Midland X-TRA TALK GXT900 Series manual

GXT900/950 Series GMRS/FRS Radio X - TRA T ALK ® OWNER'S MANUAL www .midlandr adio.com[...]

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® Model GXT900/950 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 ac k 8 Lo w Bat tery Lev el Indicat or 8 Oper ating Y our Radio 9 - 1 9 Ext er nal Speak er/Microphone J ac [...]

® 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 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[...]

® Page 5 www .midlandradio.com IMPOR T ANT NO TICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERA TION The GXT900/950 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 - 42, which comprise the GMRS channels of t[...]

® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com CONTROLS LCD DISPLA Y 1. BA TTERY METER – Indicates the battery level. 2. SCRAMBLER ICON – Indicates when the Scrambler feature is on. 3. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY LOCK mode is on. 4. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX mode is active. 5. NOAA WEA THER (WX) BAND ICON – Indicates when the radio is in Weather B[...]

® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INS T ALLA TION Y our GXT900/950 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 GXT900/950 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack (included) which can be recharged using a desktop charger (included). Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 12 hours thereafter . For maximum battery life, we recommend cha[...]

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 GXT90 0/950 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 confim or press MENU button again to move to the next feature sett[...]

® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT900/950 Series SET TING THE RING T ONE Y our GXT900/950 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 GXT900/950 Series USING THE RADIO IN S T AND ARD MODE Y ou can set your GXT900/950 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 SET TING SCRAMBLER FUNCTION Y our GXT900/950 Series has a SCRAMBLER function that will change the sound being transmitted; making it incomprehensible to other user with dif ferent radios . This will to enable you to communicate privately with other GXT900/950 with SCRAMBLER function. T o turn the SCRAMBLER function [...]

SILENT OPERA TION Y our GXT900/950 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 The NOAA WEA THER (WX) ALER T is automatically on during NOAA WEA THER SCAN mode. T o turn the NOAA WEA THER (WX) ALERT on during normal NOAA WEA THER RADIO mode, press the MENU button twice while in NOAA WEA THER SCAN mode. The display shows "AL" , while on the right an "oF" icon appears blinkin[...]

® Page 19 www .midlandradio.com When you press the PTT button to transmit on an active channel, the scanning function will stop and remain on the active channel for 10 seconds before resuming scan when PTT button is no longer pressed. T o resume scanning, quickly press the button. T o turn the DUAL W A TCH function off, press the SCAN button. EXTE[...]

® Page 20 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 21 www .midlandradio.com SPECIFICA TIONS Channels 42 GMRS/FRS Channels +142 Privacy Codes 10 NOAA W eather (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 22 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT900/950 Series DCS PRIV A C Y CODE CHART 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 1[...]

® Page 23 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 25 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT900/950 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 -7 7 A A V V P P -H H 3 3 - 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 the Ear Mic. Head[...]

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