West Marine VHF580 Marine Radio User Manual


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Watch Mode What It Does Use It When To Turn it on./off...
Weather Alert Checks for alerts
on the last weather
channel you
used every seven
seconds.
You want to be
made aware of
severe weather
conditions in your
area.
conditions in your area.
Select WX-ALERT Mode
in Setup submenu, and
then choose ON or OFF.
Triple Checks for activity
on channels 16
and 9 every two
seconds.
You want to monitor
a channel yet
maintain a watch on
channels 16 and 9.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
for
two seconds.
Dual Checks for activity
on channel 16 every
two seconds.
You want to monitor
a channel yet
maintain a watch on
channel 16.
Change Triple Watch
to Dual Watch in the
setup menu, then press
and hold
16/9-TRI
for two
seconds.
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25
Marine Operator
25 Watts USA
Memory Alert
GPS Data OK
Transmit power
(1 W or 25 W)
Current channel
is stored in
memory
Status messages
(see the status
message table)
Current
channel
number
Current channel
name (if the name
is too long, the
name line scrolls)
Channel mode
(USA, CANadian,
or INTernational)
Weather Alert
Watch on
Status
Icons
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