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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
Setting FM Muting
[FM Band Only]
You can turn FM Muting ON to silence your radio as you tune
frequencies where either no station exits or the station that
is using that frequency is weak. Muting eliminates the noise
unless the level of the signal is suf
fi
cient for comfortable
listening.
Select the FM band. Press
MENU
.
Use
▲
or
▼
to
FM Muting
. Press
ENTER
to select it.
Use
▲
or
▼
to choose either
On
to enable muting,
Off
to disable a previously set muting on condition or
Exit
to take no action. Press
ENTER
.
With muting on, as you tune through the FM band, the usual
noise from weak or unassigned frequencies in your area will
be silenced.
Other Options
Setting the Key Lock
[For All Bands]
To prevent keys from being
accidentally operated, set the
Key Lock. Hold down
LIGHT/
LOCK
for 2 seconds.
KEYPAD
LOCKED
appears on the VHF
display bottom for 3 seconds
then the message line displays
what information had been
shown before you pressed
LIGHT/LOCK
.
Locked
remains next to the channel number or frequency to
remind you that the locked option is enabled for all bands.
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