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PTT
button on the side of the hand mic. For a maximum clarity, hold the device at a distance of
about 2/3 cm.
To receive a
CALL
, release the
PTT
button. The “
RX
” icon will appear on the display when your
radio is receiving a transmission.
MONITOR
The
MONITOR
function allows you to exclude temporarily the automatic squelch for receiving
potential weak signals, which wouldn’t be received.
To activate the
MONITOR
, press the “
MONITOR
” button.
This function can be activated exclusively in
PMR/MARINE
BAND
.
SCAN
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
can
SCAN
all channels for any activity. When the radio is in receiving
mode, the
SCAN
function will stop, and will resume scanning 5 seconds after the signal is no lon-
ger present. This function is useful to control which channels are free.
When you press the
PTT
button to transmit on an active channel, the scanning function will stop
and remain on the active channel.
To resume scanning, quickly press the
SCAN
button.
This function can be used only in
PMR/MARINE
BAND
.
KEYPAD LOCK
Press for about 5 seconds the
LOCK/CALL
button; the
KEY LOCK
icon will appear on the display.
In this way, the lock function is activated and the
MENU
and
SCAN
button will be disable.
This function can work only in
PMR/MARINE
BAND
.
Repeat the same procedure to unlock the keypad.
DISPLAY ILLUMINATION
In clock mode (power off) the display illumination can be activated by pressing the
MENU
button,
or turning the
TUNING KNOB
.
During power on, the display illumination will activate for approx. 5 seconds. The display illumina-
tion can also be activated pressing the majority of the buttons. (Power on)
CTCSS/DCS TONES
The
CTCSS/DCS
tones are codes that can be added to the pre-set channel for creating new priva-
te ones. For each channel you can choose until 38
CTCSS
codes and 83
DCS
codes.
The addiction of these codes can be made on these following channels:
PMR
446- only on the main
PMR
channels (from P1 to P8). The pre-set channels from 9p to 24p
can not be modified.
To select a privacy code for the current channel press the
MENU
button once, then turn the
TU-
NING
knob to select the chose code. The Privacy selected Code will appear on the display.
To confirm the selection, press the
PTT
button or wait for 5 seconds.
To activate the
DCS
codes, press the
MENU
button twice, then turn the
TUNING
knob to select the
desired code. The Privacy selected Code will appear on the display.
To confirm the selection, press the
PTT
button or wait for 5 seconds.
To disable the
CTCSS/DCS
functions, select the private code and then press the
MENU
button,
until visualize the flashing
CTCSS
Privacy Code on the right of the display. Select then “
off
”, turning
the
TUNING
knob. (It will appear “
off
” on the display)
To confirm, press
PTT
.
Note: if you select any
CTCSS
Privacy Code, any pre-selected
DCS
Privacy Code will be deleted
and vice-versa. To communicate with other radios, they must be set to the same channel and
Privacy Code selections.
TRANSMIT (TX) POWER LEVEL SELECTION
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
has 2 power level settings. To select the power level, the radio must be on
PMR
mode on P1-P8 channels. Press the
MENU
button until a “
Pr
” icon will appear on the display,
then turn the
TUNING
knob to select the TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL
High
(
H
) or
Low
(
L
). On the
display it will appear
H
or
L
according to the power selected.
To confirm, press the
PTT
button or wait 5 seconds.
When the battery is completely charged, the maximum power is 500 mW (ERP), while the lowest
one is 10mW (ERP).
Thanks to this function, if you don’t have to cover wide distances, you can select the “low power”
mode and so, increase the battery life.
! When the battery Meter drops to 1 bar
, the TX Power will automatically switch from
Hi (H) to Lo (L) level.
VOX
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
has 4
VOX
levels (off, 1, 2, 3, and 4). This function allows the user to
activate the communication without pressing the
PTT
button. You just have to speak and the com-
munication is on.
You can set the
VOX
on 3 levels, with or without accessories.
The fourth level activates the
VOX
with Talkback function: when one of the two devices transmit for
more than 20 seconds, the
VOX
Talkback stops the transmission for 10 seconds; so the other user
has himself the opportunity to talk.
