Operating Your Radio
WX Alert Standby Mode
Receive (Rx) Icon
Standby/Receive and
Transmit
Weather (WX) Standby Mode
To enter the WX Standby mode, press and hold the
WX Alert Standby Mode
NOAA broadcasts weather information as described in the NOAA weather channels section on page 31 of this manual. When NOAA broadcasts a weather alert signal and your radio is in WX Alert Standby mode, the following items will be displayed on the LCD display:
■The WX icon (cloud/sun) icon will be displayed.
■The last used weather channel will be displayed.
■The bar graph will display received signal strength level.
■The WX Alert icon (safety triangle) will be displayed).
NOTE
Only one (1) or two (2) of the weather channels will be operating in any given location (only in Receive (Rx) mode). You will need to select the channel with the strongest signal in your location.
NOTE
When in the WX Alert mode, and NOAA sends the 1050Hz alert tone, the radio will sound a series of loud beeps regardless of the volume control setting.
Operating Your Radio
WX Auto Search (SCAN)
Standby/Receive and
Transmit
WX Auto Search (SCAN) Mode Function:
The purpose of the WX Auto Search (SCAN) function is to enable the receiver to automatically scan for an active WX channel under the following conditions:
1.WX Auto Search (SCAN) function is On.
2.WX Alert or SAME is On (one or the other but not both).
3.The radio is tuned to a Marine VHF channel and has entered Power Save mode (meaning there is no signal activity or user input for 10 seconds).
4.The radio software has detected that the current WX channel signal level has dropped below a preset minimum level or is gone completely.
Once these conditions have been met, the software will then scan the WX channels looking for an active WX channel. When an active WX channel is found it will stop the scan and use the new WX channel to look for the standard 1050Hz alert tone or SAME data depending on WX setup.
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