Uniden MHS450 - Manual (Page 3)

i Uniden MHS450 Radio Owner’s Manual
Table of Contents
Making a Distress Call ................................... (inside front cover)
Introduction ....................................................................................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
Status message table .............................................................7
Using the menu ......................................................................7
How It Works ..................................................................................8
Normal mode operation ...............................................................9
Normal mode with Weather Alert Watch .................................9
Normal mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch ....................10
Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in normal mode .10
Scan mode operation.................................................................11
Using the radio in scan mode ..............................................11
Scan mode with Weather Alert Watch ..................................12
Scan mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch .......................12
Both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch in scan mode .....13
Weather mode ...........................................................................13
Using the 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