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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Initiating an Emergency Call .....................................................22
Initiating an Emergency Call and Alarm ....................................23
Initiating a Silent Emergency Alarm ..........................................24
Special Considerations for Emergencies ..................................25
Scan Operation ................................................................................26
Turning On Scan .......................................................................27
Turning Scan On While Disregarding the Squelch Code
(Conventional Modes Only) ...................................................28
Viewing a Scan List ...................................................................29
Transmitting While Scan Is On .................................................30
Temporarily Deleting a Nuisance Mode With Scan On
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................31
Restoring a Nuisance Mode
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................32
Changing Mode Priorities While Scan Is On
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................33
Restoring Mode Priorities in a Scan List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................33
Programming a Scan List ..........................................................34
Hang Up Box (HUB) ..................................................................36
Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights) ....................................36
Activating the External Alarm(s) ................................................36
Changing the Selected Alarms .................................................38
Receiving a Call While Alarms Are Turned On .........................39
Time-Out Timer ................................................................................40
Push-To-Talk Identification (PTT-ID) ................................................40
Telephone Interconnect List (Conventional and Trunking) ..............41
Answering a Phone Call ............................................................42
Initiating a Telephone Call From the List ..................................42
Unlimited Telephone Interconnect
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ..................................................44
Calling a Phone Number Not in the List ....................................44
Storing a Number in the List .....................................................46
Edit a Name in the List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................47
Call Alert Page (Conventional and Trunking— Digital Modes Only) 50
Sending a Call Alert Page .........................................................51
Answering a Call Alert Page .....................................................53
Storing a Unit ID Number In the List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................54