User`s guide
ASTRO XTL 5000 Digital Mobile Radio with W3 Control Head 35
Common Radio Features
Types of Scan
Your XTL 5000 radio can monitor traffic on many different channels 
by scanning a list containing as many as 15 conventional or trunked 
modes. Up to 32 different scan lists are available per radio. Setting 
the modes to be scanned is programmed in advance by a qualified 
radio technician.
Types of Scan Lists
List Type Description
Trunking Priority Scan All modes in the list are from the same 
trunking system.
Conventional Only conventional modes are in the list.
Talkgroup Scan Conventional and Trunking modes from 
one trunking system are in the list. Priority 
scan operation is not available.
Types of Scanning
Type Description
Priority-One One member of the scan list is chosen as 
the priority-one member. You hear all of the 
traffic on the priority-one channel, even if 
the non-priority channels in the scan list 
have traffic on them.
Priority-Two
AND
Non-Priority
In addition to the priority-one channel, a 
second channel can be assigned as a 
priority-two channel. The remaining 
members in the scan list can be 
programmed as non-priority members of 
the scan list.










