Setting The Uic Channel Mode (Usa/Can/Int); How It Works; Normal Mode Operation - West Marine VHF595 Owner's Manual

When it powers on, the radio selects the last channel used.

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

The radio comes preset to use the UIC channels assigned for the United States. If you are operating in an area that uses Canadian
or international UIC channels, you will need to change the channel mode.
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 radio channel
Normal
and lets you talk on that channel.
Monitors all the channels you save into
Scan
memory.
Monitors the selected NOAA weather
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.
Watch Mode
Checks for alerts on the last weather
Weather Alert channel you used every seven
seconds.
Checks for activity on channels 16
Triple
and 9 every two seconds.
Checks for activity on channel 16
Dual
every two seconds.
NOTE: You are required to monitor channel 16 whenever your boat is underway. You should have either Triple Watch or Dual
Watch on at all times.

Normal Mode Operation

Normal mode monitors whatever channel you select, and you can transmit on that channel also. While using normal mode, the display
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.
What It Does
You want to be made aware of severe
weather conditions in your area.
You want to monitor a channel yet
maintain a watch on channels 16 and 9.
You want to monitor a channel yet
maintain a watch on channel 16.
VHF595 RADIO
Use It When
Use It When
Select WX-ALERT Mode in Setup
submenu, and then choose ON or OFF.
Press and hold 16/9-TRI for two
seconds.
Change Triple Watch to Dual Watch in
the setup menu, then press and hold
16/9-TRI for two seconds.
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To Turn it on./off...
(default mode)
Press and hold the CLR-SCAN
button.
Press the WX-MEM button.
To Turn it on./off...