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8 West Marine VHF200 Owner’s Manual
Fig. 9b: Medium Power Display
Fig. 9c: Low Power Display
Status Display will show XMIT HI
for three seconds. (Fig. 9a)
• When Medium Power is selected, the
Radio Status Display will show
XMIT MED for three seconds and the
M indicator will show. (Fig. 9b)
• When Low Power is selected, the
Radio Status Display will show
XMIT LOW for three seconds and
the L indicator will show. (Fig. 9c)
Certain channels are limited by law to 1
watt transmit power: USA Mode Channel
13, 17, 67, 77; INT Mode Channel 15, 17;
CAN Mode Channel 13, 15, 17, 20, 66,
77. Therefore, the radio will automatically
select 1 watt power when operating on
these channels, and efforts to change the
transmit power will result in the error tone.
• You cannot change the transmit
power setting on channels which are
receive-only channels: all weather
channels; USA Mode Channel 15,
70; INT Mode Channel 70; CAN
Mode Channel 70.
• Pressing the H/L key while scanning
or while in the Weather Mode will
result in the error tone and transmit
power will not change.
10. Battery Level Display
The battery level is checked periodically
and is shown using the Battery Level
Indicator (1–3 bars). More bars indicate
more battery capacity is left.
• When the battery capacity is very
low, the low battery warning alarm
will sound every 10 seconds, the low
battery message LOW BATT will be
shown on the Radio Status Display,
and the battery indicator will blink.
(Fig. 10)
• When the low battery warning mes-
sage is displayed, the radio allows
one final transmission but it will not
allow further transmissions.
Fig. 10: Low Battery Warning Display
Blinking
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