How to Guide

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
channels 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
 button.
Weather
Monitors the selected
NOAA weather
channel.
You want to hear the current
and forecasted weather in
your area.
Press the

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.
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

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
 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):
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