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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
Pressing and holding
16/9/TRI
, for example, starts
and stops TripleWatch mode.
TRIWATCH
is shown in
the display when it is selected. There are insuf
fi
cinet
characters available on the LCD panel to display
“TripleWatch.”
Pressing and holding
WX/ALERT
starts and stops
Weather Alert mode.
Pressing
SCAN/MEM
quickly starts and stops Normal
Scan mode.
You can choose either Dual or TripleWatch (whether or not
Channel 9 is scanned as well as Channel 16) by making a
menu selection. Press
MENU
, then use
▲
or
▼
to reach
Dual/Tri Watch.
Next select
16/9 TriWatch
or
16 DualWatch
.
Press
MENU
again to return to radio operation.
AM, FM, and AIR Bands
: You can store up to 25
frequencies in memory for the AM. FM, or Air band, press
and hold
SCAN/MEM
for about 2 seconds until you hear a
double beep con
fi
rmation.
Memory
appears on the display.
If you want to remove a frequency already stored, with
that frequency displayed, press and hold
SCAN/MEM
for
another 2 seconds until you hear the double beep sound.
Memory
disappears.
Once you have stored two or more frequencies in the AM,
FM, or AIR band, you can move from station to station
within that band [Station Preset] by pressing
SCAN/MEM
brie
fl
y then using
▲
to jump from station to station.
Normal Scanning
To activate Normal Scanning, momentarily press
SCAN/
MEM
. The radio scans all the channels you stored in memory
from lowest to highest. The VHF marine band display shows
CHANNEL SCAN
at the bottom. The FRS band displays
SCAN
.
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