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
- Control Head Front Foldout
- Inside Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Basic Operating Procedures
- General Radio Features
- Often-used Features
- Emergency Call and Alarm
- Scan Operation
- Turn On Scan
- Turn Scan On While Disregarding the Squelch Code (Conventional Modes Only)
- View a Scan List
- Transmit While Scan Is On
- Temporarily Delete a Nuisance Mode With Scan On (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Restore a Nuisance Mode (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Change Mode Priorities While Scan Is On (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Restore Mode Priorities in a Scan List (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Program a Scan List
- Hang Up Box (HUB)
- Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights)
- Time-Out Timer
- Push-To-Talk Identification (PTT-ID)
- Conventional Radio Features
- Trunking Operation
- Features Used on Trunking Systems
- Telephone Interconnect List
- Unlimited Telephone Interconnect (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Enhanced Private Conversation (Digital Modes Only)
- Call Alert Page (Digital Modes Only)
- Failsoft
- Dynamic Regrouping (Digital Modes Only)
- SmartZone® (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only)
- Out-of-Range Indication
- Trunked Announcement
- Secure Operation
- Troubleshooting
- Glossary
- Index
- Control Head Back Foldout
- W7 Quick Reference Card
- W9 Quick Reference Card
- Back Cover
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General Radio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Often-used Features ........................................................................19
Emergency Call and Alarm ..............................................................20
Emergency Call .........................................................................20
Initiate an Emergency Alarm .....................................................21
Initiate an Emergency Call ........................................................22
Initiate an Emergency Call and Alarm .......................................23
Initiate a Silent Emergency Alarm .............................................24
Special Considerations for Emergencies ..................................25
Scan Operation ................................................................................26
Turn On Scan ............................................................................27
Turn Scan On While Disregarding the Squelch Code (Convention-
al Modes Only) .......................................................................28
View a Scan List .......................................................................29
Transmit While Scan Is On .......................................................30
Temporarily Delete a Nuisance Mode With Scan On (W7 and W9
Control Heads Only) ..............................................................31
Restore a Nuisance Mode
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................32
Change Mode Priorities While Scan Is On
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................33
Restore Mode Priorities in a Scan List
(W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) .........................................33
Program a Scan List .................................................................34
Hang Up Box (HUB) ..................................................................36
Optional External Alarms (Horn and Lights) ....................................36
Activate the External Alarm(s) ..................................................36
Change the Selected Alarms ....................................................38
Receiving a Call While Alarms Are Turned On .........................39
Time-Out Timer ................................................................................40
Push-To-Talk Identification (PTT-ID) ................................................40
Conventional Radio Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Features Used in Conventional Operation ......................................41
Status Calls (Digital Modes Only) ....................................................42
Send a Status Call (W7 and W9 Control Heads Only) ..............42
Send a Direct-Entry Keyboard (DEK) Status
(Digital Modes Only) ..............................................................44
Smart PTT .......................................................................................45
Conventional Talkgroup Calls ..........................................................45