8 | Midland 777 PRO user manual
Recharging the Li-Ion battery pack “PB-777PRO”
1. Place your transceiver into the cradle of the desktop charger or connect the
USB cable into the proper USB port of the radio.
2. At first, the processor makes a sort of checking of the battery status and the
display will blink for 10 seconds.
• while the radio is being charged, the battery icon on the display will blink;
• when the recharge is complete, the display will show “FULL”
Basic operations
Turning on/o
To turn on the transceiver, keep pressed the MENU control for about 3 seconds:
the display will light up, will make an Auto-Test and then you will hear 2 Beeps of
dierent tones.
To turn o the transceiver, keep pressed again the MENU button for 3 seconds.
Selecting the PMR446 bands: 16CH or 8CH
777 PRO can operate on two PMR446 bands thanks to a simple procedure de-
scribed in this chapter: a traditional band with 8 channels and a new one with 16
channels.
• With the 8 channels it is possible to communicate with all radios working on the
operative band 446Mhz-446.1Mhz.
• While with the 16 channels, the operating band is extended up to 446.2Mhz.
When 777 PRO is set on the “new channels”, the display will show “PMR”.
How to activate the PMR446 bands
1. Switch o the radio
2. Turn it on by pressing ▲ and ▼
3. The display will show “-_ _”
4. Press the following keys in the correct sequence: ▼ - MENU -▲; the symbol
“-_ _” on the display will be replaced by a series of “o”.
5. In case of wrong sequence, 777 PRO will exit the procedure
6. At the end of the sequence, the display will show the frequency band currently
in use. Now you can select “P8” (traditional band) or “P16”( new band) by
means of the ▲/▼ controls
7. Press PTT to confirm your selection
