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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
Adjusting Display Contrast
[For All Bands]
You can adjust the contrast
setting of the LCD to
accommodate various viewing
conditions.
1. Press
▲
or
▼
from the
band’s menu screen
to highlight
Contrast
Adjust
. Press
ENTER
.
2. Press
▲
or
▼
to increase or decrease the level
which is indicated by the number displayed (01 to
10) and the thermometer bar. You see the screen
contrast change as you change the setting from 01
to 10.
3. Press
ENTER
to save your selection. The display
returns to the band’s menu screen.
Setting Dual or TripleWatch (Tri Watch)
[For Marine and FRS Band Only]
There are two specialty channels: 16, and
9. Channel 16 is the primary distress/Coast
Guard/Hailing channel while Channel 9 is
typically the backup hailing/calling channel
for areas where there is higher level of
marine traf
fi
c. Depending on your location,
you can choose to monitor both distress
Channel 16, the extra hailing Channel
9 as well as the radio channel you are otherwise using
(TripleWatch), or you can choose to only monitor Channel 16
and your regular channel (DualWatch) which lets the radio
check each channel more frequently.
From the marine band’s menu screen, use
▲
or
▼
to
1.
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#FLWUV
05
%QPVTCUV
#FLWUV
05
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6TK9CVEJ
&WCN9CVEJ
&WCN6TK9CVEJ
'ZKV
6TK9CVEJ
&WCN9CVEJ
&WCN6TK9CVEJ