West Marine 14078562 manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Making a Distress
Call	............. (inside front cover)
Introduction		E-1
Features		E-1
Getting Started		E-4
What’s Included		E-4
Parts of the VHF160		E-5
Front view		E-5
Back view		E-5
Charger		E-7
Reading the Display		E-7
Display icons and....................what		E-8
	they mean.
How It Works		E-9
Normal Mode Operation		E-10
Normal mode with		E-10
	Weather Alert Watch...
Normal mode with Triple		E-11
	Watch or Dual Watch..
Scan Mode Operation		E-11
Using the radio in Scan		E-12
	mode
Scan mode with Weather		E-12
	Alert Watch
Scan mode with Triple		E-13
	Watch or Dual Watch..
Both Weather Alert and
	Triple/Dual Watch in	E-14
	Scan mode
Weather Mode		E-14
Using the radio in weather		E-15
	mode

Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch... E-15

Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch.. E-15

Setting Up the Hardware	E-16
Attaching the Antenna	E-16
Installing the Battery	E-16
Using the Alkaline Battery
Tray	E-16
Mounting the Charger	E-18
Charging the Battery	E-18
Important notes on	E-19
charging the battery....
Attaching the Belt Clip	E-19

Using Your Radio	E-20
Turning It On	E-20
Setting It Up	E-20
Changing the volume	E-20
Setting the Squelch level.. E-20
Reading volume and
squelch level	E-21
on battery icon
Setting the UIC channel

mode (USA/CAN/INT). E-22

Using the WX Mode	E-22
Making a Transmission	E-22
Selecting a channel	E-22
Making a transmission	E-22
Boosting the	E-23
transmission power

Saving Channels to Memory.. E-24

Special Features E-24