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West Marine VHF150 Radio Owner’s Manual
Note
:
You cannot transmit on the weather frequencies. They are
designated ‘receive’ only. An error tones sounds when you
press the
PTT
switch and a weather channel is selected.
The displayed weather channel number
fl
ashes, and
RE-
LEASE PTT KEY
is displayed to remind you that you can-
not transmit on the selected channel.
You cannot transmit on channel 70, and 15 in the USA.
They are reserved for digital data. If you attempt to trans-
mit, you see
RELEASE PTT KEY
on the bottom of the
screen.
Do not hold down the
PTT
switch while turning on the ra-
dio. An error tone sounds and the same message appears.
Pressing
PTT
disables Scanning, TripleWatch checking
and DualWatch checking. If the channel has no carrier, the
fi
rst press of
PTT
takes the radio out of scan mode. Press
PTT
to activate transmitting.
Continuous transmitting is limited to 5 minutes by regula-
tions. After this time, an error tone sounds and
RELEASE
PTT KEY
displays. After you release
PTT
, pressing
PTT
re-
starts the 5-minute time interval again.
Using the Radio Menu Options
The VHF150 lets you select options that personalize your
use of the radio and makes using it more convenient.
Press
MENU
to access the multi-choice radio menu.
RADIO
MENU
appears at the top of the screen. Press
MENU
again
to return to the default marine mode or use
▲
or
▼
to move
and highlight the desired menu option.
Note: if during any of the following operations you fail to
press a key or make a selection in more than 30 seconds,
the radio returns to standard marine mode.
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