User manual MIDLAND GTX950

[. . . ] Model GXT900/950 Series ® TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Important Notice, FCC Licensing LCD Display Controls Battery Installation Installing the Belt Clip Charging the Optional Battery Pack Low Battery Level Indicator Operating Your Radio External Speaker/Microphone Jack Troubleshooting Guide Use and Care Specifications and Frequency Charts Warranty Information MIDLAND Family Products Accessories Accessories Order Form 3 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 - 18 18 19 19 20 - 21 22 23 23 - 25 27 Page 3 www. midlandradio. com Model GXT900/950 Series ® Welcome to the world of Midland electronics Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality MIDLAND product. Your 2-way radio represents the state-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact package is big in performance. It is a quality piece of electronic equipment, skillfully constructed with the finest components. [. . . ] Press the / buttons to select the ID Number of the radio that you will call. Press again the CALL button to send the direct call. Only the radio with the same ID Number will receive the call. You can also send a "direct call" to all the radio within the group. Press the CALL button while in Group Mode, an "AL" will appear on the display. Press again the CALL button to send the direct call and all the radio within the group will receive the call. Page 13 www. midlandradio. com Model GXT900/950 Series ® USING THE RADIO IN STANDARD MODE You can set your GXT900/950 Series to Standard Mode to communicate with radios which do not have the Group Mode feature. SETTING THE RADIO TO STANDARD MODE To turn the STANDARD MODE on, press the MENU button until the display shows "Gr" blinking, while an "on" appears on the right of the display. Select "of" by pressing the / buttons and press the PTT button to confrim or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setting. When the radio is in STANDARD MODE the Group Mode icon will disappear on the display. SETTING PRIVACY CODES When the GROUP Mode is turned off, you can use the normal Privacy Codes which is common to other radios which are not set to Group Mode. Your GXT900/950 Series has 142 Privacy Codes available which can only be used on channels 1~22. The selected Privacy Code may be different for each channel. To select a Privacy Code for the current channel press the MENU button twice, and then the / buttons to select between "Off/CTCSS/ DCS". Press again the MENU button and the / button to select one of the 38 CTCSS Codes or one of the 104 DCS Codes. The Privacy Code icon on the display will indicate whether you set your Privacy Code in CTCSS or DCS mode. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setting. Note : If you select any CTCSS Privacy Code, any pre-selected DCS Privacy Code will be cancelled and vice-versa. Selecting a Privacy Code of "oF" will disable the Privacy feature. To communicate between two GXT900/950 Series radios, all radios in your group must be set to the same channel and Privacy Code selections. The Privacy Code can only be set in channels 1~22. ! Page 14 www. midlandradio. com Model GXT900/950 Series ® SETTING SCRAMBLER FUNCTION Your GXT900/950 Series has a SCRAMBLER function that will change the sound being transmitted; making it incomprehensible to other user with different radios . This will to enable you to communicate privately with other GXT900/950 with SCRAMBLER function. To turn the SCRAMBLER function on, press the MENU button until the display shows an "Sc" icon while on the right of the "Sc" display, an "of" icon appears. [. . . ] 162. 550 162. 400 162. 475 162. 425 162. 450 CH. 162. 500 162. 525 161. 650 161. 775 163. 275 * Channel 8, 9 and 10 are designated Canadian Marine Frequencies CTCSS PRIVACY CODES FREQUENCY CHART (Hz) Code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Freq. 67. 0 71. 9 74. 4 77. 0 79. 7 82. 5 85. 4 88. 5 Code 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Freq. 91. 5 94. 8 97. 4 100. 0 103. 5 107. 2 110. 9 114. 8 Code 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Freq. [. . . ]