H/L

Transmission Power. High (HI) 25 W or Low (LO) 1 W. 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.

UIC

Channel Bank. 710US only. Press to toggle between USA, International or Canadian

 

channel banks. The selected channel bank is displayed on the LCD along with the

 

last used channel. All the channel charts are shown in Appendix C.

U/I

Channel Bank. Press to toggle between channel banks. Note that the channel banks

 

available are dependent upon your VHF radio model. The selected channel bank is

 

displayed on the LCD along with the last used channel. All the channel charts are

 

shown in Appendix C.

DIM

Backlighting. 710EU only. Press to toggle between the backlighting settings. OFF

 

will extinguish all the backlighting except for the DISTRESS key. (Otherwise, use the

 

menu to change the backlight setting.)

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 appears 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 designate a

 

skipped channel. Note that it is not possible to skip over the priority channel.

 

Press SCAN to stop at the current channel.

+ CH -

Channel Select. Also on the microphone. The current channel is shown on the screen

 

in BIG digits with an appropriate designator suffix A or B in small letters below the

 

channel number.

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