single tone sounds
and the display changes to
PLEASE WAIT, followed
by telephone-type ringing if the receiving unit is in
service.
2 If the receiving unit answers, press the PTT button to
identify yourself and proceed with your call.
OR
If the called unit does not respond, press
Sel or the
PTT button again to leave a Call Alert page message
and your ID.
A single tone followed by four tones sounds if the
called unit acknowledges the page.
1 Press the PTT button to initiate a Private
Conversation I or II call.
2 Pause for a second, then begin the conversation.
3 Press Home or Call to hang up.
1 Press the Page button.
2 Follow the instructions for initiating an Enhanced
Private Conversation to select a unit ID.
3 Press Sel or the PTT button to send a Call Alert page
to the ID in the display,
OR
To send a Call Alert page following an Enhanced
Private Conversation attempt, follow the instructions
for sending an Enhanced Private Conversation call.
Four tones sound and PAGE RCV flashes on the
display.
1 Press either the microphone PTT button or the Call
button to clear the Call Alert state.
Two tones sound and CALL RCV flashes on the
display.
1 Press the Call button.
2 Press the microphone PTT button, and speak into
the microphone.
3 Press Home or Call to hang up.