User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety and operational information
- Section 1 - General information
- Section 2 - Controls and keys
- Section 3 - Operating the radio
- Section 4 - Advanced setup
- 4-1 Waypoint
- 4-2 Backlight adjustment
- 4-3 Lamp timer
- 4-4 Buddy list (Manage your buddy list)
- 4-5 Contrast adjustment
- 4-6 GPS/DATA
- 4-6-1 Manual (Manually enter your position and UTC time)
- 4-6-2 Settings: LL display (Show or hide your position)
- 4-6-3 Settings: Time display (Show or hide the time)
- 4-6-4 Time offset (Local time)
- 4-6-5 Settings: Time format (12 or 24 hour clock)
- 4-6-6 Settings: COG/SOG (Course & speed display options)
- 4-6-7 GPS alert
- 4-6-8 Turn GPS ENABLE on/off
- 4-6-9 Set Magnetic Variation (MAG VAR)
- 4-7 Radio setup
- 4-7-1 Channel Bank selection (UIC)
- 4-7-2 Channel name editing (CH NAME)
- 4-7-3 Ring volume adjustment (RING VOLUME)
- 4-7-4 Beep volume adjustment (KEY BEEP)
- 4-7-5 Select unit (UNITS)
- 4-7-6 Set the Priority channel (WATCH MODE)
- 4-7-7 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)
- 4-7-8 Set NMEA output (NMEA OUT)
- 4-7-9 Favourite Channel Setup (FAV CH SETUP)
- 4-8 DSC setup
- 4-8-1 Enter or check your user MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-8-2 Maintain groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-8-3 Response to individual calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-8-4 Enable DSC functionality (DSC SELECT)
- 4-8-5 Response type to LL polling calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8-6 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-8-7 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-8-8 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-9 ATIS SETUP (EU only)
- 4-10 Get Buddy
- 4-11 Track log
- 4-12 Erase track
- 4-13 Reset (Reset to factory defaults)
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 DSC call types
- 5-3 Send an Individual call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-4 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-5 Send a Group call (GROUP)
- 5-6 Send an All Ships call (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-7 Reply to a call in your Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-8 Reply to a call in your Distress Log (DISTRESS LOG)
- 5-9 Request the LL position of a buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-10 Track your buddy request (TRACK BUDDY)
- 5-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-12 View User MMSI and GPS information
- 5-14 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-15 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-16 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV)
- 5-17 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP)
- 5-18 Receiving a Geographic Area Call (GEOGRAPH)
- 5-19 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION)
- Section 6 - Distress calls
- Section 7 - Installation Instructions
- Appendix A - Technical specifications
- Appendix B - Frequency charts
- Appendix C - EU inland waterway channels
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Section 4 - Advanced setup
How to display and navigate menus
1. Hold down CALL/MENU key for more than 1 second to enter the set up menu.
2. Press CH / to scroll up and down the menu until the cursor is positioned at the
desired items. Press ENTER softkey to select the item.
3. Make any changes then press ENTER softkey to conrm changes. Otherwise, press
EXIT softkey to ignore.
4. Press EXIT softkey to go back or exit. Any changes are activated as soon as you enter/
exit the screen.
How to enter Alphanumeric data
Use the CH / key to enter characters.
1. Press to enter and count through numbers and letters, and hold down to select
the desired character.
2. Press to go through letters of the alphabet, and hold down to select the desired
character.
3. Press ENTER to conrm.
The following options are available through MENU:
• ATISMMSI
(EU only)
•ATISSELECT
(EU only)
• WAYPOINT
• BACKLIGHT
• LAMP
• BUDDY LIST
• CONTRAST
• GPS/DATA
• RADIOSETUP
• DSC SETUP
• ATISSETUP
(EU only)
• GETBUDDY)
• TRACK LOG
• ERASE TRACK
• RESET
MENU
• MANUALL/L
• SETUP
• UIC (non EU)
• CHNAME
• RINGVOLUME
• KEY BEEP
• UNITS
• WATCHMODE
(non EU)
• WXALERT(non-EU)
• NMEAOUT
• FAVCHSETUP
(non US)
• USER MMSI
• GROUP SETUP
• INDIV REPLY
• DSCSELECT
• LLREPLY
• AUTO SWITCH
• TESTREPLY
• TIMEOUT
Hold down the CALL/ MENU key for more than 1 second to enter radio set-up mode. This
allows the following functions to be accessed. Scroll down the list and press ENTER. To
exit the Menu or sub-menu modes press 16 or EXIT.
WAYPOINT Selects the WP List Entry to enter names and LL positions for a WP. Up to
500 WP can be stored.
BACKLIGHT Sets the backlight level: 8 levels.
LAMP Sets the backlight lamp time out.
BUDDY LIST Selects the Buddy List Entry to enter names and MMSI’s for regularly
called DSC stations. Up to 20 names can be stored (US only).
CONTRAST Selects display contrast setting: 8 levels.
GPS/DATA Select to change the following GPS/DATA settings: Time Oset, Format,
Display, LL Display, COG/SOG, GPS Alert, GPS Enabled.
RADIO SETUP Select to change the following radio settings: Band, CH Name, Ring Tone
Volume, Beep Volume, Units, Watch mode, WX alert.
DSC SETUP Select to change the following DSC settings: User MMSI enter, Group
MMSI, INDIV RELAY AND LL Relay (US only).
ATIS SETUP Select to change the following ATIS settings: ATIS MMSI Enter, ATIS
Select. (EU Only).
GET BUDDY Enable or disable Buddy Data and Auto Function.
TRACK LOG Set the distance interval for recording the track points.
ERASE TRACK Erase track history points.
RESET Reset to factory settings.
4-1 Waypoint
You can store up to 500 waypoints and their LL positions. When your WAYPOINT LIST is
full, you cannot make a new entry until you have deleted an existing one.
• Each waypoint name can have a maximum of 6 alphanumeric characters
• The most recent waypoint name will be displayed at the top of your waypoint list.
4-1-1 Add a new waypoint
ENTER WP
MOOR 1
12°32.233’N
132°45.651’W
WP LIST
►NEW WP
FISH1
ENTER WP
_ _ _ _ __ _ _
_° _ . _ _ _’ N
_ _° _ . _ _
ENTER WP
MOOR 1
_° _ . _ _ _N
_ _° _ . _ _ _W