User`s guide
  XR500 User’s Guide  5Introduction 
User Options
The User Options allow you to make adjustments to your keypad to 
best Þ t your environment and needs. 
To access the User Options portion of the keypad, press and hold 
the Back Arrow and COMMAND keys for two seconds. The keypad 
display changes to SET BRIGHTNESS. Press the COMMAND key to 
display the next option or the Back Arrow key to exit. 
Backlighting Brightness
Set the brightness level of the keypad LCD, AC LED, and the Green 
keyboard backlighting. At the SET BRIGHTNESS display, use the left 
Select key to lower the keypad brightness. Use the right Select key 
to increase the brightness. 
Note: If the brightness level is lowered, it temporarily reverts back 
to maximum intensity whenever a key is pressed. 
Internal Speaker Tone
Set the tone of the keypad internal speaker. At the SET TONE 
display, use the top left Select key to make the tone lower. Use 
the right Select key to make the tone higher. 
Volume level
Set the volume level of the keypad internal speaker for key presses 
and prewarn conditions. During alarm, trouble, and prewarn 
conditions, the volume is always at maximum level. At SET VOLUME 
LEVEL, use the left Select key to lower the keypad volume. Use the 
right Select key to raise the volume. 
Model Number
The keypad’s model number, Þ rmware version, and date display, 
but cannot be changed. 
Keypad Address
The keypad’s current address displays, but cannot be changed.  
Press the Back Arrow key to exit the User Options function. 
Special  Security Command Tones
Your keypad also contains a small speaker that alerts you about 
events as they occur on your system. 
Fire Alarm tone: An intermittent sweeping siren that sounds until 
the Þ re alarm is silenced. From LCD keypads only.
Burglary Alarm tone: A constant siren tone that continues until the 
alarm is silenced. From LCD keypads only.
Key press tone: A short beep each time you press a key on the 
keypad and it is acknowledged by the system.
Prewarn tone: A continuous pulsed tone that sounds when you 
open an entry delay door on a system that is armed (turned on) 
reminding you to disarm the burglary protection.
Monitor tone: A pulsed tone for one second, one pulse only that 
sounds whenever a door or window is opened while you are using 
the zone monitor function from the User Menu. LCD keypads sound 
a doorbell chime. See Zone Monitor.
Trouble tone: A steady tone indicating a trouble condition on your 
system. Press a Select key to silence.
What to do when the trouble tone sounds
You can silence the trouble tone by pressing any key. This only 
silences the keypad and does not correct the condition that 
originally caused the trouble.










