User Guide

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When your ship requires assistance, contact other ships and the Coast Guard by sending a distress call using dig-
ital selective calling on an emergency frequency.
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
When immediate help is needed
q Push and hold [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. until the
short beeps become one long beep, to send the
distress call.
w After 8291 kHz is automatically selected (after an
acknowledgement call is received), push and hold
the PTT switch on the handset or microphone and
send the following information.
1. “MAY DAY, MAY DAY, MAY DAY.”
2. “THIS IS……………” (name of ship)
3. “LOCATED AT ……” (ship’s position)
4. Give the reason for the distress call.
5. Explain what assistance you need.
6. Give additional information:
• Ship type
• Ship length
• Ship color
• Number of people on-board
When potential problems exist
q Push [DSC] to select DSC watch mode, if neces-
sary.
w Push [MODE SET ] to select DSC menu, rotate [CH]
to select “Geographical” then push [ENT].
e Follow the guidance displayed on the LCD (bottom
line), to set up the category, area, traffic and call-
ing frequencies with [CH], [ENT] and keypad.
r Push and hold [CALL] for 1 sec. until the short
beeps become one long beep.
t Transmit the appropriate information using voice.
• DSC equipped ships may monitor your transmission.
FOREWORD................................................i
IMPORTANT .............................................. i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ........................... i
PRECAUTIONS ......................................... i
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ......................ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................ ii
QUICK REFERENCE............................. I–V
■ How to set a Channel/Group .............. I
■ Audio output/squelch adjustment ...... II
■ Basic voice transmission and
reception ........................................... III
■ Receiving a DSC............................... IV
■ Transmitting a distress call................ IV
1 OPERATING RULES AND
GUIDELINES......................................... 1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION .................... 2–7
■ Controller (RC-25E) ........................... 2
■ Main unit............................................. 4
■ Handset (HS-98) ............................... 5
■ LCD screen ....................................... 6
3 SELECTING A CHANNEL/FREQUENCY
........................................................... 8–9
■ Selecting a channel ........................... 8
4 RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT .......... 10–12
■ Basic voice transmit and receive .... 10
■ Function for transmit ........................ 10
■ Functions for receive ....................... 11
■ FSK operation ................................. 12
5 CHANNEL NAME PROGRAMMING . 13
6 DSC PREPARATION ................... 14–15
■ MMSI code programming ................ 14
■ Position and time programming ....... 15
7 CALL PROCEDURE .................... 16–28
■ Distress call ..................................... 16
■ Individual call ................................... 20
■ Group call ........................................ 23
■ Geographical call ............................. 24
■ Semi/Auto (telephone) call .............. 26
■ Test call ........................................... 28
8 WHEN RECEIVING A CALL ........ 29–36
■ To receive a DSC call ...................... 29
■ Received information ....................... 30
■ Deleting a memory .......................... 30
■ Distress call ..................................... 31
■ Distress relay call ............................ 33
■ Semi/Auto (telephone) call .............. 34
■ Group call ........................................ 35
■ Geographical area call .................... 35
■ Individual call ................................... 36
9 MEMORY OPERATION ..................... 37
■ Memory description ......................... 37
■ Memory writing ................................ 37
■ Memory reading/transmitting/deleting
......................................................... 37
10 DSC MENU OPERATION ............ 38–41
■ General ............................................ 38
■ ID input ............................................ 38
■ Frequency input ............................... 39
■ Verifying self-ID ............................... 40
■ Self testing ....................................... 40
■ Telephone number input .................. 40
■ Memory reading/deleting ................. 41
■ Printing out the DSC memory contents
......................................................... 41
11 SET MODE ................................... 42–47
■ Quick set mode ............................... 42
■ Initial set mode ................................ 43
12 CONNECTION AND INSTALLATION
....................................................... 48–60
■ Supplied accessories ...................... 48
■ Basic connections ............................49
■ Advanced connections .................... 50
■ Ground connection .......................... 51
■ Power source .................................. 52
■ Antenna ........................................... 52
■ Mounting .......................................... 53
■ Using the optional MB-108 .............. 55
■ Using the optional MB-75 ................ 56
■ Transceiver dimensions ................... 57
■ Fuse replacement ............................ 58
■ Connector information ..................... 59
13 FREQUENCY PROGRAMMING .. 61–62
■ Frequency selection ........................ 61
■ Programming a frequency ............... 62
14 SPECIFICATIONS .............................. 63
15 OPTIONS ........................................... 64
16 TEMPLATE .................................. 65–68
■ Remote controller (RC-25E) ............ 65
■ Speaker (SP-24E) ........................... 67
ABOUT CE ............................................. 69
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