User's Manual

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Low power is selected. 
After the All Ships call has been transmitted, the display changes to Channel 5.
16 automatically.
Receiving an All Ships call 
While monitoring Channel 70 and an All Ships call is received:
The emergency alarm sounds when the category is ‘Distress’ or ‘Urgency’; 2 1.
beeps sound for other categories.
“DSC” appears and “RCV ALL SHIPS” scrolls at the channel comment in-2.
dicator.
Push any key to stop beep.3.
Push 4. [DSC] to monitor channel 16 for an announcement from the calling
vessel, push any other key to ignore the call.
Geographical Area call
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The Geographical Area call function allows you to transmit a DSC signal to all ships
in a geographical area.
Receiving a Geographical Area call 
While monitoring Channel 70 and a Geographical Area call (for the area you
are in) is received:
The emergency alarm or beeps sound depending on the received category.1.
“DSC” appears and “RCV GEOGRAPHICAL” scrolls at the channel comment 2.
indicator.
Push any key to stop the beep.3.
Push 4. [DSC] to change to the channel specifi ed by the calling station for
voice communication; Push any other key to ignore the Geographical Area
call.
Position indication
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Positioning instructions 
When a GPS receiver is connected, the transceiver indicates the current position
data in seconds of accuracy.
A NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01 (sentence formatters RMC, GGA, GNS, GLL) com-
patible GPS receiver is required.
Push and hold [DSC] for 1 sec. to display the current position.
‘Latitude’ and ‘Longitude’ scroll in sequence at the channel comment 
indicator.
“NO POSITION” scrolls when no GPS is connected. 
“GPS” blinks when the GPS data is invalid. 