Midland Radio 895 Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
Model GXT860/895 Series
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GXT860/895 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHAR
T
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when the channel is no longer active.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.
MENU
Channel
VOX
1~42
Privacy
Roger Beep
On/Off
Power
H/M/L
Call Tone
1~10
Vibrate
On/Off
WX Scan
1~10
Press &
hold Menu
button for 5
seconds
Silent Operation
On/Off
oF~5
Off
CTCSS
DCS
1~38
1~104
1~15 for GXT895
WX Channel
1~10
WX Alert
On/Off
MENU
*** Only on Ch 1 ~ 22
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