Getting Started
Table 3 - Front panel button functions
Button
SELECT
CHANNEL UP
CHANNEL DOWN
16/9/TRI
DISTRESS
WX/ALERT
LCD
display
SELECT
button
68
CHANNEL SCAN
CHANNEL SCAN
/
WX
ALERT
(weather)
/
/
H
L
MENU
button
(high/low)
button
(triple watch)
Press to...
Choose.an.option.on.a.menu.
Move.up.one.channel.at.a.time.
Move.down.one.channel.at.a.time.
1 st. press:.Go.to.Channel.16.
2 nd .press:.Go.to.Channel.9.
3 rd. press:.Go.back.to.the.original.
channel.
N/A
Listen.to.the.current.weather.
conditions.in.your.area.
CHANNEL
&
PA
UP
DOWN
buttons
button
/
MEM
UIC
(memory)
button
DISTRESS
button
16/9/
/
TRI
STEP
SCAN
button
button
E-8
-
VOL
PWR
power) knob (turn
clockwise to
increase volume)
Microphone
cord
(squelch) knob
SQ
(turn clockwise to
decrease channel
noise)
Press and hold to...
Save a text entry and go
back.to.the.previous.menu.
screen.
Move.quickly.up.the.
channels.
Move.quickly.down.the.
channels.
Go into Triple Watch
mode.(see.page.13.)
Transmit.a.distress.call.
Monitor.the.weather.
channels.for.alerts.in.any.
area.
(volume-