Garmin 530HCx Manual De Usuario

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Selecting the “Seek” button increments the radio to the 

next active weather channel. Selecting the “Monitor” 

button monitors the selected channel for activity.

When the radio is on, Enable Weather Alert is at the 

bottom of the option menu. Press enter when Enable 

Weather Alert is selected to turn it on. You can turn the 

Weather Radio off and continue radio operations.  

When a Weather Alert tone is detected, the Rino 

automatically turns on the Weather Radio and broadcasts 

the Weather Alert if you are not actively transmitting or 

receiving on the radio. The volume changes to 3/4 the 

maximum when a Weather Alert is broadcast. Select 

Disable Weather Alert to turn off this feature.
To turn the weather radio off, press enter when Use

FRS/GMRS Radio is selected. This switches back over 

to the FRS/GMRS radio operation. Weather Alert is 

disabled whenever the FRS/GMRS and Weather Radio is 

off.

Press enter for either of these two options to toggle them 

from on to off. For example, to turn GPS off, press enter 

when Turn GPS Off is selected.

The Status Window on the bottom half of the Radio page 

shows current GPS and radio status, and radio actions. 

The GPS signal bars indicate the strength of satellite 

arrays overhead. More bars mean more satellites in view. 

As the radio transmits and receives, a variety of messages 

appear and indicate the type and status of the transmission 

or reception.