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Making a Distress
Call ............(inside front cover)
Table of Contents
Introduction ............................ E-1
Features .................................. E-1
Getting Started ....................... E-4
What’s Included ....................... E-4
Parts of the VHF160 ................ E-5
Front view .......................... E-5
Back view ........................... E-5
Charger .............................. E-7
Reading the Display ................ E-7
Display icons and what
they mean ..................... E-8
How It Works .......................... E-9
Normal Mode Operation ........ E-10
Normal mode with
Weather Alert Watch ... E-10
Normal mode with Triple
Watch or Dual Watch .. E-11
Scan Mode Operation ............ E-11
Using the radio in Scan
mode .......................... E-12
Scan mode with Weather
Alert Watch ................. E-12
Scan mode with Triple
Watch or Dual Watch .. E-13
Both Weather Alert and
Triple/Dual Watch in
Scan mode ................. E-14
Weather Mode ....................... E-14
Using the radio in weather
mode........................... E-15
Weather mode with
Weather Alert Watch ... E-15
Weather mode with Triple
Watch or Dual Watch .. E-15
Setting Up the Hardware ..... E-16
Attaching the Antenna ........... E-16
Installing the Battery .............. E-16
Using the Alkaline Battery
Tray ................................... E-16
Mounting the Charger ............ E-18
Charging the Battery .............. E-18
Important notes on
charging the battery .... E-19
Attaching the Belt Clip ........... E-19
Using Your Radio ................. E-20
Turning It On ......................... E-20
Setting It Up ........................... E-20
Changing the volume ...... E-20
Setting the Squelch level . E-20
Reading volume and
squelch level
on battery icon ............ E-21
Setting the UIC channel
mode (USA/CAN/INT) E-22
Using the WX Mode ............... E-22
Making a Transmission ..........E-22
Selecting a channel .......... E-22
Making a transmission ..... E-22
Boosting the
transmission power..... E-23
Saving Channels to Memory . E-24
Special Features .................... E-24