ASTRO
®
XTLâ„¢ 5000 Digital
Mobile Radios with W5
Control Head
Quick Reference Card
Product Safety and RF Exposure Compliance
ATTENTION!
This radio is restricted to occupational use only to satisfy
FCC RF energy exposure requirements. Before using this
product, read the RF energy awareness information and
operating instructions in the Product Safety and RF
Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio (Motorola
Publication part number 6881095C99) to ensure
compliance with RF energy exposure limits.
BASIC OPERATION
Turning the Radio On and Off
Setting the Volume and Squelch
Changing Modes
Transmittingt
Transmitting (Conventional Modes)
Activating Scan
Programming a Scan List
Selecting Scan Mode Priority
Before using this product, read the operating instructions
for safe usage contained in the Product Safety and RF
Exposure booklet enclosed with your radio.
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a u t i o
Mode
Vol
Mic
Phon
Call Sel
H/L Mon Dir
PWR
Scan
XMIT
BUSY
DIM
HOME
MODE
POWER
ON/OFF
PAGE
or
SECURE
or
EMERGENCY
Page
Emer
PHONE
SCAN
CALL
SELECT
VOLUME
PRIORITY/
NON-PRIORITY
INDICATORS
DIRECT
INDICATOR
HORN/
LIGHTS
MONITOR
DIRECT
HOME
Press the PWR button once.
1 Hold the Vol rocker switch down to increase or
decrease volume as desired, then release.
The display shows volume levels from 0 to 15.
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 Press the Mode rocker switch to select squelch level.
6 Press HOME.
Press the Mode rocker switch 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 Press the Mode rocker switch 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.