User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 - General Information
- Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
- 2-1 The Radio Menu Options (MENU)
- 2-2 Show Weather, SNR or Happy Fish on Handset (INFO DATA)
- 2-3 Maintain Your Buddy List (BUDDY LIST)
- 2-4 Local or Distance Sensitivity (LOCAL/DIST)
- 2-5 Backlighting (BACKLIGHT) and Contrast (CONTRAST)
- 2-6 GPS Data and Time (GPS/DATA)
- 2-7 GPS Simulator (GPS SIM)
- 2-8 Reset to Factory Defaults (RESET)
- 2-9 Subscribe or Un-Subscribe the 705 handset (HS SETTING)
- Section 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
- 3-1 The Radio Setup Menu Options (RADIO SETUP)
- 3-2 Select the Channel Bank (UIC) (US only)
- 3-3 Change Channel Names (CH NAME)
- 3-4 Ring and Beep Volume (RING VOLUME and KEY BEEP)
- 3-5 Internal Speaker Connections (INT SPEAKER)
- 3-6 Set the Priority Channel (WATCH MODE)
- 3-7 Weather Alert (WX ALERT) (US only)
- 3-8 NMEA or NAVBUS protocol (COM PORT) (721 / 725 only)
- 3-9 Barometric Displays (BARO SENSOR)
- 3-10 Temperature Display (TEMPERATURE)
- 3-11 HAPPY FISH Alarm ON or OFF
- Section 4 - DSC SETUP Menu
- 4-1 What is DSC?
- 4-2 DSC SETUP Menu Options
- 4-3 Check Your User MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-4 Maintain Your Groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-5 Response to Individual Calls (INDIV REPLY) (US only)
- 4-6 ATIS MMSI & ATIS Functionality (EU only)
- 4-7 DSC Functionality (DSC FUNC)
- 4-8 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-9 Mute the Notification Ringtone
- Section 5 - Send and Receive DSC Calls
- 5-1 The DSC CALL Menu Options
- 5-2 Call an Individual (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-3 Call the Most Recent Caller (LAST CALL)
- 5-4 Call a Group (GROUP)
- 5-5 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-6 Call using the Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-7 Call using the Distress Log (DIST LOG)
- 5-8 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-9 Track Your Buddy (TRACK BUDDY)
- 5-10 Receive an All Ships Call (RCV: ALL SHIP)
- 5-11 Receive an Individual Call (RCV: INDIV)
- 5-12 Receive a Group Call (RCV: GROUP)
- 5-13 Receive a Geographic Call (RCV: GEOGRAPH)
- 5-14 Receive a Polled Position Call (RCV:POSITION)
- Section 6 - Distress Calls
- Appendix A - Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Troubleshooting
- Appendix C - VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix D - EU Inland Waterway Channels
- Appendix E - MMSI and License Information
- Section 7 - Install the Explorer 721/725
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Northstar Explorer VHF Series: 721/725 Operation and Installation Manual
Turn the GPS Simulator on/off.
See Section 2-7.
Reset factory settings.
See Section 2-8.
Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
Hold down CALL/MENU to show the radio MENU options.
Sections1-3and1-4explainhowtonavigatearoundthemenuandenter,saveandchangedata.
2-1 The Radio Menu Options (MENU)
Maintain your buddy list.
See Section 2-3.
Set radio sensitivity.
See Section 2-4.
Set backlight level.
See Section 2-5.
Set contrast level.
See Section 2-5.
Set position & UTC manually.
See Section 2-6.
Set local time and time format.
See Section 2-6.
MANUAL
SETTING
USER MMSI
GROUP SETUP
INDIV REPLY
(US only)
DSC FUNC
ATIS MMSI
(EU only)
ATIS FUNC
(EU only)
LL REPLY
LL RING
DSC SETUP Menu.
See Section 4.
Show weather, SNR or Happy Fish information on the handset.
See Section 2-2.
UIC
(US only)
CH NAME
RING VOLUME
KEY BEEP
INT SPEAKER
WATCH MODE
(US only)
WX ALERT
(US only)
COM PORT
BARO SENSOR
TEMPERATURE
HAPPY FISH
RADIO SETUP Menu.
See Section 3.
INFO DATA
(Handset only)
BUDDY LIST
LOCAL/DIST
BACKLIGHT
CONTRAST
GPS/DATA
DSC SETUP
RADIO SETUP
HS SETTING
(725 US / EU only)
GPS SIM
RESET
(Base unit only)
HS SETTING Menu.
See Section 2-9.