Setting The Key Beep; Setting The Key Lock - West Marine VHF 150 Owner's Manual

Setting the Key Beep

Your VHF150 confi rms a key press by
sounding a short single or double beep
(default). You can disable this sound.
1. From the RADIO MENU screen,
press ▲ or ▼ to highlight the KEY BEEP option.
Press ENTER to select it.
2. Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off or Exit . Press EN-
TER to save your selection. The display returns to the
RADIO MENU screen.

Setting the Key Lock

To prevent keys from being accidentally
operated, set the Key Lock. Hold down
LIGHT/LOCK for 2-seconds. KEYPAD
LOCKED appears on the display bottom
for 3-seconds then returns to the stan-
dard screen. Locked remains next to the channel number to
remind you that the locked option is enabled.
During Key Lock mode, you can adjust only the following
controls:
• PTT switch
• Light/Lock key
• Volume
• Squelch
• 1/2.5/5W (Only while pressing and holding PTT.)
If any other control is used, an error tone sounds.
To disable the keypad lock, press and hold LIGHT/LOCK
for about 2-seconds or turn power off then on. KEYPAD UN-
LOCKED appears on the display using LIGHT/LOCK.
Note: if the radio receives either a weather alert or decodes a
severe weather S.A.M.E. code transmission, the keypad au-
tomatically unlocks.
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