ASTRO XTS 5000 Model I 21
Common Radio Features
Send an Emergency Alarm
An emergency alarm sends a data transmission to the dispatcher,
which identifies the radio sending the emergency.
1With your radio turned on,
press the Emergency
button. The red LED lights,
and you hear a short,
medium-pitched tone.
•Red LED
• Short tone
Note: To exit emergency at any time, press and hold the
Emergency button for about a second.
2When you receive the
dispatcher’s
acknowledgment, you hear
four tones, the alarm ends,
and the radio exits the
emergency mode.
If no acknowledgment is
received, the alarm ends and
the radio exits the emer-
gency mode.
• Four tones
• Alarm ends
• Radio exits emergency
• Alarm ends
• Radio exits emergency
Note: For Emergency Alarm with Emergency Call: The radio
enters the Emergency Call state either after it receives the
dispatcher’s acknowledgment, or if you press the PTT button
while in Emergency Alarm. Go to step 2 of “Send an
Emergency Call” on page22.
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