Normal Mode With Quad Watch; Scan Mode Operation - West Marine VHF255 Owner's Manual

Normal mode with Quad Watch

You can activate Weather Alert Watch and Triple Watch at
the same time
to monitor four
channels at
once (Quad
Watch). The
radio performs
the Triple Watch
and Weather
Alert Watch
checks at their
scheduled time.

Scan mode operation

You can save channels into memory and then use scan
mode to monitor those channels from lowest to highest. If
the radio detects a signal on a channel, it stays on that
channel as long as the signal is received; when the signal
stops, the radio continues scanning.
When it detects a signal, the radio stays
on the channel until you press the
Channel up button or the signal stops.
08 10
The radio scans about
5 channels in 0.5 seconds.
West Marine VHF255 Radio Owner's Manual
Monitoring Channel 25
09 16
Every 2 seconds, the radio
checks channels 9 & 16.
Triple Watch on
11 12 13
09 16 09 16
Every 7 seconds,
the radio checks
the last-used
weather channel.
14
wx
WX Alert
Watch on
Resume
scan
17
15
E-13