Using Hail; Using The Intercom - Uniden UM-525 Owner's Manual

• Scan mode, WX mode, and Coast Guard/Distress/Hailing mode are cancelled when you
hold down MEM/UIC for about 2 seconds.

Using Hail

Note: You must connect an optional hailer horn to the radio to use the hail feature.
To use the hail feature, press HAIL/INTERCOM then press PTT on the microphone to speak.
HA and TX appear. Release PTT to listen. You hear any response to your hail through the
radio's speaker. To adjust the hail outgoing volume, repeatedly press
phone or rotate PUSH/SELECT on the radio. To exit hail, press HAIL/INTERCOM again.

Using the Intercom

The intercom feature lets you call optional WHAM x 4 microphones connected to the radio.
You can select and call one microphone, a group of microphones, or each microphone
connected to the radio.
Notes:
• You cannot use a WHAM wireless microphone to use the intercom.
• WHAM x 4 microphone users can also call each other and the radio.
• If the WHAM x 4 microphone user cannot connect with the radio, intercom does not work
and the radio sounds an error tone.
• Intercom mode is cancelled if 16/9 TRI or DISTRESS is pressed.
Follow these steps to use the intercom.
1. Hold down HAIL/INTERCOM for about 2 seconds.
2. Follow one of these steps to select the WHAM x 4 microphone or microphones you want
to talk to.
a. To select one WHAM x 4 microphone, rotate PUSH/SELECT until the WHAM x 4
microphone you want to talk to is highlighted on the display, then press PUSH/SELECT
to select it.
b. To select a group of WHAM x 4 microphones, rotate PUSH/SELECT until GROUP is
highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it. A screen appears you can use to
select the WHAM x 4 microphones you want to talk to. For each WHAM x 4 microphone
you want to talk to, rotate PUSH/SELECT to select it, then press PUSH/SELECT.
A symbol appears next to each selected microphone.
c. To call each microphone you selected, rotate PUSH/SELECT to select CALL, then
press PUSH/SELECT to select it. LISTEN and GROUP appear on the radio's display
and each selected microphone sounds an audible tone.
Note: Only those WHAM x 4 microphones or sub radios with which the radio can
communicate appear on the display.
d. To select all connected WHAM x 4 microphones, rotate PUSH/SELECT until ALL is
highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
3. Press PTT on the microphone to speak. TALK and the name of the WHAM x 4
microphone or microphones you selected appears. Release PTT to listen. LISTEN
appears and you hear any response through the radio's speaker.
4. To exit intercom, hold down HAIL/INTERCOM for about 2 seconds.
Basic Operation
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