Operating Your Radio
MEM/ESC Button
Memory Location Number 
Channel Up/Down Buttons
Channel Number
Advanced Operation
Memory Location Mode
Your radio has unlimited memory locations for storing your most frequently used channels. These memory locations can be selected individually or can be scanned. (See page 33 under Memory Location Scan.)
To enter Memory mode, press MEM/ESC button. The display will show the MEM icon and the Memory Channel bank will be activated and displayed.
To Program Memory Locations:
1.Press and hold the MEM/ESC button for two (2) seconds. The memory location number will start flashing and the MEM icon will be turned On.
2.Use the Channel Up/Down button to advance to the memory location
3.Press the MEM/ESC button to select the memory location. The memory channel number will stop flashing and the channel number will start flashing.
4.Use the Channel Up/Down button to change to the channel you want to store into the selected memory location.
5.Press the MEM/ESC button to program that channel. The memory location number will flash again.
Repeat steps 2 through 5 to program as many additional memories as you want.
6.Press and hold the MEM/ESC button for two (2) seconds. This will return the radio to Memory mode.
7.Press and release the MEM/ESC button again to return to Marine Standby mode.
Operating Your Radio
MEM Icon 
Advanced Operation
To Recall a Stored Memory Location:
1.Press the MEM/ESC button. The MEM icon will be turned On.
2.Press the Channel Up/Down button to select the memory location. If a memory location has been programmed, its associated channel will display on the LCD. Your radio is now in Marine Standby mode on the selected memory location.
To Exit Memory Location Mode:
Press the MEM/ESC button to return the radio to Marine Standby mode. The last channel used in Marine Standby mode will now be displayed on the LCD and the MEM icon will disappear.
To Erase Stored Memory Locations:
1.Press and hold the MEM/ESC button for two (2) seconds. The memory location number will start flashing and the MEM icon will be turned On.
2.Use the Channel Up/Down button to advance to the memory location you want to erase.
3.Press the MEM/ESC button to select the memory location. The memory channel number will stop flashing and the channel number will start flashing.
4.Use the Channel Up/Down button to change to the channel to read “00” at the selected memory location.
5.Press the MEM/ESC button to erase that channel.
Repeat steps 2 through 5 to erase as many additional memories as you want.
6.Press and hold the MEM/ESC button for two (2) seconds. This will return the radio to Memory mode.
7.Press and release the MEM/ESC button again to return to Marine Standby mode.
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