West Marine VHF200 manual 13 /9 Operation, Channel 16, Distress Display

Fig. 13a: Current Channel, MAR OPER Display

Fig. 13b: Channel 16, DISTRESS Display

Fig. 13c: Channel 9, NON COML Display

13. 16/9 Operation

By pressing the 16/9/TRI key briefly, the radio will change from Channel 16 to Channel 9 and back to the start channel. For example, if the start channel is Channel 24, pressing the 16/9/TRI will change the channel from 24 to 16 to 9 and back to 24. (Fig. 13a–13c)

•If the 16/9/TRI key is pressed in Weather Mode, Weather Mode is paused temporally and the radio will change from Channel 16 to Channel 09 to Weather Mode in turn. While Channel 16 and 09 are displayed, the WX icon will blink to indicate that Weather Mode is temporally paused.

•If the 16/9/TRI key is pressed while scanning, scanning is paused tem- porarily and it changes from Scanning Mode to Channel 16 to Channel 09 to Scanning Mode in turn.

•If the 16/9/TRI key is pressed in Triple Watch, Triple Watch operation is paused temporarily and it changes from Triple Watch to Channel 16 to Channel 09 and back to Triple Watch in turn.

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