Midland Arctic - Functions; Power and Volume Control; Channel Management; Transmission and Reception

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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 chan-
nel. To recall rapidly channel 16 press the CH 16 button. No matter what mode
the device is operating, channel 16 will be immediately selected. To go back to
the previously selected channel press again the CH 16 button.
POWER SAVE
The battery power saving feature enables a reduction in the consumption; po-
wer saving comes on automatically when the transceiver does not receive any
signal for more than seven seconds.
This parameter can be changed by means of the optional programming soft-
ware.
SQUELCH
The Squelch function suppresses noises on free channels and allows to receive
even weak signals.
ARCTIC has 10 (0-9) dierent Squelch levels:
0 means that the Squelch is turned o; from level 1 to level 9 you will have
dierent levels of noise reduction. The higher is the level, the louder will be
the Squelch.
By default, the Squelch level is set on level 5 but it can be changed by the
programming software or Menu.
To select the Squelch level:
1. Press the MENU button;
1. Turn the Encoder knob until “SQL” is displayed;
1. Press the ENT
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button;
1. Turn the Encoder knob and select the desired Squelch level (the levels
available are 10);
1. Confirm your selection with ENT
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Make sure you do not set an excessively high squelch level because in this case
you may not be able to receive weaker signals. On the other hand an exces-
sively low Squelch value could enable the Squelch even when no signals are
present.
Squelch must always be adjusted when no signals are present.
PRIORITY CHANNEL
When the priority channel is set, it will be monitored in the Triple Watch fun-
ction.
Press the MENU button, select “PRI”, press ENT
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and then rotate the En-
coder knob to select the desired channel.
Press again ENT
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to confirm your selection.
Now the priority channel is set.
KEYPAD BEEP ON/OFF
Every time a button is pressed, you will hear a Beep tone. The keypad beep
tone is activated by default.
To disable the beeps, follow this procedure:
1. Press the MENU button;
2. Turn the Encoder knob until “BEEP” is displayed;
3. Push ENT
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to enter the function;
4. Turn the Encoder knob to activate/deactivate the Beep tones: “ON” (to
activate it), or “OFF” (to deactivate it);
5. Confirm your selection with ENT
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TO CHANGE THE BAND “BAND”
This function can be activated and used only in the extra EU version.
By means of the optional programming software the operative band can be
changed from the International band (default) to USA or Canada.
• Press MENU and rotate the Encoder knob to select “BAND”.
• Press ENT
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; rotate the Encoder/channel knob to select the desired ope-
rative band.