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Midland Radio LXT420 manual

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    LXT320/420 Series GMRS/FRS Radio X - TRA T ALK ® OWNER'S MANUAL www .midlandr adio.com[...]

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    ® Model LXT320/420 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 3 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 LXT320/420 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 - 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of t[...]

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    ® Page 5 www .midlandradio.com -TRA ALK X T MENU 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 1~22 on GMRS/FRS band (1~10 on WX band). 5. PRIV ACY C[...]

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    ® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INS T ALLA TION Y our LXT320/420 Series radio operates with either 4 AAA 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 cl[...]

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    ® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com CHAR GING THE OPTIONAL BA T TER Y P A CK Y our LXT320/420 Series is equipped for using an optional recharge- able NiMH battery pack which can be recharged by inserting the AC adapter into the radio charge jack, or with optional desktop charger (as described below). Initial charge time is 24 hours. Charge time is abou[...]

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    PO WER ON/OFF AND V OLUME Press the POWER/MENU button for at least 3 seconds to turn the radio on/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 indicate the last channel selected. T o increase/decrease the volume level, press the button during RX or ST [...]

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    ® Page 9 www .midlandradio.com LXT320/420 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHAR T MONIT OR Pressing and holding the MONIT OR 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 MO[...]

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    ® Page 10 www .midlandradio.com CHANNEL SELECTION (GMR S/FR S BAND) Press the MENU button once, and then the buttons to select one of the 22 GMRS/FRS channels. T o confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next feature setting. SET TING PRIV A C Y CODES Y our LXT320/420 Series has 121 Privacy Codes a[...]

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    ® Page 1 1 www .midlandradio.com V O X Y our LXT320/420 Series has 3 VOX level settings: (oF/1/2/3) . T o set VOX , press the MENU button until the display shows “ VOX ” blinking while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER display , an “ oF ” icon appears. Select “ 1 ”,“ 2 ” or “ 3 ” by pressing the buttons and push the PTT key , [...]

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    ® Page 12 www .midlandradio.com CALL ALER T SELECTION Y our LXT320/420 Series has 5 selectable CALL ALERTS. T o select, press the MENU button until a “ CA ” icon appears and to the right of the “ CA ” icon the current CALL ALERT setting is displayed. Then press the buttons to make the CALL ALER T selections - the radio will emit a correspo[...]

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    ® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com NO AA WEA THER RADIO Y our LXT320/420 Series has a NOAA WEA THER RADIO function, to enable user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations. T o turn the NOAA WEA THER (WX) RADIO on, press the MENU button until the WX Band icon appear while in the right an “oF” icon appears. Select “ on ” by pre[...]

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    ® Page 14 www .midlandradio.com EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICR OPHONE J ACK Y our LXT320/420 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or headset, freeing your hands for other tasks. T o use an optional speaker / microphone or headset: l Insert the plug(s) into the SPK/MIC jacks l Place the earbud into your ear , and adjust the mic in[...]

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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 22 GMRS/FRS Channels +121 Privacy Codes 10 NOAA W eather (WX) Band Channels Operating Frequency UHF 462.5500 ~ 467.7125 MHz Power Source 4 AAA Alkaline or 4.8V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery p ack GMRS/FR S FREQUENC Y CHAR T (MHz) CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. 1 462.5625 9 4[...]

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    ® Page 17 www .midlandradio.com Model LXT320/420 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 LXT320/420 Series A CCESSORIES Accessories can be purchased at www .midlandradio.com or fill in the form on the following page and mail it to our address. A A V V P P -6 6 - 1 Dual Desk Charger - 2 R ec hargeable bat ter y pac ks - 1 A C Adapter - 1 DC Cigaret te lighter adapter - $39.99[...]

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    A A V V P P -1 1 A A V V P P -H H 1 1 A A V V P P -H H 2 2 ® Page 20 www .midlandradio.com Model LXT320/420 Series - 1 Open F ace Helmet Microphone Kit - $49.99 - 1 Closed F ace Helmet Microphone Kit - $49.99 - 2 Ov er the Ear Mic. Headsets w/ PTT - $1 9.99[...]

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    ® Page 21 www .midlandradio.com Model LXT320/420 Series A A V V P P -H H 3 3 A A V V P P -H H 4 4 A A V V P P -H H 5 5 - 2 B ehind the Head Headset - $39.99 - 2 Ear W rap Headset - $39.99 - 2 Sur v eillance Headset - $39.99[...]

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    ® Page 22 www .midlandradio.com Model LXT320/420 Series[...]

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    ® Model LXT320/420 Series Page 23 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 r etta 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[...]