Turning Horns/Lights On or Off | Motorola XPR 5550 specification

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Turning Horns/Lights On or Off

Your radio is able to notify you of an incoming call via the horns and lights feature. When activated, an incoming call sounds your vehicle's horn and turns on its lights.

This feature needs to be installed through your radio’s rear accessory connector by your dealer.

Procedure:

Press the programmed Horns/Lights button to toggle horns and lights feature on or off.

OR

Follow the procedure below.

1g to access the menu.

2f or h to Utilities and press g to select.

3f or h to Radio Settings and press g to select.

4f or h to Horns/Lights and press g to select.

5Press g to enable Horns/Lights. The display shows 9 beside Enabled.

OR

Press g to disable Horns/Lights. The 9 disappears from beside Enabled

Turning the Public Address System On or Off

You can enable and disable the radio’s internal public address (PA) system.

Procedure:

Press the programmed PA On/Off button to toggle the feature on or off.

Turning the External Public Address System On or Off

You can enable or disable the audio routing between the connected public address (PA) loudspeaker amplifier and the radio’s internal public address (PA) system.

Procedure:

Press the programmed Ext PA On/Off button to toggle the feature on or off.

Setting the Squelch Level

You can adjust your radio's squelch level to filter out unwanted calls with low signal strength or channels that have a higher than normal background noise.

Settings: Normal is the default. Tight filters out (unwanted) calls and/or background noise. However, calls from remote locations may also be filtered out.

Procedure:

Press the programmed Squelch button to toggle squelch level

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Motorola XPR 5550 manual Turning Horns/Lights On or Off, Turning the Public Address System On or Off

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