Normal Mode Operation - West Marine VHF 480 Owner's Manual

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.
#
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
Status messages
(see the status
message table)
Message
GPS Data OK
Check GPS
Input Position
Input GPS
Battery Low
English
Battery High
6
Weather Alert
25 Watts USA
Memory Alert
GPS Data OK
memory
Marine Operator
Meaning
The radio is receiving valid GPS data.
The radio is not receiving valid GPS data: check the GPS status
screen and the GPS connection.
The radio does not have valid GPS data. (see Setting the GPS
position manually on page 20).
The battery voltage output is too low (below 10.0 VDC).
The battery voltage output is too high (above 17.0 VDC).
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.
Channel mode
Watch on
(USA, CANadian,
or INTernational)
25
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
16/9-TRI
seconds.
Status
Icons
Current
channel
number
Current channel
name (if the name
is too long, the
name line scrolls)
for
16/9-TRI
for two