User`s guide

ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with O5 Control Head 13
Basic Operating Procedures
Selecting or Changing a Mode in the Current Zone
Selecting or Changing to a Mode Not in the Current
Zone
To access a mode in the current zone, do the following:
• Rotate the Mode knob until the display shows the desired
mode name.
OR
1 Press and hold  to scroll to the CHAN softkey.
2 Press the below CHAN.
The display shows the current zone and mode.
3 Rotate the Mode Knob until the desired channel in the
current zone is displayed.
4 Press the or PTT button to save the displayed
channel as the new home (default) channel.
The channel name stops flashing once it is saved.
5 Press the PTT button to begin transmitting on the
displayed zone and mode.
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:
• Select a desired zone (page 12).
• Select a desired mode in the current zone (page 13).