English, Emergency alarm, Prc - priority channel – MIDLAND G14 PMR446 User Manual

Page 11: Scan and pri – priority scan, Scan mode settings, Vox- selecting the vox sensitivity level, Pow - setting the transmission power, Squelch, Scrambler

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ENGLISH

Emergency Alarm

Keep pressed the

CALL key for 1 second and press MON: the radio will switch to emergency alarm.

To disable this function, press the

PTT button.

PRC - Priority Channel

It is possible to set a priority channel for the Priority

SCAN.(see the following paragraph).

The priority channel is searched during the

SCAN mode. You can choose the priority channel among 99 available

channels. (If, for example you choose channel 9 as priority one, the Scan will be as following: 1

9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9

9 7 …).

To choose the priority channel:

Press the

MENU button;

Rotate the

Encoder knob till “PRC” is shown on the display;

Press

ENTER;

Rotate the

Encoder knob and choose the desired priority channel;

Confirm your selection with

ENTER and exit by pressing twice the SCAN button.

SCAN and PRI – Priority Scan

The

SCAN function is very useful to monitor the channels before transmitting.

When the radio is in receiving mode, the Scan function will stop, and will resume scanning 5 seconds after the

signal is no longer present. This function is useful to control which channels are free.

All channels SCAN

Press the

SCAN button: the radio will scan all channels from the channel in use. Whenever any signal is detected,

the radio will suspend the Scan for 5 seconds; then continue to Scan unless you press

PTT or ENTER.

PRI – Priority Scan

Press the

MENU button. With the Encoder Knob, select “PRI”. With the Priority Scan, the priority channel previou-

sly set is searched. Whenever any signal is detected, the radio will suspend the Scan for 5 seconds; then continue

to Scan unless you press

PTT or ENTER.

Scan mode settings

Press

MENU and then rotate the Encoder knob. The display will visualize “SCANS”. Press ENTER and then

rotate the

Encoder knob to choose the type of Scan (TO/CO/SE). Confirm your selection with ENTER and exit by

pressing twice the

SCAN button.

TO - Time-operated Scan

Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will suspend the scan for 5 seconds, and then will continue to scan even

if the signal is still present.

CO: Carrier-operated Scan

Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will stop scanning. It will resume to scan once the signal will be no more

present.

SE: Search Scan

The radio will stop scanning and exit the Scan mode once detected a signal.

VOX- Selecting the VOX sensitivity level

G14 enables hands free conversations through the VOX function: just speak in the direction of the microphone and

the communication will be automatically activated.

The

VOX sensitivity can be adjusted in 3 different levels. The VOX function is deactivated by default.

To activate it, follow the steps here below:

1. press the

MENU button;

2. turn the

Encoder knob until the display shows ‘VOX’;

3. push the

ENTER key;

4. turn again the

Encoder knob and select the desired VOX level (1: high sensibility 2: medium sensibility 3: low

sensibility);

Confirm your selection with

ENTER and exit by pressing twice the SCAN button.

To disable the

VOX function, follow the previous steps and choose “Off”.

POW - Setting the transmission power

G14 has 2 selectable transmission power:

To select the desired power level:

1. press the

MENU button;

2. turn the

Encoder knob until ‘POW’ is displayed;

3. press the

ENTER button ;

4. turn the

Encoder knob and select the desired power level (there are 2 available power levels: ‘H’=~500mWERP

and ‘

L’= ~10mWERP)

5. confirm the selection with

ENTER. The display will show “HI” or “LO” depending on the power selected;

6. press twice the

SCAN to exit.

If your radio has to operate within a short range, you can select the low power and therefore extend the battery

life.

SqUELCH

With the Squelch function noises can be suppressed on the free channels.

To select the Squelch level:

Press the

MENU button;

Turn the

Encoder knob until “SqL” is displayed;

Press the

ENTER button;

Turn the

Encoder knob and select the desired Squelch level (there’s 9 available levels);

Confirm your selection with

ENTER and exit by pressing twice the SCAN button.

Make sure you do not set an excessively high squelch level because in this case you may not be able to receive

weaker signals. On the other hand an excessively low Squelch value could enable the Squelch even when no

signals are present.

Squelch must always be adjusted when no signals are present.

SCRAMBLER

The scrambler is designed to protect communications.

This feature prevents parties from other networks from hearing and understanding voice communications.

To enable/disable the scrambler:

Press the

MENU button;

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