Users Manual

Operation
4-3
4.2 Basic communication procedure
The following describes basic radio communication procedures.
4.2.1 Turning ON the power
CAUTION
Do NOT turn off the power of the equipment when at sea because the SOLAS
Convention requires keeping CH16 watch at all times.
■ Procedure ■
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Press the [PWR] button for at least 1 second.
An operational check is practiced at the main unit
and optional controllers (The screen at right is of
the main unit). When finished normally, the status
display appears and the starts receiving at the
appeared channel on the screen.
- When the external power is supplied to the
main unit, the main unit is automatically
turned on.
- If detected errors during the memory check,
the following message is appeared. Then
inform JRC or our agent of the error content.
Message Content
DETECTED MEMORY ERROR!
SO PARTIALLY RESET THE MEMORY AREA OF
MARINE VHF.
A part of memory was reset because a memory
error was detected on the main unit.
DETECTED MEMORY ERROR!
SO PARTIALLY RESET THE MEMORY AREA OF VHF
CONTROLLER.
A part of memory was reset because a memory
error was detected on the VHF controller.
DETECTED THIS CONTROLLER'S UNIT ID SETTING
ERROR!
SO SET THE UNIT ID AFTER RESTARTING AS THE
MAINTENANCE MODE
A unit ID error was detected in the controller.
Please set correct unit ID.
DETECTED INTERNAL FAILURE!
SO REQUIRED TO CHECK AND REPAIR THE UNIT OR
CONNECTION.
An error was detected inside the main unit. Please
check and repair internal units and connections.
DETECTED MARINE VHF LOST!
SO REQUIRED INITIAL SET AFTER RESTARTING AS
THE MAINTENANCE MODE.
The controller can’t communicate with the main
unit. Perform initial setting such as communication
speed.
DETECTED MMSI LOST!
SO CONCERNED FUNCTIONS (DSC/ATIS) NO
LONGER AVAILABLE NOW.
The MMSI of the ship has not been entered or has
been lost. DSC and ATIS functions are disabled.
Note