Lowrance electronic LVR-250 Radio User Manual


 
Lowrance - LVR-250 Installation and Operation Instructions18
WX Weather Channel. LVR-250 US only. In USA and Canadian waters,
press to hear the most recently selected weather station. The WX symbol is
displayed on the LCD.
Rotate the dial or + / - on the microphone to change to a different
weather channel. Press WX again to return to the most recent channel.
If the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON and an alert tone of 1050Hz is
broadcast from the weather station, it is picked up automatically and the
alarm sounds. Press any key to hear the weather alert voice message.
H/L Transmission Power. (Located on the microphone). High (HI) 25W or Low
(LO) 1W. Press to toggle between high or low transmission power for the
entire channel bank. The HI or LO selection is shown on the LCD.
Some channels allow only low power transmissions. Error beeps will sound
if the power transmission setting is incorrect.
Some channels allow only low power transmissions initially, but can be
changed to high power by holding down H/L and PTT at the same time.
See Appendix C for a complete listing of channel charts.
3CH Three Favourite Channels. Also on the microphone. Press to toggle
between your favourite channels. The CH1, CH2, or CH3 symbol appears on
the LCD to show which favourite channel is selected.
To scan only one of your favourite channels, press 3CH then immediately
press and release SCAN. If you want to scan all three favourite channels,
press 3CH then immediately press and hold SCAN.
To add a favourite channel for the first time, select that channel then hold
3CH to store it in the CH1 location. Repeat the procedure to store two more
favourite channels in the CH2 and CH3 locations respectively.
If you try and add another favourite channel it will overwrite the existing
CH3. CH1 and CH2 remain unless you delete them.
To delete a favourite channel, select that channel then hold down 3CH until
the CH1, CH2 or CH3 symbol disappears off the LCD.
SCAN Scan. Press to scan between your current channel and the priority channel
in DUAL or TRI WATCH mode. The weather channel is also scanned if the
USA channel bank is selected and the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON.
Hold down SCAN to enter ALL SCAN mode where the priority channel is
checked every 1.5 seconds.
When a signal is received, scanning stops at that channel and BUSY ap-
pears on the screen. If the signal ceases for more than 5 seconds, the scan
restarts.
Press ENT to temporarily skip over (lock out) an “always busy” channel when
in ALL SCAN mode and resume the scan. An X is shown on the screen to