Midland G10 PRO Manual

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Index
Content 2
Main characteristics 2
Programming software (optional) 2
Coverage/Range 3
Maintenance 3
Main controls and parts of the radio 4
Operations 6
Power on/o and volume adjustment 6
Transmission 6
Monitor 6
Scan* 6
Squelch 7
Selecting 16 or 32 channels 7
Battery recharge 8
Reset 8
Technical specifications 9
Troubleshooting 10

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Thanks for choosing Midland! G10 PRO is a portable transceiver that is free use in
almost all European countries. For further information, we suggest you look at the “Re-
strictions on the use” chart.
Content
• 1 G10 PRO transceiver
• 1 belt clip
• 1 wall adaptor
• 1 1200mAh Li-ion rechargeable battery pack
• 1 desktop charger
Main characteristics
• 16 new PMR446 channels
• 32 PMR446 channels (16+16 pre-programmed)
• Extended frequency band: 46.00625/446.19375MHz
• Fast switch from 16 to 32 channels
• Voice announcement
• 50 CTCSS tones
• DCS codes: 116 “N” + 116 “I”
• Monitor, Scan (enabled through the optional programming software PRG10)
• Auto power save: for a maximum battery life
Programming software (optional)
Thanks to Midland Programming software PRG10, it is possible to increase the per-
formance of your radio or to reduce its functionality by disabling some of the default
features (CTCSS, DCS, TOT, SCAN...)
For further information, please consult the Programming software manual.
Any attempt to change frequencies or output power of the radio invalidates the
approval.

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Coverage/Range
The maximum range depends on terrain condition and is obtained during use in an
open space.
The only limitation to maximum possible range are environmental factors such as
blockage caused by trees,buildings, or other obstructions. Inside a car or a metallic
constructions, the range can be reduced. Normally the coverage in the city, with
buildings or other obstructions is about 1 or 2 Km. In open space but with obstruc-
tions like trees, leaves or houses the maximum possible range is about 4-6 Km. In
open space, without obstructions and in sight, like for example in mountain, the
coverage can be more than 12 Km.
Maintenance
Your G10 PRO was designed to fulfill any warranty obligations and to enjoy this
product for many years.
As for all the electronically devices, we recommend you to follow this few sugge-
stions:
• Do not attempt to open the unit. Non-expert handling of the unit may damage
it and/or annul the warranty.
• High temperatures can shorten the life of electronic devices, and warp or melt
certain plastics. Do not store the radio in dusty or dirty areas.
• Keep the Radio dry. Rainwater or damp will corrode electronic circuits.
• If it appears that the Radio diuses peculiar smell or smoke, please shut o its
power immediately and take o the charger or battery from the Radio.
• Do not transmit without antenna.

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Main controls and parts of the radio
1. Antenna
2. Encoder: rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise to select the desired channel
3. Power/volume knob- turn clockwise to power on and increase the volume le-
vel. Turn counter-clockwise to decrease the volume level and power o.
4. Speaker
5. Built-in microphone
6. Led indicator:
RED: TX;
GREEN: RX.
7. PTT: push this button to transmit, release it to receive.
8. Function key 1: press this button to activate the Monitor function.
9. Function key 2: keep pressed this control to switch to the next 16 channels
(from CH 17 to CH 32) or to return to the previous 16 (from CH 1 to CH 16).
10. External Speaker/Mic Jack- allows the connection with external devices such
as headsets, microphones.

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Operations
Power on/o and volume adjustment
Rotate the Power/Volume knob clockwise to turn the radio on.
Rotate the control clockwise /counter-clockwise to adjust the volume level as you
prefer. To turn the radio o, rotate the control counter-clockwise till hearing a me-
chanical “click”.
Transmission
To communicate, all radios in your group must be set to the same channel.
Briefly press the Function key 1 to enable the Monitor feature in order to make sure
that the frequency is not busy, then press the PTT button.
Release the PTT key to receive.
Only one user at a time can talk during radio communications. Therefore, it is important
not to transmit when you are receiving a communication and use the transmission mode
sparingly to allow other users to talk.
Transmission consumes a significant amount of energy and should therefore be used
sparingly to prolong the battery life.
If you are unable to contact a station that you have no problems in receiving, the station
may be using CTCSS tones or DCS codes.
Monitor
The Monitor feature is for excluding (opening) the Squelch, in order to listen to
signals that are too weak to keep the Squelch permanently opened.
Press the Function key 1 to enable such function.
Scan*
This function can be activated only by means of the optional programming software.
To enable the Scan function, all 16 channels must be programmed.
IWhen the radio is tuned on CH16 or CH32, the scanning will automatically start.
Whenever any signal is detected, the scanning will stop on a busy channel.
If the PTT is pressed, you will transmit on the busy channel, therefore if you don’t
pick up any signal when you press PTT, the radio will transmit on channel 16.
The scan will resume if the radio does not detect any signal for 5 seconds.
* enabled through the optional programming software PRG10)

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Squelch
The Squelch function suppresses noises on free channels and allows to receive even
weak signals.
G10 PRO has 10 dierent Squelch levels that can be set by programming software:
0 means that the Squelch is turned o; from level 1 to level 9 you will have dierent
levels of noise reduction. The higher is the level, the louder will be the Squelch.
By default, the Squelch level of G10 PRO is set on level 4.
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.
The Time Out timer is settable from 30 sec to 270 sec. only through the program-
ming software.
This feature is disabled by default.
Selecting 16 or 32 channels
G10 PRO can operate not only on 16 PMR446 channels, but keeping pressed the
Function Key2, you can switch to the next 16 PMR446 channels (CH17-32) and
viceversa.
The voice announcement will advise you about the band you are working on.
In case you disabled the voice annoucement through the optional programming
software, the blinking led will help you to realize what band you selected:
• five green flashes indicate that you are operating on the first band (CH1 -
CH16);
• five red flashes indicate that you are operating on the second band (CH17 -
CH32).
CH 1- CH16
• 1 - 8 : standard PMR446 channels
• 9 – 16: PMR446 channels of the new band (446.1 – 446.2 MHz)
CH17 – CH32
• 17 – 24: standard pre-set PMR446 channels
• 25 – 32 : pre-set PMR446 channels of the new band
The first 8 channels of the traditional band 446.0 – 446.1 allow you to communi-
cate with all PMR446 radios on the market.

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Battery recharge
G10 PRO is equipped for using a 7,4V Li-ion rechargeable battery pack which can
be recharged connecting the socket of the AC/DC wall adaptor to a mains power
socket and inserting the jack of the wall adaptor into the desktop charger plug.
It takes 4-5 hours to fully recharge the radio.
For maximum battery life, we recommend charging the battery pack when the G10
PRO is o and the battery pack is fully discharged.
! Using a dierent battery charger other than the one specified can cause damage to
your device or may even cause explosions and personal injuries.
The Power saving feature enables a reduction in consumption of batteries. If it has
been set, it automatically activates when the transceiver does not receive any signal
for more than 5 seconds in order to save the battery life. Power saving can be disa-
bled only through Programming software.
Reset
To reset the radio to its factory settings, keep pressed the Function Key 1 and 2.