User guide

ASTRO
®
Digital Spectra
®
and Digital Spectra Plus
W4 Mobile Radio
Quick Reference Card
BASIC OPERATION
Turn the Radio On and Off
Set the Volume and Squelch
Change Modes
Transmit
Transmit (Conventional Modes)
Activate Scan
Program a Scan List
Select Scan Mode Priority
PHONE
PAGE
or
SECURE
or
EMERGENCY
Page
Emer
CALL DIRECT
XMIT
BUSY
Mode
Volume
Pwr
Phon
Call SelScan
Mic
Home
Dim
H/L
Dir Mon
SCAN SELECT MONITOR
MODE
KNOB
POWER ON/OFF/
VOLUME KNOB
HOME
HORN/
LIGHTS
PRIORITY/
NON-PRIORITY
INDICATORS
DIRECT
INDICATOR
Rotate the Vol (Volume) knob clockwise.
1 Turn the Vol knob clockwise to increase volume or
counterclockwise to decrease volume as desired.
2 On conventional modes with Private-Line or Digital
Private-Line, press Mon or remove the microphone
from the hang-up clip to defeat the coded squelch.
3 Press Mon again, or replace the microphone on the
hang-up clip to return to coded-squelch operation.
4 To adjust squelch level, hold Mon until a tone sounds.
5 Turn Mode knob to select squelch level.
6 Press Home.
Turn the Mode knob to select the desired mode
OR
Press Home to access the preprogrammed Home
mode.
1 Press and hold the microphone PTT button.
2 When the transmit light comes on solid and no alert
tones sound (or a talk-permit tone or ID sidetone
sounds), speak into the microphone in a normal voice.
3 State your FCC call sign at the beginning of each
transmission.
1 Press Dir (Direct). The Dir indicator lights.
2 Press Dir again to return to repeater operation.
1 Press Scan to start a scan. If no activity exists, the
display shows your selected mode. When a scanned
channel or talkgroup becomes active, the display
shows the active mode name. The PRI and NPRI
indicators show priority.
2 Press Scan again to stop scanning.
1 Hold Scan until a tone sounds and the scan indicator
blinks.
2 Turn the Mode knob to select the mode you want to
program.
3 Press the Sel button as indicated in the table below to
add or remove the displayed mode from the scan list.
4 Repeat the previous steps to continue editing the list.
5 Press Home or Scan to exit.
Press Sel Mode Indicator
One time Non-Priority NPRI lit
Two times Second Priority PRI lit
Three times First Priority PRI blinks
Four times Delete from List No indicator
1 Press the Sel button as indicated in the table above
to designate up to two modes as priorities.
2 Press Home or Scan to end scan list selection.