User's Manual

6 Northstar Explorer VHF Series: 721/725 Operation and Installation Manual Northstar Explorer VHF Series: 721/725 Operation and Installation Manual
Section 1 - General Information
1-1 Features
Congratulations on your purchase of a Northstar VHF Explorer 721/725US or 721/725EU marine band
radio. Both of these models provide the following useful features:
Adjustable contrast settings for the LCD•
Adjustable keypad backlighting for easy night-time use•
Waterproof and submersible to comply with JIS-7•
Choice of High or Low (25 W or 1 W) transmission power•
•  Accesstoallcurrently-availablemarineVHFchannelbanks(USA,Canada,International)including
weather channels where available
Special CH16 or CH16/9 key for quick access to the priority (International Distress) channel•
Special 3CH key for quick selection of your three favorite channels•
DISTRESS call button to automatically transmit the MMSI and position until an acknowledgement •
is received
Easy access to a buddy list of up to 20 favorite people•
MMSI storage for three favorite groups•
GROUP CALL and ALL SHIPS CALL Facility•
Automatic position and time update when connected to a GPS receiver•
DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets SC101 standards (721/725US only)•
DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets EC Class D standards (721/725EU only)•
ATIS facility for inland waterways (721/725EU only) •
In addition, the 721/725 US/EU models also provide:
• ProminentchanneldisplayandrotarychannelselectorknobwithPRESSTOENTERfunction
•  GPSlatitudeandlongitude(LL)andtimedisplay(whenconnectedtoaGPS)
•  Powerful4Wexternalaudiooutput
•  PSCAN(similartodualwatch)facility
•  Infokeytodisplaybarometricdataandtemperature,orSignal-to-NoiseRatio(SNR)
•  HappyFishsymbolthatindicatesthefishingconditions
•  LLpositionpollinginformationandTrackYourBuddyfacility
•  Local/Distancemodetoeliminatenoiseinhightrafficareas
•  Weatheralertfacility.721/725US only
•  Alphanumericmicrophoneforeasy,directchannelentryandinformationediting.721/725EU only
•  INTERCOMfacilityiftheoptionalwired701handsetisinstalled(forVHF721model).
•  INTERCOMfacilityifanoptionalwireless705handsetisinstalled(forVHF725model).
CONFERENCE facility if two 705 handsets installed (total 2 x 705 handsets can be installed).