User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 - General Information
- Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
- Section 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
- Section 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- 4-2 Enter or View Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-3 Maintain Your Groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-4 Response to Individual Calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-5 ATIS MMSI & ATIS Functionality
- 4-6 DSC functionality options (DSC FUNC)
- 4-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-2-1 Make a Routine Call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-2-2 Retrying a Routine Call
- 5-2-3 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV)
- 5-2-4 Recall the Most Recent Incoming Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-2-5 Call a Group (GROUP)
- 5-2-6 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-2-7 Call using the Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-2-8 Call using the Distress Log (DISTR LOG)
- 5-2-9 Call using the Sent Call Log (SENT CALL)
- 5-2-10 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-2-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-3 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- Section 6 - Distress Calls
- Section 7 - Installation
- Appendix A - Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Troubleshooting
- Appendix C - US & ROW VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix D - EU VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix E - MMSI, FCC and License Information
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Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
2-1 Radio Menu Options (Menu)
The following options are available through MENU key:
Maintain your buddy list.
See Section 2-2.
Set radio sensitivity.
See Section 2-3.
Set backlight level.
See Section 2-4.
Set contrast level.
See Section 2-4.
Set position & UTC manually.
See Section 2-5.
Set local time and time format.
See Section 2-5.
Radio Setup Menu.
See Section 3.
Turn the GPS Simulator on/off.
See Section 2-6.
Reset factory settings.
See Section 2-7.
* Model dependant
Sections 1-3 and 1-4 explain how to navigate around the menu and enter, save and change
data.
BUDDY LIST
LOCAL/DIST
BACKLIGHT
CONTRAST
GPS/DATA
DSC SETUP
RADIO SETUP
GPS SIM
RESET
USER MMSI
GROUP SETUP
ATIS MMSI *
ATIS FUNC *
INDIV REPLY
DSC FUNC
LL REPLY
AUTO SWITCH
TEST REPLY
TIMEOUT
MANUAL
SETTING
UIC *
CH NAME
RING VOLUME
KEY BEEP
INT SPEAKER
WATCH MODE *
WX ALERT *
COM PORT
DSC Setup Menu.
See Section 4.
Make DSC calls.
See Section 5.
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