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SETTING THE CLOCK MODE
When
BASE CAMP
is off, the display shows the current time setting.
To visualize the clock while the radio is on, just turn the
POWER/VOL
knob on off.
To change the hour setting of the clock:
Press the
-
LOCK/CALL/HOUR
button, and the hour digit of the clock will blink.
Turn the
-
TUNING
knob to change the hour setting.
To confirm, press the
-
PTT/SELECT
button or wait for 5 seconds.
To change the minute setting of the clock:
Press the
-
SCAN/MINUTE
button while in
CLOCK
mode and the minute digit of the clock will
blink.
Turn the
-
TUNING
knob to change the hour setting.
To confirm, press the
-
PTT/SELECT
button or wait for 5 seconds.
SETTING THE ALARM CLOCK
BASE CAMP
can also function as an
ALARM CLOCK
.
To turn the ALARM CLOCK on:
Press the
MONITOR
/
ALARM ON/OFF
button while in CLOCK mode, the ALARM CLOCK icon
will appear on the display.
To set the hour setting of the
ALARM
, press the
LOCK/CALL/HOUR
button while in CLOCK mode
and the hour digit of the clock will blink. Turn the
TUNING
knob to change the hour setting. To
confirm, press the
PTT/SELECT
button or wait for 5 seconds.
To set the minute setting of the ALARM, press the
SCAN/MINUTE
button while in CLOCK mode,
and the minute digit of the clock will blink. Turn the
TUNING
knob to change the minute setting.
To confirm, press the
PTT/SELECT
button or wait for 5 seconds.
To turn the ALARM CLOCK off:
To disable the alarm clock, press the
MONITOR
/
ALARM ON/OFF
button while in CLOCK mode.
will disappear.
Instead, if you press the
MENU
/
MONITOR
/
SCAN
-
LOCK
-
CALL
button, the alarm clock icon will
still be displayed, but the alarm will ring the day after at the same time, that is, after 24 hours from
the pre-setting alarm time.
Setting the alarm clock snooze
When the
ALARM CLOCK
goes off, you can activate the SNOOZE function by pressing the
PTT
/
SNOOZE
button. Every time the
SNOOZE
button is pressed the
ALARM CLOCK
will go off again
after 8 minutes.
USING THE FLASHLIGHT
BASE CAMP
has a built-in
FLASHLIGHT
.
To turn the
FLASHLIGHT ON
, set the
LIGHT
switch to “
on
”.
To turn the
FLASHLIGHT OFF
, set the
LIGHT
switch to “
off
”.
MORSE CODE
BASE CAMP
can send Morse code.
When the radio is on
AM/FM/MARINE
BAND
, pressing the
MENU
button more time it’s possible
to send Morse signals.
USB JACK
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
can be used to charge a mobile phone, iPod, mp3 player by the
DYNA-
MO CRANK
, AC or DC Adapter thru the USB jack.
• Attach a USB charging cable (optional) to the USB jack of the
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
;
• Connect the other end of the
USB charging cable
to the mobile phone, mp3 or iPod;
• Recharge the mobile phone battery, the mp3 or the iPod by turning rapidly the
DYNAMO
CRANK
, or by connecting the
AC
or
DC
Adapter
into the
Charging jack
.
RECHARGING THE BATTERY PACK
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
is equipped for using a 6V NiMH rechargeable battery pack which can be
recharged using an AC wall adapter (included) or a DC adapter (included).
Initial charge time is 12 hours with a charge time of 8/10 hours thereafter.
For maximum battery life, we recommend charging the battery pack when the
BASE CAMP
is off
and the low battery icon
comes on.
To recharge the battery pack you need to connect the socket of the wall adaptor to a mains power
socket and insert the jack of the wall adaptor into the charging jack of the
BASE CAMP
.
Remove
MIDLAND BASE CAMP
from the charger only when the charge time expires.
You can also charge the rechargeable NiMH battery pack using the Dynamo crank. To charge using
the Dynamo Crank rotate rapidly the Dynamo Crank handle clockwise or counter-clockwise.
WARNING
! The supplied wall charger is using “standard charging” method. This is a method, whe-
re the charging current is about 10 % of the capacity and the batteries will be charged
over night or within 10-14 hours. Using this method, chargers do not automatically
disconnect charging when batteries are fully charged. It does not matter if you let the
charger connected from time to time longer than necessary, but you should avoid to
