Midland G14 Guide D'utilisation page 13

Emergency Alarm
Keep pressed the CALL key for 1 second and press MON: the radio will switch to emergency alarm.
To disable this function, press the PTT button.
PRC - Priority Channel
It is possible to set a priority channel for the Priority SCAN.(see the following paragraph).
The priority channel is searched during the SCAN mode. You can choose the priority channel among 99 available
channels. (If, for example you choose channel 9 as priority one, the Scan will be as following: 1 9 2 9 3 9 4 9 5 9
6 9 7 ...).
To choose the priority channel:
1. Press the MENU button;
2. Rotate the Encoder knob till "PRC" is shown on the display;
3. Press ENTER;
4. Rotate the Encoder knob and choose the desired priority channel;
5. Confirm your selection with ENTER and exit by pressing twice the SCAN button.
SCAN and PRI – Priority Scan
The SCAN function is very useful to monitor the channels before transmitting.
When the radio is in receiving mode, the Scan function will stop, and will resume scanning 5 seconds after the
signal is no longer present. This function is useful to control which channels are free.
All channels SCAN
Press the SCAN button: the radio will scan all channels from the channel in use. Whenever any signal is detected,
the radio will suspend the Scan for 5 seconds; then continue to Scan unless you press PTT or ENTER.
PRI – Priority Scan
Press the MENU button. With the Encoder Knob, select "PRI". With the Priority Scan, the priority channel previou-
sly set is searched. Whenever any signal is detected, the radio will suspend the Scan for 5 seconds; then continue
to Scan unless you press PTT or ENTER.
Scan mode settings
Press MENU and then rotate the Encoder knob. The display will visualize "SCANS". Press ENTER and then
rotate the Encoder knob to choose the type of Scan (TO/CO/SE). Confirm your selection with ENTER and exit by
pressing twice the SCAN button.
TO - Time-operated Scan
Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will suspend the scan for 5 seconds, and then will continue to scan even
if the signal is still present.
CO: Carrier-operated Scan
Whenever a signal is detected, the radio will stop scanning. It will resume to scan once the signal will be no more
present.
SE: Search Scan
The radio will stop scanning and exit the Scan mode once detected a signal.
VOX- Selecting the VOX sensitivity level
G14 enables hands free conversations through the VOX function: just speak in the direction of the microphone and
the communication will be automatically activated.
The VOX sensitivity can be adjusted in 3 different levels. The VOX function is deactivated by default.
To activate it, follow the steps here below:
1. press the MENU button;
2. turn the Encoder knob until the display shows 'VOX';
3. push the ENTER key;
4. turn again the Encoder knob and select the desired VOX level (1: high sensibility 2: medium sensibility 3: low
sensibility);
Confirm your selection with ENTER and exit by pressing twice the SCAN button.
To disable the VOX function, follow the previous steps and choose "Off".
POW - Setting the transmission power
G14 has 2 selectable transmission power:
To select the desired power level:
1. press the MENU button;
turn the Encoder knob until 'POW' is displayed;
2.
3. press the ENTER button ;
4. turn the Encoder knob and select the desired power level (there are 2 available power levels: 'H'=~500mWERP
and 'L'= ~10mWERP)
5. confirm the selection with ENTER. The display will show "HI" or "LO" depending on the power selected;
6. press twice the SCAN to exit.
If your radio has to operate within a short range, you can select the low power and therefore extend the battery
life.
SqUELCH
With the Squelch function noises can be suppressed on the free channels.
To select the Squelch level:
Press the MENU button;
Turn the Encoder knob until "SqL" is displayed;
Press the ENTER button;
Turn the Encoder knob and select the desired Squelch level (there's 9 available levels);
Confirm your selection with ENTER and exit by pressing twice the SCAN button.
Make sure you do not set an excessively high squelch level because in this case you may not be able to receive
weaker signals. On the other hand an excessively low Squelch value could enable the Squelch even when no
signals are present.
Squelch must always be adjusted when no signals are present.
SCRAMBLER
The scrambler is designed to protect communications.
This feature prevents parties from other networks from hearing and understanding voice communications.
To enable/disable the scrambler:
1. Press the MENU button;
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