Operation Modes; Normal - Uniden MHS235 Owner's Manual

OPeratiOn MODes

Your radio has three main operation modes: Normal, Scan, and Weather.
Mode
Monitors a single marine channel and

Normal

lets you talk on that channel.
Monitors all the channels you save
Scan
into memory.
Monitors the selected NOAA weather
Weather
channel.
In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides four different watch modes
which you can activate during any operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio briefly
checks for activity on a specific channel, then returns to its previous operation.
Watch mode
Weather Alert Checks the last-used weather channel for
Watch hazard alerts every few seconds.
Checks emergency channel 16 for activity
Dual Watch
every few seconds.
Checks emergency channels 16 and 9 for
Triple Watch
activity every few seconds.
note: Private boats must monitor channel 16. Whenever they are underway. Water-going
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vessels should have either triple Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.
Normal
To transmit, remove the radio from the charger, then press and hold Push to Talk.
x
Release the button when you are finished talking.
For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches from your mouth
x
while you're talking.
Press Channel Up to move up one channel at a time. Press and hold the button to
x
scroll quickly up the channels.
Press Channel Down to move down one channel at a time. Press and hold the button
x
to scroll quickly down the channels.
To change the transmit power, press and hold DISP/ENT H/M/L. The transmit power
x
cycles through LOW (1W), MID (2.5W), and HI (6W), then back to LOW again. Press
BOOST on the left side of the radio to boost the transmit power to 6W (Lithium Ion
battery) or to 1.5W (NiMH batteries).
if you are using niMh batteries, 6W is not available.
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What it does
What it does
Uniden MHS235 Radio Owner's Manual
Use it when you want to...
Monitor a channel or talk to
another radio.
Check a small group of regularly-
used channels for traffic.
Hear the current or forecasted
weather.
Select on or off from the Normal/WX Alert
menu.
Select dual watch from the Normal/Dual/
TriWatch menu and press and hold 16/9-Tri
for 2 seconds.
Select triple watch from the Normal/Dual/
TriWatch menu and press and hold 16/9-Tri
for 2 seconds.
To turn it on/off
(default mode)
Press and hold CLR/
SCAN for 2 sec.
Press WX/SOS
To turn it on/off
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