Accessing the Menus

To access the menu selections for each band, change to that band and press MENU. To exit a menu for any band, press MENU again or use ▲ or ▼ to scroll to EXIT on that menu. Then press ENTER to return to the previous screen.

Note: if during any of the following operations you fail to press a key or make a selection in more than 30 seconds, the radio returns to standard marine mode. Each band has several menu options in common while other choices are specific to that band. The option order for each band is:

Marine

FRS

AM

 

FM

Aircraft

VHF/WX

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA/CAN/INT

CODE

 

 

Lamp

Lamp

 

 

Adjust

Adjust

 

Lamp

 

 

Lamp Adjust

Lamp

 

Contrast

Contrast

Adjust

Adjust

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contrast

Contrast

Contrast

 

FM

 

 

 

Muting

 

Dual or Tri

Dual or

 

 

 

Tuning

 

Tuning

 

Tri

 

 

Watch

Steps

 

Steps

 

Watch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Beep

Key

Key

 

Key

Key

Beep

Beep

 

Beep

Beep

 

 

FIPS Codes

Exit

Exit

 

Exit

Exit

Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA/CAN/INT (U.I.C.) [Marine Band Only]

The radio is set as a factory default

 

 

 

 

 

 

UIC

CHANNELS

 

to the USA channel frequencies. To

 

 

change to either Canadian [CAN] or

 

USA

Mode

 

 

International [INT] channels follow

 

Canadian

Mode

 

these steps.

 

Intl

Mode

 

 

1. Press either ▲ or ▼ until you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Uniden MHS550 manual Accessing the Menus, USA/CAN/INT U.I.C. Marine Band Only