5.3Homescreenoverview
Theinformationbelowdescribestheon-screen
charactersandsymbolswhichtheradiodisplaysonthe
mainscreenandwhattheymean.
1.Statusbar—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.
SymbolNameDescription
Lowpower
Highpower
Indicatestheradio
transmittersisin
lowpower(1watt)
orhighpower(25
watt)mode
LocalIndicatesthe
radioisinlocal
receptionmode,
whichdecreases
receiver
sensitivityin
hightrafficareas
todecrease
unwanted
reception
SymbolNameDescription
FoghornIndicatesthatthe
radioisinFog
hornmode.
TransmitIndicatesthe
radioiscurrently
transmitting(e.g.
thePTTbuttonis
beingpressed.)
ReceiveIndicatesthe
radioiscurrently
receivinga
transmission
WeatherIndicatesthatthe
weatheralerts
modeisactivated.
Powersupply
voltagetoolow
Indicatesthe
powersupplyto
theradioisbelow
thespecified
operatingvoltage
Powersupply
voltagetoohigh
Indicatesthe
powersupplyto
theradioisabove
thespecified
operatingvoltage
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