Weather Mode - West Marine VHF595 Owner's Manual

• To activate scan mode, press and hold CLR-SCAN. Press and hold CLR-SCAN again to return to the previous mode.
• When the radio automatically stops on a channel, press CHANNEL UP to leave that channel and resume scanning.
• To end the scan, press the microphone' s PUSH TO TALK, CALL-MEM, or WX-MEM buttons. The radio remains on the last
scanned channel.
Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch
If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks the most recently-used weather channel every
seven seconds, then continues scanning the next channel in memory.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold CALL-MENU while the radio is idle. Select Setup and then WX-Alert Mode.
Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose WX Alert Mode setting On or Off.
Scan mode with Triple and Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to
scan the next channel; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16.
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 10.)
Press and hold the CLR-SCAN key to turn off Scan mode and set the radio to Triple/Dual Watch mode.
Scan mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch
You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple/Dual Watch at the same time. The radio performs both checks at their scheduled
time.

Weather Mode

In cooperation with the FCC, NOAA also uses the weather channels to alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction
alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In weather mode, the radio monitors one of the ten NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is
received for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of alert. In weather mode, the display shows the follow-
ing:
VHF595 RADIO 1-800-BOATING
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