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
ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with W4, W5, W7, and W9 13
Basic Operating Procedures
Select or Change a Mode in the Current Zone
Select or Change to a Mode Not in the Current Zone
To access a mode in the current zone, do one of the following:
• W4 Control Head: Turn the Mode knob until the display
shows the desired mode name.
• W5 Control Head: Press the Mode rocker button until the
display shows the desired mode name.
• W7 and W9 Control Heads:
1. Press and hold the HOME button.The zone/mode flashes.
2. Release the HOME button.
3. Enter the number by the keypad, and press the HOME
button again.
1 To access a mode that is not in the current zone, press the
Zone up
button or Zone down button to move to the zone
containing the mode.
Note: The Zone up
and Zone down buttons are optional
buttons included with the radio when zone/mode is ordered.
2 Do one of the following:
• W4 Control Head: Turn the Mode knob to select the desired
mode.
• W5, W7, and W9 Control Heads: Press the Mode rocker
button to select the desired mode.