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West Marine VHF250 Radio Owner’s Manual
scroll to the
Dual/TriWatch
option. Press
ENTER
.
Press either
▲
or
▼
to reach either
16/9 TriWatch
(default) or
16 DualWatch
. Press
ENTER
to select it.
A double beep sounds and the radio returns to the
root menu option screen.
Press
MENU
again to return to the marine mode.
Setting the Key Beep
[For All Bands]
Your VHF250 con
fi
rms a key
press by sounding a short
single or double beep (default).
You can disable this sound.
From the band’s menu
screen, press
▲
or
▼
to
highlight the
KEY BEEP
option. Press
ENTER
to
select it.
Press
▲
or
▼
to select
On
or
Off or Exit
. Press
ENTER
to save your selection. The display returns to
the band’s menu screen.
Adding FIPS Codes
[For Marine/Weather Band Only]
To effectively use the
Speci
fi
c Area Message Encoding
feature (S.A.M.E.) entering the code speci
fi
c to your
geographic location is required.
These codes that provide your radio with certain geographic
data, are known as FIPS or
Federal Information
Processing Standards
codes (FIPS codes). They are a
standardized set of numeric codes issued by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure
uniform identi
fi
cation of geographic entities through all
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'ZKV
1P
1HH
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'ZKV
1P
1HH
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