Switching your midland bt rebel on and off, Pairing with bluetooth devices – MIDLAND BT Rebel User Manual
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Switching your Midland BT REBEL 
on and off
BT Rebel can be switched on by means of the central button 
labeled “Music”.
To switch off the unit you must use a combination of two but-
tons (Music+AUX), thus lessening the chances that you might 
turn off the unit accidentally (especially whilst wearing heavy 
gloves).
Switching the unit on:
› Press and hold “Music” button down for approximately 3 
seconds until the BLUE indicator lights.
Switching the unit off:
› Press and hold both “Music” and “AUX” buttons together 
for approximately 3 seconds until the RED indicator flashes 
3 times.
Pairing with Bluetooth devices
Your Midland BT Rebel is a Bluetooth unit that can be paired 
with other Bluetooth devices.
Before performing this procedure, it is necessary to set BT 
Rebel into “Pairing mode” (Setup). 
The only operations permitted in this mode are the pairing 
ones. To use the BT Rebel unit after pairing it with the desired 
devices, it is necessary to quit the “Setup” mode and switch to 
the “Operating” mode.
Setup mode
Switch off the BT Rebel device. Press and hold down the cen-
tral button (Music/on) for about 7 sec. until the red indicator 
switches on permanently. BT Rebel is now in “Setup” mode 
and can therefore be paired with other devices.
Pairing the unit with your cell phone
1. Enable the Bluetooth device search feature on your cell
phone. As this procedure varies according to the brand and 
model of the cell phone, refer to the manual supplied to 
your particular phone for further information.
2. Set the BT Rebel unit in “Setup” mode, then press the
“Phone” button on the unit until the red and blue indicators 
start flashing.
3. After a few seconds the cell phone will display “Midland BT
Single”. Select it and follow the instructions provided in your 
cell phone manual to accept the pairing. When prompted, 
enter the pairing code, which is 0000 (four zeroes). Your 
cell phone should then display a confirmation message if 
the pairing operation has been successfully completed (In 
case of error message, complete anyway the procedure, 
exit the “setup” mode and try to use the BT Rebel with your 
phone).
4 The BT Rebel unit returns to the Setup mode (red indicator
permanently on) to indicate that it is ready to be paired with 
other devices
If you pair the BT Rebel unit with a cell phone, you will not be 
able to pair it with a GPS Sat-Nav, because both these devices 
are assigned (high) priority 1.
This problem can be easily solved by pairing your cell pho-
ne directly with your GPS Sat-Nav and then pairing the GPS 
with your Midland BT Rebel using the above procedure. In this 
case, the cell phone features will be managed by the GPS 
Sat-Nav.
Pairing the unit with a GPS Sat-Nav
It is generally possible to pair the BT Rebel unit with all GPS 
Sat-Navs that support Bluetooth earpieces.
Midland BT Rebel has been successfully tested for use with 
GPS ZUMO Sat-Navs manufactured by Garmin and TOMTOM 
Rider 1 and 2 Sat-Navs.
1. On your GPS Sat-Nav, enable the Bluetooth earphone 
search feature. As this procedure varies according to the 
brand and model of GPS, we recommend you refer to the 
