Turning On The Radio; Setting The Uic Channel Mode (Usa/Can/Int); How It Works - West Marine VHF580 Owner's Manual

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Turning on the Radio

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Setting the UIC Channel Mode (USA/CAn/InT)

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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
channel.
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UIC Channels
USA Mode
Canada Mode
Intl Mode
Back[CLR]
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.
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Select[ENT]
To Turn it on./off...
(default mode)
Press and hold
the
but-
-CLR-SCAN
ton.
Press the
WX-MEM
button.

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