3 BASIC OPERATION

ïU.S.A., international and Canadian channels

The IC-M422 is pre-programmed with 57 U.S.A., 57 international and 61 Canadian channels. These channel groups may be specified for the operating area.

qPush [CH/WX•DUAL] to select a regular channel.

• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX•DUAL] again.

wPush both [Y] and [Z] on the transceiver to change the channel group, if necessary.

•U.S.A., International and Canadian channel groups can be se- lected in sequence.

ePush [Y] or [Z] to select a channel.

•“DUP” appears for duplex channels.

•“ ” appears when a simplex channel is selected.

Push and

ïWeather channels

The IC-M422 has 10 weather channels. These are used for monitoring broadcasts from NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.)

The transceiver can detect a weather alert tone on the selected weather channel while receiving the channel, during standby on a regular channel or while scanning. (p. 33)

qPush [CH/WX•DUAL] once or twice to select a weather channel.

•“WX” appears when a weather channel is selected.

•“WX ALT” appears when the Weather Alert function is in use. (p. 33)

Push once or twice

Scrolls

Appears

When Weather alert is OFF.

Scrolls

Appears

When Weather alert is ON.

wPush [Y] or [Z] to select a channel.

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