Midland PACIFIC - Choosing High Or Low Transmission Power; Lcd Backlight; Instant Selection Of Channel 16; Power Saving Feature

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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buttontwiceandthewriting‘Pr’ will display.
2)SelectLOusingthescrollbuttons /
3) Press PTTtoconrm,orwaitfor10seconds.
Ifyouwanttotransmitalongerdistancerepeattheaboveproceduretoselectthehighpower.At
step2usethe / tomakethewritingLO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insufcientlighttoreadthedisplayyoucanpresstheMENU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.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.
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almostdischarged,theradiowillswitchto‘Lo’power;then,thisiconwill
appear toindicatethatthebatterypackisdischarged.Replacethealkalinebatteriesorrecharge
thebatterypack/rechargeablebatteries.