Midland ALAN 95 D80 PLUS User Manual page 3

Manual ALAN 95 D80 (neue Produktion), 09.11.2004, 15:51, Kirsten Kunter
2. Insert 9 alcaline batteries into the battery compartment, noting polarity (the alcaline
batteries are not rechargeable)
3. OFF/VOLUME CONTROL
In ''off'' position your ALAN 95 D80 is off. Turn this control clockwise to switch on the
unit. Turn the knob clockwise a little more to set the audio level, until you ge t a
comfortable reception.
4. SQUELCH CONTROL
This control cancels the background noise of the receiver. By turning the knob to the
right the function is activated, by turning the knob to the left the function is
deactivated. The knob should be regulated exactly at the point where the receiver
background noise disappears.
6. TO RECEIVE
Turn power on by rotating VOLUME clockwise. Set Squelch control to maximum
counterclockwise position. Set channel selector to the desired channel. Adjust
Squelch to cut out annoying background noise when no signal is being received.
7. TO TRANSMIT
Press the push to talk button on the microphone and hold it an angle about 5 -7,5 cm
from your mouth and speak in a normal voice. To receive again, release the push to
talk button.
8. SCAN button
With this control, you can automatically seek for a busy channel.
• Turn the Squelch clockwise until the background noise is no longer heard.
• Press the ''SCAN'' button: the transceiver will scan automatically all the channels
until a carrier is being received.
• When it finds the carrier it stops and starts again some seconds after the ending of
the communication on the channel.
When the radio is transmitting, the scan function is deactivated.
9. Dual Watch
This function allows the synthonization on two different channels at the same time.
Thanks to this function, you can monitor a second channel. When a signal on the
second channel is received, the conversation on the first channel is automatically
interrupted and the receiver switches on the second channel. The monitoring starts
again 8 seconds after the signal end.
To activate this function, operate as follows: