18 | Midland CT890 instruction guide
Select +(positive direction) and press MENU to confirm. Press EXIT to
EXIT the function.
Press MENU + 23 + MENU to enter the offset frequency function and
then digit the frequency deviation (5000).
Press MENU and then EXIT to exit the function.
Now the frequency shift direction and frequency offset have been set.
Frequency shift direction (SFT-D) - MENU 24
In standby mode, press MENU + 24. The screen will display “SFT-D”.
Press MENU to enter the function. Press the ▲/▼ buttons or rotate the
encoder to select +/-/OFF, then press MENU to confirm.
To return to the standby mode press EXIT.
+ (positive offset): If the transmitting frequency is higher than the rx fre-
quency.
- (negative offset): If the transmitting frequency is lower than the rx fre-
quency.
OFF: frequency shift turned off.
NOTE: if the frequency offset is out of the allowed frequency band, the radio
cannot transmit. So please make sure that the frequency offset and the rx
frequency are within the allowed frequency range.
Stopwatch timer (SECOND) - MENU 25
In standby mode, press MENU + 25. The screen displays “SECOND”.
Press MENU to enter the function. Press the ▲/▼ buttons or rotate the
encoder to enable/disable (ON/OFF) the function, then press MENU for
confirmation. To return to the standby mode press EXIT.
Using the stopwatch timer:
When this function is ON, press ‘#LOCK’ to start counting; to stop
counting you can press any key.
Press ‘#LOCK’ again to re-start counting.
To EXIT the function, stop the counting first, and then press the EXIT but-
ton.
Channel name (CHNAME) - MENU 26
To set the channel name you have at your disposal 26 letters (A-Z) and
10 numbers (0-9). You can use up to 8 characters for the channel name.
