Uniden MHS135 Owner's Manual page 15

Mode
Monitors a single marine
Normal channel and lets you talk
on that channel.
Monitors all the channels
Scan
you save into memory.
Monitors the selected
Weather
NOAA weather channel.
In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides
four different watch modes which you can activate during any
operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio briefly checks
for activity on a specific channel, then returns to its previous
operation.
Watch mode
Weather Alert
Watch
Dual Watch
Triple Watch
DSC Watch
# Note: Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they
are underway. Water-going vessels should have either Triple
Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.
Uniden MHS135 Radio Owner's Manual
What it does
What it does
Checks the last-used weather
channel for hazard alerts
every few seconds.
Checks emergency channel
16 for activity every few
seconds.
Checks emergency channels
16 and 9 for activity every few
seconds.
Checks the DSC channel
every 2 seconds for
messages from other ships.
Use it when you
want to...
Monitor a channel or
talk to another radio.
Check a small group
of regularly-used
channels for traffic.
Hear the current or
forecasted weather.
To turn it on/off
Press and hold WX/SOS
for 2 seconds.
Select Dual or Triple
Watch at Setup menu,
and press and hold 16/9-
Tri for 2 seconds.
Select Dual or Triple
Watch at Setup menu,
and press and hold 16/9-
Tri for 2 seconds.
Turn DSC Watch on or
off from the Setup/DCS
Watch menu.
To turn it
on/off
(default
mode)
Press and
hold CLR/
SCAN for 2
seconds.
Press WX/
SOS
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