Uniden UM380BK owner manual Introduction, Features, Manual overview, Conventions, Term Meaning

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather channel watch - Sounds a warning tone when a hazard alert is issued for your area.

Transmitter Power Level Select - Lets you boost the transmitter power from 1 watt to 25 watts for added transmission distance.

Battery level display and tone - Sounds an alert tone if the battery voltage goes too high or too low.

Triple Watch Operation - Checks the Coast Guard Distress/Hailing channels 16 and 9 in the background.

Memory scan mode - Lets you save channels to memory and monitor them in quick succession.

Introduction

Features

xx Submersible Design - Complies with JIS8 water-resistant standards, which means the radio can be submerged in 1.5 meter of water for 30 minutes without damage.

xx Large, dot matrix display

xx Advanced DSC Class D functions, including Test Calling xx

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xx All marine VHF channels for the U.S., Canada, and international waters xx

Manual overview

Conventions

This manual uses several different type styles to help you distinguish between different parts of the radio:

xx BOLD SMALL CAPITALS indicates an actual button or knob on the radio or microphone. xx Upper and Lower Case bold indicates a connector or label on the radio.

xx Italics indicate text on the display, such as menu options, prompts, and confirmation messages.

Term	Meaning
DSC	Digital Selective Calling. A VHF radio standard for communicating among
	boats and sending automated distress calls.
FIPS	Federal Information Processing Standard. A set of location codes roughly
	equivalent to your county codes.
WX	Weather Radio
GPS	Global Positioning System
	National Marine Electronics Association. The organization that governs
NMEA	standards for electronic equipment used on boats. NMEA 0183 is the
	standard for serial data communication used by GPS.
	Maritime Mobile Service Identity number. A unique, nine-digit number that
MMSI	identifies you and your boat when making DSC calls. It is also used by the
	Coast Guard if you send an automated distress call.
Station	Any DSC radio, whether it’s operated on a boat, at a marina, or by a shore
	station.

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