Operation Manual

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then continues scanning the next channel in memory:
Scan mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks
channels 9 and 16 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel;
with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16:
Weather mode
The NOAA weather channels now cooperate with the FCC to alert you of other
hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In
weather mode, the radio monitors one of the nine NOAA weather channels.
If any type of alert is received, the radio sounds an alert tone and the display
blinks.
Using the radio in weather mode
• You cannot transmit while in weather mode.
• To enter weather mode, press the WX ALERT key.
• To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any key.
• To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press
the WX ALERT key again.
Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch
Because weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don’t
need Weather Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds.
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in weather mode, it oper-
ates as a type of “sleep mode”: the radio stays on the weather channel and
mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected, the radio sounds an alert tone and
turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are anchoring
for the night but want to keep informed of hazards.