Turning On The Radio; Setting The Uic Channel Mode (Usa/Can/Int); How It Works - Uniden UM385 Owner's Manual

Turn the VOLUME-PWR knob clockwise to turn on the radio. As it powers on, the radio

TURNING ON THE RADIO

displays the user MMSI number; if there is no MMSI set, the radio displays
When it powers on, the radio selects the last channel used.
The radio comes preset to use the UIC channels assigned for the United States. If you are

Setting the UIC Channel Mode (USA/CAN/INT)

operating in an area that uses Canadian or international UIC channels, you will need to
change the channel mode.
Press and hold -
CALL
1. Press and hold CALL-MENU to display the normal menu, and choose the Setup sub-
menu.
2. Select USA/CAN/INT. The screen displays the UIC channel setup.
3. Choose the channel mode you want to use: US (USA Mode), Canadian (Canada
Mode), or international (Intl Mode).
4. Press ENT-1W/25W. The radio activates the new channel mode and exits the menu.

HOW IT WORKS

Your radio has three basic modes of operation:
Mode What It Does
Monitors a single marine
Normal radio channel and lets
you talk on that channel.
Monitors all the
Scan channels you save into
memory.
Monitors the selected
Weather
NOAA weather channel.
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.
Setup
USA/CAN/INT
ENT
1W/25W
ENT
1W/25W
Use It When
You want to talk to
another station on a
specific channel.
You have a small group
of channels you use
most often and want to
check them for traffic.
You want to hear the
current and forecasted
weather in your area.
4
16
UIC Channels
USA Mode
Canada
Mode
Intl Mode
Back[CLR] Select[ENT]
To Turn it on./off...
(default mode)
Press and hold the
CLR-SCAN button.
Press the WX-MEM
button.
MMSI not entered.