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N A UTICO 3 ® O WNER'S MANU AL TM VHF MARINE RADIO www .midlandradio.com[...]
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® Model NT3 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 ack 7 Oper ating Y our Radio 7 - 1 2 Ext er nal Speak er/Micr ophone J ac k 12 T r oubleshooting Guide 13 Use and C[...]
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® Page 3 www .midlandradio.com W elcome to the w or ld of Midland electr onics Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality MIDLAND product. Y our 2-way radio represent s the state-of-the-art in high-tech engineer- ing. Designed for VHF Marine Service operation, this compact p ack- age is big on performance. It is a quality piece of electron[...]
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® Page 4 www .midlandradio.com FCC LICENSE A ship station license is not required for any vessel traveling in U.S. waters which is less than 20 meters in length. However , any vessel required to carry an HF SSB radiotelephone or marine satellite terminal is required to have a ship station license. FCC license forms can be downloaded at www .fcc.go[...]
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® Page 5 www .midlandradio.com Model NT3 Series RX LO INT USA CAN TX VOX CONTROLS RX LO INT USA CAN TX VOX LCD DISPLA Y 1. VOX ICON - Indicates when eVOX mode is active. 2. TRANSMIT (TX) ICON - Indicates radio is transmitting a signal. 3. LOW BA TTER Y ICON - Indicates battery level is low . 4. CHANNEL NUMBER - Changes from 1~88a on VHF Marine ban[...]
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® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INS T ALLA TION Y our NAUTICO3 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 clip (see di[...]
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® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com CHAR GING THE OPTIONAL BA T TER Y P A CK Y our NAUTICO3 is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack which can be recharged using an AC or DC charger (included). Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 8-12 hours thereafter . For maximum battery life, we recommend charging the NAUTIC[...]
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TRANSMIT TING AND RECEIVING 1. T o transmit a call, hold the radio 2 to 3 inches from your mouth. 2. Press and hold the PTT button and speak in a normal voice into the microphone. The TX icon will appear continuously on the LCD display while transmitting. 3. T o receive a call, release the PTT button. The RX icon will appear on the display when you[...]
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® Page 9 www .midlandradio.com NA UTICO3 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 release the MONIT OR button [...]
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® Page 10 www .midlandradio.com KEYP AD L OCK T o avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press the MENU button 4 times then press an up/down button to choose ON. The KEY LOCK icon will appear on the display . PTT and CH16 will still be active. T o unlock the keypad, press the MENU button once, then press the button to choose OF . DISPLA Y [...]
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® Page 1 1 www .midlandradio.com 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 &qu[...]
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® Page 12 www .midlandradio.com WEA THER (WX) ALER T Y our NAUTICO3 has a WEA THER (WX) ALERT function, to enable user to automatically receive weather alert from designated NOAA stations. T o turn the WEA THER (WX) ALERT on, press the MENU button twice while in WX Band. The display shows "AL" , while on the right an "oF" icon [...]
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® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com PROBLEM SOLUTION No Power - Check battery installation and/or replace batteries Cannot Receive Messages - Confirm the radios have the same channel. - Make sure that you are within range of the other transceivers. - Buildings and other structures may interfere with your communication. (See ABOUT RANGE on Page 8) Radi[...]
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® Page 14 www .midlandradio.com SPECIFICA TIONS Channels 57 US, 61 CAN, 57 INT 10 NOAA Weather (WX) Band Channels Operating Frequency VHF 156.025 ~ 162.550 MHz Power Source 4 AAA Alkaline or 6.0V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack MARINE RADIO FREQUENC Y CHART (MHz) Model NT3 Series CHANNEL NUMBER FREQUENC Y (MHz) INT CAN US TX RX MODE NO TE 01 01 15[...]
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® Page 15 www .midlandradio.com Model NT3 Series CHANNEL NUMBER FREQUENC Y (MHz) INT CAN US TX RX MODE NO TE 19A 19A 156.950 156.950 S 20 20* 20 157.000 161.600 D 21 157.050 161.650 D 21A 21A 157.050 157.050 S 21B 161.650 R 22 157.100 161.700 D 22A 22A 157.100 157.100 S 23 23 157.150 161.750 D 23A 157.150 157.150 S 24 24 24 157.200 161.800 D 25 25[...]
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® Page 16 www .midlandradio.com Model NT3 Series CHANNEL NUMBER FREQUENC Y (MHz) INT CAN US TX RX MODE NO TE 73 73 73 156.675 156.675 S 74 74 74 156.725 156.725 S 75 156.775 156.775 S * 76 156.825 156.825 S * 77 77* 77* 156.875 156.875 S 78 156.925 161.525 D 78A 78A 156.925 156.925 S 79 156.975 161.575 D 79A 79A 156.975 156.975 S 80 157.025 161.62[...]
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® Page 17 www .midlandradio.com LIMITED W ARRANTY Midland Radio Corporation will repair or replace, at it s option without charge, any Midland VHF MARINE transceiver which fails due to a defect in material or workmanship within Three Y ears following the ini- tial consumer purchase. This warranty does not apply to water dam- age, battery leak or a[...]
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® Page 18 www .midlandradio.com Model NT3 Series[...]
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® Model NT3 Series Page 19 www .midlandradio.com[...]
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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 ive 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 f or unintentional er r ors or omissions[...]