West Marine VHF85, Owner'S Manual

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West Marine VHF85 Radio Owner’s Manual
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How It Works
The VHF85 has three main operation modes: normal mode,
scan mode, and weather mode
.
Mode
What it does to turn it on/off:
Normal
Monitors and allows
transmission on a single marine
channel so you can talk to
another radio.
(default mode)
scan
Monitors all the channels you
save into memory so you
can check a small group of
regularly-used channels for
traffic.
press
sCaN-Dual
.
(If you press
Push
to talk , the radio
stops scanning.)
Weather
Monitors a single NOAA
channel so you can hear
current or forecasted weather.
press WX-aleRt .
In addition to the three operation modes, the VHF85 provides
four different watch modes which you can activate during any
operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio briefly checks
for activity on a specific channel, then returns to its previous
operation..
Mode
What it does to turn it on/off
Weather alert
Watch
Checks the last-used weather
channel for hazard alerts every
7 seconds.
Press & hold
WX-
aleRt
for 2 seconds.
Dual Watch
Checks channel 16 every 2
seconds.
Press & hold
sCaN-
Dual
for 2 seconds.
triple Watch
Checks channels 16 and 9
every 2 seconds.
Press & hold
16/9-tRi
for 2 seconds.