Midland Radio 895, GXT860 manual Keypad Lock, Display Illumination, Channel Selection GMRS/FRS Band

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Model GXT860/895 Series

KEYPAD LOCK

To avoid accidentally changing the radio settings, 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.

DISPLAY ILLUMINATION

During Power on, the display illumination will activate for approx. 5 seconds. The display illumination can also be activated when the MENU, MON/SCAN, or / buttons are pressed.

CHANNEL SELECTION (GMRS/FRS BAND)

Press the MENU button once, and then the / buttons to select one of the 42 GMRS/FRS channels. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next feature setting.

SETTING PRIVACY CODES

Your GXT860/895 Series has 142 Privacy Codes available. The selected Privacy Code may be different for each channel. To select a Privacy Code for the current channel press the MENU button twice, and then the / buttons to select between Off/CTCSS/DCS. Press the MENU button again and the / buttons to select one of the 38 CTCSS Codes or one of the 104 DCS Codes. The Privacy Code icon on the display will indicate whether you set your Privacy Code in CTCSS or DCS mode. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next feature setting.

!Note : If you select a CTCSS Privacy Code, any pre-selected DCS Privacy Code will be cancelled and vice-versa. Selecting a Privacy Code of "oF" will disable the Privacy feature. To commu- nicate between two GXT860/895 Series radios, all radios in your group must be set to the same channel and Privacy Code. The Privacy Code can only be set in channels 1~22.

TRANSMIT (TX) POWER LEVEL SELECTION

Your GXT860/895 Series has 3 power level settings. To select the power level on channels 1~7, 15~33 and 38~42, 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:Med/L: Lo). To confirm, press the PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next feature setting.

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