Uniden MHS550 Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
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Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner’s Manual
From the marine band’s menu screen, use ▲ or ▼ to
scroll to the Dual/TriWatch option. Press ENTER.
Press either ▲ or ▼ to reach either 16/9 TriWatch
(default) or 16 DualWatch. Press ENTER to select it.
A double beep sounds and the radio returns to the
root menu option screen.
Press MENU again to return to the marine mode.
Setting the Key Beep
[For All Bands]
Your MHS550 conrms a key
press by sounding a short
single or double beep (default).
You can disable this sound.
From the band’s menu
screen, press ▲ or ▼ to
highlight the KEY BEEP
option. Press ENTER to
select it.
Press ▲ or ▼ to select On or Off or Exit . Press
ENTER to save your selection. The display returns to
the band’s menu screen.
Adding FIPS Codes
[For Marine/Weather Band Only]
To effectively use the Specic Area Message Encoding
feature (S.A.M.E.) entering the code specic to your
geographic location is required.
These codes that provide your radio with certain geographic
data, are known as FIPS or Federal Information
Processing Standards codes (FIPS codes). They are a
standardized set of numeric codes issued by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to ensure
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Exit
On
Off
KEY BEEP
Exit
On
Off
KEY BEEP