MIDLAND G9 - Manual (Page 20)

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Vibra-CALL function
Midland G9 is equipped with the “Vibra-CALL” feature, which provides a silent alert for incoming CALLs.
To activate this feature, press the
MENU button until the display shows
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enable this feature (on: enables, oF:disables);
Push PTT [11] to confirm or wait for 5 seconds.
CALL feature
Midland G9 can send 5 different CALL tones. To send this audio signal to other users, press the CALL/
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To select the CALL tones:
Press MENU, until the display shows “CA” and the active tone code.
By pushing ▲▼ you will hear the 5 pre-set melodies.
Confirm by pressing PTT or wait for 5 seconds.
ROGER BEEP (End transmission tone)
When the PTT button is released, the radio will beep to confirm to other users that your transmission has
finished.
In the Midland G9 this function is factory disabled.
To activate it:
Press the MENU button until the display shows “rb of”; using the scroll buttons ▼▲ select “on” and “rb on” will
be displayed; to confirm the roger beep activation, press PTT or wait for 5 seconds.
Keypad Beep
Everytime a button is pressed, you will hear a beep.
To disable the beeps, follow this procedure:
Press › MENU, till the display shows “bP on”.
Push ▲▼ till “ › bP of” is displayed.
Confirm your selection by pushing › PTT or wait for 5 seconds.
In this way, all beeps and tones are disabled.
To enable the keypad beep, repeat this procedure and select “bP on”
Emergency CALL function
The Midland G9 dedicates a channel to the Emergency calls: all the G9 operating within your range, even if tuned
on different channels, can receive/transmit Emergency messages on that channel.
If you keep pressed the EMG button, the communications automatically switch to the emergency channel (“EC”
on the display). An audio signal will be sent and all the G9 operating within the range will automatically go to the
Emergency channel (“EC”).
If you have disabled this function, you won’t receive/transmit any Emergency CALL.
! When the radio is operating on the Emergency channel (EC displayed), all the buttons except PTT and
CALL are disabled.
The G9 will return to the channel in use after one minute from the last transmission.
To return immediately, push
EMG . Now you can use all the MENU functions.
Activating / Deactiving the Emergency feature
When you switch on the unit, the Emergency function is activated, but you can disable and enable it again:
Press MENU till the display shows EC on.
Select EC of by using ▲▼ . Confirm your selection by pushing PTT or wait for 5 seconds.
! When the Emergency function is activated (EMG blinking on the display) the following functions
cannot be used: Scan, Monitor, Dual Watch, Out of Range.
Changing the emergency channel
The emergency channel originally preset is P8 DCS 50; but you can change it according to your needs.
! Important: be sure that the Emergency function is active! (EMG blinking). If you decide to change
the channel dedicated to the Emergency function, do not forget to make the same change to all the
radios!
Press the MENU button until the display shows EC on.
Push MENU again (of displayed) and select the desired channel by means of ▲▼. To confirm press PTT or wait