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 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
3-1 Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
The following options are available through MENU key:
* Model dependant
Sections 1-3 and 1-4 explain how to navigate around the menu and enter, save and change
data.
3-2 Channel (UIC)
Note: UIC may not be available on all models.
Toggle between USA, International or Canadian channel banks. The selected channel bank is
displayed on the LCD along with the last used channel. All the channel charts are shown in
Appendix C.
Edit or delete channel names.
See Section 3-3.
Selects if the WX Alert scanning mode is ON (on) or OFF (off ).
See section 3-7.
Selects Priority Channel operation with Dual or Tri watch scanning.
See section 3-6.
Switch ON/OFF (on/off) the radio’s internal speakers.
See section 3-5.
Select NMEA protocol for communications between the VHF radio
and any other instruments.
See section 3-8.
Set the volume level of the beeps.
See section 3-4.
Set the volume level of the incoming call notification beeps.
See section 3-4.
Channel band.
See Section 3-2.
UIC *
CH NAME
RING VOLUME
KEY BEEP
INT SPEAKER
WATCH MODE *
WX ALERT *
COM PORT
RADIO SETUP
►UIC
CH NAME
RING VOLUM▼
UIC
►USA
INT’L
CANADA
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