Adjusting Display Contrast
You can adjust the contrast setting of the LCD for various viewing conditions.
1.Press ▲ or ▼ from the RADIO
MENU screen to highlight Contrast. Press ENTER.
Contrast Adjust
.Press ▲ or ▼ to increase or decrease the level which is indicated by the number displayed (01 to 10)
and the thermometer bar. You see the screen contrast change as you change the setting from 01 to 10.
3.Press ENTER to save your selection. The display returns to the RADIO MENU screen.
Setting Dual or TriWatch
There are two specialty channels, 16, and
9. Channel 16 is the primary distress/ Coast Guard/Hailing channel while Chan- nel 9 is typically the backup hailing/calling channel for areas where there is higher
level of marine traffic. Depending on your location, you can choose to monitor both distress channel 16, the extra hailing channel 9 as well as the radio channel you are otherwise using (TRIWATCH), or you can choose to only monitor channel 16 and your regular channel (DUALWATCH) which lets the radio check each channel more frequently.
1. From the RADIO MENU screen, use ▲ or ▼ to reach the Dual/ TriWatch option. Press ENTER.
.Press either ▲ or ▼ to reach
either 16/9 TriWatch (default) or 16 DualWatch. Press ENTER to select it. A double beep sounds and the radio returns to the RADIO MENU screen.
3.Press MENU again to return to the marine mode.
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