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A World Without Wires® UNIDEN MARINE 2-WAY VHF RADIO MHS450 OWNER'S MANUAL
A World Without Wires® UNIDEN MARINE 2-WAY VHF RADIO MHS450 OWNER'S MANUAL
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... call sign of your boat} OVER." 13. Tell where you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your boat}." 5. how immediate is on. 2. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual MAYDAY." 4. Make sure your position from a GPS). 7. Press the PUSH TO TALK button and say, "MAYDAY --MAYDAY-- Say, "THIS IS {name or ... any injured persons. 9. Say, "I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16." 12. If you are (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or give your radio is the danger due to flooding or fire or proximity to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of your ship (e.g.
... call sign of your boat} OVER." 13. Tell where you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your boat}." 5. how immediate is on. 2. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual MAYDAY." 4. Make sure your position from a GPS). 7. Press the PUSH TO TALK button and say, "MAYDAY --MAYDAY-- Say, "THIS IS {name or ... any injured persons. 9. Say, "I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16." 12. If you are (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or give your radio is the danger due to flooding or fire or proximity to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz). (If the corner of your ship (e.g.
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... 1 Features 1 Manual conventions 1 Getting Started 2 What's included 2 Parts of the MHS450 3 Front view 3 Back view 5 Parts of the charger 6 Reading the display 6...Watch in normal mode..10 Scan mode operation 11 Using the radio in scan mode 11 Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch ...radio in weather mode 13 Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch 14 Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch 14 Setting Up the Hardware 15 Attaching the antenna 15 Installing the battery 15 Using the alkaline battery case 16 Attaching the belt clip 17 Mounting the charger 18 Uniden MHS450 Radio...
... 1 Features 1 Manual conventions 1 Getting Started 2 What's included 2 Parts of the MHS450 3 Front view 3 Back view 5 Parts of the charger 6 Reading the display 6...Watch in normal mode..10 Scan mode operation 11 Using the radio in scan mode 11 Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch ...radio in weather mode 13 Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch 14 Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch 14 Setting Up the Hardware 15 Attaching the antenna 15 Installing the battery 15 Using the alkaline battery case 16 Attaching the belt clip 17 Mounting the charger 18 Uniden MHS450 Radio...
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Mounting on a flat surface 18 Mounting on a wall 18 Using Your Radio 19 Setting the volume 19 Setting the squelch level 19 Changing the channel 19 Making a transmission 20 Boosting the transmission power 20 Choosing Triple ...and names 31 Weather channel frequencies and names 32 CEA2009-SAME event codes 33 Regulations and Safety Warnings 35 Maritime radio services operation 35 Basic radio guidelines 35 FCC/Industry Canada information 36 FCC RF exposure information 36 Lithium ion battery warning 37 Three Year Limited Warranty Statement 38 ii Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
Mounting on a flat surface 18 Mounting on a wall 18 Using Your Radio 19 Setting the volume 19 Setting the squelch level 19 Changing the channel 19 Making a transmission 20 Boosting the transmission power 20 Choosing Triple ...and names 31 Weather channel frequencies and names 32 CEA2009-SAME event codes 33 Regulations and Safety Warnings 35 Maritime radio services operation 35 Basic radio guidelines 35 FCC/Industry Canada information 36 FCC RF exposure information 36 Lithium ion battery warning 37 Three Year Limited Warranty Statement 38 ii Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
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... U.S., Canada, and international waters • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather channel watch Sounds a warning tone when a hazard alert is issued for your area. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Introduction Features The MHS450 provides the following key features: • Submersible design Complies with JIS8 water-resistant standards, which means the...
... U.S., Canada, and international waters • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather channel watch Sounds a warning tone when a hazard alert is issued for your area. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Introduction Features The MHS450 provides the following key features: • Submersible design Complies with JIS8 water-resistant standards, which means the...
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Getting Started What's included MHS450 Radio Antenna Charging Cradle (RSC550) AC Adapter (AD-0007) Alkaline Battey Case (BT550) (batteries not included) DC Adapter (DC550) Lithium Ion Battery (BP550) Belt Clip (CLIP550) Mounting Hardware Wrist Strap If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact Uniden (see back cover for contact information). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
Getting Started What's included MHS450 Radio Antenna Charging Cradle (RSC550) AC Adapter (AD-0007) Alkaline Battey Case (BT550) (batteries not included) DC Adapter (DC550) Lithium Ion Battery (BP550) Belt Clip (CLIP550) Mounting Hardware Wrist Strap If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact Uniden (see back cover for contact information). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
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Parts of the MHS450 Front view Antenna Jack for external microphone or speaker LCD display PUSH TO TALK button 16/9-TRI (triple/dual watch) button MENU button ENTER button Microphone Speaker VOLUME-POWER knob (Turn clockwise to increase volume.) SQUELCH knob (Turn clockwise to decrease channel noise.) Wrist strap anchor CHANNEL UP & DOWN buttons WX-ALERT (weatheralert) button SCAN-MEM (scanmemory) button 1/2.5/5W button Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
Parts of the MHS450 Front view Antenna Jack for external microphone or speaker LCD display PUSH TO TALK button 16/9-TRI (triple/dual watch) button MENU button ENTER button Microphone Speaker VOLUME-POWER knob (Turn clockwise to increase volume.) SQUELCH knob (Turn clockwise to decrease channel noise.) Wrist strap anchor CHANNEL UP & DOWN buttons WX-ALERT (weatheralert) button SCAN-MEM (scanmemory) button 1/2.5/5W button Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
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... TO TALK Transmit on Triple Watch or Dual Watch mode (see page 20). Turn on a channel. ENTER Choose an option on the radio or increase the volume. weaker signals. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual up one option at a time in the charger. 16/9-TRI 1st press: Go to Channel 16. 2nd press: Go to...
... TO TALK Transmit on Triple Watch or Dual Watch mode (see page 20). Turn on a channel. ENTER Choose an option on the radio or increase the volume. weaker signals. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual up one option at a time in the charger. 16/9-TRI 1st press: Go to Channel 16. 2nd press: Go to...
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Back view Belt clip PUSH TO TALK button (BACKLIGHT/ KEY LOCK) button Battery charging contacts BUTTON Press to ... Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Note: You cannot transmit while the radio is in the charger. PUSH TO TALK BACKLIGHT/ Turn on a channel. Transmit on the LCD and KEY LOCK keypad backlight. Lock and unlock the keypad. Battery latch Press and hold to ...
Back view Belt clip PUSH TO TALK button (BACKLIGHT/ KEY LOCK) button Battery charging contacts BUTTON Press to ... Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Note: You cannot transmit while the radio is in the charger. PUSH TO TALK BACKLIGHT/ Turn on a channel. Transmit on the LCD and KEY LOCK keypad backlight. Lock and unlock the keypad. Battery latch Press and hold to ...
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... to a 12-13.8V power supply with your radio! Parts of the radio: Transmit power level (1 Watt, 2.5 Watts, 5 Watts) Channel mode (USA, CANada, INTernational) Weather Alert Watch on Battery level icon Current band Alert Memory Current channel is placed in memory Current channel number Status messages (see status message table) Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
... to a 12-13.8V power supply with your radio! Parts of the radio: Transmit power level (1 Watt, 2.5 Watts, 5 Watts) Channel mode (USA, CANada, INTernational) Weather Alert Watch on Battery level icon Current band Alert Memory Current channel is placed in memory Current channel number Status messages (see status message table) Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
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... currently-selected item is too low for example, because you cannot transmit at the moment (for normal operation (appears with the battery power level icon ). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual You turn on a receive-only channel). Using the menu Here are on triple watch mode while scanning. MENU ENTER USA/CAN/INT Lamp...
... currently-selected item is too low for example, because you cannot transmit at the moment (for normal operation (appears with the battery power level icon ). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual You turn on a receive-only channel). Using the menu Here are on triple watch mode while scanning. MENU ENTER USA/CAN/INT Lamp...
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Press WXALERT. Scan mode Monitors all times. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual In the watch modes which you save into memory Check a small group of regularly-used weather channel for hazard alerts every 7 seconds Press ... checks for 2 seconds Note: Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they are underway. In addition to its previous operation. How It Works The MHS450 radio has three main operation modes, normal mode, scan mode, and weather mode. You want to...: Normal mode Monitors a single marine channel and lets you want ...
Press WXALERT. Scan mode Monitors all times. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual In the watch modes which you save into memory Check a small group of regularly-used weather channel for hazard alerts every 7 seconds Press ... checks for 2 seconds Note: Private boats must monitor channel 16 whenever they are underway. In addition to its previous operation. How It Works The MHS450 radio has three main operation modes, normal mode, scan mode, and weather mode. You want to...: Normal mode Monitors a single marine channel and lets you want ...
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...channel every seven seconds. If it detects a weather alert for your area, it will switch to scroll quickly down one channel at a time. wx Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Press and hold the button to move down the channels. • To change the transmit power, press the 1/2.5/5W button. ...Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in normal mode, the radio checks the most recently-used weather channel. (If you are finished talking. • For the best sound quality, hold the PUSH TO TALK...
...channel every seven seconds. If it detects a weather alert for your area, it will switch to scroll quickly down one channel at a time. wx Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Press and hold the button to move down the channels. • To change the transmit power, press the 1/2.5/5W button. ...Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch If you activate Weather Alert Watch while operating in normal mode, the radio checks the most recently-used weather channel. (If you are finished talking. • For the best sound quality, hold the PUSH TO TALK...
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... channels. Normal mode with Dual Watch turned on : Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16. WX Alert Watch 10 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual The radio performs both checks at the same time. Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in normal mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds; Monitoring Channel 25 09...
... channels. Normal mode with Dual Watch turned on : Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16. WX Alert Watch 10 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual The radio performs both checks at the same time. Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in normal mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds; Monitoring Channel 25 09...
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...from lowest to start a scan. • To save a channel into memory and then use scan mode to monitor those channels from memory, set the radio to leave that channel and resume scanning. • To end the scan, press the SCAN-MEM button again; Memory shows on a channel, press CHANNEL... on the display whenever you press the CHANNEL UP button or the signal stops. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual 11 When it stays on the last scanned channel. Using the radio in 0.5 seconds. The status message line shows CHANNEL SCAN. • You cannot transmit while in scan mode. • You ...
...from lowest to start a scan. • To save a channel into memory and then use scan mode to monitor those channels from memory, set the radio to leave that channel and resume scanning. • To end the scan, press the SCAN-MEM button again; Memory shows on a channel, press CHANNEL... on the display whenever you press the CHANNEL UP button or the signal stops. Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual 11 When it stays on the last scanned channel. Using the radio in 0.5 seconds. The status message line shows CHANNEL SCAN. • You cannot transmit while in scan mode. • You ...
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...16: Memory Channel Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16, then scans the next channel. Triple Watch on Scan mode with Triple Watch or...recently-used weather channel every seven seconds, then continues scanning the next channel in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel; with ...Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 7 seconds, the radio checks the last-used weather channel, then scans wx the next channel. WX Alert Watch on 09 16 12 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
...16: Memory Channel Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16, then scans the next channel. Triple Watch on Scan mode with Triple Watch or...recently-used weather channel every seven seconds, then continues scanning the next channel in scan mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel; with ...Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 7 seconds, the radio checks the last-used weather channel, then scans wx the next channel. WX Alert Watch on 09 16 12 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual
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... and Triple/Dual Watch at their scheduled time: Memory Channel Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16, then scans the next channel. Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in scan mode You can filter out alerts that do... area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of the ten NOAA weather channels. Using the radio in weather mode • You cannot transmit while in any area. • To turn off the radio's alert tone, press any type of alert is entered in your radio (see page 22). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual...
... and Triple/Dual Watch at their scheduled time: Memory Channel Scan 08 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 20 24 25 Every 2 seconds, the radio checks channels 9 & 16, then scans the next channel. Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in scan mode You can filter out alerts that do... area, the radio sounds an alert tone and displays the type of the ten NOAA weather channels. Using the radio in weather mode • You cannot transmit while in any area. • To turn off the radio's alert tone, press any type of alert is entered in your radio (see page 22). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual...
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... but want to check the weather channel every seven seconds. Weather mode with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. Weather mode with Triple Watch on 14 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual If you activate Triple Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of ...any hazards in your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. with Triple Watch ...
... but want to check the weather channel every seven seconds. Weather mode with Dual Watch turned on, the radio only checks channel 16. Weather mode with Triple Watch on 14 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual If you activate Triple Watch while operating in weather mode, it operates as a type of ...any hazards in your area, the radio sounds an alert tone and turns the speaker back on. with Triple Watch ...
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...the antenna to order a replacement (see back cover page for easy shipping or storage. Note: Charge the battery fully before using the radio. 1. Unlock the latch at the factory; the empty alkaline battery case is not installed at the base of the battery compartment. ... time you remove the battery, check the rubber seal around the battery compartment. Installing the battery Your MHS450 comes with a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery. Setting Up the Hardware Attaching the antenna The antenna detaches from the radio for contact information). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual 15
...the antenna to order a replacement (see back cover page for easy shipping or storage. Note: Charge the battery fully before using the radio. 1. Unlock the latch at the factory; the empty alkaline battery case is not installed at the base of the battery compartment. ... time you remove the battery, check the rubber seal around the battery compartment. Installing the battery Your MHS450 comes with a rechargeable Lithium Ion battery. Setting Up the Hardware Attaching the antenna The antenna detaches from the radio for contact information). Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual 15
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... into place. 4. You can still use the alkaline battery case: 1. Make sure the Rubber seal 16 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Follow the steps below to use your radio while your Li-Ion battery is limited to force it rests flat in one hand with the three battery ...watts. Lower the battery until it closed.) Note: Each time you should not have to a maximum of the case. 2. For best performance, Uniden recommends using alkaline batteries, transmit power is recharging. Use your other hand, grip the upper part of the case in the compartment. 4. With your...
... into place. 4. You can still use the alkaline battery case: 1. Make sure the Rubber seal 16 Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner's Manual Follow the steps below to use your radio while your Li-Ion battery is limited to force it rests flat in one hand with the three battery ...watts. Lower the battery until it closed.) Note: Each time you should not have to a maximum of the case. 2. For best performance, Uniden recommends using alkaline batteries, transmit power is recharging. Use your other hand, grip the upper part of the case in the compartment. 4. With your...