User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Welcome to the world of Midland electronics
- LCD DISPLAY
- CONTROLS
- BATTERY INSTALLATION
- INSTALLING THE BELT CLIP
- CHARGING THE BATTERY PACK
- OPERATING YOUR RADIO
- POWER ON/OFF AND VOLUME
- TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A CALL
- ABOUT RANGE
- LXT600 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART
- MONITOR
- SCAN
- CALL ALERT
- KEYPAD LOCK
- CHANNEL SELECTION (GMRS/FRS BAND)
- SETTING PRIVACY CODES
- Your LXT600 Series has 121 Privacy Codes available to use in channels 1~22. The selected Privacy Code may be different for each channel. To select a Privacy Code for the current channel press the MENU button twice, and then the ▲\▼ buttons to select one o
- TRANSMIT (TX) POWER LEVEL SELECTION
- Your LXT600 has 2 power level settings. To select the power level on channels 1~7 and 15~36, press the MENU button until a “Pr” icon will appear blinking on the display. Then press the ▲\▼ buttons to select TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL icon (H: Hi/L: Lo). To conf
- VOX
- Your LXT600 Series has 3 VOX level settings: (oF/1/2/3).
- ROGER BEEP (end of transmission) TONE
- CALL ALERT SELECTION
- SILENT OPERATION
- Your LXT600 Series has a SILENT OPERATION mode. In this mode, all “beeps” and “tones” are disabled.
- NOAA WEATHER RADIO/SCAN
- Your LXT600 Series has a NOAA WEATHER RADIO function, to enable the user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations.
- EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE JACK
- TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
- USE AND CARE
- ACCESSORIES
NOAA WEATHER RADIO/SCAN
Your LXT600 Series has a NOAA WEATHER RADIO function, to
enable the user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA
stations.
Your LXT600 Series also has a NOAA WEATHER SCAN function
to enable the user to scan all 10 channels of the NOAA WEATHER
RADIO. To turn the NOAA WEATHER SCAN on, press and hold the
UP/WX ▲ button for 5 seconds while in GMRS mode. The radio will
go to WX Band mode and start scanning all 10 channels and stop
on any active channel. When the channel becomes inactive for 10
seconds the radio will resume scanning.
To stop the NOAA WEATHER (WX) SCAN and set the channel
manually on the WX Band, press the MENU button during NOAA
WEATHER (WX) SCAN. The radio will stop scanning and the display
will show the current WX Band channel setting and the WX Band
icon. While on WX Band mode press the ▲\▼ buttons to select one
of the 10 NOAA WEATHER (WX) BAND channels. To confirm, press
the PTT button or press the MENU button to move to the next feature
setting.
To turn the NOAA WEATHER RADIO off, press the PTT button. The
current GMRS/FRS radio setting will be displayed and the WX BAND
icon will go off.
NOAA WEATHER ALERT
Your LXT600 has a NOAA WEATHER ALERT function, to enable
you to automatically receive weather alerts from designated NOAA
stations.
The NOAA WEATHER (WX) ALERT is automatically on during NOAA
WEATHER SCAN mode.
To turn the NOAA WEATHER (WX) ALERT on during normal NOAA
WEATHER RADIO mode, press the MENU button twice while in
NOAA WEATHER SCAN mode. The display shows “AL,” while on
the right an “oF” icon appears blinking. Select “on” by pressing the
▲\▼ buttons.