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 3 - Operating the radio
3-1 Power On/Off
You can turn on the unit by pressing PWR/ switch (on the top side of radio) until the
screen and backlight are on. You can also adjust the volume to a comfortable level, by
pressing the VOL / keys on the side of unit.
Note: Press the PWR/ key at any time will turn the display backlight on.
3-2 Adjusting the Squelch level
The SQUELCH control enables you to set the levels of your desired signal. It determines
how strong your signal can be before you can hear it, before it “breaks squelch.” It aims to
keep any static, unwanted, weak or distant signals from interrupting your conversations.
There are 16 signals to choose from when adjusting the squelch level. To increase the
levels, raise the “Squelch Gate” higher so that only stronger signals can get through. Level
“0” for instance, means that there is no “Squelch Gate” and everything will get through.
To adjust the squelch level, press SQL / accordingly.
3-3 Volume control
Press VOL / to adjust the volume level. A volume sub-menu will appear when pressed.
It times-out after 5 seconds.
3-4 Channel selection
To manually select a channel, press CH to increase, or press CH to decrease the chan-
nel number. Communication channels are located on channel 01-28 and 60-88. For more
detailed channel chart information, refer to Appendix B.
16/9 (Priority channel)
Press to cancel all other modes and to tune into the priority channel. Press again to return
to your original channel. The default Priority Channel is CH16.
For US models: To make Channel 09 the priority channel, hold down 16/9 until a beep
sounds and 09 is displayed.
3-5 Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION
Transmitting without an antenna may damage the radio.
1. To turn power on, press the PWR key for more than 2 seconds.
2. Adjust for comfortable volume level. ( The squelch level temporarily set to “0”).
3. Set the suitable Squelch level to mute noise if necessary.
4. Press CH / to select the desired channel.
When receiving a signal, appears on screen and audio is emitted from the speaker.
Further volume adjustment may be needed to get your desired setting.
5. Press HI/LO to select the output power.
Choose low power to conserve battery power, or choose high power for longer
distance communications.
6. Press and hold “PTT” to transmit, then speak into the microphone, while appears
on the screen.
7. Release PTT, to receive conversation.
Note: Some channels are for low power only. Channel 70 cannot be used for
transmission.
For clear and audible transmission:
• Pause for a few seconds after pressing PTT
• Hold the microphone 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) away from your mouth and speak at
a normal volume.