Using The Radio In Normal Mode - Uniden UM385 Owner's Manual

x To transmit, press and hold PUSH TO TALK on the microphone. Release the button when

Using the radio in normal mode

you are finished talking.
x For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches from your mouth
while you're talking.
x Press CHANNEL UP on the radio or the microphone to move up one channel at a time.
Press and hold either button to scroll quickly up the channels.
x Press CHANNEL DOWN on the radio or the microphone to move down one channel at a
time. Press and hold either button to scroll quickly down the channels.
x To change the transmit power, press and hold ENT-1W/25W for two seconds. The
transmit power switches between 1 watt and 25 watts each time you press and hold
ENT-1W/25W.
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in normal mode, the radio checks
Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch
the most recently-used weather channel every seven seconds. If it detects a weather alert
for your area, it will change the channel to the last-used weather channel. The radio will
not check the weather channel while you are actively transmitting; it waits until your
transmission is finished and then checks the weather channel.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold CALL-MENU while the radio is
idle. Select and then
setting
Setup
WX Alert Mode
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in normal mode, the radio checks channels
Normal mode with Triple and Dual Watch
16 and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16.
The radio will not check channels 16 or 9 while you are actively transmitting; it waits until
your transmission is finished and then checks the channels.
Press and hold 16/9-TRI (on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/
Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 17.)
or .
WX-Alert Mode
ON Off
Monitoring Channel 25
Monitoring Channel 25
09 16
Triple Watch:
the radio checks channels 9 & 16.
. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose
wx
Every 7 seconds,
the radio checks the
most recently-used
weather channel.
with WX Alert on
09 16 09 16
Every 2 seconds,
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