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Scan/Memory Mode with Weather Alert On
If Weather Alert is turned on with Memory mode, the radio scans through the channels saved into
memory and then scans the most recently used Weather channel. (Memory Channel 1 --> Memory
Channel 2 --> Memory Channel X, and then scans the most recently used Weather channel.
Using the Radio in Scan Mode
• To activate Scan mode, set the radio to either Priority Scan or Memory in MENU/RADIO SETUP/Scan
Type. If you select Memory, the radio scans channels saved in memory. If you select Priority, go to
MENU/RADIO SETUP and set the priority channel. The radio scans this channel in addition to channels
saved in memory.
• You must have at least two channels in memory to start a scan.
• You can transmit while scanning.
• To save a channel into memory, select the channel, then scroll to the MEM soft key. Press it to save that
channel into memory. The MEM icon displays whenever you tune to that channel.
• To remove a channel from memory, set the radio to that channel, then press the MEM soft key again. The
MEM icon no longer displays and that channel is no longer saved in memory.
• When the radio stays on a channel, press ▲ to leave that channel and resume scanning.
• To end the scan, press the Scan soft key again. The radio remains on the last scanned channel.
Scan Mode with Weather Alert
When you activate Weather Alert (
checks the most recently-used weather channel every seven seconds and then returns to the current
marine channel:
08
10
WX Alert on
1. If the radio receives a weather alert while scanning, it beeps to alert you that there is an alert on a
weather channel. Press any key to stop the alert.
2. A
Weather Alert Reception Confirnation
screen.
3. The next screen gives you the option of switching to the weather channel (
marine channel (
).
NO
VHF470 RADIO
R
MENU/
ADIO SETUP/Weather Radio
Memory Channel Scan
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12
13
14
15
17
20
Every 7 seconds, the radio
checks the last-used
weather channel, then
scans the next channel.
screen displays. Select
1-800-BOATING
E-21
) while in Scan mode, the radio
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25
wx
to display a confirmation
OK
) or returning to the
YES
E-21
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