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
ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with W4, W5, W7, and W9 ix
Editing a Name in the List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ......................................... 55
Conventional Radio Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Features Used in Conventional Operation ...................................... 57
Status Calls (Digital Modes Only) .................................................... 58
Sending a Status Call (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ........58
Sending a Direct-Entry Keyboard (DEK) Status
(Digital Modes Only) .............................................................. 60
Smart PTT .......................................................................................61
Conventional Talkgroup Calls ......................................................... 62
Digital Modes Only ................................................................... 62
Selecting a Conventional Talkgroup .........................................62
Conventional Talkaround ................................................................ 64
Talk Direct (Mobile-To-Mobile) ................................................. 64
Selective Call (Digital Modes Only) ................................................. 65
Answering a Selective Call .......................................................66
Initiating a Selective Call ..........................................................67
Viewing Your Unit ID Number ...................................................69
Storing a Unit ID Number in the List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ......................................... 70
Editing a Name in the List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ......................................... 71
Trunking Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Features Used on Trunking Systems .............................................. 73
Enhanced Private Conversation (Digital Modes Only) .................... 74
Answering an Enhanced Private Conversation Call .................75
Initiating an Enhanced Private Conversation Call .................... 76
Storing a Unit ID Number In the
Private Conversation List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ......................................... 78
Editing a Name in the
Private Conversation List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ......................................... 79
Failsoft .............................................................................................81
Dynamic Regrouping (Digital Modes Only) ..................................... 82
Receiving a Dynamic Regrouping ID Assignment
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ......................................... 82
Selecting Enable and Disable (Digital Modes Only) .................83