Midland PACIFIC - Basic operations; Turning on;off; Selection of the operational channel; Volume control

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5. Basic operations
5.1 Turning on/off
Toturnonthetransceiver,turntheON/OFF/VOLUMEknobclockwiseuntilyouhearitclicks:the
LCDdisplaywilllightupanddoanAuto-Test.Subsequentlyyouwillhear1beep.Toturnoffthe
transceiver,turntheknobcounter-clockwiseuntilyouhearanotherclick.
5.2 Selection of the operational channel
1) PressoncetheMENUbutton.Thenumberofthechannelwillstartashingonthedisplay.
2) Pressthe / buttonstoscrollupordownthechannellisttillyouselectthedesiredchannel.
3) PressthePTTbuttontoconrm,orwaitfor10seconds.
 Refer to the table of frequencies. Moreover, the reception frequency could be different (duplex
channels) from the transmission frequency or it could be the same (simplex channels). Normally
communications among vessels can only take place on simplex channels.
5.3 Volume control
TurntheknobVOLUMEto abouthalf wayand adjustit toa comfortablelevel assoon asyou
receiveasignal.IfyoudonotreceiveasignalyoucanusethebuttonMON/SCANdescribedat
par. 5.5.
Ensurethechannelyou’veselectedisnotareception-onlychannel(otherwisethetransmissionwill
bedisabled)andthatnooneelseistalking(thiswillappearonyourdisplayastheBUSYicon).
5.4 Transmission and reception
ThebuttonPTTislocatedonthetopleftsideofthedevice.Totransmit:
1) Makesurethattheselectedchannelisnotreception-only,(otherwisethetransmissionwillbe
disabled)andthatnooneelseiscurrentlytalking;
2) KeepbuttonPTTrmlypressed:TXwillappearonthedisplay;
3) Beforeyoustarttalkingwaitforafractionofasecondthenspeaknormally,inthedirectionofthe
microphone,andholdthedeviceatadistanceofabout5cm.
4) WhenyouhavenishedreleasethebuttonPTT:TX willdisappearfromthedisplay;
5) Whenthe button is inreception mode (PTT notpressed) you willautomaticallyreceive any
communication;
Duringtransmissionandreceptiontry,asfaraspossible,tokeeptheantennainverticalposition
andtoavoidobstaclestowardsthedirectionoftheotherparty.
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trafcontheselectedchannel,keeppressedtheMON/SCAN button for about 2
seconds.KeeppressedthebuttonMON/SCANforabout2secondstodisablethisfunction.