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I'm still confused!

I have a couple of old Midland HandHelds, that have a "UK/EU" button, Which I thought meant I could use it in Europe when in "EU" mode)...& I often do as I regularly drive UK>France>Belgium

However, on the back of the set, it say "For use in UK only" (Yet it defaults to "EU ...

Just Purchased a Polmar Venus (From Thunderpole) to put in my recently acquired 2.5 T4-LWB Campervan.

Intend to run it from the leisure battery, & Hope I remember to switch it off at the appropriate time, so I dont run the battery flat (Want the option of using the CB without the ignition on). My ...

Roger that on the "Over-charging" thing.....

Im thinking along the lines of getting them charged...then maybe once a week plugging one in as I drive to work (30 mins each way, & the cigar lighter switches off with the ignition)....so they have some power when/if I need to use them (Using the ...

Well, I never did find the mains-charger for the H520 :( & not knowing the pin configuration, I haven't tried making one (It charges via the Speaker or Mic port, right?)

On the plus-side, I have made a couple of in-car chargers for my Midland 42's....most Handy!

Also, I *THINK* the Midland ...

In my (somewhat limited) experience tti's in general suffer this problem....a few of my mates have had the same thing...im on my 3rd repair/new mic.

Music players on 19...

=D> Cheers Andy, Most helpfull

I have NiMh batteries in mine, can I use the supplied mains-charger, to charge these?, or were these for NiCd batteries?

Does it make any difference?

I kinda like taking the batteries out & charging them with "Smart" chargers....but sometimes it would be nice just to plug it in.
Can anyone let me ...

Part of my Job is vehicle testing....I recently come back from Southern-Spain, where "we" were High altitude Testing at Sierra-Nevada, just outside Granada.

This year I took a couple of Midland hand-helds+Car kits & a couple of small mag-mounts, so the two cars can keep an ear on each other ...

Rover

Yes stampman, I have a scan button....when switching on, holding Scan & EU/UK at teh same time....the display is blank until I release the buttons, then show 9 EU.

Its not a big problem, but if I could get it to default to UK, it would be great.....

Thanks for the advise so far people....

Hhhmm :?

I dont have an A/F-LCR button.....I have a "EU/UK" button.

I guess there IS a difference between the Multi & the Base "Midland 42".

Ive been through the instructions & tried whats written down, substituting the A/F-LCR with my UK/EU button, but no joy.

ITs not TOO much of a problem, as ...

cracking unit, the only issue I have with mine, is some of the graphics have rubbed off the rubber keys....may be worth considering a case?

Mne are both2nd hand...froma guy who used them in France...no instructions supplied.
I keep pressing the EU/UK button until it changes to UK.....but the next time I go to use them, they are back to EU.
I will take a peek at the above links when home...

Cheers...

Hi all,

I've bought a couple of Midland 42 hand-helds/car kits....they work great EXCEPT....

Each time they are powered on, they defauly to EU Ch9.
Is there a way to at least get them to default to UK channels?

Any advise would be great

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