Menus, Operation modes – Uniden MHS135DSC User Manual
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Uniden MHS135DSC Radio Owner’s Manual
Menu Option
What it does
System
You can set system-wide features using the following settings:
- Lamp Adjust. This setting adjusts the brighness of the backlighting.
- Contrast/RVS. You can adjust the brightness of the screen contrast higher or lower.
Once you get to the bottom limit of the contrast, selecting it again reverses the
contrasts.
- Temperature. Your system can measure water temperature. This option lets you
display the temperature in Farenheit or Celsius.
Call Menu
Press and hold
MENU/CALL
to set the technical requirements for DSC function
operations through the Call menus. The menus are:
Menu Option
What it does
Individual
Sends an individual call to an individual station.
Group
Sends a call to a group.
All Ships
Sends URGENCY or SAFETY message to all ships.
POS Request
Requests the position of an individual vessel.
Position Send
Transmits your position to a vessel that was programmed into the DIRECTORY.
Test
Sends a test call.
Standby
Places the radio in an unattended mode.
Receive Log
Displays a list of all received calls to the radio. The MHS135DSC stores log data
for 10 distress calls and 50 other calls.
DSC Setup
Allows the user to set up Digital Selective Calling (DSC) service.
GPS/MEM
MenUs
The Favorite menu lets you save and name sets of GPS coordinates so you can return
to that location again. You can recall the saved GPS coordinates, too. Configure the
GPS module through the GPS Setup menu. See page E-26 for details.
OPeratiOn MODes
Your radio has three main operation modes: Normal, Scan, and Weather.
Mode
What it does
Use it when you want to...
To turn it on/off
Normal
Monitors a single marine channel
and lets you talk on that channel.
Monitor a channel or talk to
another radio.
(default mode)
Scan
Monitors all the channels you save
into memory.
Check a small group of regularly-
used channels for traffic.
Press and hold
CLR/
SCAN
for 2 sec.
Weather
Monitors the selected NOAA
weather channel.
Hear the current or forecasted
weather.
Press
WX/SOS