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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TOM
AUTO SW OFF
CH67 REQUEST
▲▼ 00:18
SAFETY FROM
TOM
AUTO SW OFF
▲▼ 00:15
INDIVIDUAL
SAFETY FROM
TOM
▼ 00:12
10:12 UTC
ENT–> OPTION
KEY->SILENCE
▲▼ 00:25
CH67 REQUEST
10:12 UTC
ENT–> OPTION
▲▼ 00:23
AUTO SW OFF
CH67 REQUEST
10:12 UTC
▲▼ 00:20
2. Press ENT for options on how you want to respond to the call.
Options are:
ACK
respond to the call with requested channel
CHANGE CHAN respond to the call with but request a different channel
UNABLE ACK* respond to the call with unable to use the requested channel
(* Note: this option is not available with ROUTINE calls)
3. Or press EXIT to return to standby.
4. The call data is stored in the Call Log (see Section 5-2-7).
5-3-3 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP)
1. When you receive notification of a GROUP call, press any key to cancel the alert.
The priority level is always routine and the group is identified on the screen. The group
will be one of the three groups of frequently called people that you set up earlier (see
Section 4-3).
2. Press ENT to switch to the designated channel immediately or press EXIT to return to
the current working channel.
Note: The radio will automatically switch to the designated channel after 10 seconds if no key
is pressed and AUTO SWITCH = ON (see Section 4-8):
TOM
AUTO SWITCH
CH13 IN 10S
▲▼ 00:03
CALL FROM
TOM
AUTO SWITCH
▲▼ 00:02
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CALL FROM
TOM
▼ 00:01
10:12 UTC
ENT–> ACCEPT
KEY->SILENCE
▲▼ 00:06
CH13 IN 10S
10:12 UTC
ENT–> ACCEPT
▲▼ 00:05
AUTO SWITCH
CH13 IN 10S
10:12 UTC
▲▼ 00:04
Note: These additional
information screens are
available by rotating
the CH knob.
Note: These additional
information screens are
available by rotating
the CH knob.
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