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Midland CT890 instruction guide
Keypad lock (AUTOLOCK) - MENU 35
This transceiver has 2 types of Keypad lock available: Auto-lock and Ma-
nual-lock.
In standby mode, press
MENU + 35.
The screen will display “
AUTOLOCK
”.
Press
MENU
to enter the function. Press the
▲/▼
buttons or rotate the
encoder to select
ON/OFF
, then press
MENU
to confirm and
EXIT
to re-
turn to the standby mode.
If you select:
•
ON
: the keypad lock function will be activated. With this function ena-
bled, the keypad will be locked automatically if there is no operation
within 15 seconds. Keep pressed ‘
#LOCK
’ for 2 seconds to unlock the
keypad.
•
OFF
: the keypad lock function is not enabled.
Setting the priority channel (PRICH-SW) - MENU 36
The priority channel can be set by means of the optional programming
software.
The PRICH-SW function is associated to the scan feature; the options avai-
lable are two:
OFF
/
ON
.
In Standby mode press
MENU + 36
; the display will show “
PRICH-SW
”.
Press
MENU
to enter the function. Push the
▼/▲
keys or rotate the en-
coder to select the desired option (
ON/OFF
) and confirm with
MENU
.
To return to the standby mode, press
EXIT
.
•
OFF
: function deactivated
•
ON
: the radio will alternately scan the channels and the priority chan-
nel.
Repeater function / Full duplex (RPT-SET) - MENU 37
CT890 can operate in two different modes:
•
X-DIRPT:
Cross band repeater (VHF / UHF or UHF / VHF)
•
X-TWRPT:
Full Duplex TX/RX (default setting)
X-DIRPT:
in this mode, the signal received in VHF or UHF band will be
automatically transmitted on the other band (VHF
→
UHF / UHF
→
VHF).
The display will show the
MENU
A/B
RPT
VFO/MR
EXIT
1
STEP
4
TXP
7
VOX
2
SQL
5
ROGER
8
W/N
3
SAVE
6
TOT
9
VOICE
*
SCAN
0
#
LOCK
CT890
icon to indicate that the radio is working in
this mode.