On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:44:53 -0400, Crackles McFarly
wrote:

:On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:06:19 -0400, Sarah Czepiel
:sayd the following:
:
: It bothered me to read he felt so discouraged. I always
:find folks here very helpful. I'm never sure of the proper way to
:handle a question if you don't know the answer. Is everyone to chime
:in saying, " Can't help, don't know." ? I've read such threads and
:more often than not the OP responds with a less than polite comment to
:"shut it" if you don't know the answer. Anyway, hope he'll enjoy the
:radio now he knows how to shut it off.
:
:Sarah, not trying to pick a fight but the "off" mentioned in the PDF
:isn't OFF.

It's as OFF as you're going to get.

:I mean OFF as in , nothing displayed, no options available..

I know what you mean, but I can't magically make the radio do
something it's obviously not designed to do.

My advice? Buy Ni-Mh rechargable batteries and charger from Radio
Shack [ I have # 23-1302 which has 4 AA's and it cost me $21 ] .
The charger is free when you buy the batteries and will recharge the
Ni-Mh's in 2 hours. I get almost 10 hrs of continuous use on a charge
in my Pro 96 scanner radio.

And yes I know your Midland has a supplied "charge jack" for
rechargable batteries but I'd recommend the RS batteries and charger
and would recommend you use the charger from RS. If it's necessary
to have the radio operational for the 2 hr recharging time get
yourself a couple of disposable AA batteries or keep 2 of the Ni-Mh's
charged at all times.

You're welcome.

:If I suspect the "new off" for this generation is some pseudo off ?

:p.s. Before I posted that question I had downloaded the PDF you speak
:of since I hate reading that user's manual that is 2 cigarette packs
:big in size....
:
:have a nice evening...