Uniden UM385 Owner s Manual - Page 15

Using Your Radio

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Weather mode is on Flashing: An alert has been issued Steady: Weather Alert Watch is on 09 Weather Band Alert Hurricane Warning Using the radio in weather mode Current channel number Type of alert (If the text is too long, it scrolls.) xx You cannot transmit while in weather mode. xx To enter weather mode, press WX-MEM. xx Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if the location code (FIPS code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see page 17). If you have no FIPS codes programmed into your radio, the radio will notify you of all alerts in any area. xx To turn off the radio's alert tone, press any button. xx To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press the WX-MEM button again. Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch Because weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don't need Weather Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds. If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of "sleep mode": the radio stays on the weather channel and mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected for your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are anchoring for the night but want to stay informed of any hazards in your area. To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold CALL-MENU while the radio is idle. Select Setup and then WX-Alert Mode. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to choose WX Alert Mode setting On or Off. Weather mode with Triple and Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in weather mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. Press and hold 16/9-TRI (on the radio or the microphone) for two seconds to turn Triple/ Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 17.) Monitoring Weather Channel WX08 09 16 09 16 09 16 Triple Watch: Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channel 9, then channel 16. USING YOUR RADIO To display the radio call menu, press CALL-MENU. To display the radio normal menu, press and hold CALL-MENU. The menu has the following options: 9

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09
Hurricane Warning
Weather Band
Alert
Weather
mode is on
Current
channel
number
Type of alert
(If the text is too
long, it scrolls.)
Flashing: An alert
has been issued
Steady: Weather
Alert Watch is on
Using the radio in weather mode
x
You cannot transmit while in weather mode.
x
To enter weather mode, press
WX-MEM
.
x
Weather mode can filter out alerts that do not affect your location if the location code
(FIPS code) of the alert is entered in your radio (see page 17). If you have no FIPS codes
programmed into your radio, the radio will notify you of all alerts in any area.
x
To turn off the radio’s alert tone, press any button.
x
To cancel weather mode and return to the previous marine channel, press the
WX-MEM
button again.
Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch
Because weather mode already monitors the weather channels, you don’t need Weather
Alert Watch to check the weather channel every seven seconds. If you activate Weather Alert
Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of “sleep mode”: the radio stays
on the weather channel and mutes the speaker. If an alert is detected for your area, the radio
sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. This mode is very useful when you are
anchoring for the night but want to stay informed of any hazards in your area.
To turn Weather Alert Watch on or off, press and hold
CALL-MENU
while the radio is idle.
Select
Setup
and then
WX-Alert Mode
. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to choose WX
Alert Mode setting
On
or
Off
.
Weather mode with Triple and Dual Watch
If you activate Triple Watch while operating in weather mode, the radio checks channels
16 and 9 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16.
Press and hold
16/9-TRI
(on the radio or the microphone) For two seconds to turn Triple/
Dual Watch on or off. (To change between Triple or Dual Watch, see page 17.)
09
16
09
16
09
16
Triple Watch:
Every 2 seconds, the
radio checks channel 9, then channel 16.
Monitoring Weather Channel WX08
USING YOUR RADIO
To display the radio call menu, press
CALL-MENU
. To display the radio normal menu, press
and hold
CALL-MENU
. The menu has the following options:
9