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West Marine VHF200 Owner’s Manual 17
Fig. 19a: TOT Set Display
Blinking
19. Time out Transmit
Setting
Nothing is more disruptive to Marine
VHF communications than when some
boater has his or her microphone PTT
key pressed accidentally. The problem is
that there is no way to notify him that the
problem exists since the radio cannot
receive traffic.
The VHF200 has a Time Out Transmit
feature that allows you to set a maximum
period of PTT key press time before the
radio will revert to Receive Mode. This is
set at the factory at five minutes, but you
can enter any value from one to twenty
minutes, or turn off the feature entirely.
To change the Time Out Transmit setting,
press and hold the MEM key and turn the
power on. Set the TOT time by pressing
the ▲ or ▼ keys. (Fig. 20a)
• The TOT Range is 00, 01–20.
• 00=TOT off
• 01=1 minute
• 20=20 minutes
After setting the TOT, press the PTT but-
ton to save and exit to Receive Mode.
• If a transmission exceeds the TOT
time, the radio will stop the transmis-
sion and return to Receive Mode. The
message TRANSMIT TIME
EXCEEDED will show in the Radio
Status Display at the bottom of the
screen. (Fig. 20b)
20. Display Back-Light
If any key is pressed, the display and key-
pad light will turn on and remain on for
ten seconds after the last key press.
21. Battery Options for
the VHF200
The VHF200 comes with both the BP200
NiMH (Nickel Metal Hydride) recharge-
Fig. 19b: Tr ansmit Time Exceeded display
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