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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5-2-2 Retrying a Routine Call
1. If there is no reply to your call after 30 seconds (UNABLE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE) the radio asks if you want to retry the call
(SEND AGAIN?).
2. Select YES and press ENT to retry the call.
The radio will repeat this cycle twice. If the call still cannot be placed, the radio returns to
normal operation.
5-2-3 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV)
When an incoming call is received, the alarm sounds for 2 minutes and INDIVIDUAL is dis-
played.
1. Push +/- or 3CH or SCAN or H/L button or rotate the CH knob to stop the alarm
2. Push +/- button or rotate the CH knob to scroll any further information about the call
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CH12 REQUEST
12:45 UTC
▲▼ 00:03
ROUTINE FROM
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CH12 REQUEST
▲▼ 00:02
INDIVIDUAL
ROUTINE FROM
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▼ 00:01
CH12 REQUEST
12:45 UTC
ENT->OPTION
▲▼ 00:04
OPTION
►ACK
CHANGE CHAN
12:45 UTC
ENT->OPTION
KEY->SILENCE
▲▼ 00:05
ENT->OPTION
KEY->SILENCE
EXIT->ESC
▲ 00:06
3. Press ENT for options on how you want to respond to the call.
Options are:
ACK
to acknowledge the call
CHANGE CHAN to acknowledge and request a channel change
UNABLE ACK* respond to the call with unable to use the requested channel
(* Note: this option is not available with ROUTINE calls)
4. Or press EXIT to return to standby.
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SEND AGAIN?
►YES
NO
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