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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 1
GXT500/550 Series GMRS/FRS Radio X - TRA T ALK ® OWNER'S MANUAL www .midlandradio.com ...
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® Model GXT500/550 Series Page 2 www .midlandradio.com T ABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Introduction 3 Important Notice, FCC Licensing 4 LCD Display 5 Controls 5 Batt ery Installation 6 Installing the Belt Clip 6 Charging the Optional Bat tery P ack 7 Low Bat tery Level Indicat or 7 Operating Y our Radio 8 - 1 3 Exter nal Speak er/Microphone Jac k 14 T rouble ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 3
® Page 3 www .midlandradio.com W elcome to the w or ld of Midland electronics Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality MIDLAND product. Y our 2-way radio represents the state-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact package is big in performance. It is a quality piece o ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 4
® Page 4 www .midlandradio.com IMPORT ANT NOTICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERA TION The GXT500/550 Series operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license. Y ou must be licensed prior to operating on channels 1 - 7 or 15 - 22, which comprise the GMRS channels of the ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 5
® Page 5 www .midlandradio.com CONTROLS LCD DISPLA Y 1. LOW BA TTER Y ICON – Indicates the battery level is low . 2. TRANSMIT (TX) ICON – Indicates radio is transmitting a signal. 3. eVOX – Indicates when eVOX mode is active. 4. CHANNEL NUMBER – Changes from 1~22 on GMRS/FRS band (1~10 on WX band. 5. RECEIVE (RX) ICON – Indicates radio i ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 6
® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INST ALLA TION Y our GXT500/550 Series radio operates with either 4 AA alkaline batteries or an optional NiMH battery pack. The belt clip should be removed (see below) to ease installation or removal of the batteries. T o install the batteries: 1. With the back of the radio facing you, remove the belt clip ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 7
® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BA TTER Y P ACK Y our GXT500/550 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack (not included) which can be recharged using a desktop charger (not included). Initial charge time is 24 hours with a charge time of 12 hours thereafter . For maximum battery life, we recommen ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 8
POWER ON/OFF AND V OLUME Rotate the POWER/VOLUME knob clockwise to turn the radio on and increase the volume level. Rotate the control counter-clockwise to reduce the volume level and to turn the radio off. During Power On, the radio will beep 3 times with different tones, the LCD will display a “ self-test ” message for 1 second and the LCD di ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 9
® Page 9 www .midlandradio.com GXT500/550 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART MONIT OR 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 not receiving a signal. This should be used to check activity on your current channel before transmitting. Press and hold the MONITOR butto ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 10
® Page 10 www .midlandradio.com CALL T ONE Y our GXT500/550 Series can transmit a call tone for a fixed length of time. T o send a call tone, press the CALL button. The TX icon will appear while transmitting a call tone and a tone can be heard on the speaker for confirmation. KEYP AD LOCK T o avoid accidentally changing the radio setting, press th ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 11
® Page 1 1 www .midlandradio.com SETTING PRIV AC Y CODES Y our GXT500/550 Series has 38 Privacy codes available. The selected Privacy Code may be different for each channel. T o select a Privacy Code for the current channel press the MENU button twice, and then the buttons to select one of the 38 Privacy Codes . T o confirm the selection, press th ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 12
VIBRA TE ALERT T o turn the VIBRA TE ALERT on, press the MENU button five times so the display will show the VIBRA TE-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 button again to move to the next feature setting. The VIBRA ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 13
® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com CALL T ONE SELECTION Y our GXT500/550 Series has 5 selectable CALL TONES . T o select, press the MENU button until a “ CA ” icon appears and to the right of the “ CA ” icon the current CALL TONE setting is displayed. Then press the buttons to make the CALL TONE selections - the radio will emit a correspondin ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 14
® Page 14 www .midlandradio.com EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE J ACK : Y our GXT500/550 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or headset, freeing your hands for other tasks. T o use an optional speaker / microphone or head- set: · Insert the plug(s) into the SPK/MIC jacks · Place the earbud into your ear , and adjust the m ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 15
® Page 15 www .midlandradio.com PROBLEM SOLUTION No Power - Check battery installation and/or replace batteries Cannot Receive Messages - 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 structures may interfere with your communication. (See A ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 16
® Page 16 www .midlandradio.com SPECIFICA TIONS Channels 22 GMRS/FRS Channels +38 Privacy Codes 10 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 FREQUENC Y CHART (MHz) CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. CH. No CH. Freq. 1 462.5625 9 467.5875 17 ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 17
® Page 17 www .midlandradio.com LIMITED W ARRANT Y Midland Radio Corporation will repair or replace, at its option without charge, any Midland FRS/GMRS transceiver which fails due to a defect in material or workmanship within Three Y ears following the initial consumer purchase. This warranty does not apply to water damage, battery leak or abuse. ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 18
® Page 18 www .midlandradio.com Model GXT500/550 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 VP-1 A VP-4 - 2 Ov er the Ear Mic. Headsets w/ PTT - $19.95 - 1 Dual Desk Charger - 2 Rec hargeable bat tery packs - 1 A C Adapter - 1 DC Cigaret te lighte ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 19
® Model GXT500/550 Series Page 19 www .midlandradio.com Please send Money Order or fill in Visa/MasterCard information and mail to the address below . Please DO NOT send cash or checks. Make Money Order to Midland Radio Corporation. Name: _____________________________________________________ Addr ess: ______________________________________________ ...
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Midland Radio GXT500 Series - page 20
® Page 20 www .midlandradio.com MIDLAND RADIO CORPORA TION 1 120 Clay St. N. Kansas City MO 641 16 Call 816.241 .8500 visit us at ht tp://www .midlandradio .com Note: Feat ures & Specifications ar e subject to change without notice. MIDLAND is not responsible f or unintentional er rors or omissions on its packaging. Model GXT500/550 Series Rev ...
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