Thx I needed this video! Got my fcc now I just bought the 2 handheld for the family when we're on the trail.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

Thanks for this. I just got mine today!

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

great

Very detailed video. It is super helpful, thanks a lot

Just got my new radio! First time user and this video was what I needed. Thank you!

Thanks for the video! It really helps leaning this new radio.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad it help

@FBCTrona

Жыл бұрын

Leaning this radio? Come on mark who taught you how to spoke?

@alfa8822

Жыл бұрын

@@FBCTrona I stand by my comment

@FBCTrona

Жыл бұрын

@@alfa8822 well, you living in California. It’s better to stand by your comment then for you to stand by your Man.

Thank you, I was looking for a comprehensive tutorial and this video was perfect

Thanks for the video...helps out a lot

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Extremely helpful video

Thanks for the tips!

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

No problem!

Great video thanks

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

No problem 👍

Amazing video! Have this on my Toyota

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to help

Thank you for saying the realistic range…the marketing BS is over the top. The “privacy codes” are industry standard CTCSS/DPL and are very, very similar across radios and radio services. They have existed for decades. They are NOT private as anyone with a radio in carrier squelch mode (ie no privacy code) will hear EVERYTHING on that channel. These tones are shared across radio vendors and are compatible. The “snake” icons are because CTCSS is an audio wave and DCS is a digital waveform as viewed on an oscilloscope. It makes sense to someone with technical knowledge of land mobile radio :) Roger beeps did not come ham radio…that is a “thing” on CB radios.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

yes thanks

Fantastic vid. Thx just got mine installed. Watched this vid while in the Jeep.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped, thanks for watching!

The ctcss and dcs tone will actually work with other radios the tones actually started with two way radios.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I don’t use these features so I’m not well schooled in them

@USAFJUNKIE

3 жыл бұрын

Correct, the number corresponding to each tone might be different on a different brand radio though... For example: Midland might have CTCSS #1 as tone 123.0 Cobra radios may have CTCSS #5 as tone 123.0 The trick would be checking to see if the tones line up across brands before starting a trail/trip. (I used totally random numbers, but hopefully that makes sense.)

@MultiPhotoDave

Жыл бұрын

I watched the video and it seemed silly the tones would not work with other brands , I want to buy the 275. So you are staring that tones work with other brands ! Tks

Great tutorial. I had no idea what this radio can do. Thanks so much!

I have an odd issue in my newly installed Midlands 275 (2019 Jeep JL) Everything works as it should however I've noticed if I turn on the weather radio I get a clear signal with vehicle off, ignition off - when I turn on ignition, or start engine it goes to a lot of static - guessing this is power related, however I'm unsure of the cause -- what might you have for a suggestion - I have tested transmitting / receiving to hand held GMRS and it's just fine! Thanks!

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

contact Midland they might be able to help

Just got my MXT275.. When you turn the repeater channels on, from the menu, are they pre programmed (not including tones) with the frequencies? Thnk u and good vid WRZX464

now that youve had the radio for a while i have a question. On my other gmrs radios it has for example a channel 22 and then repeater channel 22 for the offset. On the midland when you have RP on does it just combine the channels or turn on the offset?

@JeffPalmer941

2 жыл бұрын

When you turn "Rp On" in the settings, it "adds" the repeater channels. so you essentially have 2 "17"s, one simplex and one repeater/duplex. you have to press the channel up/down buttons to move between them.

@andrewwilkey6195

2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffPalmer941 oh perfect that’s exactly how my other radios work thanks!

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks,

Do you have to use your call sign every time you speak/transmit on the radio?

Can I power this while camping with a power station ( like a Jackery solar generator) by using the cigarette lighter plug with my mobile antenna???

Are you sure you need to have midland to midland comms to use privacy codes? Im not sure that is correct

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

I believe these GMRS privacy code or general frequency

WE WANT TO SEE A RANGE TEST !!! Please ?

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

I get some tests the next time I hit the trails!

Hi, I am new to gmrs and want to buy the Midland 275. Is it correct you cannot use privacy tones talking to other brands ? I think that would be a deal breaker for me. As it makes no sense. Tks

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

Жыл бұрын

sorry If I misled the video, you can use Privacy codes with all brands

@MultiPhotoDave

Жыл бұрын

@@ExpeditionTeamOverland thank tou

Do we have to buy the fcc in order to communicate further? My cousin and I bought this radio which it works when we are nearby but we tried it 8 miles away and it didn't work.

@NatsumeKonno

10 ай бұрын

You need a GMRS license to use radios more then 2watts. So let say this is a mobile unit. You can assume this will be at least around 25watts. That means you can only talk on channels 15-22 23-30 rpt. You can still talk on 1-7 but with 5watts due to the fcc rules.

@itsnotcris

10 ай бұрын

@@NatsumeKonno I decided not to get one, I get about 10-15 miles of range without it

@NatsumeKonno

10 ай бұрын

@@itsnotcris the real benefit to getting a license is being able to use reapters. That alone allows you to talk to strangers or even extend as far as it is connected to other stations. But most people use radios for communication with family or work anyways so a basic 2 watt is more then enough.

This is how it works... Or what not. :)

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks,

Just a note, I believe DB does not function for the display brightness, it selects the color or display off. I have yet to find an actual brightness I wish they would add one.

Biggest difference between CTCSS and DCS: almost nobody uses DCS, even in ham radio. So you're FAR less likely to encounter someone from another party on the channel if you use DCS.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

I have this radio but the Pr doesn't show up on mine.. it is the mxt 275. It shows all other menu choices just not pr.. any reason why. Thanks or the squelch one.. is it only available in the higher channels.. we use channel 4 and 7 mostly.. is this why...

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, give Midland a call and they might be able to help better if its a defective unit

@patrickgiannini3106

3 жыл бұрын

Ran into same issue. Found out Lo is only TX available in channels 1-7 . Try on 15-22

@vgrottweilerscom

3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickgiannini3106 any possible way you could send me a link to where you found that.. thanks.. my whole jeep club use channel 7, so about 500 jeeps.. andcwe are in miss not texas.. thanks

@patrickgiannini3106

3 жыл бұрын

@@vgrottweilerscom it's in the instructions which I read after I installed, like any normal biological male. 😆

@patrickgiannini3106

3 жыл бұрын

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For some reason I can’t speak out of my radio I have to handheld gtxs when I’m on the same channel I can hear those but can’t talk back

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

do a factory reset incase you have a privacy channel selected, if that does not work, give midland a call and they can help

You can talk to midland radios if the other brand radio has tones

I bought my Mtx275 one week before the MTX575 came out ☹️

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

Жыл бұрын

Oh no! been there done that many times! Still a great radio

Does this do wide band?

@kg5radio716

11 ай бұрын

Yes, the newer MXT275, and the other MXT radios do. The older MXT400 and older MXT275 do not.

I need to order me some more wat nots...

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

great

So I can only use privacy tones with Midland radios? Thats not ideal. Wish I would have known I would have bought something else.

@NatsumeKonno

10 ай бұрын

Privacy tone is just a buzz work. You can buy any radio as long it has ctc or dcs tones it can be programed to Match the midland radio. If you have a radio with keypads for example they have a setting called tone scan. This will allow you to figure out what privacy code the other radio is using. Once you have it just set the tone.

Privacy tones are not Amateur specific and in the Amateur world those tones are the same as Motorola radio -- just saying --N7JJY

Midland seems to always drop so many balls with their radios. The idea of a remote control (works on the microphone) is a necessity given how automakers bend over backwards to ensure there is not a spare millimeter of space under the dash, on the dash, or elsewhere, that you can mount a radio. That said, Midland misses the boat in two big ways with this model and its successor. One is that it does not allow for setting more than one CTCSS tone per GMRS frequency in the radio at a time. For instance, you live in a town that has a repeater on GMRS channel 20 and requires a CTCSS tone of 141.3. Let's say you commute to work in a town 50 miles away that has a repeater also on channel 20, but which uses a CTCSS tone of 110.9. This means that each day, to stay in touch on those two repeaters, twice a day, you will need to pull over somewhere and re-program your radio so that it operates on the repeater you are coming into range of. This is so short-sighted of Midland as to defy logic. The other thing is lack of a cooling fan. Even at the lower power that this model operates on at its highest setting, it needs a cooling fan so the radio does not overheat at its highest setting. The newer version will be a 50 watt radio and it definitely needs a cooling fan. Guess what? Midland didn't do that either. Midland needs to either procure design engineers who can think like an end-user and make an educated guess as to what end-users need in a radio, or at least listen to their customers about things these radios need to be useful.

@ExpeditionTeamOverland

2 жыл бұрын

I will pass your recommendation to Midland

Call alert tone did not come from the Amateur radio world !!!!!!!!!! I have been a Amateur Radio Operator for 30 years and have never heard "hams" use call alert tones -- just saying

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@ExpeditionTeamOverland

Жыл бұрын

thanks

Gmrs is worthless CB is king of the road and people will actualy talk to you on a cb