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West Marine VHF255 Radio Owner’s Manual
Menu
Option
Use It To...
Available Settings
(default setting in italics)
USA/
CAN/
INT
Change the channel mode
from US to Canadian or
International channels
USA Mode
CANadian Mode
INTernational Mode
SOS
Light
Turn the strobe light on
or off.
Always on
Strobe SOS
Off
Lamp
Adjust
Change the operation
and color of the display
backlight
Always On
Timer
(see page 22 for details)
Always Off
Color
Contrast/
RVS.
Adjust the display contrast 10 contrast levels
(
default = 7
)
Dual/
TriWatch
Choose between triple
watch and dual watch
16/9 TriWatch
16 DualWatch
Key Beep
Turn the key touch tones
on or off
On
Off
FIPS
Codes
Enter or edit the six-digit
codes for the geographic
areas whose hazard alerts
you want to listen to.
No FIPS codes entered.
See page 28 for instructions
on entering FIPS codes.
Channel
Name
Change the name
displayed for a channel or
reset channel names back
to their default settings
See the tables starting on
page 42 for default channel
names.
See page 27 for instructions
on changing channel names.
Exit
Close the menu
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