6.3Poweringtheunitoff
Withtheunitpoweredon:
1.PressandholdthePowerbuttonfor
approximately3secondstopowertheunitoff.
6.4Homescreenoverview
Theinformationbelowdescribestheon-screen
charactersandsymbolswhichtheradiodisplayson
themainscreenandwhattheymean.
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,Scan
modeetc.
4.Channelsufx
•a—IndicatesthatthecurrentUSorCanadian
channelissimplex.Thischannelusesthe
transmitfrequencyoftheInternationalchannel
fortransmittingandreceiving.Ifachannelis
simplexinall3frequencybands(e.g.channel
06,thechanneldoesnotrequiretheasufx.
•b—Indicatesthatthechannelisareceive
onlychannel.UsedforCanadianchannels
only.
Note:Youcannottransmitonareceiveonly
channel.
5.Channel—Indicatesthecurrentchannel
number
6.Location/TimeorLocation/COG/SOG
—DependingonselectiondisplaysLocation
coordinatesandcurrenttimeorLocation
coordinatesandcurrentCOGandSOG.
7.ChannelName—Indicatesthenameofthe
currentchannel.
8.Channeltype—Indicatesthetypeofchannel:
•s=Simplex—Simplexchannelstransmitand
receiveonthesamefrequency.
•d=Duplex—Duplexchannelsuseseparate
frequenciestotransmitandreceive.
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