MIDLAND Base Camp446 - Manual (Page 12)

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PTT button on the side of the hand mic. For a maximum clarity, hold the device at a distance of
about 2/3 cm.
To receive a
CALL, release the PTT button. The “RX” icon will appear on the display when your
radio is receiving a transmission.
MONITOR
The MONITOR function allows you to exclude temporarily the automatic squelch for receiving
potential weak signals, which wouldn’t be received.
To activate the
MONITOR, press the “MONITOR” button.
This function can be activated exclusively in PMR/MARINE BAND.
SCAN
MIDLAND BASE CAMP can SCAN all channels for any activity. When the radio is in receiving
mode, the SCAN function will stop, and will resume scanning 5 seconds after the signal is no lon-
ger present. This function is useful to control which channels are free.
When you press the
PTT button to transmit on an active channel, the scanning function will stop
and remain on the active channel.
To resume scanning, quickly press the
SCAN button.
This function can be used only in PMR/MARINE BAND.
KEYPAD LOCK
Press for about 5 seconds the LOCK/CALL button; the KEY LOCK icon will appear on the display.
In this way, the lock function is activated and the MENU and SCAN button will be disable.
This function can work only in PMR/MARINE BAND.
Repeat the same procedure to unlock the keypad.
DISPLAY ILLUMINATION
In clock mode (power off) the display illumination can be activated by pressing the MENU button,
or turning the TUNING KNOB.
During power on, the display illumination will activate for approx. 5 seconds. The display illumina-
tion can also be activated pressing the majority of the buttons. (Power on)
CTCSS/DCS TONES
The CTCSS/DCS tones are codes that can be added to the pre-set channel for creating new priva-
te ones. For each channel you can choose until 38 CTCSS codes and 83 DCS codes.
The addiction of these codes can be made on these following channels:
PMR446- only on the main PMR channels (from P1 to P8). The pre-set channels from 9p to 24p
can not be modified.
To select a privacy code for the current channel press the
MENU button once, then turn the TU-
NING knob to select the chose code. The Privacy selected Code will appear on the display.
To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
To activate the DCS codes, press the MENU button twice, then turn the TUNING knob to select the
desired code. The Privacy selected Code will appear on the display.
To confirm the selection, press the
PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
To disable the CTCSS/DCS functions, select the private code and then press the MENU button,
until visualize the flashing CTCSS Privacy Code on the right of the display. Select then “off”, turning
the TUNING knob. (It will appear “off” on the display)
To confirm, press PTT.
Note: if you select any CTCSS Privacy Code, any pre-selected DCS Privacy Code will be deleted
and vice-versa. To communicate with other radios, they must be set to the same channel and
Privacy Code selections.
TRANSMIT (TX) POWER LEVEL SELECTION
MIDLAND BASE CAMP has 2 power level settings. To select the power level, the radio must be on
PMR mode on P1-P8 channels. Press the MENU button until a “Pr” icon will appear on the display,
then turn the TUNING knob to select the TRANSMIT POWER LEVEL High (H) or Low (L). On the
display it will appear H or L according to the power selected.
To confirm, press the PTT button or wait 5 seconds.
When the battery is completely charged, the maximum power is 500 mW (ERP), while the lowest
one is 10mW (ERP).
Thanks to this function, if you don’t have to cover wide distances, you can select the “low power”
mode and so, increase the battery life.
! When the battery Meter drops to 1 bar
, the TX Power will automatically switch from
Hi (H) to Lo (L) level.
VOX
MIDLAND BASE CAMP has 4 VOX levels (off, 1, 2, 3, and 4). This function allows the user to
activate the communication without pressing the PTT button. You just have to speak and the com-
munication is on.
You can set the
VOX on 3 levels, with or without accessories.
The fourth level activates the VOX with Talkback function: when one of the two devices transmit for
more than 20 seconds, the VOX Talkback stops the transmission for 10 seconds; so the other user
has himself the opportunity to talk.