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
LXT600 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART
MENU
Channel
VOX
1~36
Privacy
Roger Beep
On/Off
Power
H/L
Call Alert
1~5
WX Channel
1~10
Silent Operation
On/Off
oF/1/2/3
CTCSS
DCS
oF~38
oF~83
WX Alert
On/Off
WX Scan
1~10
Press and hold UP/WX
button for 5 seconds
MONITOR
Pressing and holding the MONITOR button for 3 seconds will let you
hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when not
receiving a signal. This could also be used to check any activity on
your current channel before transmitting.
Press and hold the MONITOR button for 3 seconds again to get out
of MONITOR mode.
SCAN
Your LXT600 Series can scan all 36 channels for activity. To enter,
quickly press the SCAN button. Repeat the same procedure to exit.
Your radio will rapidly scan each of the 36 channels and stop on any
active channel for 4 seconds before resuming scan.
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.
CALL ALERT
Your LXT600 Series can transmit a call alert for a fixed length of
time. To send a call alert, press the CALL button. The TX icon will
appear while transmitting a call alert and a tone can be heard on the
speaker for confirmation.
KEYPAD LOCK
To avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press the LOCK
button for 4 seconds. The KEY LOCK icon will appear on the
display. PTT and CALL will still be active. Repeat the same
procedure to unlock the keypad.
CHANNEL SELECTION (GMRS/FRS BAND)
Press the MENU button once, and then the ▲\▼ buttons to select
one of the 36 GMRS/FRS channels. To confirm the selection, press
the PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next
feature setting.