Operation Modes - Uniden MHS245 Owner's Manual

Operation Modes

Operation Modes
Your radio has two main operation modes: Normal and Scan.
Mode What it does
Normal Monitors a single
marine channel
and lets you talk
on that channel.
Scan Monitors all the
channels you save
into memory.
In addition to the two operation modes, your radio provides two different
watch modes which you can activate during any operation mode. In the
watch modes, the radio briefly checks for activity on a specific channel,
then returns to its previous operation.
Watch mode
Dual Watch
Triple Watch
Private boats must monitor channel 16. Whenever they are
underway. Water-going vessels should have either Triple
Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.
NOTE
UNIDEN MHS245
What it does
Checks Instant
Channel for
activity every few
seconds.
Checks
emergency
channels 16 and
67 for activity
every few
seconds.
Use it when
you want
to...
Monitor a
channel
or talk to
another radio
Check a
small group
of regularly-
used
channels for
traffic.
To turn it on/off
Select dual watch from the
Normal/Dual/TriWatch menu and
press and hold 16/67-Tri for 2
seconds.
Select triple watch from the
Normal/Dual/TriWatch menu and
press and hold 16/67-Tri for 2
seconds.
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Handheld VHF Marine Transceiver
To turn it on/off
(default mode)
Press SCAN/MEM.