5.3Homescreenoverview
Theinformationbelowdescribestheon-screen
charactersandsymbolswhichtheradiodisplaysonthe
mainscreenandwhattheymean.
1.S
tatusbar—Thestatusbardisplayssymbolswhich
indicatethecurrentstatusoftheunit.
2.Frequencyband—Indicateswhichchannel
frequencybandisinuse:
•USA—UnitedStatesofAmerica
•INT—International
•CAN—Canada
•WX—Weather
Note:Speciallicensingisrequiredtoreceive
USAandCanadianchannelsets.
3.Statustext—Indicatesthecurrentradiomodee.g.:
ATISModeactive,WeatherAlert,Scanmodeetc.
4.Channelsuffix
•a—IndicatesthatthecurrentUSorCanadian
channelissimplex.Thischannelusesthe
transmitfrequencyoftheInternationalchannelfor
transmittingandreceiving.Ifachannelissimplex
inall3frequencybands(e.g.channel06,the
channeldoesnotrequiretheasuffix.
•b—Indicatesthatthechannelisareceiveonly
channel.UsedforCanadianchannelsonly.
5.Channel—Indicatesthecurrentchannelnumber.
6.Location/TimeorLocation/COG/SOG—
DependingonselectiondisplaysLocation
coordinatesandcurrenttimeorLocation
coordinatesandcurrentCOGandSOG.
7.ChannelName—Indicatesthenameofthecurrent
channel.
8.Channeltype—Indicatesthetypeofchannel:
•s=Simplex—Simplexchannelstransmitand
receiveonthesamefrequency.
•d=Duplex—Duplexchannelsuseseparate
frequenciestotransmitandreceive.
9.Optionaltext—Providesextrauserguidance.
Statusbarsymbols
Thestatusbarisusedtodisplayiconsthatindicatethe
radio’sstatus.
S
ymbolNameDescription
L
owpower
Highpower
Indicatestheradio
transmittersisin
lowpower(1watt)
orhighpower(25
watt)mode
L
ocalIndicatesthe
radioisinlocal
receptionmode,
whichdecreases
receiver
sensitivityin
hightrafficareas
todecrease
unwanted
reception
S
ymbolNameDescription
FoghornIndicatesthatthe
radioisinFog
hornmode
.
TransmitIndicatesthe
radioiscurrently
transmitting(e.g.
thePTTbuttonis
beingpressed.)
R
eceiveIndicatesthe
radioiscurrently
receivinga
transmission
W
eatherIndicatesthatthe
weatheralerts
modeisactivated.
P
owersupply
voltagetoolow
Indicatesthe
powersupplyto
theradioisbelow
thespecified
operatingvoltage
Powersupply
voltagetoohigh
Indicatesthe
powersupplyto
theradioisabove
thespecified
operatingvoltage
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