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 39
General Radio Features
Receiving a Call While Alarms Are Turned On
When a call is received, the vehicle’s horn sounds for four seconds,
and/or the car lights turn on for 60 seconds. The time interval can be
modified by a qualified radio technician.
The display alternates between the type of call received (CALL,
PAGE, or PHONE) and the selected mode name.
Turn Off Non-Rearmable External Alarm
Turn Off Rearmable External Alarms
1 To turn off the external alarm(s), press the PTT button or any
control-head button.
Note: Pressing the Call, Page, or Phon button will turn off the
external alarm(s) and place you directly in that feature.
The Vol rocker button (or knob) and the Dim button have no
effect on the state of the external alarm(s).
2 To rearm the horn and lights feature, press the H/L button
momentarily.
To turn off the external alarm(s), press the PTT button or any
control head button other than the H/L button.
Pressing the Call, Page, or Phon button turns off the external
alarm(s) and places you directly in that feature. When the
external alarm(s) are turned off, they will be automatically
rearmed.
Note: Pressing the H/L button turns off the external alarm(s) and
exits the horn and lights feature. To rearm the feature, press
the H/L button momentarily.
The Vol rocker button (or knob) and the Dim button have no
effect on the state of the external alarms.