Standard Horizon HX460S, Owner'S Manual

HX460S

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4.5 USA, CANADIAN, AND INTERNATIONAL BANDS

1. To change the operating band (channel set) of the transceiver, hold down

the 

16/9

 key and press the 

WX

 key. The band will change from USA, to

International, and to Canadian with each press.

2. “

USA

” appears on the LCD for the USA band, “

CAN

” appears for the

Canadian band, and “

INTL

” appears for the International band.

3. Refer to the marine channel charts in the OWNER’S MANUAL SUPPLE-

MENT for allocated channels in each band.

4.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS

1. To receive a NOAA weather channel, press the 

WX

 key. The transceiver

changes to the weather channel mode. This mode consists of a special
pre-set memory bank containing the standard NOAA weather channels.

2. The transceiver will be set to the last-used NOAA weather channel.  Press

the [

p

] or [

q

] key to change to other weather channels.

3. To exit from the weather channel mode, press the 

WX

 key. The trans-

ceiver will revert to the channel you were using prior to switching to the
weather channel mode.

4.7 SCAN

This transceiver provides a special “Scanning Memory Bank” which allows
you to designate certain channels for inclusion in a “loop” which will be
scanned at high speed. If an incoming signal is detected on one of the chan-
nels in the scanning loop, the radio will pause on that channel, allowing you
to listen to the incoming transmission.

1. Select the desired channel to be included in the scanning loop using the

[

p

] or [

q

] key.

2. Press the 

MEM

 key to store the channel into the transceiver’s scanning

memory. “

MEM

” will be displayed on the LCD.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all the channels to be scanned.
4. To delete a channel from the transceiver’s scan memory, press the 

MEM

key again while the memorized channel is displayed. “

MEM

” will disap-

pear from the display.

5. All channels programmed remain in the transceiver’s scan memory even

if the power is turned off. See section 4.17: “RESETTING THE
TRANSCEIVER’S MICROPROCESSOR” to clear all channels from the
transceiver’s scan memory.