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GXT720/775 Series GMRS/FRS Radio X - TRA T ALK ® OWNER'S MANUAL www .midlandr adio.com[...]
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® Model GXT720/775 Series Page 2 www .midlandradio.com T ABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Intr oduction 3 Impor tant Notice, FCC Licensing 4 LCD Displa y 5 Contr ols 5 Bat t ery Installation 6 Installing the Belt Clip 6 Char ging the Optional Bat t ery P ac k 7 Lo w Bat tery Lev el Indicat or 7 Oper ating Y our Radio 8 - 1 4 Ext er nal Speak er/Microphone J ac [...]
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® Page 3 www .midlandradio.com W elcome t o the w or ld of Midland electr onics Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality MIDLAND product. Y our 2-way radio represents the st ate-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact p ackage is big in performance. It is a quality pie[...]
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® Page 4 www .midlandradio.com IMPOR T ANT NO TICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERA TION The GXT720/775 Series operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. Y ou must be licensed prior to operating on channels 1 - 7 or 15 - 36, which comprise the GMRS channels of t[...]
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® Page 5 www .midlandradio.com CONTROLS LCD DISPLA Y 1. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY LOCK mode is on. 2. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX mode is active. 3. NOAA WEA THER (WX) BAND ICON – Indicates when the radio is in Weather Band mode. 4. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 1~36 on GMRS/FRS band (1~10 on WX band). 5. PRIV ACY CODE – Indicates [...]
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® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INS T ALLA TION Y our GXT720/775 Series radio operates with either 4 AA alkaline batteries or an optional NiMH battery pack. The belt clip should be removed (see below) to ease installation or removal of the batteries. T o install the batteries: 1. With the back of the radio facing you, remove the belt cli[...]
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® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com CHAR GING THE OPTIONAL BA T TER Y P A CK Y our GXT720/775 Series is equipped for using an optional recharge- able NiMH battery pack which can be recharged using a desktop charger . Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 12 hours thereafter . For maximum battery life, we recommend charging the battery p[...]
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PO WER ON/OFF AND V OLUME Rotate the POWER/VOLUME knob clockwise to turn the radio on and increase the volume level. Rotate the control counter-clockwise to reduce the volume level and to turn the radio of f. During Power On, the radio will beep 2 times with dif ferent tones, the LCD will display all icons for 1 second and the LCD display will indi[...]
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® Page 9 www .midlandradio.com GXT720/775 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHAR T MONIT OR Pressing and holding the MONIT OR button for 1 second will let you hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when not receiving a signal. This should be used to check activity on your current channel before transmitting. Press and hold the MONIT OR bu[...]
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® Page 10 www .midlandradio.com KEYP AD L OCK T o avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press the LOCK button for 2 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. DISPLA Y ILLUMINA TION During Power on, the display illumination will activate for ap[...]
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® Page 1 1 www .midlandradio.com TRANSMIT (TX) PO WER LEVEL SELECTION Y our GXT720/775 Series has 3 power level settings. T o 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 / M: Mid /L: Lo ) . T o[...]
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R OGER BEEP (end of tr ansmission) T ONE When the PTT button is released, the radio will beep to confirm to other users that your transmission has finished. T o turn the ROGER BEEP tone on, press the MENU button until the display shows an “ rb ” icon while on the right of the “ rb ” display , an “ oF ” icon appears. Select “ on ” by[...]
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® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com NO AA WEA THER RADIO/SCAN Y our GXT720/775 Series has a NOAA WEA THER RADIO function, to enable user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations. Y our GXT720/775 Series also has a NOAA WEA THER SCAN function, to enable user to scan all the 10 channels of the NOAA WEA THER RADIO . T o turn the NOAA WEA [...]
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® Page 14 www .midlandradio.com If any button is pressed during beeping while on GMRS/FRS Radio mode, the radio will automatically go to WX BAND . T o turn the NOAA WEA THER (WX) ALERT off, press the MENU button twice while in WX Band . The display shows "AL" , while on the right an "on" icon appears blinking. Select "oF&q[...]
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® Page 15 www .midlandradio.com PROBLEM SOLUTION No Power - Check battery installation and/or replace batteries Cannot Receive Messages - Confirm the radios have the same channel and Privacy Code settings. - Make sure that you are within range of the other transceivers. - Buildings and other structures may interfere with your communication. (See A[...]
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® Page 16 www .midlandradio.com SPECIFICA TIONS Channels 36 GMRS/FRS Channels +121 Privacy Codes 10 NOAA Weather (WX) Band Channels Operating Frequency UHF 462.5500 ~ 467.7125 MHz Power Source 4 AA Alkaline or 6.0V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack GMRS/FR S FREQUENC Y CHAR T (MHz) CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. 1 462.5625 9 467.[...]
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® Page 17 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT720/775 Series DCS PRIV A C Y CODE CHART No. CODE No. CODE No. CODE 1 02 3 29 17 4 57 44 5 2 02 5 30 20 5 58 46 4 3 02 6 31 22 3 59 46 5 4 03 1 32 22 6 60 46 6 5 03 2 33 24 3 61 50 3 6 04 3 34 24 4 62 50 6 7 04 7 35 24 5 63 51 6 8 05 1 36 25 1 64 53 2 9 05 4 37 26 1 65 54 6 10 06 5 38 26 3 66 56 5 11 07 1 3[...]
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® Page 18 www .midlandradio.com LIMITED W ARRANT Y Midland Radio Corporation will repair or replace, at it s option without charge, any Midland FRS/GMRS transceiver which fails due to a defect in material or workmanship within Three Y ears following the initial consumer purchase. This warranty does not apply to water damage, battery leak or abuse.[...]
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® Page 19 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT720/775 Series[...]
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® Page 20 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT720/775 Series A A V V P P -1 1 A A V V P P -H H 4 4 A A V V P P -H H 1 1 A A V V P P -H H 5 5 A A V V P P -H H 2 2 A A V V P P -4 4 A A V V P P -H H 3 3 A A V V P P -7 7 - 1 Open Face Helmet Microphone Kit - $49.99 - 1 Closed Face Helmet Microphone Kit - $49.99 - 2 Sur veillance Headset - $39.99 - 2 Ov er [...]
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® Model GXT720/775 Series Page 21 www .midlandradio.com Please send Money Order or fill in V isa/MasterCard information and mail to the address below . Please DO NOT send cash or checks. Make Money Order to Midland Radio Corporation. Name: _____________________________________________________ A ddr ess: ____________________________________________[...]
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M M I I D D L L A A N N D D R R A A D D I I O O C C O O R R P P O O R R A A T T I I O O N N 590 0 P ar ret ta Dr iv e Kansas City , MO 64120 Call 816.241 .850 0 visit us at ht tp://www .midlandradio .com Not e: F eatur es & Specifications ar e subject to c hange without notice. MIDLAND is not r esponsible for unint entional er rors or omissions[...]