5.10 Keypad lock
During normal use you can lock the transceiver’s keypad in order to
avoid accidental activation of any function.
To activate the keypad lock, hold down the
CALL/LOCK button
for about three seconds until the
symbol appears on the display
(bottom right). This will deactivate all buttons of the transceiver
except transmission (
PTTbutton),call(CALL/LOCKbutton)andthe
monitor (
SCAN/MONbutton-ref.par.5.8).Anyattempttoaccess
the disabled buttons while in this mode will cause an audio error
signal(lowtone).
To deactivate the keypad lock keep the
CALL/LOCK button pressed
for about three seconds until the
symbol disappears.
2 It is not possible to lock the keypad when the device is scanning
or in Dual watch mode.
5.11 Audio call function
You can send an audio call on the selected channel. You can do this
bypressingbrieythe
CALL/LOCK button. Your device will stay in
transmissionmodefortwoseconds,broadcastingthecall(toattract
theattentionoftheotherparty)andthenitautomaticallygoesback
to reception.
2 During transmission of the call the speaker of your device will also
play the call melody as conrmation.
2 You can select any of the 10 preset melodies.
2 Audio call is a special feature of MIDLAND G12. For this reason it
is advisable to warn and check with the other party about it so that
unnecessary interferences may be avoided.
5.11.a Silent calls
If you are communicating with another MIDLAND G12,youcancarry
out silent calls!To dothis,you enablethevibrating alerton your
device as described in par. 6.4. Once you have switched to vibrating
alert,everytimeyoureceiveacallfromanotherMIDLAND G12,your
device will alert you of the call by vibrating but it will remain silent.
2 Silent call is a special feature which works only among MIDLAND
G12.
5.12 Enabling/disabling keypad tones
Keypad tones are emitted each time a button is pressed in order
to reduce the likelihood of accidentally pressing a button twice.
This option can be deactivated if you prefer the radio to be silent.
Toactivateordeactivatekeypadtones,carryoutthestepsoutlined
below:
1) Turnoffyourdevice.
2) Keep the
– button pressed and turn the device back on. All
symbols on the display light up for about one second and you
hearabeepsoundofconrmation.
3) Whenthedisplaycomesbacktoitsnormalstatus,releasethe
– button. The keypad tones will be disabled.
5.13 Enabling/disabling roger beep
“Roger beep” is a brief tone which your radio gives out at the end of
every transmission as soon as you release the
PTT button. This is
toavoidthatsaying‘roger’everytimeyounishtalking.Inorderto
enable/disabletherogerbeepdothefollowing:
1) Turnoffyourdevice.
