Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product LXT216 Midland Radio
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LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series GMRS/FRS Radio X - TRA T ALK ® OWNER'S MANUAL www .midlandr adio.com.
® Model LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series Page 2 www .midlandradio.com T ABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Intr oduction 3 Impor tant Notice, FCC Licensing 4 LCD Displa y 5 Contr ols 5 Bat t ery Installatio.
® Page 3 www .midlandradio.com W elcome t o the w or ld of Midland electr onics Congratulations on your purchase of a high quality MIDLAND product. Y our 2-way radio represents the st ate-of-the-art in high-tech engineering. Designed for GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) operation, this compact p ackage is big in performance.
® Page 4 www .midlandradio.com IMPOR T ANT NO TICE, FCC LICENSE REQUIRED FOR GMRS OPERA TION The LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series operates on GMRS (General Mobile Radio Service) frequencies which require an FCC (Federal Communications Commission) license.
® 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 (LXT310/350/410/435 Series only) – Indicates when eVOX mode is active.
® Page 6 www .midlandradio.com BA T TER Y INST ALLA TION Y our LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 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.
® Page 7 www .midlandradio.com CHARGING THE OPTIONAL BA T TER Y P A CK Y our LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series is equipped for using an optional rechargeable NiMH battery pack which can be recharged by inserting the AC adapter into the radio charge jack, or with optional desktop charger (as described below).
PO WER ON/OFF AND V OLUME Press the POWER/MENU button for at least 3 seconds to turn the radio on/of f. During Power On, the radio will beep 3 times with dif ferent tones, the LCD will display a “ self-test ” message for 1 second and the LCD display will indicate the last channel selected.
® Page 9 www .midlandradio.com LXT21 0/216/303/305 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART LXT31 0/350/41 0/435 SERIES QUICK REFERENCE CHART MONIT OR (LXT31 0/350/41 0/435 Ser ies only) Pressing and holding the MONIT OR button for 1 second will let you hear noise so you can adjust the volume level of the radio when not receiving a signal.
® Page 10 www .midlandradio.com CALL T ONE Y our LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 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.
® Page 1 1 www .midlandradio.com SET TING PRIV A C Y CODES (LXT31 0/350/41 0/435 Ser ies only) Y our LXT310/350/410/435 Series has 38 Privacy codes available.
VIBRA TE ALER T (LXT41 0/435 Ser ies only) 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.
® Page 13 www .midlandradio.com CALL T ONE SELECTION (LXT31 0/350/41 0/435 Ser ies only) Y our LXT410/435 Series has 5 selectable CALL T ONES while LXT310/350 has 3. T o select, press the MENU button until a “ CA ” icon appears and to the right of the “ CA ” icon the current CALL T ONE setting is displayed.
® Page 14 www .midlandradio.com EXTERNAL SPEAKER/MICROPHONE J ACK : Y our LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series can be used with an optional external speaker/microphone or headset, freeing your hands for other tasks.
® 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.
® 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/FR S FREQUENC Y CHAR T (MHz) CH.
® Page 17 www .midlandradio.com LIMITED W ARRANT Y Midland Radio Corporation will repair or replace, at it s 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.
® Page 18 www .midlandradio.com Model LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series A CCESSORIES 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.
® Model LXT210/216/303/305/310/350/410/435 Series Page 19 www .midlandradio.com Please send Money Order or fill in V isa/MasterCard information and mail to the address below . Please DO NOT send cash or checks. Make Money Order to Midland Radio Corporation.
® Page 20 www .midlandradio.com MIDLAND RADIO CORPORA TION 590 0 P ar r etta Dr iv e Kansas City , MO 64120 Call 816.241 .850 0 visit us at ht tp://www .midlandradio .com Not e: F eatur es & Specifications ar e subject to c hange without notice. MIDLAND is not r esponsible for unint entional er rors or omissions on its pac kaging.
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