Making A Voice Mayday Call; Setting The Volume; Setting The Squelch Level - West Marine VHF550 Manual Del Usuario

Using Your Radio
• The.currently.selected.item.appears.on.the.bottom.of.the.display..
• Press.the.
phone.to.move.up.a.line.in.the.menu;.if.you.are.at.the.top.line.in.the.
menu, the cursor jumps to the bottom of the menu.
• Press.the.
microphone.to.move.down.a.line.in.the.menu;.if.you.are.at.the.bottom.
line of the menu, the cursor jumps to the top of the menu.
• Press.the.
• Press.the.
From any menu screen, choose Exit.or.press.and.hold.the.
•
button.for.two.seconds.to.close.the.menu.screen.

Making a voice MAYDAY call

(see.inside.front.cover)

Setting the volume

Turn.the.
VOL/PWR
counter-clockwise.to.decrease.the.volume.

Setting the squelch level

The squelch feature reduces the level of static on the speaker by fi ltering out
the background channel noise. At the lowest squelch level, the speaker plays
all radio signals, including any noise on the channel. Setting the squelch
level higher fi lters out channel noise and lets only actual radio transmissions
through..
button on the radio or the + button on the micro-
CHANNEL UP
CHANNEL DOWN
.button.to.choose.the.selected.item.
SELECT
.button.to.go.back.to.the.previous.menu.screen.
H/L/MENU
knob.clockwise.to.increase.the.speaker.volume;.turn.it.
Strong signals
Weak signals
Noise
No
Squelch
.button.on.the.radio.or.the.-.button.on.the.
Medium
Squelch Squelch
E-19
H/L/MENU
High
.