MIDLAND Base Camp446 - Manual (Page 13)

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To set the VOX level, press the MENU button, until the display shows “VO”.
After that, turning the TUNING knob, you can choose “1”,”2”,”3” or “4”.
To confirm, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
To disable the VOX function, by turning the TUNING knob, select “oF” and then push the PTT
key.
CALL ALERT SELECTION
MIDLAND BASE CAMP allows to send a CALL alert signal to all the users of the same channel;
on the display it appear the “ TX” icon and the tone of confirmation can be heard by your own spe-
aker. MIDLAND BASE CAMP has 5 selectable CALL alerts (oF, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5).
To CALL, press the LOCK/CALL button.
To select, press the MENU button until a “CA” icon with the current CALL ALERT setting is di-
splayed.
Turn the
TUNING knob to make the CALL alert selections; the radio will emit a corresponding tone
for each selection. To confirm, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
The pressure of the CALL/LOCK button for 5 seconds in AM/FM mode, allows the user to store
a desired radio station.
ROGER BEEP (end of transmission tone)
When the PTT button is released, the radio will beep to confirm to other users that you’ve finished
your transmission and that they can begin to speak.
To turn the
ROGER BEEP on, press the MENU button till the display shows “rb of”; than by the
TUNING knob, select “rb on”. The display will show the icon “RGB”.
To confirm, push the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
To disable this function, repeat the procedure selecting the “ rb of” and on the display will disappear
the icon “ RGB”.
BEEP TONE
This function permit you to produce a beep tone every time you press a button.
If you want to enable this function, press the
MENU button until the display shows “bp on”, then
select by the TUNING knob “bp of”.
To confirm, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
The icon will desapper.
In this way, all “beeps” and “tones” are disabled.
To re-able this function, repeat the procedure selecting the “
bp on” by turning the TUNING knob
and confirm by pressing the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
DUAL WATCH
The DUAL WATCH function enables users to MONITOR, only in reception, 2 selected channels
for any activity.
To turn on the
DUAL WATCH function, press the MENU button until the display shows “DW of”.
Select the second channel by turning the TUNING knob. To select one of the 38 CTCSS/DCS
Privacy Codes for the second channel press again the MENU button and select the privacy code
turning the TUNING knob.
To confirm press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
The display will show “ DW” alternatively the channel in use and the second one selected.
To turn off the DUAL WATCH function, you can just press the SCAN button or the MENU one.
When the radio will receive a signal on one of the two channels selected, the “ DUAL WATCH”
function will temporarily stop, allowing the transmission and the reception of the active signal on
the channel in use.
MIDLAND BASE CAMP will stay in the active channel as long as the signal is present and will
resume scanning 5 seconds after the signal is no longer present.
MARINE BAND
Select the MARINE BAND using the BAND switch, the display will show the least selected channel
and the MARINE icon. MARINE BAND can not transmit, but only receive signals.
When you are in MARINE mode, the display will show the number of the channel (for ex. 1 d).
To select the desired channel, turn clockwise or counter-clockwise the TUNING knob.
In MARINE BAND, you can activate also the SCAN, MONITOR and LOCK functions.
AM/FM RECEIVER MODE
BASE CAMP can receive AM/FM frequencies, by selecting through the BAND switch the desired
mode. The display will show the selected AM/FM BAND and the active frequency.
Selecting the frequency on AM/FM BAND
To select the AM/FM frequency, turn clockwise and counter-clockwise the TUNING knob. Holding
the knob for 2 seconds, the radio will SCAN for the frequencies until it receives a strong and clear
signal; if you keep holding the knob clockwise or counter-clockwise for 5 seconds, the SCAN
function is continuous, until you stop it just turning slightly the TUNING knob or pushing the PTT
button.
Memorizing the frequency
BASE CAMP can store 2 selected frequencies in AM and 2 in FM BAND. To memorize the first
frequency, press for 5 seconds the LOCK/CALL button while for the second one keep pressing
the SCAN button.