Garmin RINO 530HCx Owner's Manual

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Rino 520HCx and 530HCx Owner’s Manual BaSIc operatIonSelecting the “Seek” button increments the radio to thenext active weather channel. Selecting the “Monitor”button monitors the selected channel for activity.Use Weather AlertWhen the radio is on, Enable Weather Alert is at thebottom of the option menu. Press enter when EnableWeather Alert is selected to turn it on. You can turn theWeather Radio off and continue radio operations.When a Weather Alert tone is detected, the Rinoautomatically turns on the Weather Radio and broadcaststhe Weather Alert if you are not actively transmitting orreceiving on the radio. The volume changes to 3/4 themaximum when a Weather Alert is broadcast. SelectDisable Weather Alert to turn off this feature.To turn the weather radio off, press enter when UseFRS/GMRS Radio is selected. This switches back overto the FRS/GMRS radio operation. Weather Alert isdisabled whenever the FRS/GMRS and Weather Radio isoff.Turn Radio/GPS On/OffPress enter for either of these two options to toggle themfrom on to off. For example, to turn GPS off, press enterwhen Turn GPS Off is selected.Status WindowThe Status Window on the bottom half of the Radio pageshows current GPS and radio status, and radio actions.GPS StatusThe GPS signal bars indicate the strength of satellitearrays overhead. More bars mean more satellites in view.Radio Transmission/Reception StatusAs the radio transmits and receives, a variety of messagesappear and indicate the type and status of the transmissionor reception.