Introduction; Features; Manual Overview - Uniden UM415BK Owner's Manual

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Submersible Design - Complies with JIS8 water-resistant standards, which means the

Features

radio can be submerged in 1.5 meter of water for 30 minutes without damage.
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Large, dot matrix display
Advanced DSC Class D functions, including Test Calling
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Channel select buttons on the microphone
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Memory scan mode - Lets you save channels to memory and monitor them in quick
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succession.
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Transmitter Power Level Select - Lets you boost the transmitter power from 1 watt to 25
watts for added transmission distance.
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Battery level display and tone - Sounds an alert tone if the battery voltage goes too high
or too low.
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Triple Watch Operation - Checks the Coast Guard Distress/Hailing channels 16 and 9 in
the background.
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All marine VHF channels for the U.S., Canada, and international waters
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather channel watch -
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Sounds a warning tone when a hazard alert is issued for your area.
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Manual overview

This manual uses several different type styles to help you distinguish between different parts
Conventions
of the radio:
Upper and Lower Case bold indicates a connector or label on the radio.
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BOLD SMALL CAPITALS
Italics indicate text on the display, such as menu options, prompts, and confirmation
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messages.
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Term Meaning
Digital Selective Calling. A VHF radio standard for communicating among
DSC
boats and sending automated distress calls.
Federal Information Processing Standard. A set of location codes roughly
FIPS
equivalent to your county codes.
WX Weather Radio
GPS Global Positioning System
National Marine Electronics Association. The organization that governs
NMEA standards for electronic equipment used on boats. NMEA 0183 is the
standard for serial data communication used by GPS.
Maritime Mobile Service Identity number. A unique, nine-digit number that
MMSI identifies you and your boat when making DSC calls. It is also used by the
Coast Guard if you send an automated distress call.
Any DSC radio, whether it's operated on a boat, at a marina, or by a shore
Station
station.
English

indicates an actual button or knob on the radio or microphone.