How It Works; Normal Mode Operation - Uniden UM415BK Owner's Manual

Your radio has three basic modes of operation:

HOW it WOrks

Mode What It Does
Normal Monitors a single
marine radio channel
and lets you talk on
that channel.
Scan Monitors all the chan-
nels you save into
memory.
Weather Monitors the selected
NOAA weather
In addition to the three basic operation modes, your radio also provides three different
channel.
"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 What It Does
Weather Checks for alerts
Alert on the last weather
channel you
used every seven
seconds.
Triple Checks for activity on
channels 16 and 9
every two seconds.
Dual Checks for activity on
channel 16 every two
seconds.
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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 monitors whatever channel you select, and you can transmit on that channel

Normal mode operation

also. While using normal mode, the display lets you see the following information (not all
indicators will display at the same time):
Use It When
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.
Use It When
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.
To Turn it on/off...
(default mode)
Press and hold the
button.
CLR-SCAN
Press the
WX-MEM
button.
To Turn it on/off...
conditions in your area.
Select WX Alert Mode in
Setup submenu, and then
choose ON or OFF.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
two seconds.
Change Triple Watch
to Dual Watch in the
setup menu, then press
and hold for two
16/9-TRI
seconds.
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