5.5 Button MON (Monitor). Midland Atlantic XT

5.5 Button MON (Monitor)

The Monitor button is for temporarily excluding (opening) the squelch, in order to listen to signals that are too weak to keep the squelch permanently opened. By excluding the squelch you will avoid listening the communication “chopped” by the squelch. In order to activate the Monitor function, so as to listen to all traffic on the selected channel, keep pressed the MON/SCAN[18] button for about 2 seconds. Keep pressed the button

MON/SCAN[18] for about 2 seconds to disable this function.

5.6 Choosing high or low transmission power

Batteries are drained more quickly during transmission. In order to extend the battery life you can select the low power when transmitting over short distances:

1) Press the MENU[17] button twice and the writing Pr will display.

2) Select LO[8] using the scroll buttons / [19].

3) Press PTT[11] to confirm, or wait for 5 seconds.

If you want to transmit a longer distance repeat the above procedure to select the high power. At step 2 use the scroll buttons / [19] to make the writing

LO[8] disappear. When the batteries are in good conditions, high power is about 5 watt, whereas low power is about 1 watt.

A low battery level during transmission will have a negative effect on the performance of your device.

5.7 LCD backlight

If there is insufficient light to read the display you can press the MENU[17] button to switch the display back light on for about 5 seconds.

Switching the back light on the display adds an additional drain on the batteries. Try to make a moderate use of this.

5.8 Instant selection of Channel 16

Channel 16 is the marine channel most frequently used for emergency. Your transceiver is equipped with a button that provides instant access to this channel. To recall rapidly channel

16 press the button

CH 16[12]. No matter what mode the device is operating, channel 16 will be selected immediately. To go back to the previously selected channel press again the button

CH

16[12].

5.9 Power saving feature

The battery power saving feature enables a reduction in the consumption of up to 50%;

Power saving comes on automatically when the transceiver does not receive any signal for more than seven seconds. When the battery pack is discharged (the icon [3] appears on the display) batteries need to be substituted or recharged if they are Ni-MH type.

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