WX

Weather Channel. LVR-250 US only. In USA and Canadian waters,

 

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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