Disabling Automatic Channel Switching; Renaming Channels - West Marine VHF490 Owner's Manual

3. To cancel standby and return to the mode your radio was in, press any button.

Disabling Automatic Channel Switching

If you are involved in a bridge-to-bridge call, you may not want the radio to automatically switch channels when it receives a DSC call.
In cases like this, you can disable automatic channel switching. If you receive an individual call, the radio will respond with an
unattended code, just as if the radio were in Standby.
1. Press and hold CALL-MENU to display the normal menu.
2. Select Setup and then Auto CH SW.
3. Choose Off and press ENT-1W/25W. The radio will not automatically switch channels until you reactivate this feature.
NOTE: Use this feature with caution. Deactivating automatic switching and then forgetting it can make it hard for you to receive
DSC calls.
If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a message icon (
radio displays the last 10 distress calls and the last 20 non-distress calls it received (see the receive log on page 17).

Renaming Channels

If you discover that a marine radio channel has a different common name in your local area, you can change the name of that
channel to make it easier for you to use (see the channel lists beginning on page 30 for the default channel names). To rename a
channel, follow the steps below:
1. Display the normal menu and choose the Setup sub-menu.
2. Select Channel Name. The screen displays the list of channels.
3. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose the channel you want to change and press ENT-1W/25W.
4. Select Rename to enter a new name for this channel. The radio prompts you to enter a new name for this channel. Each name
can be up to 12 characters. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to change the first character.
5. When the first character is correct, press ENT-1W/25W. The cursor moves to the next character. Enter the remaining 11
characters of the name. If the name is shorter than 12 characters, press and hold ENT-1W/25W to complete the name entry.
If you make a mistake while entering a number, press CLR-SCAN to erase the wrong number and the cursor is moved to the
left digit.
6. When you finish entering the name, the radio displays the new channel name and asks you to confirm. To save this new chan-
nel name, select Yes; to cancel the change, select No. The radio returns to the channel list.
7. To restore a channel back to its original name, select the channel and choose Default.
8. When you are satisfied with the channel list, select Exit to close the menu screen.
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). You will be able to review who has called. The