Owner's Manual

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Model MXT500
SELECTING A CHANNEL BANDWIDTH
GMRS radios may operate in wide band mode, maximum 20 kHz occupied
bandwidth. FRS radios are limited to narrow band mode, maximum 12.5
kHz occupied bandwidth, by FCC regulations. For best clarity, all radios
communicating together should use the same bandwidth. Midland GMRS
radios use narrow band mode to provide optimum communication and
spectrum efciency with both FRS and GMRS radios which share the 12.5
kHz spaced FRS/GMRS channel frequencies. For systems using wide
band GMRS radios, the MXT500 channel bandwidth can be switched to
wide band mode.
1. Press the MENU button to enter the menu. Use the CHANNEL/MENU
SELECTION knob to navigate to menu setting #03 – NB (narrow band).
2. To edit the channel bandwidth, press the CHANNEL/MENU SELECTION
knob. Use the CHANNEL/MENU SELECTION knob to choose between
NB (narrow band) ON or OFF. Press the CHANNEL/MENU
SELECTION knob to conrm your selection.
• NB – ON is selecting narrow band
• NB – OFF is selecting wide band
• Only the Nar (narrow band) will be indicated on the LCD. When the
Nar is not displayed, it indicates the radio is in wide band.
3. Press the MENU button to exit the channel bandwidth settings.
Talk Around (Talk) Function
The Talk Around function allows you to directly communicate with other
radios in your group when the repeater is not activated or out of range.
The radio will use the Receive frequency and Privacy Tone settings for
transmitting when the Talk Around Function is enabled.
IMPORTANT! The Talk Around (Talk) Function is only compatible when the
radio is using a repeater channel.