Motorola Astro XTL 1500, User Manual

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6
Getting to Know Your Radio
Returning to the HOME Display
In most cases, the home display is your radio’s dispatch state, that is,
the default channel and zone that your radio operates on.
If your radio is in a feature, you can return to the home display
by pressing the
EXIT
menu or softkey.
If your radio is not in a feature, you can return to the home
display by pressing the
Z
menu button or softkey.
You can also programme the orange button as a home button
through the CPS.
Note: The default channel and zone are programmed by your
system manager.
Trunked Modes or Conventional Channels
Depending on how your radio is programmed, you can select
conventional channels or trunked talkgroups. Conventional channels
consist of a transmit and receive frequency pair, an associated
squelch code pair, and a time-out timer value. See “Conventional
Radio Features” on page 63.
Trunked modes consist of the system/announcement group/talkgroup
combination and a time-out timer value. See “Trunking Operation” on
page 81.
Field Programming
Other radio features may be slaved to the selected mode by field
programming. This
mode slaving means that the radio is
preprogrammed to automatically give you the proper operation for
each mode you select.
You may use the control head to program your own mode names.
The names you assign are clearly shown in the alphanumeric display.
You can see all the key operating information, including the mode
selected or being scanned, and the on/off status of various features.
The operating conditions are shown either by the display or by visual/
audio indicators, or by both.