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Midland G18 PRO instruction guide
Midland G18 PRO instruction guide
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To disable the beeps, follow this procedure:
1.
Press the
MENU
button;
2.
Turn the Encoder knob until
“BEEP”
is displayed;
3.
Push
ENT
to enter the function;
4.
Turn the Encoder knob to activate/deactivate the Beep tones:
“ON”
(to acti-
vate it), or “
OFF
” (to deactivate it);
5.
Confirm your selection with
ENT
.
Keypad lock (KEYBO)
It is possible to choose between two types of Lock Mode:
1.
Press the
MENU
button;
2.
Turn the Encoder knob until
“KEYBO”
is displayed;
3.
Push
ENT
to enter the function;
4.
Turn the Encoder knob and choose between
“MANUAL”
or
”AUTO”
.
5.
Confirm your selection with
ENT
.
As previously mentioned, there are two ways to lock the keypad:
“MANUAL”
: to lock the keypad, simply press
FUN
and
ENT
keys for 3 seconds.
will be displayed.
“AUTO”
: the keypad will be automatically locked after 20 seconds. To unlock the
radio, press
FUN
and
ENT
keys.
TOT- Funzione TX timeout timer
G18 PRO
can be programmed with a transmission timer that temporarily blocks
transmissions if the radio has been used beyond the maximum time permitted.
The radio is forced in reception mode if it continues transmitting after the preset
timer threshold has been reached.
To restart the transmission, release the
PTT
key.
To enable this function:
1.
Press the
MENU
button;
2.
Turn the Encoder knob until
“TOT”
is displayed;
3.
Push
ENT
to enter the function;
4.
Turn the Encoder knob and set a timer from 30 to 270 seconds.
5.
Confirm your selection with
ENT
.
SCAN mode settings
Press
MENU
and then rotate the Encoder knob. The display will show
“SCANS”.
Press
ENTER
and then rotate the Encoder knob to choose the type of Scan (TO/
CO/SE).
Confirm your selection with
ENT
.
TO - Time-operated Scan
Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will suspend the scan for 5 seconds, and
then will continue to scan even if the signal is still present.
CO: Carrier-operated Scan
Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will stop scanning. It will resume to scan
once the signal will disappear.
SE: Search Scan
The radio will stop scanning and exit the Scan mode once detected a signal.
It is possible to exclude some channels from the scan list. Follow these steps:
• select the channel to exclude from the scan list
• keep pressed
ENT
for 4 seconds
• the display will show
• to add the channel into the scan list again, follow the same procedure.
VOICE function
With this function, you activate a voice that informs you about any operation/se-
lection you are doing.
To activate it, follow these steps:
1.
Press the
MENU
button;
2.
Turn the Encoder knob until
“VOICE”
is displayed;
3.
Push
ENT
to enter the function;
4.
Turn the Encoder knob to activate/deactivate the function:
“ON”
(to activate
it), or “
OFF
” (to deactivate it);
5.
Confirm your selection with
ENT
.
C-CDC / R-CDC / T-CDC
The CTCSS tones can be added to the channels for creating new private channels.
They are similar to access codes and enable the radio to communicate only with the
users that are tuned on the same channel and have set the same code. For each
channel you can set up to 50 CTCSS tones and 105 DCS codes.
To select a CTCSS tone:
1.
Press the
MENU
button;
2.
Turn the Encoder knob till
“C-CDC”
(in TX and RX);
“R-CDC”
(only in RX) or
“T-CDC”
(only in TX) appears on the display;
3.
Push
ENT
to enter the function;
4.
Turn the Encoder knob and select the desired CTCSS tone
5.
To confirm, press the
ENT
button.
The setting of a CTCSS tone disables all DCS codes, because these functions cannot be
used simultaneously.