West Marine VHF 480 Owner's Manual page 16

You cannot transmit while in weather mode.
Using the radio in weather mode
To enter weather mode, press
x
Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if the location code
x
(FIPS code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see page 13). If you have no FIPS codes
x
programmed into your radio, the radio will notify you of all alerts in any area.
To turn off the radio's alert tone, press any button.
To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press the WX-MEM
x
button again.
x
Because weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don't need Weather
Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch
Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds. If you activate Weather Alert
Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of "sleep mode:" the radio stays
on the weather channel and mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected for your area, the radio
sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are
anchoring for the night but want to stay informed of any hazards in your area.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold
Select Setup and then WX Alert Mode. Use
Mode setting ON or Off.
If you activate Triple Watch while operating
Weather mode with Triple and Dual Watch
in weather mode, the radio checks channels 16
and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch
turned on, the radio only checks channel 16.
Press and hold
microphone for two seconds to turn Triple/
16/9-TRI
Dual Watch on or off. (To change between
Triple or Dual Watch, see page 5.)
10 English
WX-MEM
on the radio or
.
and
CALL-MENU
CHANNEL UP CHANNEL DOWN
Monitoring Weather Channel WX08
09 16
Triple Watch:
radio checks channel 9, then channel 16.
while the radio is idle.
to choose WX Alert
09 16 09 16
Every 2 seconds, the