Operation Manual

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HOW IT WORKS
Your radio has three main operation modes: normal, scan, and weather.
Mode
Normal
Scan
Weather
What it does
Monitors a single
marine channel and
lets you talk on that
channel.
Monitors all the chan-
nels you save into
memory.
Monitors the selected
NOAA weather channel.
Use it when you
want to...
Monitor a channel or
talk to another radio.
Check a small group
of regularly-used
channels for trafc.
Hear the current or
forecasted weather.
To turn it on/
off
(default mode)
Press SCAN/
DUAL.
Press WX/
ALERT.
In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides four different
watch modes which you can activate during any operation mode. In the watch
modes, the radio briey checks for activity on a specic channel, then returns
to its previous operation.
Watch mode
Weather Alert
Watch
Dual Watch
Triple Watch
What it does
Checks the last-used weather
channel for hazard alerts
every 7 seconds.
Checks channel 16 for activity
every 2 seconds.
Checks channels 16 and 9 for
activity every 2 seconds.
To turn it on/off
Press and hold WX/
ALERT for 2 seconds.
Press and hold SCAN/
DUAL for 2 seconds.
Press and hold 16/9/TRI
for 2 seconds.
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Note: Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they are
underway. Water-going vessels should have either Triple Watch
or Dual Watch on at all times.
Normal mode operation
• To transmit, remove the radio from the charger, then press and hold the
Push to Talk key. Release the key when you are nished talking.
• For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches from your
mouth while you’re talking.