Uniden MHS135DSC English Owner's Manual - Page 11

In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides four different watch modes which you can activate during any operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio briefly checks for activity on a specific channel, then returns to its previous operation. Watch mode Weather Alert Watch Dual Watch Triple Watch DSC Watch What it does Checks the last-used weather channel for hazard alerts every few seconds. Checks emergency channel 16 for activity every few seconds. Checks emergency channels 16 and 9 for activity every few seconds. Checks the DSC channel every 2 seconds for messages from other ships. To turn it on/off Select Weather Alelrt On or Off from the Setup menu. Select Dual or Triple Watch at Setup menu, and press and hold 16/9-Tri for 2 seconds. Select Dual or Triple Watch at Setup menu, and press and hold 16/9-Tri for 2 seconds. Turn DSC Watch on or off from the Setup/ DSC Watch menu. ## Note: Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they are underway. Water-going vessels should have either Triple Watch or Dual Watch on at all times. Normal xx To transmit, remove the radio from the charger, then press and hold Push to Talk. Release the button when you are finished talking. xx For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches from your mouth while you're talking. xx Press Channel Up to move up one channel at a time. Press and hold the button to scroll quickly up the channels. xx Press Channel Down to move down one channel at a time. Press and hold the button to scroll quickly down the channels. xx To change the transmit power, press and hold ENTER-H/M/L. The transmit power cycles through LOW (1 W), MID (2.5 W), and 6 W, then back to LOW again. Press BOOST on the left side of the radio to boost the transmit power to 6 W (Lithium Ion battery) or to 2.5 W (alkaline batteries). ## If you are using alkaline batteries, 6 W is not available. Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch If you activate Weather Alert Watch while Monitoring Channel 25 operating in normal mode, the radio checks the Every few seconds, the most recently used weather channel every few seconds. If it detects a weather or other hazard radio checks the last-used weather channel. alert, it will switch to that weather channel. (If you are actively transmitting, the radio waits until you finish your transmission WX Alert wx Watch on before checking the weather channel.) Normal mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in normal mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every few seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. The radio will not check channels 16 or 9 while you are actively transmitting; it waits Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner's Manual E-7