Operation Manual

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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conrm,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conrm,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
conrm,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conrm,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