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E-6 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual
Menu Option What it does
WX Alert Enables the WX Alert fuction.
Dual/TriWatch Sets the radio for Dual Watch or Triple Watch.
USA/CAN/INT Selects which channels and frequencies your radio will communicate with
(USA, Canadian, or International)
Lamp Adjust Set the backlight Always Off, Timer, or Always On.
Selecting Always On or Timer allows you to select Green or Orange backlight
for the LCD and Keys.
Contrast/RVS. You can adjust the brightness of the screen contrast higher or lower through
10 levels. Once you get to the bottom limit of the contrast, selecting it again
reverses the contrasts.
Key Beep Set unit to sound a beep tone with each key press (ON/OFF).
Key Lock Locks the keypad so the selected channel is not accidentally changed.
Call
Menu
Press and hold MENU/CALL to
set the technical requirements for DSC function operations
through the
Call
menus. The menu options are:
Menu Option What it does
Individual Sends an individual call to an individual station.
Group Sends a call to a group.
All Ships Sends
URGENCY
or
SAFETY
message to all ships.
POS Request Requests the position of an individual vessel.
Position Send Transmits your position to an individual vessel.
Test Sends a test call.
Standby Places the radio in an unattended mode.
Receive Log Displays a list of all received calls to the radio. The VHF460 stores log data for 10
distress calls and 50 other calls.
DSC Setup Allows the user to set up Digital Selective Calling (DSC) service.
DSC Setup
Menu
This menu sets up DSC parameters.. The menu options are:
Menu Option What it does
Directory Displays a list of up to 20 vessel IDs. Provides a means of entering a new vessel ID.