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 15
Basic Operating Procedures
Transmit (Conventional Modes Only)
Transmit (Trunked Modes Only)
1 Lift the microphone off-hook, and listen for activity on that mode.
2 If you hear no activity, press and hold the microphone PTT
button.
1 Lift the microphone off-hook, and press the microphone PTT
button.
2 Do one of the following:
• If you hear three quick tones, or if you hear no tone and the
red XMIT (transmit) indicator lights steadily, proceed with
your message.
Release the PTT button to receive.
OR
• If you hear a continuous low-pitched tone, you are out of the
system's range.
The red XMIT indicator may flash several times as the radio
tries to access the system.
Release the PTT button and try again when the vehicle is
driven within range of the system.