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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5. Enter your MMSI again as a password check, then push ENTER to permanently store
the user MMSI and return to the MENU.
Note: You can view your stored user MMSI at anytime by selecting MMSI/GPS under the
CALL menu.
4-8-2 Maintain groups (GROUP SETUP)
You can program up to three group MMSI numbers and associated Group names. Group
MMSI numbers always begin with a zero (0). You only enter the last 8 digits of the group
ID number, the intial”0” is automatically entered.
4-8-2-1 Enter your groups
Use GROUP MMSI to create, edit, or delete 1, 2, or 3 groups of people that you call
frequently. The entries within a group are stored in alphanumeric order. A group MMSI
always has nine numbers and always starts with 0.
A group name can have a maximum of 12 alphanumeric characters.
FISHER 1
012345678
►STORE
CANCEL
DSC SETUP
USER MMSI
►GROUP SETUP
INDIV REPLY
GROUP SETUP
►MANUAL NEW
FISHING 1
GROUP NAME
- - - - - - - -
GROUP MMSI
0 - - - - - - -
1. Select DSC SETUP then GROUP SETUP.
2. If this is FIRST TIME that you’re entering a group name, no group appears. Otherwise,
any existing group names. The cursor is at MANUAL NEW.
3. Use CH / to enter the new group name, one alphanumeric character at a time.
4. Press ENTER to conrm each correct alphanumeric character and to move to the
next position.
5. When you have entered the group name, push ENTER so the cursor moves to the
MMSI line.
6. Use CH / to enter the MMSI associated with that group name, one number at a
time. Pushes ENTER to conrm a number and move to the next position.
7. If you make an error, select the < character then press ENTER.
8. When you have entered the last number of the MMSI, a new screen appears
automatically.
9. The cursor is at STORE, check that it is correct and, if so push ENTER to save the new
entry. (If it is not correct, select CANCEL).
4-8-2-2 Edit groups
You can change a group name or group MMSI at any time.
FISHERS
067891234
►STORE
CANCEL
GROUP SETUP
MANUAL NEW
►FISHING 1
SAILING
FISHING 1
012345678
►EDIT
DELETE
EDIT NAME
FISHING 1
EDIT MMSI
01235678
1. Select DSC SETUP then GROUP SETUP.
2. The names of your groups are displayed. Move the cursor to the group you want to
edit and push ENTER.
The group name and MMSI are displayed, the cursor is at the EDIT, press ENTER.
3. Use the CH / to change the group name. Or, to edit only the MMSI press ENTER
repeatedly until the cursor moves to the MMSI line.
If you need to change the MMSI associated with that group name, use CH / to
change the number then press ENTER.
If you do not need to change the MMSI, press ENTER repeatedly to step through the
MMSI and then press ENTER.
4. When you are nished, press ENTER to display the next screen.
5. The cursor is at STORE, press ENTER to save the new entry or select CANCEL to EXIT.
4-8-2-3 Delete a group
1. Select GROUP SETUP and press ENTER. The existing group names are displayed on
screen.
2. Select what you want to delete and press the ENTER. It will display EDIT or DELETE
item.
3. Select DELETE and press ENTER. It will display DELETE GROUP menu; arrow points
to YES, then press thee ENTER to empty the group and return to the GROUP SETUP
screen. The LCD displays the group as follow.
EILEEN
053421608
EDIT
►DELETE
DELETE GROUP
EILEEN
►YES
NO
GROUP SETUP
MANUAL
SAILING
FISHING 2