Receiving And Transmitting - Garmin VHF 720 Owner's Manual & Reference

To activate Weather Alert:

Receiving and Transmitting

Whenever the VHF 720 is powered-up (On)
it is in the receiving mode. If the unit is monitor-
ing a channel that is broadcasting, you will hear
that transmission. It is possible to monitor any
channel on any band, but transmission on some
channels is not allowed. Many are receive only
channels, while others are simply not intended for
your category of radio use.
To receive on the VHF 720:
Receiving
and
T ransmitting
To monitor the weather
alert feature and save
battery power:
1. Select a weather
channel.
2. Initiate Weather Alert.
3. Reduce volume to
minimum.
4. Press and hold the
LOCK key.
The audio will mute and
the VHF 720 will wake-up
from a lower power mode
to monitor for the weather
alert tone every 5 seconds.
Pressing any key that is
functional during the
LOCK mode will cancel
the Low Power mode and
switch to regular WX/Alert
Mode. A weather alert tone
from the National Weather
Service will also cancel the
Low Power mode and tune
the receiver to the active
weather alert channel at
mid-volume level.