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3. To cancel standby and return to the mode your radio was in, press any button.
DISABLING AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SWITCHING
If you are involved in a bridge-to-bridge call, you may not want the radio to automatically
switch channels when it receives a DSC call. In cases like this, you can disable automatic
channel switching. If you receive an individual call, the radio will respond with an
unattended code, just as if the radio were in Standby.
1. Press and hold
 to display the normal menu.
2. Select Setup and then Auto CH SW.
3. Choose Off and press
 . The radio will not automatically switch channels
until you reactivate this feature.
# NOTE: Use this feature with caution. Deactivating automatic switching and then
forgetting it can make it hard for you to receive DSC calls.
If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a message icon (
). You will be
able to review who has called. The radio displays the last 10 distress calls and the last 20
non-distress calls it received (see the receive log on page 22).
RENAMING CHANNELS
If you discover that a marine radio channel has a different common name in your local
area, you can change the name of that channel to make it easier for you to use (see the
channel lists beginning on page 37 for the default channel names). To rename a channel,
follow the steps below:
1. Display the normal menu and choose the Setup sub-menu.
2. Select Channel Name. The screen displays the list of channels.
3. Use
CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose the channel you want to change and
press  .
4. Select Rename to enter a new name for this channel. The radio prompts you to enter
a new name for this channel. Each name can be up to 12 characters. Use
CHANNEL UP
and CHANNEL DOWN to change the first character.
5. When the first character is correct, press
 . The cursor moves to the next
character. Enter the remaining 11 characters of the name. If the name is shorter than
12 characters, press and hold  to complete the name entry. If you make a
mistake while entering a number, press  to erase the wrong number and the
cursor is moved to the left digit.
6. When you finish entering the name, the radio displays the new channel name and asks
you to confirm. To save this new channel name, select Yes; to cancel the change, select
No. The radio returns to the channel list.
7. To restore a channel back to its original name, select the channel and choose Default.
8. When you are satisfied with the channel list, select Exit to close the menu screen.
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