TheHomescreenisdisplayed.
Poweringtheunitoff
Withtheunitpoweredon:
1.PressandholdthePowerbuttonforapproximately
3secondstopowertheunitoff.
Homescreenoverview
Theinformationbelowdescribestheon-screen
charactersandsymbolswhichtheradiodisplaysonthe
mainscreenandwhattheymean.
1.Statusbar—Thestatusbardisplayssymbols
whichindicatethecurrentstatusoftheunit.See
Statusbarsymbolsfordetails.
2.Frequencyband—Indicateswhichchannel
frequencybandisinuse:
•USA—UnitedStatesofAmerica
•INT—International
•CAN—Canada
•WX—Weather
Note:Speciallicensingisrequiredtoreceive
USAandCanadianchannelsets.
3.Statustext—Indicatesthecurrentradiomode
e.g.:ATISModeactive,WeatherAlert,Scanmode
etc.
4.Channelsufx
•a—IndicatesthatthecurrentUSorCanadian
channelissimplex.Thischannelusesthe
transmitfrequencyoftheInternationalchannel
fortransmittingandreceiving.Ifachannelis
simplexinall3frequencybands(e.g.channel
06,thechanneldoesnotrequiretheasufx.
•b—Indicatesthatthechannelisareceiveonly
channel.UsedforCanadianchannelsonly.
Note:Youcannottransmitonareceiveonly
channel.
5.Channel—Indicatesthecurrentchannelnumber
6.Location/TimeorLocation/COG/SOG
—DependingonselectiondisplaysLocation
coordinatesandcurrenttimeorLocation
coordinatesandcurrentCOGandSOG.
7.ChannelName—Indicatesthenameofthe
currentchannel.
8.Channeltype—Indicatesthetypeofchannel:
•s=Simplex—Simplexchannelstransmitand
receiveonthesamefrequency.
•d=Duplex—Duplexchannelsuseseparate
frequenciestotransmitandreceive.
9.Optionaltext—Providesextrauserguidance
Statusbarsymbols
Thestatusbarisusedtodisplayiconsthatindicatethe
radio’sstatus.
SymbolNameDescription
ReceptionsignalIndicatestherelative
strengthoftheradio
signalbeingreceived.
Displaysbetween0
bars(notransmission
beingreceived)and4
bars(strongreception
signal).
TransmitIndicatestheradiois
currentlytransmitting
(e.g.thePTTbutton
isbeingpressed.)
ReceiveIndicatestheradiois
currentlyreceivinga
transmission
Lowpower
Highpower
Indicatestheradio
transmittersisinlow
power(1watt)orhigh
power(25watt)mode
LocalIndicatesthe
radioisinlocal
receptionmode,
whichdecreases
receiversensitivityin
hightrafcareasto
decreaseunwanted
reception
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