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VHF 7000, 7100US, 7100EU Operation Manual
NAVMAN
H/L
Transmission Power.
High (HI) 25W or Low (LO) 1W. Press to toggle
between high or low transmission power for the entire channel bank. The HI
or LO selection is shown on the LCD.
Some channels allow only low power transmissions. Error beeps will sound if
the power transmission setting is incorrect.
Some channels allow only low power transmissions initially, but can be
changed to high power by holding down H/L and PTT at the same time. See
Appendix C for a complete listing of channel charts.
3CH
Three Favourite Channels.
Also on the microphone.
Press to toggle
between your favourite channels. The CH1, CH2, or CH3 symbol appears on
the LCD to show which favourite channel is selected.
To scan only one of your favourite channels, press 3CH then immediately
press and release SCAN. If you want to scan all three favourite channels,
press 3CH then immediately press and hold SCAN.
To add a favourite channel for the first time, select that channel then hold
3CH to store it in the CH1 location. Repeat the procedure to store two more
favourite channels in the CH2 and CH3 locations respectively.
If you try and add another favourite channel it will overwrite the existing CH3.
CH1 and CH2 remain unless you delete them.
To delete a favourite channel, select that channel then hold down 3CH until
the CH1, CH2 or CH3 symbol disappears off the LCD.
UIC
Channel Bank.
7100US only.
Press to toggle between USA, International
or Canadian channel banks. The selected channel bank is displayed on the
LCD along with the last used channel. All the channel charts are shown in
Appendix C.
U/I
Channel Bank.
7000 only.
Press to toggle between channel banks.
Note
that the channel banks available are dependent upon your VHF radio model.
The selected channel bank is displayed on the LCD along with the last used
channel. All the channel charts are shown in Appendix C.
DIM
Backlighting.
7100EU only.
Press to toggle between the backlighting
settings. OFF will extinguish all the backlighting except for the DISTRESS
key. (Otherwise, use the menu to change the backlight setting.)
SCAN
Scan.
Press to scan between your current channel and the priority channel in
DUAL or TRI WATCH mode. The weather channel is also scanned if the USA
channel bank is selected and the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON.
Hold down SCAN to enter ALL SCAN mode where the priority channel is
checked every 1.5 seconds.
When a signal is received, scanning stops at that channel and BUSY
appears on the screen. If the signal ceases for more than 5 seconds, the
scan restarts.
Press ENT to temporarily skip over (lock out) an “always busy” channel when
in ALL SCAN mode and resume the scan. An X is shown on the screen to
designate a skipped channel. Note that it is not possible to skip over the
priority channel.
Press SCAN to stop at the current channel.
