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Key
Press to CLEAR a function or menu selection. Press and hold to select
NOAA Weather channels. Press and hold again to exit Weather mode
and revert to radio mode.
Secondary use
Hold down the key while pressing the
key to change the mode
from USA to International or Canadian.
Key
This key functions as the enter key.
SPEAKER
The internal speaker is located here.
[
DISTRESS
]
KEY
Used to send a DSC Distress call. Refer to section “
9 DIGITAL SELEC-
TIVE CALLING
”.
15.2 ASSIGNING SOFT KEYS
This menu item allows selection of the number of soft keys, soft key selec-
tion and how long the display will show the soft key icon after a soft key is
pressed. The keys maybe setup to control the following functions:
1. Press and hold down the
key until “
Setup
Menu
” appears, then select “
GENERAL SET-
UP
” with the or key.
2. Press the
soft key, then press the
key to select “
SOFT KEY
”.
3. Press the
soft key, then press the
key to select “
NUMBER OF SOFT KEYS
”.
4. Press the
soft key, then press the
or
key to select the number of soft
keys (3 through 10).
5. Press the
soft key, then press the
key to select “
KEY ASSIGNMENT
” (to
change the use of selected soft keys). Then
press the
soft key.
6. Press the
or
key to select the key
(“
KEY1
”, “
KEY2
”, “
KEY3
” etc), and press the
soft key. Then press the
or
key to select the new function to be as-
signed, and press the
soft key. Available functions are listed next
page. Repeat step 6 to program the other soft keys.
-Setup Menu-
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
GPS Setup
MMSI Setup
Waypoint Setup
GENERAL SETUP
QUIT
SELECT
-General Menu-
Dimmer
Contrast
Station Name
Key Beep
Unit of Measure
SOFT KEYS
QUIT
SELECT
-Soft Keys-
Assignment
Time Out Timer
NUMBER OF SOFT KEYS
QUIT
SELECT
-Number of Soft Keys-
4
5
8
6
7
3
QUIT
ENT
-Soft Keys-
Number of Soft Keys
Time Out Timer
ASSIGNMENT
QUIT
SELECT
-Assignment-
[Key 2]:DW
[Key 3]:WX
[KEY 1]:SCAN
QUIT
SELECT
-Assignment-
SCAN
DW
WPT
(NONE)
CPS:Compass
IC
QUIT
ENT