West Marine VHF460, VHF155 Using the Radio in Scan Mode, Scan Mode with Weather Alert Watch

Scan

You can save any channel (except Weather channels) into memory and then use Scan mode to monitor those channels from lowest to highest. If the radio detects a signal on a channel, it stays on that channel as long as the signal is received; when the signal stops, the radio continues scanning.

When it detects a signal, the radio stays on the channel until you press the

Channel Up button or the signal stops.Resume scan

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The radio scans about

5 channels in 0.3 seconds.

Using the Radio in Scan Mode

xx To activate Scan mode, press and hold CLR/SCAN. The radio scans channels in memory.

xx You must have at least two channels in memory to start a scan. xx You cannot transmit while in Scan mode.

xx To save a channel into memory, select the channel, then press and hold the SQ/MEM button. The MEM icon displays whenever you tune to that channel.

xx To remove a channel from memory, set the radio to that channel, then press and hold the SQ/MEM button. The MEM icon no longer displays.

xx When the radio stays on a channel, press Channel Up to leave that channel and resume scanning.

xx To end the scan, press and hold the CLR/SCAN button again; the radio remains on the

last scanned channel. You can also press WX/SOS to change to Weather mode.

Scan Mode with Weather Alert Watch

When you activate Weather Alert Watch through the Normal menu while in Scan mode, the radio checks the most recently-used weather channel every seven seconds, then continues scanning the next channel in memory:

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Memory Channel Scan

12	13	14	15		17	20	24		25
		Every 7 seconds, the radio
		checks the last-used
		weather channel, then
		scans the next channel.						wx
				WX Alert

Watch on

West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual E-9