Midland Radio manual GXT860/895 Series Quick Reference Chart, Monitor, Scan, Call Alert

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Model GXT860/895 Series

GXT860/895 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART

MENU Channel Privacy Power VOX

1~42

Off

 

H/M/L

oF~5

CTCSS

1~38

MENU

Press &

 

 

 

 

hold Menu

DCS

1~104

button for 5

seconds

 

 

1~15 for GXT895

Silent Operation Roger Beep Call Tone Vibrate

On/Off

On/Off

1~10

On/Off

WX Scan

WX Channel

WX Alert

 

1~10

1~10

On/Off

 

*** Only on Ch 1 ~ 22

MONITOR

Pressing and holding the MONITOR 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 MONITOR button for 1 second again to get out of MONITOR mode.

SCAN

Your GXT860/895 Series can scan all 42 channels for activity. To enter, quickly press the SCAN button. Repeat the same procedure to exit. Your radio will rapidly scan each of the 42 channels and stop on any active channel. Your radio will resume scanning after 4 seconds when the channel is no longer active.

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.

To resume scanning, quickly press the / button.

CALL ALERT

Your GXT860/895 Series can transmit a call alert for a fixed length of time. To send a call alert, press the CALL button. The TX icon will appear while transmitting a call alert and a tone can be heard on the speaker for confirmation.

The GXT860 has 10 call alert selections while the GXT895 has 15 call alerts including 5 “animal sound” call alerts - Cougar, Duck, Crow, Wolf, and Turkey.

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