Furuno MARINE VHF RADIOTELEPHONE FM-3000 - Manual (Page 15)

2.Basic Operation
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2.1.3 U.S.A., Canadian and International channels
There are 57 U.S.A., 61 Canadian and 57 International chan-
nels. These channel groups may be specified for the operat-
ing area.
q Push [CH/WX] ( ) to select a regular channel.
• If a weather channel appears, push [CH/WX] ( ) again.
w While pushing [HI/LO], push [CH/WX] ( ) to
change the channel group, if necessary.
• U.S.A., International (INT) and Canadian channels can be se-
lected in sequence.
e Rotate [CHANNEL] to select a channel.
• “DUP” appears for duplex channels.
• “A” appears for simplex channels.
2.1.4 Weather channels
There are 10 weather channels. Used for monitoring weather
channels from the NOAA (National Oceanographic and At-
mospheric Administration) broadcasts.
The transceiver can detect a Weather alert tone on the se-
lected weather channel while receiving that channel, during
standby on a regular channel or while scanning. See
“Weather alert” on p. 38.
q Push [CH/WX] once or twice to select a weather channel.
• “WEATHER” appears when a weather channel is selected.
• “WX ALT” appears when the Weather alert function is in use.
(p. 38)
w Rotate [CHANNEL] to select a channel.
Push once
or twice
When Weather alert is OFF.
WEATHER
When Weather alert is ON.
WX ALT
Push +
U.S.A. channels
Canadian channels
CAN
International channels
INT
DUP
USA
U/I/C DW
U/I/C DW
U/I/C DW