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X-TRA TALK
GXT900/950 Series
GMRS/FRS Radio
OWNER'S MANUAL
www.midlandradio.com
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Introduction 4 Important Notice, FCC Licensing 5 LCD Display 6 Controls 6 Battery Installation 7 Installing the Belt Clip 7 Charging the Optional Battery Pack 8 Low Battery Level Indicator 8 Operating Your Radio 9 - 19 External Speaker/Microphone Jack 19 Troubleshooting Guide 20 Use and Care 20 Specifications and Frequency Charts 21 - 22 Warranty Information 23 MIDLAND Family Products 24 Accessories 25 Accessories Order Form 26 Page 3 www.midlandrad
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® Welcome to the world of Midland electronics Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality MIDLAND product. Your 2-way radio represents the state-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact package is big in performance. It is a quality piece of electronic equipment, skillfully constructed with the finest components. The circuitry is all solid-state and mounted on a rugged printed circuit board. Your
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® IMPORTANT NOTICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERATION The GXT900/950 Series operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. You must be licensed prior to operating on channels 1 - 7 or 15 - 42, which comprise the GMRS channels of the GXT900/950 Series. Serious penalties could result for unlicensed use of GMRS channels, in violation of FCC rules, as stipulated in the Communications Act's Se
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® 1. BATTERY METER – Indicates the battery LCD DISPLAY level. 2. SCRAMBLER ICON – Indicates when the Scrambler feature is on. 3. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY LOCK mode is on. 8 1 4. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX mode is active. 2 9 5. NOAA WEATHER (WX) BAND ICON– 3 10 Indicates when the radio is in Weather Band mode. 4 11 6. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 1~42 on GMRS/FRS band (1~10 on WX 5 12 band). 7. PRIVACY CODE – Indicates Privacy Code 13 6 selected by user (oF
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® BATTERY INSTALLATION Your GXT900/950 Series radio operates with either 4 AA alkaline batteries or an optional NiMH battery pack. The belt clip should be removed (see below) to ease installation or removal of the batteries. To install the batteries: 1. With the back of the radio facing you, remove the belt clip (see diagram below) for easy access, then remove the Battery Cover by pulling down the Battery Cover Latch and lifting up the Battery Cover from the radio.
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BATTERY PACK Your GXT900/950 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack (included) which can be recharged using a desktop charger (included). Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 12 hours thereafter. For maximum battery life, we recommend charging the battery pack when the low battery icon comes on. Remove the radios from the charger when the charge time expires. To charge using a Desktop Charger: 1. Pl
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® OPERATING YOUR RADIO POWER ON/OFF AND VOLUME Rotate the POWER/VOLUME knob clockwise to turn the radio on and increase the volume level. Rotate the control counter-clockwise to reduce the volume level and to turn the radio off. During Power On, the radio will beep 2 times with different tones, the LCD will display all icons for 1 second and the LCD display will indicate the last channel selected. TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A CALL To communicate, all radios in your group
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® GXT900/950 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART ID Setting Caller ID Ring Tone MENU Channel Group Mode On Group Code 4 digit code (0~9), Press MON to Off 1~10 0~5 1~42 0~142 choose each digit 1~15 for GXT950 Press and hold the MENU MENU button for Roger Beep Call Tone eVOX Silent Operation Vibrate Scrambler Power Privacy 5 seconds WX Scan 1~10 1~10 On/Off On/Off H/M/L oF~9 On/Off On/Off Off WX Channel 1~10 Dual Watch *** Only on Ch 1 ~ 22 Dual Watch Channel Privacy CTCSS
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® KEYPAD LOCK To avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press the LOCK button for 2 seconds. The KEY LOCK icon will appear on the display. PTT and CALL will still be active. Repeat the same procedure to unlock the keypad. DISPLAY ILLUMINATION During Power on, the display illumination will activate for approx. 5 seconds. The display illumination can also be activated when the / MENU, MON/SCA
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® SETTING THE RADIO TO GROUP MODE To turn the GROUP MODE on, press the MENU button until the display shows “Gr” blinking, while an “oF” appears on the right of the / display. Select “on” by pressing the buttons and press the PTT button to confim or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setting. When the radio is in GROUP MODE the Group Mode icon will appear on the display. SETTING GROUP CODES Your GXT900/950 Series has 142 Group Codes available. To sel
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® SETTING THE RING TONE Your GXT900/950 has 5 selectable Ring Tone. Your selected ring tone will be playbacked when receiving a “direct call” from another person of the same Group Code and ID Number. To select a Ring Tone for the current Group Code and ID Number press the MENU button until / an “rt” appears on the display, and then the buttons to make the selection. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press MENU button again to move to the next featur
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® USING THE RADIO IN STANDARD MODE You can set your GXT900/950 Series to Standard Mode to communi- cate with radios which do not have the Group Mode feature. SETTING THE RADIO TO STANDARD MODE To turn the STANDARD MODE on, press the MENU button until the display shows “Gr” blinking, while an “on” appears on the right of the display. Select “of” by pressing the buttons and press the / PTT button to confrim or press MENU button again to move to the next feature setti
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® SETTING SCRAMBLER FUNCTION Your GXT900/950 Series has a SCRAMBLER function that will change the sound being transmitted; making it incomprehensible to other user with different radios . This will to enable you to communicate privately with other GXT900/950 with SCRAMBLER function. To turn the SCRAMBLER function on, press the MENU button until the display shows an “Sc” icon while on the right of the “Sc” display, an “of” / icon appears. Select “on” by pressing the
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® SILENT OPERATION Your GXT900/950 Series has a SILENT OPERATION mode. In this mode, all “beeps” and “tones” are disabled. To turn the SILENT OPERATION mode on, press the MENU button until the display shows an “bP” icon while on the right of the “bP” display, an “on” icon appears. Select “of” by pressing the buttons / and push the PTT key or MENU button. To turn the SILENT OPERATION mode off, press the MENU button until the display shows an “bP” icon while on
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® VIBRATE ALERT To turn the VIBRATE ALERT on, press the MENU button until the display will show the VIBRATE ALERT icon blinking, while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER, an “oF” icon appears. Select “on” by / pressing the buttons and push the PTT button, or press MENU button. The VIBRATE ALERT icon will remain on the display. To turn the VIBRATE ALERT off, press the MENU button until the display will show the VIBRATE ALERT icon blinking, while on the right of the
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® The NOAA WEATHER (WX) ALERT is automatically on during NOAA WEATHER SCAN mode. To turn the NOAA WEATHER (WX) ALERT on during normal NOAA WEATHER RADIO mode, press the MENU button twice while in NOAA WEATHER SCAN mode. The display shows "AL", while on the right an "oF" icon appears blinking. Select "on" by pressing the / buttons. To confirm, press the PTT button or press MENU. The radio will return to WX BAND and the WX BAND icon will continue blinking. If the radio rec
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® When you press the PTT button to transmit on an active channel, the scanning function will stop and remain on the active channel for 10 seconds before resuming scan when PTT button is no longer pressed. / To resume scanning, quickly press the button. To turn the DUAL WATCH function off, press the SCAN button. EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE JACK Your GXT900/950 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or headset, freeing your hands for other tasks.
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Model GXT900/950 Series ® TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE PROBLEM SOLUTION No Power - Check battery installation and/or replace batteries Cannot Receive - Confirm the radios have the same channel Messages and Privacy Code settings. - Make sure that you are within range of the other transceivers. - Buildings and other structures may interfere with your communication. (See ABOUT RANGE on Page 9) Radio is not responding - Make sure key lock is not on. See "Keypad Lock" to button
