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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LL REPLY
MANUAL
►AUTO
OFF
DSC SETUP
INDIV REPL▲
DSC FUNC
►LL REPLY ▼
1. Select DSC SETUP, then LL REPLY.
2. Select your response and press ENT to confirm and return to the menu.
4-8 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
When a DSC call is received, it may include a request to change to a specific channel for
subsequent communications. If a channel switch request is included, your options are:
• allow the radio to switch to the requested channel immediately by pressing the ENT
button, or
• do nothing to allow the radio to automatically switch to the requested channel after a
delay of 10 seconds, or
• cancel the automatic switch and remain on the current channel by pressing the EXIT
button.
However, automatic switching to a subsequent communications channel on receipt of a DSC
call might in some cases disrupt important ongoing communications if the working channel
changes without the operator knowing.
You can prevent the radio from automatically switching from the current working channel by
setting the AUTO SWITCH feature to OFF.
If the AUTO SWITCH feature is set to OFF, an
X
will be displayed on the LCD to remind you
that this feature is set to off. Additionally, the text “AUTO SW OFF” will be included in an All
Ships or Group call replacing the text “AUTO CHxx”
DSC SETUP
DSC FUNC ▲
LL REPLY
►AUTO SWITC▼
AUTO SWITCH
►ON
OFF
1. Select DSC SETUP, then AUTO SWITCH.
2. Select ON (on) to enable automatic channel switching.
3. Select OFF (off) to disable automatic channel switching.
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