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GXT800/808/850 Series
GMRS/FRS Radio
OWNER'S MANUAL
www.midlandradio.com
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Model GXT800/808/850 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 - 18 External Speaker/Microphone Jack 18 Troubleshooting Guide 19 Use and Care 19 Specifications and Frequency Charts 20 - 21 Warranty Information 22 MIDLAND Family Products 23 Accessories 23 - 25 Accessories Order Form 27 Page 3 www.mi
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Model GXT800/808/850 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. Y
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Model GXT800/808/850/850 Series ® IMPORTANT NOTICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERATION The GXT800/808/850 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 - 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of the GXT800/808/850 Series. Serious penalties could result for unlicensed use of GMRS channels, in violation of FCC rules, as stipulated in the Communi
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® 1. BATTERY METER – Indicates the LCD DISPLAY battery level. 2. SCRAMBLER ICON – Indicates when the Scrambler feature is on. 3. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY 8 1 LOCK mode is on. 4. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX 2 9 mode is active. 5. NOAA WEATHER (WX) BAND ICON– 3 10 Indicates when the radio is in Weather Band mode. 4 11 6. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 5 12 1~22 on GMRS/FRS band (1~10 on WX band). 13 6 7. PRIVACY CODE – Indicates Privacy Code selected by user (oF
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® BATTERY INSTALLATION Your GXT800/808/850 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
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BATTERY PACK Your GXT800/808/850 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 Charge
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Model GXT800/808/850 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 g
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® GXT800/808/850 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART Caller ID Ring Tone ID Setting MENU Channel Group Code Group Mode On Press & 4 digit code (0~9), hold Menu Press MON to Off 1~22 0~142 1~10 0~5 choose each digit button Roger Beep Call Tone Silent Operation Vibrate eVOX Privacy Scrambler Power WX Channel WX Alert On/Off On/Off H/M/L oF~9 On/Off On/Off 1~5 Off 1~10 On/Off 1~10 for GXT850 CTCSS 1~38 1~104 DCS MONITOR Pressing and holding the MONITOR button for 1 second
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Model GXT800/808/850 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
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Model GXT800/808/850 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 confrim 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 GXT800/808/850 Series has 142 Group Codes availabl
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® SETTING THE RING TONE Your GXT800/808/850 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 nex
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® USING THE RADIO IN STANDARD MODE You can set your GXT800/808/850 Series to Standard Mode to communicate 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
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® SETTING SCRAMBLER FUNCTION Your GXT800/808/850 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 GXT800/808/850 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 press
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® SILENT OPERATION Your GXT800/808/850 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
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Model GXT800/808/850 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
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® To turn the NOAA WEATHER (WX) ALERT off, press the MENU button twice while in WX Band. The display shows "AL", while on the right an "on" icon appears blinking. Select "oF" by pressing the / buttons. To confirm, press the PTT button or press MENU. Note: The RX icon blinks on briefly when the unit is listening for a NOAA WEATHER ALERT tone signal. EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE JACK Your GXT800/808/850 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or
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Model GXT800/808/850 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 bu
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Model GXT800/808/850 Series ® SPECIFICATIONS Channels 22 GMRS/FRS Channels +142 Privacy Codes 10 NOAA Weather (WX) Band Channels Operating Frequency UHF 462.5500 ~ 467.7125 MHz Power Source 4 AA Alkaline or 6.0V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack GMRS/FRS FREQUENCY CHART (MHz) CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. 1 9 17 462.5625 467.5875 462.6000 2 10 18 462.5875 467.6125 462.6250 3 462.6125 11 467.6375 19 462.6500 4 462.6375 12 467.6625 20 462.6750 5 462.6625 13 467.6875
