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HOW it WOrks
Your radio has three basic modes of operation:
Mode
What It Does
Use It When
To Turn it on/off...
Normal
Monitors a single
marine radio channel
and lets you talk on
that channel.
You want to talk to
another station on a
specific channel.
(default mode)
Scan
Monitors all the chan-
nels you save into
memory.
You have a small group
of channels you use
most often and want to
check them for traffic.
Press and hold the
CLR-SCAN
button.
Weather
Monitors the selected
NOAA weather
channel.
You want to hear the
current and forecasted
weather in your area.
Press the
WX-MEM
button.
In addition to the three basic operation modes, your radio also provides three different
“watch” modes which you can activate during any of the three basic modes. In these watch
modes, the radio briefly checks for activity on a specific channel then returns to its previous
mode.
Watch Mode What It Does
Use It When
To Turn it on/off...
Weather
Alert
Checks for alerts
on the last weather
channel you
used every seven
seconds.
You want to be
made aware of
severe weather
conditions in your
area.
conditions in your area.
Select
WX Alert Mode
in
Setup submenu, and then
choose
ON
or
OFF
.
Triple
Checks for activity on
channels 16 and 9
every two seconds.
You want to monitor
a channel yet
maintain a watch on
channels 16 and 9.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
for
two seconds.
Dual
Checks for activity on
channel 16 every two
seconds.
You want to monitor
a channel yet
maintain a watch on
channel 16.
Change Triple Watch
to Dual Watch in the
setup menu, then press
and hold
16/9-TRI
for two
seconds.
nOte: You are required to monitor channel 16 whenever your boat is underway. You should
have either triple Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.
Normal mode operation
Normal mode monitors whatever channel you select, and you can transmit on that channel
also. While using normal mode, the display lets you see the following information (not all
indicators will display at the same time):
