Midland G6 XT PMR446 Transceiver Manual

INTRODUCTION

Midland G6 XT is a portable transceiver that is free use in almost all European countries. For further information, we suggest you look at the "Restrictions on the use" chart.
MIDLAND G6 XT joins all the advanced functions of last generation transceivers with its simply and easy use.
MIDLAND G6 XT can operate as a "standard" radio with all the traditional functions or as "baby monitor", with only the specific "Baby Sitter" functions.

CONTENT

COVERAGE/RANGE

The maximum range depends on terrain condition and is obtained during use in an open spaces.
The only limitations to maximum possible range are environmental factors such as blockage caused by trees, buildings, or other obstructions. Inside a car or a metallic construction, the range can be reduced.
Normally the coverage in the city, with buildings or other obstructions is about 1 or 2 Km. In open spaces but with obstructions like trees, leaves or houses the maximum possible range is about 4-6 Km. In open spaces, without obstructions and in sight, like for example in mountain, the coverage can be more than 12 Km.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS

DISPLAY
Your midland G6 XT keeps you constantly updated about its operational status through a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD). The symbols and their corresponding parameters that may appear, according to the operational status of the device, are described as follows:

1. TX Appears while you are transmitting a signal (PTT button pressed)
2. RX Means that the radio is receiving a signal.
3. Indicates the channel selected
4. Indicates the sub audio tone selected. (of-38).
5. VOX Indicates if VOX MENU is active.
6. Indicates the battery level.
7. Indicates if the Out of Range is active.
8. MENU Indicates that the baby sitting function is on.
9. Indicates that the Beep tone is on
10. Indicates that the Roger Beep function is active
11. Means that the keypad lock is on
12. SCAN Indicates that the radio is scanning the channels

DEVICE
Refer to this picture to identify the various parts of the device:

OPERATIONS AND FUNCTIONS

POWER ON/POWER OFF

Press and keep pressing the button for about 3 seconds. The display will do an auto scanning for about 1 second. You will visualize on the display the last used channel.

VOLUME ADJUSTMENT

Use the to increase or decrease the volume setting.

CHANNEL SELECTION

Press the MENU button. The number of the channel will start flashing on the display.
Press the scroll buttons till you select the desired channel. Press the PTT button to confirm, or wait for 5 seconds.

There are also 40 pre-set channels. Each pre-set channel corresponds to a PMR channel with a CTCSS tone already attributed.

For displaying the channel/sub audio tone of the preset channel
To momentarily display the PMR446 channel and the subadio tone used in the pre-set channels, go to the desired channel (from 9 to 48) and keep pressed the MENU for 5 seconds.

TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION

To communicate, all radios in your group must be set on the same channel.
To transmit, press and hold the PTT button and speak in a normal voice into the microphone. The "TX" icon will appear continuously on the LCD display while transmitting.
For a maximum clarity, hold the device at a distance of about 2/3 cm. To receive a CALL, release the PTT button. The "RX" icon will appear on the display when your radio is receiving a transmission.

SQUELCH

With the SQUELCH function, noises can be suppressed on the free channel. In MIDLAND G6 XT this function is always active.

KEYPAD LOCK

Keep pressed the button /S for about 5 seconds. will appear on the display. In this way, the Lock function is activated and all the buttons, except PTT and , will be disabled.
To disable this function, keep pressed again the button /S for about 5 seconds.

CTCSS TONES

The CTCSS tones are codes that can be added to the channels for creating new private ones. For each channel you can choose until 38 CTCSS.
The addition of these codes can be made on the main PMR channels (from 1 to 8).
The pre-set channels from 9 to 48 can not be modified.
To select a privacy code for the current channel press 3 times the MENU button, then with the scroll buttons select the desired code.
To confirm the selection, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds. The selected Privacy Code will appear on the display.
To disable the CTCSS function, select the private code and then press the MENU button, until you visualize the flashing CTCSS Privacy Code on the display. Select then "00" using the scroll buttons . To confirm, press PTT or wait for 5 seconds.
Note: To communicate with other radios, they must be set to the same channel and Privacy Code selections.

CTCSS TONE TABLE

VOX

Your G6 XT has 4 VOX levels (off, 1, 2, 3, and 4). This function allows the user to activate the communication without pressing the PTT button. You just have to speak and the communication is on.
You can set the VOX on 3 sensibility levels, with or without accessories. The fourth level activates the VOX with Talkback function: when one of the two devices transmit for more than 20 seconds, the VOX Talkback stops the transmission for 10 seconds; so the other user has himself the opportunity to talk.
To set the VOX level, press the MENU button, until the display shows "VOX" flashing on the display.
After that, with the scroll buttons , select "1","2","3" or "4".
To confirm, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds. The radio will display "VOX" steadily. That means that the function is on. To disable the VOX function, follow the previous indications, but select "oF" and then push the PTT key to confirm.

BEEP TONE

This function permits you to produce a beep tone every time you press a button.
If you want to disable this function, press the MENU button until the display shows " on", then select by the scroll buttons "OF".
To confirm, press the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
In this way, all "beeps" and "tones" are disabled.
To re-enable this function, repeat the procedure selecting the "on" using the scroll buttons and confirm by pressing the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
The radio will display steadily. That means that the function is on.

ROGER BEEP (end of transmission tone)

When the PTT button is released, the radio will beep to confirm to other users that you've finished your transmission and that they can begin to speak.
To turn the ROGER BEEP on, press the MENU button till the display shows " of"; than by the scroll buttons , select "on".
To confirm, push the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds. The radio will display steadily. That means that the function is on.
To disable this function, repeat the procedure selecting the "OF".

CALL ALERT SELECTION

G6 XT allows to send a CALL alert signal to all the users of the same channel.
To CALL, quickly press twice the PTT button. The "TX" icon appears on the display.

SCAN FUNCTION

The SCAN mode monitors the busy channels.
It is used to check speech traffic on the channels before transmitting and allows the unit to stop on a channel that someone is talking on. In case of undesired conversation, you can skip this channel by pushing the buttons.
When the SCAN function is enabled, the CTCSS detector is activated: the radio automatically detects the sub-audio tone of the calling part, which will be displayed. The CTCSS tone received won't be automatically set during transmission and, therefore, to talk, it must be manually set. (See par. "CTCSS sub-tone setting") To enable SCAN:

Transmission during the SCAN function
Pressing PTT, the radio will transmit on the channel where the scan started or on the busy channel, using the pre-set subaudio tone.
To deactivate this function, push the SCAN key again.

OUT OF RANGE

The G6 XT is equipped with the "out of range" function.
With the MIDLAND G6 XT you can choose between the automatic Out of Range or the manual one.
To enable/disable the Out-Of-Range function:

Automatic Out of Range
Press MENU till the display shows , than select "AU" (automatic) with the buttons .
Confirm the settings with the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
By setting this function a pair of G6 XT transmitts every 30 seconds a data control code. As soon as the contact between both units is getting lost and one station doesn't receive this data control code twice consecutively, the icon "OU NO" starts flashing in the display and you will hear a beep tone.

Manual Out of range:
Press MENU till the display shows , than select "PB" (manual) with the buttons .
Confirm the settings with the PTT button or wait for 5 seconds.
The radio will display steadily. That means that the function is on. To switch on this function manually, press the button .
To disable this function, push MENU till " AU" or " PB" is displayed; select "OF" (disabled) with the buttons .
Confirm your selection by pushing PTT or waiting for 5 seconds.

BABY SITTER FUNCTION

Midland G6 XT can operate on 2 different ways: as a standard radio with all the traditional functions, or as baby monitor, for holding your baby in check.
If you set the radio in baby sitter mode, all the other traditional functions are disabled and the transceiver works only as baby monitor.
To set the radio for the baby, that will be put near the cradle, press the MENU button twice, until the display will show " OF"(baby sitter off). Using the scroll buttons , you can choose between the 2 possible options: "b" or "P"; select "b" and then press the PTT button to confirm or wait for 5 seconds. The radio will display , that means that the function is active. At the same time, on the display you will also see "b1", that is the "baby" channel in use.
Now take the other radio, the one used by the parent, follow the same procedure and select the option "P". Also in this case, the icon will appear on the screen together with "P1", that is the "Parent" channel in use.
If the channel in use is noisy, you can choose another baby sitter channel. There are 9 available baby sitter channels: from "P1" to "P9" for the parent's radio and from "b1" to "b9" for the baby's one. Press the MENU button once and then change the channel using the scroll buttons in both radios.
Remember that the 2 radio should operate in the same channel number.

For example: if the radio placed near the baby is set on the channel "b4", the other one used for listening the baby should be set on channel "P4".

The baby sitter mode allows some specific functions for monitoring the baby:

To disable the baby sitter function, press the MENU button twice, till visualize beside the baby sitter channel "b" or "P". Press now the buttons to chose "OF". Confirm your selection by pushing PTT or wait for 5 seconds.
Now the baby sitter function is disable and all the standard functions are back.

THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT AND THE BELT CLIP

Installing and removing the belt clip:
with the belt clip you can easily attach the transceiver to your belt.
The clip however, must be removed in order to install or change the batteries. To remove the belt clip lift the trigger and slide the clip up.
Unhook the battery holder in the lower part of the radio and gently slide the cover. G6 XT accepts the supplied battery pack or 4AAA alkaline/rechargeable batteries.

RECHARGING THE BATTERY AND POWER SAFE

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 7 seconds.
It takes 8/10 hours to fully recharge.
For maximum battery life, we recommend charging the battery pack when the G6 XT is off and the low battery icon comes on blinking on the display.
The recharge can be done in two ways: insert the radio into the proper seat of the desktop charger or use the wall adaptor.

Do not overcharge the batteries! When these are fully charged the charging process does not stop automatically. Do not forget therefore, to remove the transceiver from the charger as soon as the batteries are charged.
Do not try to charge alkaline batteries or non rechargeable batteries. Make sure that when you charge the radio, only rechargeable NI-MH batteries or the supplied battery pack should be contained in the battery compartment! It is very dangerous attempting to recharge other types of batteries (for example alkaline or manganese batteries). Batteries which are not suitable to be recharged may leak, explode or even burn and cause damage!
Using a different battery charger, other than the one specified can cause damage to your device or may even cause explosions and personal injuries.
Do not throw batteries into fire or place them near heat, as this may cause explosions or personal injuries. Dispose of the batteries according to procedures set out by local regulations.
Do not mix old and new batteries or batteries of different types or batteries which have been used in different manners.

MEMORY EFFECT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

Rechargeable NiMH (Nickel-Metal-Hydrate) batteries are affected by what is known as the "memory effect". This phenomenon is associated with a drastic reduction of battery autonomy and is triggered if the batteries are regularly charged before being fully discharged and/or are not completely recharged.

To avoid the memory effect:

In any case, the best solution for avoiding the memory effect is to use in turn two battery sets: one in use, and the other as a spare set.
The memory effect can be easily eliminated by completely discharging/ charging the batteries 3 or 4 times.
The memory effect should not be confused with the normal battery life, which is 300-400 cycles of charge/discharge on average.
It is completely normal for operating duty to decrease when the batteries have reached the end of their life; at this point, you will need to substitute the batteries.

BATTERY LEVEL INDICATOR

G6 XT has a BATTERY LEVEL METER that shows the battery power level.
The greater the number of bars visible, the stronger the battery level will be. When the battery level is low, the battery icon will flash in the display, indicating that your batteries should be replace or recharged if using a rechargeable battery.

USE AND CARE

Use a soft damp cloth to clean the radio. Do not use alcohol or cleaning solutions.
Do not immerse the radio in water.
Turn off the radio and remove the batteries during long term storage.

DO NOT OPEN THE RADIO FOR ANY REASON!
The mechanics and electronics radio precision require experience and specialized equipment; for the same reason, the radio should under no circumstances be realigned as it has already been calibrated for maximum performance.
Unauthorized opening of the transceiver will void the warranty.

TABLE OF SOLUTIONS

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Specifications are subject to change without notice.