Midland Radio 895, GXT860 manual Call Alert Selection, Vibrate Alert, Noaa Weather RADIO/SCAN

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Model GXT860/895 Series

To turn the ROGER BEEP tone off, press the MENU button until the display shows an “rb” icon while on the right of the “rb” display, an “on” icon appears. Select “oF” by pressing the/ buttons and push the PTT key, or press the MENU button to move to the next feature setting.

CALL ALERT SELECTION

Your GXT860 Series has 10 selectable CALL ALERTS (15 for GXT895). To 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 ALERT selections, and the radio will emit a corresponding tone for each selection. To confirm, press the PTT button or press the MENU button to move to the next feature setting.

VIBRATE ALERT

To turn the VIBRATE ALERT on, press the MENU button until the display shows the VIBRATE ALERT icon blinking, while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER, an “oF” icon appears. Select onby pressing the / buttons and push the PTT button, or press the MENU button. The VIBRATE ALERT icon will remain on the display. To turn the VIBRATE ALERT off, press the MENU button until the display shows the VIBRATE ALERT icon blinking, while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER, an “on” icon appears. Select “oF” by pressing the / buttons and push the PTT button, or press the MENU button. The VIBRATE ALERT icon will go off.

NOAA WEATHER RADIO/SCAN

Your GXT860/895 Series has a NOAA WEATHER RADIO function to enable the user to receive weather reports from designated NOAA stations.

Your radio also has a NOAA WEATHER SCAN function, to enable the user to scan all 10 channels of the NOAA WEATHER RADIO. To turn the NOAA WEATHER SCAN on, press and hold the MENU button for 5 seconds while in GMRS mode. The radio will go to WX Band mode and start scanning all 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.

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