WX | Weather Channel. |
| press to hear the most recently selected weather station. The WX symbol is |
| displayed on the LCD. |
| Rotate the dial or + / - on the microphone to change to a different |
| weather channel. Press WX again to return to the most recent channel. |
| If the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON and an alert tone of 1050Hz is |
| broadcast from the weather station, it is picked up automatically and the |
| alarm sounds. Press any key to hear the weather alert voice message. |
H/L | Transmission Power. (Located on the microphone). High (HI) 25W or Low |
| (LO) 1W. Press to toggle between high or low transmission power for the |
| entire channel bank. The HI or LO selection is shown on the LCD. |
| Some channels allow only low power transmissions. Error beeps will sound |
| if the power transmission setting is incorrect. |
| Some channels allow only low power transmissions initially, but can be |
| changed to high power by holding down H/L and PTT at the same time. |
| See Appendix C for a complete listing of channel charts. |
3CH | Three Favourite Channels. Also on the microphone. Press to toggle |
| between your favourite channels. The CH1, CH2, or CH3 symbol appears on |
| the LCD to show which favourite channel is selected. |
| To scan only one of your favourite channels, press 3CH then immediately |
| press and release SCAN. If you want to scan all three favourite channels, |
| press 3CH then immediately press and hold SCAN. |
| To add a favourite channel for the first time, select that channel then hold |
| 3CH to store it in the CH1 location. Repeat the procedure to store two more |
| favourite channels in the CH2 and CH3 locations respectively. |
| If you try and add another favourite channel it will overwrite the existing |
| CH3. CH1 and CH2 remain unless you delete them. |
| To delete a favourite channel, select that channel then hold down 3CH until |
| the CH1, CH2 or CH3 symbol disappears off the LCD. |
SCAN | Scan. Press to scan between your current channel and the priority channel |
| in DUAL or TRI WATCH mode. The weather channel is also scanned if the |
| USA channel bank is selected and the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON. |
| Hold down SCAN to enter ALL SCAN mode where the priority channel is |
| checked every 1.5 seconds. |
| When a signal is received, scanning stops at that channel and BUSY ap- |
| pears on the screen. If the signal ceases for more than 5 seconds, the scan |
| restarts. |
| Press ENT to temporarily skip over (lock out) an “always busy” channel when |
| in ALL SCAN mode and resume the scan. An X is shown on the screen to |
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