Midland CT790 User Manual download pdf

Content

1 CT 790 transceiver•

1 high gain antenna•

1 Li-ion battery pack•

1 desktop charger•

1 belt clip•

1 hand strap•

If any item is missing or have been damaged during the shipment, please notify your MIDLAND

dealer.

Maintenance

Your Two Way Radio is an electronic product of exact design and should be treated with care.

Thesuggestionsbelowwillhelpyoutofulllanywarrantyobligationsandtoenjoythisproductfor

many years.

Do not attempt to open the unit. Non-expert handling of the unit may damage it.•

Do not store the Radio under the sunshine or in hot areas.•

High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices, and warp or melt certain plastics.•

Do not store the radio in dusty and dirty areas•

Keep the Radio dry. Rainwater or damp will corrode electronic circuits.•

If it appears that the Radio diffuses peculiar smell or smoke, please shut off its power immedia-•

tely and take off the charger or battery from the Radio.

Do not transmit without antenna.•

Main functions

Dual Band, Dual Frequency, Dual Display and Dual Standby•

Frequency Range: 144-146MHz & 430-440MHz (Rx / Tx). •

Working mode: U-V, V-V or U-U available•

Same channel: VHF T x & UHF Rx or UHF T x & VHF Rx available •

DTMF Encoding•

Digital FM Radio (76-108MHz)•

CTCSS/DCS Frequency Scan•

Output power: 5W VHF /4W UHF•

Memory Channel: 128 channels•

VOX Function •

Stopwatch Function•

105 groups DCS and 50 groups CTCSS•

Voice Prompt•

SOS Function•

Wide/Narrow Bandwidth selection (25KHz / 12.5KHz)•

Channel number, Channel + Frequency or Channel name display mode available•

Multi-functional Scan•

Bright Flashlight illumination•

Step (5/6.25/10/12.5/25KHz/50KHz/100KHz)•

High/Low Power selection (5W/1W)•

High Capacity Li-ion Battery•

Intelligent Charger•

Offset Frequency setting (0-69.950MHz)•

Frequency shift Direction Setting•

1 2 3 4 5 6 ... 15 16

Summary of Contents

Page 1 - Main functions

1Content1 CT 790 transceiver•1 high gain antenna•1 Li-ion battery pack•1 desktop charger•1 belt clip•1 hand strap•If any item is missing or have

Page 2 - DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE

10Store the radio stations: While the radio is searching the station, press MENU. The screen will display “SAVE?”, then you can enter any number key b

Page 3 - Transceiver

11FREQUENCY SHIFT DIRECTION (SFT-D) ---- MENU24In standby mode, press MENU + 24. The screen will display “SFT-D”.Press MENUtoenterthefunction.Pre

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12CHANNEL DELETION (DEL-CH) ------ MENU 28In standby mode, press MENU + 28; the screen will display “DEL-CH”.Press MENUtoenterthefunction.Presst

Page 5 - DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONS

13LOW- POWER BATTERY VOICE PROMPT When the battery pack has low power, the transceiver will sound “low battery pack”, and the LED will blink every 5 s

Page 6

14TABLE OF SOLUTIONSPROBLEM SOLUTIONThe radio doesn’t switch onThe battery may be exhausted. Recharge it.Uncorrected installation. Re-install it. Batt

Page 7 - BEEP TONE (BEEP) --- MENU 11

15TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSFrequency Range ... 144-146MHz & 430-440MHz (Rx / Tx)Memory

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2Busy Channel Lockout•Power on Display (Battery-V/Full Screen/Other Characters)•Low-battery Voice Prompt•Start and/or End Transmitting Beep Prompt•

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3Transceiver▲/▼keys17. Keypad18. Function key19. LCD display20. A/B21. key for Master FrequencyReception led22. Antenna23. Lamp24. Encoder Knob25.

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4Quick SearchPress▲or▼keytosetFunctionsorParameters.To select the working mode (Channel mode or Frequency mode)With the radio turned on, keep

Page 12 - REVERSE FREQUENCY FUNCTION

5DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONSCT790 displays at the same time 2 frequency bands. The frequency band pointed with the arrow is the master frequency and

Page 13 - BATTERY CHARGE

6BEGIN/END TRANSMISSION TONE (ROGER) --- MENU 5Thanks to this function you can select the Roger Beep tone among:OFF: Roger Beep turned off (no tones).

Page 14 - TABLE OF SOLUTIONS

7the transmission reaches the TOT; level 2 prompt 2 seconds before the TOT and so on...In standby mode, press MENU + 10. The screen will display “TOA”

Page 15 - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

8and have set the same CTCSS tone.In frequency mode, press MENU + 15. The screen displays “R-CTC”.Press MENUtoenterthefunction.Pressthe▲/▼butt

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9SCAN/LAMP/SOS-CH/RADIO FUNCTION on Side key 1 (PF1) --- MENU 20There are four functions available with the side key 1 of this transceiver:SCAN: Scan