How to Guide

PARTS OF THE MICROPHONE
Button Press to... Press and hold to...
( + ) Move up one channel
at a time.
Move quickly up the
channels.
Push to Talk
button
Microphone
SCAN/MEM
button
Channel
UP/DOWN
buttons
16/9 TRI
button
( - )
Move down one
channel at a time.
Move quickly down the
channels.
16/9-TRI
1st press: Go to
Channel 16.
2nd press: Go to
Channel 9.
3rd press: Go back to
the original channel.
Go into Triple Watch
or Dual Watch mode
(see page 13).
SCAN/MEM Scan channels.
Save current channel
into memory.
PUSH TO
TALK
Cancel scanning and
stay on a channel.
Talk on a channel.
TURNING ON THE RADIO
Turn the  knob clockwise to turn on the radio. As it powers on, the radio
displays the user MMSI number; if there is no MMSI set, the radio displays MMSI not
entered.
When it powers on, the radio selects the last channel used.

The radio comes preset to use the UIC channels assigned for the United States. If you are
operating in an area that uses Canadian or international UIC channels, you will need to
change the channel mode.
1. Press and hold  to display the normal menu, and choose the Setup sub-
menu.
2. Select
USA/CAN/INT. The screen displays the UIC channel setup.
3. Choose the channel mode you want to use: US (USA Mode), Canadian (Canada Mode),
or international (Intl Mode).
4. Press
 . The radio activates the new channel mode and exits the menu.
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