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Page 2 - TABLE OF CONTENTS

® Model LXT460 Series Page 2 www.midlandradio.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Introduction 3 Important Notice, FCC Licensing 4 LCD Display 5 Controls 5 Battery Installation 6 Installing the Belt Clip 6 Charging the Optional Battery Pack 7 Low Battery Level Indicator 7 Operating Your Radio 8 - 13 External Sp...

Page 3 - Welcome to the world of Midland electronics; Features

® Page 3 www.midlandradio.com 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-techengineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service)operation, this compact package is bi...

Page 4 - IMPORTANT NOTICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERATION; and request form; Exposure To Radio Frequency Energy

® Page 4 www.midlandradio.com IMPORTANT NOTICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERATION The LXT460 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,w...

Page 5 - CONTROLS

® Page 5 www.midlandradio.com SCAN MON CONTROLS LCD DISPLAY 1. KEY LOCK ICON – Indicates KEY LOCK mode is on. 2. VOX ICON – Indicates when VOX mode is active. 3. NOAA WEATHER (WX) BAND ICON – Indicates when the radio is in Weather Band mode. 4. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 1~22 on GMRS/FRS band (1~...

Page 6 - BELT CLIP

® Page 6 www.midlandradio.com BATTERY INSTALLATION Your LXT460 Series radio operates with either 4 AAA alkaline batte-ries 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 r...

Page 7 - CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BATTERY PACK; To charge using a Desktop Charger:; BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR; BATTERY LEVEL METER; Battery Shell

® Page 7 www.midlandradio.com CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BATTERY PACK Your LXT460 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeableNiMH battery pack which can be recharged by inserting the ACadapter into the radio charge jack, or with optional desktop charger (asdescribed below). Initial charge time ...

Page 8 - OPERATING YOUR RADIO

POWER ON/OFF AND VOLUME Press the POWER/MENU button for at least 3 seconds to turn the radio on/off. During Power On, the radio will beep 2 times withdifferent tones, the LCD will display all icons for 1 second and the LCDdisplay will indicate the last channel selected. To increase/decrease the volu...

Page 10 - SETTING PRIVACY CODES

® Page 10 www.midlandradio.com CHANNEL SELECTION (GMRS/FRS BAND) Press the MENU button once, and then the buttons to select one of the 28 GMRS/FRS channels. To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or press the MENU button again to move to the next feature setting. SETTING PRIVACY CODES Your L...

Page 11 - VOX; To set VOX; VIBRATE ALERT

® Page 11 www.midlandradio.com VOX Your LXT460 Series has 3 VOX level settings: (oF/1/2/3) . To set VOX , press the MENU button until the display shows “ VOX ” blinking while on the right of the CHANNEL NUMBER display, an “ oF ” icon appears. Select “ 1 ”,“ 2 ” or “ 3 ” by pressing the buttons and p...

Page 12 - To turn the SILENT OPERATION mode on; NOAA WEATHER RADIO

® Page 12 www.midlandradio.com CALL ALERT SELECTION Your LXT460 Series has 5 selectable CALL ALERTS. To select, press the MENU button until a “ CA ” icon appears and to the right of the “ CA ” icon the current CALL ALERT setting is displayed. Then press the buttons to make the CALL ALERT selections ...

Page 13 - Note : The WX Alert is automatically ON during WX SCAN

® Page 13 www.midlandradio.com NOAA WEATHER SCAN Your LXT460 Series has a NOAA WEATHER SCAN function, to enable user to scan all the 10 channels of the NOAA WEATHER RADIO . To turn the NOAA WEATHER SCAN on, press and hold the UP/WX button for 5 seconds while in GMRS mode. The radio will go to WX Ban...

Page 14 - EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE JACK; jacks

® Page 14 www.midlandradio.com EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE JACK Your LXT460 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or headset, freeing your hands for other tasks. To use anoptional speaker / microphone or headset: l Insert the plug(s) into the SPK/MIC jacks l Place the earbu...

Page 15 - PROBLEM SOLUTION; USE AND CARE; use alcohol or cleaning solutions to clean the radio.; Do not; immerse the radio in water.; TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

® Page 15 www.midlandradio.com PROBLEM SOLUTION No Power - Check battery installation and/or replace batteries Cannot ReceiveMessages - Confirm the radios have the same channel and Privacy Code settings. - Make sure that you are within range of the other transceivers. - Buildings and other structure...

Page 16 - SPECIFICATIONS; Channels; AAA Alkaline or 4.8V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack

® Page 16 www.midlandradio.com SPECIFICATIONS Channels 22 GMRS/FRS Channels +121 Privacy Codes 10 NOAA Weather (WX) Band Channels Operating Frequency UHF 462.5500 ~ 467.7125 MHz Power Source 4 AAA Alkaline or 4.8V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack GMRS/FRS FREQUENCY CHART (MHz) CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No...

Page 17 - DCS PRIVACY CODE CHART; Note: Privacy codes can be programmed for use on any channel

® Page 17 www.midlandradio.com Model LXT460 Series DCS PRIVACY CODE CHART No. CODE No. CODE No. CODE 1 023 29 174 57 445 2 025 30 205 58 464 3 026 31 223 59 465 4 031 32 226 60 466 5 032 33 243 61 503 6 043 34 244 62 506 7 047 35 245 63 516 8 051 36 251 64 532 9 054 37 261 65 546 10 065 38 263 66 56...

Page 18 - LIMITED WARRANTY

® Page 18 www.midlandradio.com LIMITED WARRANTY Midland Radio Corporation will repair or replace, at its option withoutcharge, any Midland FRS/GMRS transceiver which fails due to adefect in material or workmanship within Three Years following theinitial consumer purchase. This warranty does not appl...

Page 19 - ACCESSORIES; Accessories can be purchased at

® Page 19 www.midlandradio.com Model LXT460 Series ACCESSORIES Accessories can be purchased at www.midlandradio.com or fill in the form on the following page and mail it to our address. A AV VP P-66 - 1 Dual Desk Charger- 2 Rechargeable battery packs- 1 AC Adapter- 1 DC Cigarette lighter adapter - $...

Page 23 - DO NOT; Make Money Order to Midland Radio Corporation.; ACCESSORIES ORDER FORM; Qty

® Page 23 www.midlandradio.com Please send Money Order or fill in Visa/MasterCard information andmail to the address below. Please DO NOT send cash or checks. Make Money Order to Midland Radio Corporation. Name: _____________________________________________________ Address: _________________________...