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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4-8-7 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
You can respond to incoming DSC TEST calls with an automatic response or with a manual
response.
• MANUAL manual response is required, press ENT to confirm or press EXIT to cancel.
• AUTO automatically replies after a 10 second delay with an ACK to any incoming
DSC TEST call.
DSC SETUP
LL REPLY ▲
AUTO SWITC
►TEST REPLY
TIMEOUT
TEST REPLY
►AUTO
MANUAL
4-8-8 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
You can set the inactivity timer with the following options:
• AUTOMATED you can set the inactivity timer to automatically timeout after a
period of inactivity for the following two categories: NON-DISTRESS or
DISTRESS
Timeout options are:
DISTRESS: NO TIMEOUT; 5 MINS; 10 MINS (default is NO TIMEOUT)
NON-DISTR: NO TIMEOUT; 10 MINS; 15 MINS (default is 15 MINS)
• NON AUTO you can set the inactivity timer to exit any non-automated procedure
activity.
Timeout options are:
NO TIMEOUT; 10 MINS; 15 MINS (default is 10 MINS)
Note: If NO TIMEOUT is selected, then you must press the EXIT key to exit the procedure.
Example: to set a 10 minute TIMEOUT for non-automated functions:
1. Select TIMEOUT, then select NON AUTO
2. Select desired timeout period: NO TIMEOUT, 10 MINS or 15 MINS
NON AUTO
NO TIMEOUT
►10 MINS
15 MINS
TIMEOUT
AUTOMATED
►NON AUTO
DSC SETUP
LL REPLY ▲
AUTO SWITC
TEST REPLY
►TIMEOUT
In this example, 10 MINS has been selected, meaning the radio will exit any non-automated
procedure after a period of 10 minutes of non-activity.
4-9 ATIS SETUP (EU only)
This submenu is used to adjust settings for the ATIS function.
• Press MENU and then select ATIS SETUP, press ENTER to enter the submenu.
You must enter your ATIS MMSI to access ATIS functionality if you are navigating inland
waterways within Europe.
ATIS sends a digital message any time that you release the PTT key. An ATIS MMSI always
starts with the number 9.
4-9-1 Enter or check your ATIS MMSI (ATIS MMSI)
You must enter your ATIS MMSI before you can access the ATIS functions. This is a once-
only operation.
You can display and read your ATIS MMSI at any time, but you get only one opportunity
to enter your ATIS MMSI.
MENU SELECT
GPS/DATA
RADIO SETUP
►ATIS SETUP
ATIS SETUP
►ATIS MMSI
ATIS SELECT
INPUT ATIS
MMSI
9 - - - - - - -
ATIS MMSI
9100005366
►STORE
CANCEL
ATIS MMSI
INPUT AGAIN
9 - - - - - - -
ATIS MMSI
9100005366
►STORE
CANCEL
1. Select ATIS SETUP then ATIS MMSI and press the ENTER. If an existing MMSI is stored,
the values appear.
2. If the MMSI is blank, a dashed line will appear, except for the initial number ’9’. Then
enter ATIS MMSI along the dashed line. Press ENTER to conrm each entry and then
move to the next line.
3. If you make an error, press CH until < appears, then press the ENTER to backup and
correct the entry.
4. When you have entered the last number of the MMSI, a conrmation screen appears.
The cursor is at STORE, press ENTER to store your ATIS MMSI.
5. Enter your ATIS MMSI again as a password and check the conrmation screen
appears again, select STORE and press ENTER to permanently store your ATIS MMSI
and return to the menu.
6. You can view your stored ATIS MMSI at anytime by selecting ATIS MMSI in the ATIS
SETUP menu.