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English Owners Manual - Page 1
A World Without Wires®
UNIDEN MARINE
2-WAY VHF RADIO
MHS550
OWNER'S MANUAL
English Owners Manual - Page 3
... the radio in weather mode 15 Weather mode with Weather Alert Watch 16 Weather mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch 16
Setting Up the Hardware 17 Installing the battery 17 Using the alkaline battery case 18 Attaching the belt clip 19 Mounting the charger 20 Mounting on a flat surface 20 Mounting on a wall 20
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English Owners Manual - Page 4
... Reading the marine band screen 23 Marine band status messages 24 Marine VHF band menu options 24 Making a transmission 25 Boosting the transmission power 26 Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch 27 Setting the UIC channel mode (USA/CAN/INT 27 Changing channel names 27 Using FIPS codes for weather alerts 28
Using the Family Radio Service (FRS...
English Owners Manual - Page 6
...battery alert.
• Triple or dual watch operation Checks the Coast Guard Distress/Hailing channels 16 and 9 in the background.
• All marine VHF channels for 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.
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English Owners Manual - Page 8
...
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 BAND-1/2.5/5W button
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
English Owners Manual - Page 13
...you finish talking.
• For the best sound quality, hold the microphone about 2 seconds. wx
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
11 Press and hold the button to scroll quickly down one channel ...before checking the weather channel. Monitoring Channel 25
WX-ALERT on FRS channels and most marine VHF channels.
• To transmit, press and hold the BAND-1/2.5/5W button for your area...
English Owners Manual - Page 26
... cannot transmit at the moment (for the available options and settings available in the marine band.
24
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual You turn on scanning mode. Marine band status messages
Message
(Channel Name)
TRANSMITTING
RELEASE PTT KEY
CHANNEL SCAN TRIWATCH TRIWATCH SCAN DUALWATCH DUALWATCH SCAN
BATTERY LOW
Displays When No other status message is too low for...
English Owners Manual - Page 27
... to hear hazard alerts for
No FIPS codes entered. If you 're finished talking to let the other party respond.
• To prevent stuck microphone problems or situations where the PUSH TO TALK button is in a single transmission.
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
25 Available Settings (default setting is pushed accidentally, the radio limits your talk time to Canadian or...
English Owners Manual - Page 28
...the transmission setting back to 1 Watt when
you move close to other stations and have trouble getting a response, you want to transmit on
5 Watts
2. Press and hold the microphone about two... of receiveonly channels. If you switch to one of power-restricted channels.
26
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual Select the channel you may need . The transmit power remains at the same ...
English Owners Manual - Page 29
... make it easier for distress and hailing. Setting the UIC channel mode (USA/CAN/INT)
The radio comes preset to use Dual Watch instead, follow the steps below :
1. The radio activates the new channel mode and exits the menu. To rename a channel, follow the steps below :
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
27 If your local area, you...
English Owners Manual - Page 39
...
Use It To...
Refer to the table below to open the aircraft band menu:
1.
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
37 Wait for periodic performance checks with a defective antenna may cause further radio damage.
• You are responsible for the available options and settings available in italics)
Lamp Adjust
Change the operation of the display backlight
Always On...
English Owners Manual - Page 41
Specifications
General Specifications
Channels Frequency Range Step
All USA, Canadian and International Marine-Weather: 156.05 ~ 163.275 MHz,...32mm diam. Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
39 Dynamic type (8Ω, 0.7W)
Microphone Supplied Accessories
Built-in Electret type Li-Ion Battery Pack (7.4VDC, 1400mA/hr min) AC Adapter, Drop-In Charger, CLA DC Cord, Alkaline Battery Tray (...
English Owners Manual - Page 42
Receiver Specifications
Sensitivity for 12dB SINAD Squelch Sensitivity
Unit
MRN
&#... dB
IM Rejection
MRN
dB
Image and Supurious Rejection
MRN
Conducted Spurious Emission at the Antenna Terminal
dBm
MRN
dB
FRS
dB
Hum and Noise Ratio AM Broadcast
dB
FM Broadcast
dB.... 0.3 min 3.8 max. 85 max. 250 max.
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Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual Response MRN @ 2000 Hz dB
1kHz Ref.
English Owners Manual - Page 48
... with another Uniden or a West Marine radio, the specific type of two different types: 38 Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System (CTCSS) codes (numbered 001 to 038) and 104 Digital Squelch Control (DSC) codes (numbered 039 to 142). As long as you are a combination of code does not matter: just make the numbers designating the privacy codes match.
46
Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual
English Owners Manual - Page 52
... and marine radio types can be on channel 16 (156.800 MHz) whenever the radio is strictly forbidden. Complete guidelines for tables of which channels to your boat. Basic radio guidelines
You should obtain a license application from your boat is underway.
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Uniden MHS550 Radio Owner's Manual If you must be found at 1-888-CALL-FCC. Received Code Event Code...
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