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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4-5-3 Enable ATIS Functionality (ATIS FUNC)
ATIS functionality can only be activated if an ATIS MMSI has been entered. See 4-5-1.
DSC SETUP
INDIV REPL▲
ATIS MMSI
►ATIS FUNC ▼
ATIS FUNC
►ON
OFF
DSC IS ON
1. Select DSC SETUP, then ATIS FUNC.
Note: It is not possible to have both ATIS ON (on) and DSC ON (on) simultaneously. If you
want to activate ATIS, you must first switch DSC off. A note on the LCD will remind you if DSC
is already ON.
2. Select ON to enable the ATIS functionality - DSC must be turned off first. The ATIS
annunciator appears on the screen.
4-6 DSC functionality options (DSC FUNC)
DSC functionality can be disabled but this is not recommended unless you are going to turn
ATIS on.
DSC SETUP
GROUP SETU▲
INDIV REPLY
►DSC FUNC ▼
DSC FUNC
►ON
OFF
ATIS IS ON
1. Select DSC SETUP, then DSC FUNC.
Note: It is not possible to have both ATIS ON (on) and DSC ON (on) simultaneously. If you
want to activate DSC, you must first switch ATIS off. A note on the LCD will remind you if ATIS
is already ON.
2. Select ON to enable the DSC functionality
- ATIS (if applicable) must be turned off first.
The
DSC annunciator appears on the screen.
There are two annunciators on the screen to show you the current mode: if the DSC annun-
ciator is shown, DSC is operational, if the ATIS annunciator is shown, ATIS is operational.
4-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY)
You can set the radio to respond to an LL polling request in one of three ways:
AUTO
automatically replies to any incoming LL polling requests from any of your
buddies.
MANUAL
choose to manually reply to any incoming buddy polling requests.
OFF ignores all incoming buddy LL polling requests.
ATIS
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