Uniden MHS75 Two-Way Radio User Manual


 
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Uniden MHS75 Radio Owner’s Manual
How It Works
The MHS75 radio has three main operation modes: normal
mode, scan mode, and weather mode.
Mode What it does
Use it when you
want to...:
To turn it
on/off
Normal
mode
Monitors a single marine
channel and lets you talk
on that channel.
Monitor a channel or
talk to another radio.
(default
mode)
Scan
mode
Monitors all the channels
you save into memory.
Check a small group
of regularly-used
channels for trafc.
Press Scan-
Dual.
Weather
mode
Monitor the selected
NOAA weather channel.
You want to hear the
current or forecasted
weather.
Press WX-
Alert.
In addition to the three operation modes, the MHS75
provides four different watch modes which you can activate
during any operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio
briey checks for activity on a specic channel, then returns
to its previous operation.
Watch mode What it does To turn it on/off
Weather Alert
Watch
Checks the last-used weather
channel for hazard alerts
every 7 seconds.
Press and hold WX-Alert
for 2 seconds.
Dual Watch
Checks channel 16 for activity
every 2 seconds.
Press and hold Scan-
Dual for 2 seconds.
Triple Watch
Checks channels 16 and 9 for
activity every 2 seconds.
Press and hold 16/9-Tri
for 2 seconds.
Quad Watch
Checks channels 16 and 9 for
activity every 2 seconds, and
checks the last-used weather
channel every 7 seconds.
Turn on Triple Watch,
then turn on Weather
Alert Watch.
Note: Private boats must monitor channel 16 when-
ever they are underway. Water-going vessels should
have either Triple Watch or Dual Watch on at all times.