Scan Mode - West Marine VHF 480 Owner's Manual

You can activate Weather Alert Watch and
Normal mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch
Triple/ Dual Watch at the same time. The
radio performs both checks at their
scheduled time.
You can save channels into memory and

scan mode

then use scan mode to monitor those
channels. When the radio detects a signal on a channel, it pauses on that channel as long as
the signal is received; when the transmission stops, the radio will continue scanning.
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The radio scans about
5 channels in 1 second.
In scan mode, you can get the
following information from the
display (some indicators will
not always be displayed).
Using the radio in scan
You cannot transmit while
mode
in scan mode.
x
You must have two or more channels in memory to start a scan.
To save a channel into memory, select the channel, then press and hold
x
seconds. Memory will show on the display.
x
To remove a channel from memory, set the radio to that channel, then press and hold
for two seconds. Memory will no longer show on the display.
x
To activate scan mode, press and hold
MEM
to the previous mode.
x
When the radio automatically stops on a channel, press
and resume scanning.
x
To end the scan, press the microphone's
radio remains on the last scanned channel.
x
English
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When it detects a signal, the radio stays on the
channel until you press the
signal stops.
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Transmit power
last used
All scanned
channels must
be in memory
Normal scan
mode or Triple/
Dual-watch on
Monitoring Channel 25
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Triple Watch:
Every 2 seconds,
the radio checks channels 9 & 16.
button or the
CHANNEL UP
Resume scan
15
1 Watt
Memory
Scanning Channels
01A,05A,06,07A,08
. Press and hold
CLR-SCAN
CHANNEL UP
PUSH TO TALK, CALL-MEM,
09 16 09 16
wx
WX Alert :
Every 7 seconds,
the radio checks the most
recently-used weather channel.
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Channel mode
(USA, CANadian,
or INTernational)
07
USA
A
Current channel
being scanned
Scan list (if the
text is too long,
the line scrolls)
WX-MEM
again to return
CLR-SCAN
to leave that channel
or buttons. The
WX-MEM
Status
icons
for two
WX-