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
Select a Zone/Mode (Optional)
Select a Home Zone/Home Mode
Select Secure Mode
Select an Encryption Key
Select a Key Index
Erase an Encryption Key
DISPLAY AND LIGHT INDICATORS
1 Press the Zone Up button or Zone Down
button to scroll to the desired zone.
2 Press the Mode rocker button to select the mode.
Press the HOME button.
Press and release the D button. The D indicator
lights up.
1 Press and hold the D button until a tone sounds.
2 Press the Mode rocker button to scroll to KEY SEL.
3 Press Sel to enter the Key Selection Menu.
4 Press the Mode rocker button to select the desired
key.
5 Press Sel to select the key.
6 Press HOME or the PTT button to quit.
1 Press and hold the D button until a tone sounds.
2 Press the Mode rocker button to scroll to INDX SEL.
3 Press Sel to enter the Index Selection Menu.
4 Press the Mode rocker button to select the desired
index.
5 Press Sel to select the index.
6 Press HOME or the PTT button to quit.
1 Press and hold the D button until a tone sounds.
2 Press the Mode rocker button to scroll to ERASE KY.
3 Press Sel to enter the Key Erase Menu.
4 Press the Mode rocker button to select the desired
index.
5 Press Sel to select the index.
6 Press HOME or the PTT button to quit.
Display/Light Meaning
BUSY light on The conventional mode in the
display has activity on it, or
selected trunked system is
currently busy. Wait for callback.
XMIT light on Indicates you are transmitting.
Dir indicator lit Radio is in direct (mobile-to-
mobile) operation.
PRI, NPRI
indicators lit
The display shows the mode in the
scan list with the indicated priority
level.
P displayed Telephone dialing pause. Press
Sel to continue the dialing.
NO ACK displayed Unit being called with the
Enhanced Private Conversation or
Call Alert Page feature is not in
service, or emergency alarm or
status/message transmission is
not acknowledged by dispatcher.
NO ANSWR
displayed
Unit being called with Enhanced
Private Conversation or Call Alert
Page does not respond, but is
operational.
EMERGNCY
displayed
Radio is in emergency alarm or
call state.
NO EMERG
displayed
A mode incapable of emergency
transmission has been selected.
OUT RNG displayed Radio is out of range of the
trunking system.