Midland Radio GXT 850 manual

GXT800/850 Series GMRS/FRS Radio X - TRA T ALK ® O WNER'S MANU AL www .midlandr adio.com[...]

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® Model GXT800/850 Series Page 3 www .midlandradio.com T ABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Intr oduction 4 Impor tant Notice, FCC Licensing 5 LCD Displa y 6 Contr ols 6 Bat t ery Installation 7 Installing the Belt Clip 7 Char ging the Optional Bat t ery P ack 8 Lo w Bat tery Lev el Indicator 8 Oper ating Y our Radio 9 - 1 8 Ext er nal Speak er/Microphone J ack 1[...]

® Page 4 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 represent s the state-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[...]

® Page 5 www .midlandradio.com IMPOR T ANT NO TICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERA TION The GXT800/850 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[...]

® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com CONTROLS LCD DISPLA Y 1. BA TTER Y METER – Indicates the battery level. 2. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY LOCK mode is on. 3. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX mode is active. 4. NOAA WEA THER (WX) BAND ICON – Indicates when the radio is in Weather Band mode. 5. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 1~22 on GMRS/FRS ban[...]

® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INS T ALLA TION Y our GXT800/850 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[...]

® Page 8 www .midlandradio.com CHAR GING THE OPTIONAL BA T TER Y P A CK Y our GXT800/850 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack (not included) which can be recharged using a desktop charger (not included). Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 12 hours thereafter . For maximum battery life, we recom[...]

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[...]

® Page 10 www .midlandradio.com GXT80 0/850 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 [...]

® Page 1 1 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 a[...]

® Page 12 www .midlandradio.com SET TING THE RADIO T O GROUP MODE T o turn the GROUP MODE on, press the MENU button until the display shows “Gr” blinking, while an “oF” appears on the right of the display . Select “on” by pressing the buttons and press the PTT button to confrim or press MENU button again to move to the next feature set[...]

® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 Series SET TING THE RING T ONE Y our GXT800/850 has 5 selectable Ring T one. Y our selected ring tone will be playbacked when receiving a “direct call” from another person of the same Group Code and ID Number . T o select a Ring T one for the current Group Code and ID Number press the MENU butto[...]

® Page 14 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 Series USING THE RADIO IN S T AND ARD MODE Y ou can set your GXT800/850 Series to S tandard Mode to communi- cate with radios which do not have the Group Mode feature. SET TING THE RADIO T O S T AND ARD MODE T o turn the ST ANDARD MODE on, press the MENU button until the display shows “Gr” blink[...]

® Page 15 www .midlandradio.com TRANSMIT (TX) PO WER LEVEL SELECTION Y our GXT800/850 Series has 3 power level settings. T o select the power level on channels 1~7 and 15~22, 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 [...]

SILENT OPERA TION Y our GXT800/850 Series has a SILENT OPERA TION mode. In this mode, all “beeps” and “tones” are disabled. T o turn the SILENT OPERA TION mode on , press the MENU button until the display shows an “ bP ” icon while on the right of the “ bP ” display , an “ on ” icon appears. Select “ of ” by pressing the but[...]

® Page 17 www .midlandradio.com VIBRA TE ALER T T o turn the VIBRA TE ALERT on, press the MENU button until the display will show the VIBRA TE-ALERT icon blinking, while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER, an “ oF ” icon appears. Select “ on ” by pressing the buttons and push the PTT button, or press MENU button. The VIBRA TE ALERT icon wi[...]

® Page 18 www .midlandradio.com T o turn the NOAA WEA THER (WX) ALERT of f, press the MENU button twice while in WX Band . The display shows "AL" , while on the right an "on" icon appears blinking. Select "oF" by pressing the buttons. T o confirm, press the PTT button or press MENU . Note: The RX icon blinks on briefl[...]

® Page 19 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[...]

® Page 20 www .midlandradio.com SPECIFICA TIONS Channels 22 GMRS/FRS Channels +142 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.[...]

® Page 21 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 Series DCS PRIV A C Y CODE CHAR T No. CODE No. CODE No. CODE 1 0 23 36 251 71 631 2 02 5 37 261 72 63 2 3 02 6 38 263 73 65 4 4 03 1 39 265 74 66 2 5 0 32 40 2 71 75 664 6 0 43 41 306 76 703 7 0 47 42 311 77 712 8 0 51 43 315 78 723 9 0 54 44 331 79 731 10 0 6 5 45 343 80 732 11 0 7 1 46 346 81 734 [...]

® Page 22 www .midlandradio.com LIMITED W ARRANTY 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. [...]

® Page 23 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 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 -4 4 - 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[...]

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 24 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 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[...]

® Page 25 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 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[...]

® Page 26 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT800/850 Series A A V V P P -7 7 - 2 R ec hargeable bat ter y pac ks - $1 9.99[...]

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