User's Manual

ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with W4, W5, W7, and W9 9
Introduction
Sound similar
to a telephone
busy signal
System Busy Indicates, when you press the
microphone push-to-talk (PTT) button,
that you cannot transmit because all
system radio channels are in use.
Release the PTT button and wait for call
back.
A series of
three short,
high-pitched
tones
Automatic Call
Back
Indicate that a channel is now available
for your previously requested
transmission.
A series of
three short,
high-pitched
tones (same
as automatic
call back)
Talk Permit
(optional)
Indicate, when you press the
microphone PTT button, that the system
is accepting your transmission.
Continuous,
low-pitched
tone
Talk-Prohibit/
Out-of-Range
Indicates, when you press the
microphone PTT button, that either you
are out of the range of the trunked radio
system, or the system is out of service,
or the channel is busy with the Smart
PTT feature enabled.
Single, high-
pitched tone
every ten
seconds
Failsoft In an unmuted receive condition,
indicates a trunked system central
controller failure. The radio reverts from
trunked operation to a system similar to
conventional radio repeater operation.
Other system users can be heard
sharing the channel.
Tone Type Name Description