Display Illumination; Power Save; Battery Recharge; Dual Watch - Midland G8 User Manual

DUAL WATCH

The Dual Watch allows you to monitor constantly two channels of your choice at the same time.
Enabling - Disabling
Press the MENU button until the display shows DW of.
Select the second channel to monitor by pushing ▲▼.
To confirm your selection, press PTT or wait for 5 seconds. The display will alternately show the channel in use
and the second channel to monitor.
To stop the function, simply press MENU.
When the transceiver detects a transmission on one of the two channels, the Dual Watch temporarily pauses,
remains tuned for 5 seconds on the corresponding channel, giving the user a chance to respond to a CALL. After
this pause, the Dual Watch starts again.
! This function can be activated only if the "Emergency" feature is disabled.
Automatic Out-of-Range
By setting this mode a pair of G8 is transmitting every 30 seconds a data control code. As soon as the contact
between both units is getting lost and one radio doesn't receive this data control code twice consecutively, the icon
OUT starts flashing in the display and you will hear a beep tone.
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! This function can be activated only if the "Emergency" feature is disabled.
Activating – Deactivating
Press MENU till the display shows "OUT" and "Or of", select "Or on" (activated) with the ▲▼ buttons.
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Switch off both radios.
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Turn them on at the same time.
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To disable this function, push MENU till "OUT" and "Or on" are displayed; select "Or of" (disabled) with the ▲▼
buttons.
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Confirm your selection by pushing PTT or wait for 5 seconds.

Display illumination

If there is insufficient light to read the display, press briefly
5 seconds. Every time the MENU is pressed, the display will automatically light up.

Power save

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. When the batteries are
discharged, the icon
! The power save is active only if the Emergency function is disabled.

Battery recharge

The supplied battery pack is NiMH type 4.8V 800mAh and must be recharged only when it's inserted in the radio;
it takes 8 hours to fully recharge.
To recharge the battery pack:
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Connect the socket of the wall adaptor to a mains power socket and insert the jack of the wall adaptor into the
desktop charger plug.
Place your transceiver into the cradle of the desktop charger. The red led of the charger will light up.
When charging is complete take the transceiver out of the cradle and detach the socket of the wall adaptor from
the mains.
! Do not overcharge the batteries! When these are fully charged the charging process does not stop
EMG OUT
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automatically. Do not forget therefore, to remove the transceiver from the charger as soon as the
DCS CTC
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batteries are charged, otherwise the radio and batteries may be damaged.
ROGER
! Do not try to charge alkaline batteries or non rechargeable batteries. Make sure that when you charge
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EMG
the radio, only rechargeable NI-MH batteries or the supplied battery pack should be contained in the
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recharged may leak, explode or even burn and cause damage!
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! Using a different battery charger other than the one specified can cause damage to your device or may
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even cause explosions and personal injuries.
appears on the display: replace the batteries or recharge the battery pack.
EMG
and the display illumination will activate for about
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