ASTRO Digital XTS 2500 Model III 67
Common Radio Features
Phone Call Display and Alert Prompts
• When you press the PTT 
button and the phone system 
is not available, a long tone 
sounds.
• When a channel is not 
available, a busy tone sounds.
The radio will automatically 
connect  when a channel 
opens.
• When the phone system is 
busy, a long tone sounds.
Exit the phone mode and try 
your call later.
• The system does not 
acknowledge your call.
• If 123+21( or 12$&.12:/'* 
is displayed, or after you finish 
your call, press 
h or the PTT 
button, to hang up. Radio 
returns to the home display.
Notes: • You might need to dial an extension number after you 
reach the number you called.
• A high-pitched tone, generated when you release the PTT 
button, indicates to the landline party that he or she can 
begin talking. 
• You have the option of sending additional digits (overdial), 
such as credit card or PIN numbers, to the phone system. 
If the radio is programmed for live overdial, every digit 
entered after the call is connected is sent to the phone 
system.
• If the radio is programmed for buffered overdial, the digits 
pressed are entered into memory and then sent when the 
PTT button is pressed. Press the PTT to send either digits 
or voice, but not both at the same time.
123+21(
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12$&.12:/'*