Status bar

Displays device status labels (Status Bar).

Drag down to open the controls panel (Controls Panel).

Current VHF channel

Select to open the channel selection screen (Changing the VHF Channel).

Transmit power

Select to switch between low-power (1 W) and high-power (25 W) transmit modes (not available on all channels) (Changing the Range of VHF Transmissions).

VHF channel presets

Select to switch to a preset channel.

Hold to save the current channel to a preset slot (Saving a VHF Channel as a Preset).

Select to open the main menu.

Select to switch to your weather channel (Selecting Your Local Weather Channel).

Select to initiate a DSC call (Digital Selective Calling).

Shows the time since the most recent activity on the current channel.

Select to view and play recordings of recent VHF activity on the current channel (Replaying Recent VHF Activity).

Select to open the watch mode selection screen, where you can monitor multiple channels at the same time (Watch Modes).