Midland Radio LXT480 Series owner manual Silent Operation, Noaa Weather RADIO/SCAN

SILENT OPERATION

Your LXT480 Series has a SILENT OPERATION mode. In this mode, all “beeps” and “tones” are disabled.

To turn the SILENT OPERATION 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 s\t buttons and push the PTT key or MENU button.

To turn the SILENT OPERATION mode off, press the MENU button until the display shows an “bP” icon while on the right of the “bP” display, an “oF” icon appears. Select “on” by pressing the s\t buttons and push the PTT key or MENU button.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO/SCAN

Your LXT480 Series has a NOAA WEATHER RADIO function, to enable user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations.

Your LXT480 Series also has a NOAA WEATHER SCAN function, to enable user to scan all the 10 channels of the NOAA WEATHER RADIO. To turn the NOAA WEATHER SCAN on, press and hold the UP/WX s button for 5 seconds while in GMRS mode. The radio will go to WX Band mode and start scanning all the 10 channels and stop on any active channel. When the channel becomes inactive for 10 seconds the radio will resume scanning.

To stop the NOAA WEATHER (WX) SCAN and set the channel manually on the WX Band, press the MENU button during NOAA WEATHER (WX) SCAN. The radio will stop scanning and the display will show the current WX Band channel setting and the WX Band icon. While on WX Band mode press the s\t buttons to select one of the 10 NOAA WEATHER (WX) BAND channels. To confirm, press the PTT button or press MENU button to move to the next feature setting.

To turn the NOAA WEATHER RADIO off, press the PTT button. The current GMRS/FRS radio setting will be displayed and the WX BAND icon will go off.