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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Section 5 - Send and Receive DSC Calls
5-1 The DSC CALL Menu Options
Press CALL/MENU to show the DSC CALL menu.
Press ENT or push the rotary knob to show the following DSC CALL menu options.
Sections1.3and1.4explainhowtonavigatearoundthemenuandenter,saveandchangedata.
Press CALL to show the types of DSC call that can be made. 1.
Note that only four DSC call types can be shown at any one time on
the screen.
Press + or - to scroll up and down the DSC call types until the cursor is 2.
positioned at the desired option. Then press ENT.
The following options are available through CALL key:
WARNING
A valid USER MMSI must be entered into this radio before these DSC functions can be used.
See Appendix E - Enter Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI).
INDIVIDUAL
LAST CALL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
CALL LOG
DIST LOG
LL REQUEST
TRACK BUDDY
Make a individual call or acknowledgement to a new caller or a buddy.
See Section 5-2-1, 5-2-2, and 5-2-3.
Make a call to one of your three groups.
See Section 5-2-5.
Show the details of the most recent incoming call.
See Section 5-2-4.
Make an All Ships call.
See Section 5-2-6.
Show the details of the 20 most recent incoming calls.
See Section 5-2-7.
Show the details of the 10 most recent distress calls.
See Section 5-2-8.
Request the LL position of a buddy.
See Section 5-2-9.
Operate Track Buddy functions.
See Section 5-2-10.
DSC CALL
INDIVIDUAL
> LAST CALL
GROUP