Page 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
® Model GXT900/950 Series Page 3 www.midlandradio.com 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 Externa...
Page 4 - Welcome to the world of Midland electronics; Features
® Page 4 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 5 - IMPORTANT NOTICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERATION; and request form; Exposure To Radio Frequency Energy
® Page 5 www.midlandradio.com 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 - ...
Page 7 - BELT CLIP
® Page 7 www.midlandradio.com BATTERY INSTALLATION Your GXT900/950 Series radio operates with either 4 AA alkalinebatteries or an optional NiMH battery pack. The belt clip should beremoved (see below) to ease installation or removal of the batteries. To install the batteries:1. With the back of the ...
Page 8 - CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BATTERY PACK; To charge using a Desktop Charger:; BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR; BATTERY LEVEL METER; Battery Shell
® Page 8 www.midlandradio.com CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BATTERY PACK Your GXT900/950 Series is equipped for using an optionalrechargeable NiMH battery pack (included) which can be rechargedusing a desktop charger (included). Initial charge time is 24 hours witha charge time of 12 hours thereafter. For m...
Page 9 - 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 toreduce 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 allicons...
Page 10 - “animal sound”
® Page 10 www.midlandradio.com GXT900/950 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART MONITOR Pressing and holding the MONITOR button for 1 second will let you hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when notreceiving a signal. This should be used to check activity on yourcurrent channel before ...
Page 11 - USING THE RADIO IN GROUP MODE; “direct calls”
® Page 11 www.midlandradio.com 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...
Page 12 - SETTING THE RADIO TO GROUP MODE; “Gr”; SETTING GROUP CODES; “Id”; SETTING THE CALLER ID NUMBER; “direct call”
® Page 12 www.midlandradio.com 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 ...
Page 14 - USING THE RADIO IN STANDARD MODE; SETTING THE RADIO TO STANDARD MODE
® Page 14 www.midlandradio.com 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 unt...
Page 16 - SILENT OPERATION; To turn the SILENT OPERATION mode on; CALL ALERT SELECTION
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 ”...
Page 17 - VIBRATE ALERT; oF; NOAA WEATHER RADIO/SCAN
® Page 17 www.midlandradio.com 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 b...
Page 18 - Note : The WX Alert is automatically ON during WX SCAN; DUAL WATCH FUNCTION; “oF”
® Page 18 www.midlandradio.com The NOAA WEATHER (WX) ALERT is automatically on during NOAAWEATHER 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 ...
Page 19 - Note : You can charge a rechargeable NiMH
® Page 19 www.midlandradio.com When you press the PTT button to transmit on an active channel, the scanning function will stop and remain on the active channel for 10seconds before resuming scan when PTT button is no longer pressed. To resume scanning, quickly press the button. To turn the DUAL WATC...
Page 20 - PROBLEM SOLUTION; USE AND CARE; use alcohol or cleaning solutions to clean the radio.; Do not; submerge the radio in water.; TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
® Page 20 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 21 - SPECIFICATIONS; Channels; AA Alkaline or 6.0V Rechargeable Ni-MH battery pack
® Page 21 www.midlandradio.com SPECIFICATIONS Channels 42 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 ...
Page 22 - DCS PRIVACY CODE CHART; Note: Privacy codes can be programmed for use on Channels 1~22 only
® Page 22 www.midlandradio.com Model GXT900/950 Series DCS PRIVACY CODE CHART No. CODE No. CODE No. CODE 1 023 36 251 71 631 2 025 37 261 72 632 3 026 38 263 73 654 4 031 39 265 74 662 5 032 40 271 75 664 6 043 41 306 76 703 7 047 42 311 77 712 8 051 43 315 78 723 9 054 44 331 79 731 10 065 45 343 8...
Page 23 - LIMITED WARRANTY
® Page 23 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 25 - ACCESSORIES; Accessories can be purchased at
® Page 25 www.midlandradio.com Model GXT900/950 Series A AV VP P-11 A AV VP P-H H44 A AV VP P-H H11 A AV VP P-H H55 A AV VP P-H H22 A AV VP P-77 A AV VP P-H H33 - 1 Open Face Helmet Microphone Kit - $49.99 - 1 Closed Face Helmet Microphone Kit - $49.99 - 2 Surveillance Headset - $39.99 - 2 Over the ...
Page 26 - DO NOT; Make Money Order to Midland Radio Corporation.; ACCESSORIES ORDER FORM; Qty
® Model GXT900/950 Series Page 26 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: _...
