User`s guide

ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with O5 Control Head 15

Basic Operating Procedures

Transmitting (Conventional Modes Only)

Transmitting (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, then proceed

with your message.

Release the PTT button to receive.

• If you hear a continuous low-pitched tone, you are out of the

system's range.

The display area may indicate “OUT OF RANGE“ in the text

display area.

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.