Uniden Mhs350 Vhf Marine Radio Owners Manual

Attaching the Beltclip
Hold the beltclip in the direction as
illustrated.
Apply it to the hanger piece on the back
of the radio. Then slide it up.
When you hear a click, the beltclip is
firmly attached.
To take the beltclip off the radio, turn it
upside down and slide it up.
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Charging the Battery Pack
Your marine radio is powered by a specially designed Ni-MH
battery pack.
• Before operating the MHS350, charge the Ni-MH battery pack for
4 hours 
without interruptionwith the Adapter.
Plug one end of the AC adapter into the
wall outlet and the other end into the
Adapter jack on the side of the Charging
Cradle.
Make sure your radio is OFF, and place the
radio in the front of the Charging Cradle. You
can also charge another battery at the same
time. Place it in the back of the...

Operation
• See “Controls and Indicators” (page 2) for button, knob, and 
key positions.
• When you turn On your MHS350for the first time after
purchasing, it is automatically tuned to channel 16, the United
States Coast Guard frequency for distress, safety, and calling.
From the second time, the radio turned to the channel which was
selected before you turn off the radio.
• When you press any button (except 
PTT), a short tone sounds.
Turning On the Unit and Setting Squelch
Before you turn On the unit,...

Selecting a Channel
Turn On your radio.
To select a higher channel, 
press the button.
To select a lower channel, 
press the button.
• To change the channel continuously,
press and hold the or button for
more than 1 second.
One-touch Channel 16/9/TRI
Example:While you are monitoring channel 20, you want to check
channel 16 or channel 9.
You are now on channel 20.
To monitor channel 16, press the
16/9/TRIbutton.
To monitor channel 9, press the 
16/9/TRIbutton again.
To return to channel 20, press the...

Triple Watch
Triple Watch mode monitors channels 16 and 9 for a signal while
you listen to the currently selected channel. The marine radio
checks channel 16 and 9 for activity every 2 seconds.
To select Triple Watch mode, press and
hold the 
16/9/TRIbutton for 2 seconds. 
A double confirmation tone sounds and
TRIappears on the display.
To exit from Triple Watch, press and
hold the 
16/9/TRIbutton for 2 seconds.
A double confirmation tone sounds and
TRIdisappears.
• While in Triple Watch mode, you can...

Monitoring Weather Channels
The MHS350has 10 preprogrammed emergency/weather channel
frequencies, represented by 0 through 9.
To listen to the emergency/weather
channels in your area, press the
WX/ALERTbutton. WXappears on the
display.
To move up, press the button.
To move down, press the button.
To exit, press the 
WX/ALERTbutton. 
WXdisappears from the display.
• To change the channel continuously,
press and hold the or button for
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Emergency/Weather Alert
Emergency/Weather Alert allows your MHS350to function as a
severe weather warning radio and will also alert you to any local or
national emergencies. If the NOAA issues warning while this fea-
ture is turned On, the radio sounds an alert tone. You will then hear
the emergency/weather broadcast. You can set this feature on both
marine channel or weather channel.
To use Emergency/Weather Alert, select the
emergency/weather channel in your area (see page 14).
Press and hold the...

SAME Alert
SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding) alert function as a
severe weather and emergency warning like Emergency/Weather
alert (see page 15). But SAME allows you to receive, interpret, and
display the information about the code so you can determine if the
emergency might affect your area. This can be set only on 
weather channel. 
Press the 
WX/ALERTbutton, then
press and hold the 
WX/ALERTbutton
for 2 seconds. A double confirmation
tone sounds, and you can see WXand
indicators.
When the unit...

To store the FIPS code:
Press and hold the 
MEM/FIPSkey for 
2 seconds. 
The radio enters the registration mode.
Select the location number from 01 to 15
by pressing the or button.
Press the 
MEM/FIPSbutton.
Now enter the FIPS code.
Press the or button to select the
number from 1 to 9. The number will be
entered when 
MEM/FIPSis pressed, and
the blinking digit moves to the right. When
you enter the last digit, the confirmation screen appears.
USA, International and Canadian Channels
The MHS350is...

Programming a Channel into Memory
Before using the scanning feature, you have to program channels
into memory.
Select the channel to enter into memory
by pressing the or button.
Press the 
MEM/FIPSbutton to store the 
channel. MEMappears on the display.
Deleting a Channel from Memory
Select the channel to delete from 
memory by pressing the or button.
Press the 
MEM/FIPSbutton. 
MEMdisappears from the display.
Scanning
To begin scanning the programmed
channels, press the 
SCANbutton. SCAN
and...