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 67
Conventional Radio Features
Initiating a Selective Call
To initiate a Selective Call, select a unit to call, then place the call.
1 Press .
The Call indicator lights, and the display shows the last
transmitted/received unit ID number.
2 Select a unit in one of the following ways:
• From the ID number list:
– Do nothing if you want to call the unit ID currently
displayed.
OR
– Use the prestored list by turning the Mode knob (W4) or
by pressing the Mode rocker switch (W5, W7, W9) to
locate the name/ID you want to call.
OR
– Press the Mode up
rocker switch once, and then use
the keypad to directly advance to the desired list
member.
OR
– Enter, using the keypad, the ID of the desired unit.
Note: Using the keypad to enter the ID of another unit can only be
accomplished from the first display shown when CALL was
entered. If the list has been entered, scroll to the first display.
3 Press or the microphone PTT button.
A telephone-type ringing sounds if the unit you are calling is in
service. The display shows
PLS WAIT (W4, W5, W7) or PLEASE
WAIT
(W9).
Call
Sel