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
6
Introduction
Setting the Volume
Adjusting the Display Brightness
Choose one of the following:
• W4 Control Head: Rotate the Volume knob clockwise to
increase the volume and counterclockwise to decrease the
volume.
A volume indication
(0-15) appears on the display; for example,
VOL 10.
• W5, W7, and W9 Control Heads: Press and hold the Vol
rocker switch.
A volume indication
(0-15) appears on the display. For example,
VOL 10 (W5, W7) or VOLUME 10 (W9).
Hold the button until the sound level increases (or
decreases) to the desired level.
Press the dimmer button (Dim on W4, or DIM on W5, W7, and
W9) to change the display brightness to one of four levels:
• Off to high
• High to medium
• Medium to low
• Low to off.
In Off, both the display and backlight are off (used for
surveillance operations).