User guide
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 - General information
- Section 2 - Basic operation and key functions
- Section 3 - Radio MENU SELECT options
- 3-1 Manage your waypoints list (WAYPOINT)
- Section 4 - Radio setup menu (RADIO SETUP)
- 4-1 Channel (UIC)
- 4-2 Channel names (CH NAME)
- 4-3 Ring volume (RING VOLUME)
- 4-4 Key beep volume (KEY BEEP)
- 4-5 Select units (UNITS)
- 4-6 Internal speaker connections (INT SPEAKER)
- 4-7 Set the priority channel (WATCH MODE)
- 4-8 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)
- 4-9 NMEA protocol (COM PORT)
- 4-10 Select the GPS source (GPS SOURCE)
- 4-11 Favorite channel setup - Wx key (FAV CH SETU)
- 4-1 Channel (UIC)
- Section 5 - DSC setup menu (DSC SETUP)
- 5-1 Enter or view your USER MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 5-2 Maintain your groups
- 5-3 Enter or check your ATIS MMSI (ATIS MMSI)
- 5-4 Enable ATIS functionality (ATIS SELECT)
- 5-5 Response to individual calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 5-6 Enable DSC functionality (DSC FUNC)
- 5-7 Response type to LL polling calls (LL REPLY)
- 5-8 Automatic channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 5-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 5-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 5-1 Enter or view your USER MMSI (USER MMSI)
- Section 6 - AIS setup menu (AIS SETUP)
- Section 7 - Wireless handset setup menu (HS SETTING)
- Section 8 - Sending and receiving DSC calls
- 8-1 What is DSC?
- 8-2 Sending DSC Calls
- 8-3 Send an individual call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 8-4 Acknowledgement of an individual incoming call (INDIV)
- 8-5 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL)
- 8-6 Send a group call (GROUP)
- 8-7 Send an all ships call (ALL SHIPS)
- 8-8 Send using the call log (CALL LOG)
- 8-9 Send using the distress log (DIST LOG)
- 8-10 View sent call log (SENT CALL)
- 8-11 Request the LL position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 8-12 Track your Buddy (TRACK BUDDY)
- 8-13 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 8-14 View user MMSI and GPS information
- 8-15 Receiving DSC calls
- 8-16 Receiving an all ships call (ALL SHIPS)
- 8-17 Receiving an individual call (INDIV)
- 8-18 Receiving a group call (GROUP)
- 8-19 Receiving a geographic area call (GEOGRAPH)
- 8-20 Receiving a polled position call (POSITION)
- 8-1 What is DSC?
- Section 9 - DISTRESS calls
- Section 10 - AIS functionality
- Section 11 - General functionality
- Section 12 - Wireless handset functionality

10-4 AIS Information and display
CAUTION
Not all vessels transmit AIS information and therefore not all vessels will be displayed
or listed in the following AIS screens.
AIS vessel information can be displayed on the radios LCD screen:
1. Press the AIS/IC button to display the AIS plotter screen
Note: You must have LAT/LON position information for targets to be displayed on the
plotter PPI.
2. AIS target details will be displayed on the left of the screen. Either the vessels name or
MMSI will be displayed (if the information is available) depending on the setting you
selected in Section "6-2 AIS data display format (AIS DISPLAY)". Also the targets bearing
and distance to you are displayed.
Note: it could take some time before AIS targets are displayed.
3. A simple plotter PPI on the right hand side of the LCD shows the geographical location
of the AIS targets with respect to your position which is in the center of the plotter PPI.
4. Press the Zoom In (3CH +/-) or Zoom Out (Scan) keys to change the scale of the plotter.
The scale available is 1nm / 2 nm / 4 nm / 8 nm / 16 nm / 32 nm.
5. Press the AIS/IC key again to change the display to T/CPA Approach screen.
6. Rotate the knob to highlight any AIS target shown on the plotter screen. The selected
target will have the target symbol filled in.
NAME:OCEANIC.DISCOVERER
MMSI:503492000 IMO: 9292747
CALL SIGN:VMQ8808
DIST: 1.62nM BEAR: 285°
TCPA: ----- HEADING: 195.0°
CPA: 1.62nM ROT: 0.0 /min
WIDTH: 0.0m SOG: 9.9KTS
LENGTH: 60.0m COG: 219.0°
RECEIVED: 1M19S LAT: 36°45.785’S
DRAUGHT:----- LON:174°49.157’E
TYPE: PASSENGER SHIP - ALL SHIPS
OF THIS TYPE
STATUS:UNDERWAY USING ENGINE
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