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Quick Reference Guide .............................................................................. 4
1 GENERAL INFORMA TION ................................................................... 5
2 P ACKING LIST ..................................................................................... 5
3 OPTIONS ............................................................................................... 5
4 ON-LINE W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION
(
in USA or Canada only
)
... 6
5 GETTING ST ARTED ............................................................................. 7
5.1 PROHIBITEDCOMMUNICA TIONS ............................................ 7
5.2 ABOUTVHFRADIO .................................................................. 7
5.3 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ....................................................... 7
5.3.1 CoaxialCable ................................................................. 8
5.4 EMERGENCY(CHANNEL 16USE) ............................................ 8
5.5 CALLING ANOTHERVESSEL(CHANNEL 16OR9)................9
5.6 OPERA TINGONCHANNELS13AND67 ............................ 10
5.7 AUTOMA TEDRADIOCHECKSERVICE ............................... 10
6 INST ALLA TION.................................................................................... 12
6.1 SAFETY/W ARNINGINFORMA TION ...................................... 12
6.2 LOCA TION ................................................................................. 12
6.3 MOUNTINGTHERADIO ......................................................... 12
6.3.1 SuppliedMountingBracket .......................................... 12
6.3.2 OptionalMMB-97FlushMountBracket ..................... 13
6.4 ELECTRICALCONNE CTIONS................................................14
6.5 ACCESSORYCABLE ............................................................... 15
6.5.1 InternalGPS(DSCOutputtoaChartPlotter) ........ 15
6.5.2 ExternalGPSorChartPlotter(forGPS)..................15
6.5.2.1 GPSInput-
StandardHorizonGPS Antenna ..................... 15
6.5.2.2 GPSInputandDSCOutput
GPSChartPlotter(RS422Connection) .........16
6.5.2.3 StandardHorizonChartPlotter
orOtherChartPlotter(RS232Connection) . 16
6.6 CHECKINGGPSST ATUS ....................................................... 17
6.7 CHANGINGTHEGPSTIME .................................................. 18
6.8 CHANGINGTHETIME AREA.................................................19
6.9 CHANGINGTHETIMEDISPLA Y ........................................... 19
6.10 CHANGINGCOGTO TRUEORMAGNETIC......................20
6.1 1 OPTIONALRAM3(CMP30)INST ALLA TION.........................20
6.1 1.1 ConnectinganExternalSpeaker
totheRAM3MicCable ..............................................22
6.1 1.2 ExternalSpeaker AFSelection ................................... 22
7 CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS .......................................................24
7.1 FRONTP ANEL ......................................................................... 24
7.2 REARP ANEL ............................................................................ 26
7.3 MICROPHONE .......................................................................... 27
8 BASIC OPERA TION ........................................................................... 28
8.1 RECEPTION .............................................................................. 28
8.2 TRANSMISSION ........................................................................ 28
8.3 TRANSMITTIME-OUT TIMER
(
TOT
)
......................................28
8.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEXCHANNEL USE...................................... 29
8.5 DISPLA YTYPE ......................................................................... 29
8.6 USA,CANADA, ANDINTERNA TIONAL MODE ....................... 30
8.7 NOAA WEA THERCHANNELS ................................................ 30
8.7.1 NOAAWeather Alert .................................................... 30
8.7.2 NOAAWeather T esting ................................................ 31
8.8 DUALW ATCH
(
TOCHANNEL16
)
............................................ 31
8.9 SCANNING ................................................................................ 32
8.9.1 ScanTypeSelection ....................................................32
8.9.2 ScanandP-ScanMemoryProgramming .................. 32
8.9.3 MemoryScanning
(
M-SCAN
) ....................................... 33
8.9.4 PriorityScanning
(
P-SCAN
)..........................................33
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
8.10 PRESETCHANNELS
(
0~9
)
:INST ANT ACCESS ................ 34
8.10.1 PresetChannelProgramming ..................................... 34
8.10.2 Operation ....................................................................... 34
8.10.3 DeletingaPresetChannel ...........................................34
8.1 1 INTERCOMOPERA TION ......................................................... 35
8.1 1.1 Communication .............................................................. 35
8.1 1.2 Calling ............................................................................ 35
9 DIGIT AL SELECTIVE CALLING ....................................................... 36
9.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................36
9.2 MARITIMEMOBILESERVICEIDENTITY(MMSI) ................. 36
9.2.1 WhatisanMMSI? ...................................................... 36
9.2.2 ProgrammingtheMMSI ............................................... 37
9.3 DSCDISTRESS ALERT .......................................................... 38
9.3.1 TransmittingaDSCDistress Alert ............................. 38
9.3.1.1 TransmittingaDSCDistress Alert
withNatureofDistress ................................... 39
9.3.1.2 TransmittingaDSCDistress Alert
byManuallyEnteringaPosition ....................40
9.3.1.3 PausingaDSCDistressCall........................41
9.3.1.4 CancelaDSCDistressCall .......................... 41
9.3.2 ReceivingaDSCDistressCall .................................. 41
a. ACCEPT ................................................................... 41
b.P AUSE ...................................................................... 41
c.QUIT ......................................................................... 41
9.4 ALLSHIPSCALL ..................................................................... 43
9.4.1 Transmittingan AllShipsCall .................................... 43
9.4.2 ReceivinganAllShipsCall ........................................ 44
9.5 INDIVIDUALCALL .................................................................... 45
9.5.1 Individual/PositionCallDirectorySetup ...................... 45
9.5.2 IndividualReplySetup ................................................. 46
9.5.3 IndividualAcknowledgmentSetup ............................... 47
9.5.4 Individual/GroupCallRingerSetup .......................... 47
9.5.5 TransmittinganIndividualCall .................................... 48
9.5.5.1 IndividualCall
usingtheIndividualDirectory ......................... 48
9.5.5.2 IndividualCall
byManuallyEnteringaMMSI ....................... 49
9.5.6 ReceivinganIndividualCall....................................... 50
9.6 DSCLOGOPERA TION ........................................................... 51
9.6.1 ReviewingandResending
a TransmittedLoggedCall .......................................... 51
9.6.2 ReviewingaDSCDistressLoggedCall...................51
9.6.3 ReviewingaOtherLoggedCalls ............................... 52
9.6.4 DeletingaCallfromthe“DSCLOG”Directory ....... 52
9.7 GROUPCALL ........................................................................... 54
9.7.1 GroupCallSetup ......................................................... 54
9.7.2 TransmittingaGroupCall ........................................... 55
9.7.2.1 GroupCall
usingtheIndividualDirectory ......................... 55
9.7.2.2 GroupCall
byManuallyEnteringaMMSI ....................... 56
9.7.3 ReceivingaGroupCall ............................................... 57