Operator's Manual
Table Of Contents
- INTRODUCTION 4
- Basic Operation
- Front Panel & Controls
- The Home Page
- Setting the Display Brightness
- Setting the Volume Level
- Selecting a Preset Channel Using the Cursor/Value Knob
- Selecting a Channel Using the Keypad
- Selecting a Channel by Alphanumeric Identifier
- Selecting the Manual Channel
- Using the Direct/Repeat Feature
- Receiving/Transmitting
- Enabling/Disabling Transceivers
- Using The Edit Page
- Enhanced System Features
- Encryption Features
- Programming Preset Channels
- Configuring the C-5000
- RSS SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION AND PROGRAMMING
- Glossary
- Appendix A – CTCSS (PL) Tone Codes
- Appendix B – Mode 2 Operation
C-5000 Operator’s Manual
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The Home Page
The HOME PAGE is the primary operational page of the C-5000. The HOME PAGE becomes visible when the C-
5000 is ready for user input, immediately after the power up and initialization sequences have completed. The C-
5000 can control two radios. When viewing the HOME PAGE, Radio 1 is always displayed on the top line. Radio
2 is always displayed on the bottom line. Virtually all keypad-initiated operations are performed on the radio under
cursor control. The radio under cursor control in the radio whose line the cursor is currently located on. The cursor
can be quickly toggled between radios (display lines) by pressing the ENTER button.
The following illustration is an example of what the HOME PAGE looks like.
1 123
→
→→
→
LUKEAFB TWR1
2
φ
φφ
φ
..1 TACTICAL-001
Main/Guard Status Fields – These fields display symbols indicating the current status of all the available
transceivers in the system. The symbols are as follows.
.
– Indicates a radio is available, but not enabled.
►
– Indicates a radio is transmitting.
1
– Indicates radio 1 is available and enabled.
2
– Indicates radio 2 is available and enabled.
1
– Indicates radio 1 is receiving.
2
– Indicates radio 2 is receiving.
Encryption Status Field – This field displays the encryption indicator symbol (
φ
φφ
φ
) when encryption is turned on, or
a blank if encryption is turned off.
Channel Selection Field – This field displays the currently selected channel.
Direct Mode Status Field – This field displays the direct mode indicator symbol (→
→→
→) when the current channel is a
direct channel, or the channel has been forced to be a direct channel by pressing the DIR button.
Alphanumeric Identifier Field – This field displays the 12 character name of the currently selected channel, unless
the manual channel is selected, in which case the manual channel’s receive frequency will be displayed.
You can always get back to the HOME PAGE by pressing the HOME
button one or more times.
Main/Guard
Status Field
Encryption
Status Field
Channel Selection Field
Direct Mode
Status Field
Alphanumeric
Identifier Field