Using Scan With Triple Watch, Dual Watch, Or Weather Alert; Triple Watch And Dual Watch Only - West Marine VHF 150 Owner's Manual

Note:
• If you enable TripleWatch or DualWatch from a Weather
Channel, the same watch cycle occurs. When the radio
checks the selected weather channel, the screen displays
Weather Band in the upper left corner. When the radio
checks Channel 9, Channel 16, or both, the screen briefl y
displays Marine Band at the upper left.
• If you momentarily press SCAN/MEM, the TripleWatch or
DualWatch functions as described above. Channels stored
in memory are also scanned. If you want to change the
channels being scanned, momentarily press SCAN/MEM
again, or press WX or PTT, to exit scanning (TripleWatch
or DualWatch continues). Then use ▲ or ▼ to manually
select another marine channel and store it. Momentarily
press SCAN/MEM to resume scanning.
• In scan mode, the radio pauses on an active channel and
resumes scanning 2 seconds after the channel activity
ceases.
Using Scan with Triple Watch,
Dual Watch, or Weather Alert

Triple Watch and Dual Watch Only

To activate normal channel SCAN mode, momentarily press
SCAN/MEM. The radio scans all the channels stored in
memory from lowest to highest. The display shows CHAN-
NEL SCAN at the bottom.
To initialize TripleWatch scanning, press and hold 16/9/TRI.
Now TRIWATCH appears at the bottom while the scanning
changes to the following sequence: The memory channels
are scanned then the radio checks chan-
nel 9 then channel 16 every 2-seconds. If
you have set Dual Watch as your default
mode, using the RADIO MENU, channel 9
is not checked and DUALWATCH SCAN
appears on the display.
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