Normal Mode Operation - West Marine VHF580 Owner's Manual

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 What It Does
Weather Alert Checks for alerts
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):
Transmit power
(1 W or 25 W)
Current channel
is stored in
memory
Status messages
(see the status
message table)
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.
Weather Alert
Watch on
25 Watts USA
Memory Alert
GPS Data OK
Marine Operator
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
two seconds.
Change Triple Watch
to Dual Watch in the
setup menu, then press
and hold
seconds.
Channel mode
(USA, CANadian,
or INTernational)
25
Current channel
name (if the name
is too long, the
name line scrolls)
for
16/9-TRI
for two
16/9-TRI
Status
Icons
Current
channel
number
11