Operation Manual

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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.
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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:
PMR446-onlyonthemainPMRchannels(fromP1toP8).Thepre-setchannelsfrom9pto24p
cannotbemodied.
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conrm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conrm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ashingCTCSSPrivacyCodeontherightofthedisplay.Selectthen“off”,turning
theTUNINGknob.(Itwillappear“off”onthedisplay)
Toconrm,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conrm,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.