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Quickstart Guide
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Adjust the squelch
You can adjust the squelch (the threshold level)
for the minimum receiver signal. There are ten
settings available.
Press ^SQ once to increase the squelch by one
step. Press vSQ once to decrease the squelch
by one step. The current setting is shown as a
percentage on the LCD screen, e.g. SQUELCH
30%.
Hold down either button to change the squelch
automatically until the threshold limit is
reached.
If you have the NS100 DS radio and change
the squelch on one handset, the new level is
automatically applied to the other handset too.
The optimum squelch setting will improve
reception. Decrease the squelch until random
noise is heard, then increase it one step at a
time until the random noise disappears. For
best reception in open sea conditions, increase
the squelch one more step.
In areas of high noise (e.g. close to large
cities or pager broadcast sites) reception may
improve if the squelch is increased or the
LOCAL setting is used. (See Reference Section 1
- Set the radio sensitivity.)
Select the channel bank
If you are based in the USA or Canada, there
is a choice of 3 channel banks; USA, INT
(International), and CAN (Canadian). The
channel bank that is currently selected is
shown on the LCD screen. Use the radio menu if you want to change the
channel bank. See Reference Section 1 - Select
the channel bank.
Select a channel
When you turn the radio on, it automatically
tunes to the last working channel OR to the
suffi x channel if the normal channel is not
available in the channel charts.
The channel number is shown in very big
digits on the LCD screen. The channel suffi x (if
applicable) is shown at a smaller size.
To change the channel, you can EITHER enter
the channel number directly using the keypad
OR
press ^CH/SEL to step up or CH/SELv to
step down to the next channel. To rapidly
scroll through the channels, just hold down
^CH/SEL or CH/SELv until the desired channel
is reached.
In Europe, only the
INT (International)
channel bank is
available and it
cannot be changed.