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VHF155
Floating Two-Way Floating Two-WayMarine Radio Marine Radio
Radio maritime bidirectionnelle flottante Radio maritime bidirectionnelle flottante
Owner’s Manual
Guide d’utilisation
Model / Modèle 14078562
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Making a Distress Call Speak slowly - clearly - calmly. For future reference, write your boat’s name & call sign here: 1. Make sure your radio is on. 2. On the radio, press the 16/9-Tri button to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the display does not show 16, press the 16/9-Tri button again until it does.) 3. Press the push to talk button and say: “MAYDAY -- MAYDAY -- MAYDAY.” 4. Say “THIS IS {name of your boat (three times) and call sign/boat registration number (once
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Faire un appel de détresse Faire un appel de détresse vocal Parlez lentement – clairement – calmement. Pour toute référence ultérieure, transcrivez ci-dessous le nom et l’indicatif d’appel de votre bateau : 1. Vérifiez si votre radio est en marche. 2. Appuyez sur la touche 16/9-Tri de la radio afin de commuter au canal 16 (156,8 MHz). (Si le canal 16 n’apparaît pas à l’affichage, appuyez de nouveau sur la touche 16/9-Tri jusqu’à ce qu’il soit affiché.) 3. Appuyez sur le bouton de microp
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Table of Contents Making a Distress Weather mode with Call ............ (inside front cover) Weather Alert Watch ... E-15 Introduction ............................ E-1 Weather mode with Triple Features .................................. E-1 Watch or Dual Watch .. E-15 Getting Started ....................... E-4 Setting Up the Hardware ..... E-16 What’s Included ....................... E-4 Attaching the Antenna ........... E-16 Parts of the VHF160 ................ E-5 Installing the Battery ..
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Using the Strobe SOS US Channel Frequencies and Light/Flashlight ........... E-24 Names ............................... E-31 Turning the key beep on Canadian Channel and off ......................... E-25 Frequencies and Names ... E-32 Setting Key Lock .............. E-25 International Channel Using the external Frequencies and Names ... E-35 speaker/Mic jack ......... E-25 Weather Channel Frequencies Using the Battery Save and Names ........................ E-37 feature .................
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there is still water remaining in and around the speaker and microphone. Just shake the radio to clear excess water, and the sound will return to normal. If your radio is exposed to salt water, clean it thoroughly with fresh water and dry it before turning it on. The charger is not waterproof. Memory Scan mode. Lets you save channels to memory and monitor them in quick succession. Transmitter power level select/Boost. Lets you boost the transmitter power from 1W to 2.5W or 6W for ad
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Key Lock. Locks keys to prevent accidentally changing channels or entering data. Nine weather channels. Selectable Volume (0 - 9) and Squelch (0 - 3) levels. West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual E-3
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Getting Started What’s Included Antenna Charging Cradle Lithium Ion Poly Alkaline Battery Tray Battery (batteries not included) VHF160 Radio DC Charging AC-DC Charging Adapter Adapter Screws for Charging Wrist Strap Belt Clip Cradle If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact West Marine (see back cover for contact information). West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual E-4
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Parts of the VHF160 Front view Antenna External speaker and microphone LCD display Wrist strap Power button anchor Push to talk Channel up button button Boost L/M/H button button 16/9-Tri (16/9- triple LOCK/UIC watch) button button Mem (memory) Channel down SOS button button WX-Alert (weather-alert) button Scan/Dual Volume/ (scan-dual Strobe Squelch watch) button SOS light button Speaker Microphone Back view Battery Battery Battery charging Belt clip latch contacts West Marine VHF
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Button Press to... Press and hold to... Power NA Turn the radio on or off. PTT (Push Talk/transmit on a NA to Talk) channel. Transmit with a higher Boost NA power level. 1st press: Go to channel 16. 2nd press: Go to channel 9. Turn Triple Watch on 16/9/TRI and off. 3rd press: Go back to the starting channel. Turn on the SOS signal. Save a channel into memory Press and hold again to MEM/SOS or delete a channel from turn on flashlight. memory. Press and hold again to turn off the LED light.
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Button Press to... Press and hold to... SCAN/ Start scanning channels Turn Dual Watch on and DUAL saved in memory. off. Increase or decrease the Increase or decrease the VOL/SQ volume. squelch level. Charger Power jack Charging [cigarette (DC) or contacts wall (AC) plug] Charging latches Screw holes CHARGE LED for mounting Reading the Display The LCD display shows different information depending on what you are doing. This sample screen shows some of this information. The following table
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Display icons and what they mean Icon What it means You are currently transmitting. The transmitter power is set to L (Low - 1W), M LO, MID, HI (Mid - 2.5W), or H (HIGH - 6W). LOCK The keys are locked. Indicates if the radio is set for US channels, US, CAN, or INT CANadian channels, or INTernational channels. TRI or DUAL TRIple Watch or DUAL Watch is turned on. MEM The current channel is saved in memory. SCAN The radio is in Scan mode. WX The radio is in Weather mode Weather Alert Watch is tu
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How It Works Your radio has three main operation modes: Normal, Scan, and Weather. Use it when you To turn it Mode What it does want to... on/off Monitors a single marine Monitor a channel or (default Normal channel and lets you talk talk to another radio. mode) on that channel. Check a small group Press Monitors all the channels Scan of regularly-used SCAN/ you save into memory. channels for traffic. DUAL. Monitors the selected Hear the current or Press WX/ Weather NOAA weather channel.
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Normal Mode Operation To transmit, remove the radio from the charger, then press and hold Push to Talk. Release the button when you are finished talking. For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about two inches from your mouth while you’re talking. Press Channel up to move up one channel at a time. Press and hold the button to scroll quickly up the channels. Press Channel down to move down one channel at a time. Press and hold the button to scroll quickly down the channel
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Normal mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in Normal mode, the radio checks channels 9 or 16 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. The radio will not check channels 9 or 16 while you are actively transmitting; it waits until your transmission is finished and then checks the channels. Monitoring Channel 25 09 16 09 16 09 16 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16. Triple Watch on Scan Mode Oper
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Using the radio in Scan mode To activate Scan mode, press SCAN/DUAL. You must have at least two channels in memory to start a scan. However, you cannot save marine channel 70 or Weather channels. You cannot transmit while in Scan mode. To save a channel into memory, select the channel, then press MEM/SOS. The MEM icon displays whenever you tune to that channel. To remove a channel from memory, set the radio to that channel, then press MEM/SOS. The MEM icon no longer displays.
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Scan mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in Scan mode, the radio checks channels 9 or 16 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16: Memory Channel Scan 08 10 1 1 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16, then scans the next channel. 09 16 Triple Watch on Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in Scan mode You can activate Weather Aler
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Weather Mode The NOAA weather channels cooperate with the FCC to alert you of other hazards besides weather (child abduction alerts, nuclear, biological, etc.). In Weather mode, the radio monitors one of the nine NOAA weather channels. If any type of alert is received, the radio sounds an alert tone and the display blinks. Using the radio in weather mode Press the WX/ALERT button to access Weather mode. WX displays. Press to scroll through the weather channels.To cancel Weather and retu
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Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch If you activate Triple Watch while operating in Weather mode, the radio checks channels 9 and 16 every two seconds; with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. Monitoring Weather Channel WX08 09 16 09 16 09 16 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channel 9, then channel 16 with Triple Watch on West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual E-15
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Setting Up the Hardware Attaching the Antenna The antenna detaches from the radio for easy shipping or storage. To attach the antenna to your radio, screw it tightly onto the anchor post at the top of the radio. Installing the Battery Your radio comes with a rechargeable Li-Ion Polymer battery; for shipping safety, the battery is not installed at the factory. The empty alkaline battery tray is installed as a placeholder. 1) Insert the tabs on the battery into the notches at the top of the
