User's Manual

AIS Class B Transceiver
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To enter the vessel’s MMSI highlight it and press MENU or . The
“Favourite MMSI Entry” window opens, this entry procedure is identical
to entering your own MMSI number, (see section 4.3.1). Once completed
select “OK” and press MENU. The display will return to the previous
window, Fig 5.8.
Next, highlight “Vessel Name” and press MENU or . The “Vessel
Name Entry” window opens, this entry procedure is identical to entering
your own Vessels Name, (see section 4.3.5). Once completed select “OK”
and press MENU. The display returns to the previous window, Fig 5.8.
Note A favourite can be added to the list with just an MMSI number, but cannot
be added with just the vessel name. Unlike your own vessels MMSI number,
this MMSI can be changed, edited or deleted once entered.
If an entry is inserted without the name, the next time that vessel is in
range the name will be inserted automatically. If a name already exists in
that field then it will not be overwitten.
Press to exit and return to the previous menu.
Method Two - In Map Mode, Using the ▲▼◄► keys, place the cursor
over the selected vessel, and a highlighted box will appear. Press the INFO
key once, and the display changes to show a summary of that vessel’s
information. Press the INFO key a second time and a full listing of the
information appears. Now Press MENU to add this vessel to your list.
5.4.2 Edit an Entry
From the Favourites List highlight “Select Favourite” and press the MENU
or . The top vessel is now highlighted. Using the ▲▼ keys highlight the
vessel you wish to edit and press MENU or . A menu window opens
with the available options as shown in Fig. 5.9.
Fig. 5.8 – New Favourite added