West Marine VHF460 Marine Radio User Manual


 
E-5West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual
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The LCD display shows different information
depending on what you are doing. Not all icons
display on every screen. This dummy screen
displays many of the possible icons. Not all
icons are displayed at the same time. The table
below shows possible icons and what they
mean.
Display icons and what they mean
Icon What it means
The keys are locked.
Weather Alert Watch is turned on.
The battery is fully charged, mostly charged, half charged, mostly empty, or
completely empty.
BRG
Bearing from boat’s position to destination from Favorite’s list.
COG
Current course (Course over Ground). COG displays when Favorite mode or
Compass mode is active, or when a DSC distress call is received.
DIST
Distance from boat’s position to destination.
LOW / MID / HI
The transmitter power is set to LOW (1W), MID (2.5W), or HI (6W).
USA / CAN / INT
Indicates Channel mode: US, CANadian, or INTernational channels.
MEM
The current channel is saved in memory.
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Various menus let you establish guidelines and parameters for sending and receiving calls.
Menus also let you set your radio’s characteristics such as brightness, Code selection, and
contrast.
The MENU/CALL button accesses menus that let you set the way your radio operates. The
GPS/ENT/H/M/L button lets you set up your GPS features and save GPS locations to a
favorites list to use again later.
MENU/CALL
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You can set up the radio’s physical displays and operation modes (
Normal
menu) and how
you want to receive and send various types of calls (
Call
menu), The Call menu provides
access to the DSC Setup submenu.
Normal Menu
Press MENU/CALL to display the following
Normal
menu options:
A
Weather Alert
Watch is on
Current channel
number
This channel is
in Memory
Battery
status
Channel name
GPS data
Keylock is
active
HI
MEM
USA
11:00AM
35˚ 40.610 N
139˚ 46.564 E
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Time
Channel
mode
Transmit
power level
45.7KT
Speed over
Ground