User manual HUMMINBIRD VHF55S

[. . . ] 5314 60 -1_A THANK YOU! Thank you for choosing Humminbird®, America's #1 name in fishfinders. Humminbird® has built its reputation by designing and manufacturing top-quality, thoroughly reliable marine equipment. Your Humminbird® is designed for trouble-free use in even the harshest marine environment. In the unlikely event that your Humminbird® does require repairs, we offer an exclusive Service Policy - free of charge during the first three years after purchase, and available at a reasonable rate after the three-year warranty period expires for the radio, and free of charge during the first year after purchase for the Ni-MH battery pack. [. . . ] National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) broadcasts continuous weather reports and severe weather alerts, as needed. Your Humminbird® VHF55S is programmed to receive 10 NOAA weather channels, and to sound an alarm if a weather alert is received. The A icon will appear on the LCD above the WX icon if there is a Weather Alarm. See Marine Channels for a list of channels and their frequencies. To select a weather channel: 1. After selecting the WX band you must press and hold the WX/BAND key for three seconds to receive weather alarms. Press the Up or Down Channel keys to change the WX channel from 1 through 10. Press and release the WX/BAND key again to return to normal operation. NOTE: Weather broadcasts are available in North America, but may not be heard in all parts of Canada. NOTE: During Weather mode, the PTT, Scan, HI/LOW/LOCK and MEM keys are disabled and an error beep will sound if they are pressed. 13 10. Adding/Deleting Channels to/from Memory Your VHF55S can store any channel (including private channels). The stored channels are the ones scanned in the Memory Scan mode. To add channels to memory: 1. During normal operating mode, use the Up or Down Channel keys to select the desired channel for programming. The Stored icon will appear, indicating that the current channel has been saved in memory. Any number of channels scan be saved as memory channels. To delete channels from memory: 1. During normal operating mode, use the Up or Down Channel keys to select the saved channel you wish to delete. Scanning Your Humminbird® VHF55S comes with three scan options: · Normal Scan: If there are no channels in memory, the default is Normal Scan. In Normal Scan mode, all channels in the channel set are scanned in sequence, assuming no channels have been stored in memory. Normal Scan automatically searches for transmissions on the channel set being scanned. If a TX signal is received, the scan stops on the receiving channel as long as it is present and the Scan icon is flashing. If the signal is lost for five seconds or more, the radio resumes scanning. · Memory Scan: In Memory Scan mode, only the channels that have been saved in memory are scanned in sequence. After the last saved channel number has been scanned, the cycle repeats. · Priority Scan: In Priority Scan mode, you can scan all channels while alternately scanning Channel 16 to make sure that you don't miss distress or emergency calls. To activate scan modes: 1a. [. . . ] Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. FCCID: KLLTM-886 21 MARINE CHANNELS Refer to the following Marine Channels tables, depending on your location. NOAA* Weather Radio Frequencies Channel WX0 WX1 WX2 WX3 WX4 WX5 WX6 WX7 WX8 WX9 Frequency (MHz) 163. 275 162. 550 162. 400 162. 475 162. 425 162. 450 162. 500 162. 525 161. 650 161. 775 Use NOAA Weather. Canadian Weather. * NOAA stands for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 22 U. S. Ship Transmit Ship Receive MHz MHz Use 01A 156. 050 156. 050 Port Operations and Commercial, VTS*. Ships >20 m in Length Maintain a Listening Watch on this Channel in U. S. [. . . ]