Table Of Contents - West Marine VHF255 Owner's Manual

Table of Contents

Making a Distress
Call .............. (inside front cover)
Faire un appel de détresse vocal iii
Introduction ..............................E-1
Features ................................... E-1
Getting Started .........................E-3
What's Included ........................ E-3
Parts of the VHF255 ................. E-4
Front view ..................................E-4
Back view ..................................E-4
Charger .....................................E-6
Using the Menus ....................... E-6
Using Your Radio (General
Operation) ............................ E-6
Changing the Volume ...............E-6
Setting the Squelch Level .........E-7
Changing the Channel ..............E-7
Contrast .....................................E-8
Lamp adjust ...............................E-8
Turning the Key Beep
On and Off ............................E-9
Using the external
speaker/mic jack ..................E-9
How It Works ..........................E-10
Normal mode operation ...........E-11
Normal mode with
Weather Alert Watch ...........E-12
Normal mode with Triple
Watch or Dual Watch ..........E-12
Normal mode with
Quad Watch ........................E-13
Scan mode operation ............. E-13
Using the radio in
scan mode .........................E-14
Scan mode with Weather
Alert Watch ..........................E-14
Scan mode with Triple
Watch or Dual Watch ..........E-15
Both Weather Alert and Triple/
Dual Watch in scan mode ...E-15
Weather mode ........................ E-15
Using the radio in
weather mode .....................E-16
Weather mode with
Weather Alert Watch ...........E-16
Weather mode with Triple
Watch or Dual Watch ..........E-16
Using the Marine VHF
Band .....................................E-17
Making a Transmission ........... E-19
Boosting the transmission
power ..................................E-19
Setting the UIC Channel
Mode .................................. E-20
Using the Strobe SOS Light ... E-20
Using the FRS/GMRS Band ..E-21
GMRS License ....................... E-21
FRS/GMRS Band Features ... E-21
Reading the FRS/GMRS
band screen ........................ E-22
FRS/GMRS band
menu options ......................E-22
Setting CTCSS/DCS
privacy codes ......................E-22
Setting Up the Hardware .......E-25
Installing the Battery ............... E-25