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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................... 4
Introduction .................................................................................................. 5
1 GENERAL INFORMA TION ..................................................................... 6
2 P ACKING LIST ....................................................................................... 6
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ................................................................... 7
4 ONLINE W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION (in USA or Canada only) ....... 8
5 ABOUT THIS RADIO .............................................................................. 9
5.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICA TIONS ............................................. 9
5.2 ABOUT VHF RADIO ....................................................................9
5.3 DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16) ..................................9
5.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)................10
5.5 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS .................................................. 11
5.6 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ..............................................11
5.7 AUTOMA TED RADIO CHECK SERVICE .................................. 12
6 GETTING ST ARTED............................................................................. 13
6.1 BA TTERIES AND CHARGERS..................................................13
6.1.1 Battery Safety .................................................................. 13
6.1.2 Rechargable Battery Installation/Removal ....................... 15
6.1.3 Battery Life Information .................................................... 15
6.1.4 Using the SBH-12 Charger Cradle ................................... 16
6.1.5 Installation of the SBT -13 Battery Case ........................... 17
6.2 BEL T CLIP INST ALLA TION / REMOV AL ...................................18
6.3 A TTACHING AN ANTENNA ....................................................... 18
6.4 CHECKING GPS SIGNAL (GPS ST A TUS DISPLA Y) ................ 19
6.5 CHANGING THE GPS TIME ..................................................... 20
6.6 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ...........................................21
6.7 CHANGING THE TIME FORMAT .............................................. 21
7 CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS .......................................................... 22
8 BASIC OPERA TION ............................................................................. 25
8.1 TURNING ON AND OFF THE TRANSCEIVER ......................... 25
8.2 RECEPTION .............................................................................. 25
8.3 TRANSMISSION ........................................................................ 25
8.3.1 T ransmit Power ................................................................ 26
8.4 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ........................................26
8.5 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ..........................................27
8.6 USA, INTERNA TIONAL, AND CANADA MODE ........................ 27
8.7 NOAA WEA THER CHANNELS ..................................................27
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................28
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert T esting ............................................ 28
8.8 MUL TI WA TCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) .............................. 29
8.8.1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation ..............................29
8.8.2 Starting the Dual Watch ...................................................29
8.9 SCANNING ................................................................................ 30
8.9.1 Selecting the Scan T ype ..................................................30
8.9.2 Programming Scan Memory ............................................ 31
8.9.3 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) .......................................... 31
8.9.4 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................. 32
8.10 PRESET CHANNELS: INST ANT ACCESS ............................... 32
8.10.1 Programming ................................................................. 32
8.10.2 Operation ....................................................................... 33
8.10.3 Deletion .......................................................................... 33
8.1 1 MOB OPERA TION ..................................................................... 34
8.12 VOX OPERA TION ..................................................................... 34
8.13 OPERA TION MENU .................................................................. 35
9 GPS OPERA TION................................................................................. 36
9.1 DISPLA YING POSITION INFORMATION ..................................36
9.1.1 GPS Information Compass Display ................................. 36
9.1.2 GPS Information Numerical Display ................................ 36
9.2 CHECKING GPS ST ATUS .........................................................37
9.3 GPS LOGGER OPERA TION ..................................................... 37
10 DIGIT AL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ............................................... 38
10.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................38
10.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ....................38
10.2.1 What is an MMSI? .......................................................... 38
10.2.2 Programming the MMSI ................................................. 39
10.3 DSC DISTRESS CALL...............................................................40
10.3.1 T ransmitting a DSC Distress Call ................................... 40
10.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call ...................................... 42
10.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ............................................... ........................ 44
10.4.1 T ransmitting an All Ships Call ........................................ 44
10.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ............................................ 45
10.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL ..................................................................... 46
10.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory .......... 46
10.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply ............................... 47
10.5.3 Enabling the Individual Call Acknowledgment ............... 48
10.5.4 T ransmitting an Individual Call ....................................... 48
10.5.5 Receiving an Individual Call ........................................... 50
10.5.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer .............................. 52
10.6 GROUP CALL ............................................................................ 53
10.6.1 Setting up a Group Call .................................................. 53
10.6.2 T ransmitting a Group Call .............................................. 55
10.6.3 Receiving a Group Call .................................................. 57
10.6.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer ................................... 58
10.7 POSITION REQUEST ...............................................................59
10.7.1 T ransmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel .......59
10.7.2 Receiving a Position Request ........................................ 61
10.7.3 Manual Input of Position Information ............................. 61
10.7.4 Setting up a Position Request Ringer ............................ 62
10.8 POSITION REPORT ..................................................................63
10.8.1 T ransmitting a DSC Position Report Call ....................... 63
10.8.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ........................... 65
10.8.3 Navigating to the Reported Position .............................. 65
10.8.4 Saving the Reported Position as a Waypoint .................66
10.8.5 Setting up a Position Report Ringer ............................... 67
10.9 POLLING CALL .......................................................................... 68
10.9.1 T ransmitting a Polling Call to a V essel ........................... 68
10.9.2 Receiving a Polling Call ................................................. 69
10.10 AUTO POS POLLING ................................................................ 70
10.10.1 Setting up the Polling Operation .................................. 70
10.10.2 Setting up the Polling Time Interval .............................70
10.10.3 Selecting V essels to be Automatically Polled ............... 71
10.10.4 Enabling/Disabling Auto POS Polling ........................... 72
10.1 1 DSC TEST ................................................................................. 73
10.1 1.1 Programming MMSI into Individual Directory ............... 73
10.1 1.2 Transmitting a DSC T est to Another V essel.................. 73
10.1 1.3 Receiving a DSC T est Call ........................................... 74
10.12 DSC LOG OPERA TION ............................................................. 75
10.12.1 Reviewing and Resending a
T ransmitted Logged Call ........ 75
10.12.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC Distress Call ....................... 76
10.12.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls .................................... 76
10.12.4 Deleting Logged Calls from the DSC Log Directory ..... 77
10.13 DSC LOOP BACK OPERA TION ................................................ 78
1 1 NA VIGA TION ........................................................................................ 79
1 1.1 WA YPOINT OPERA TION .......................................................... 79
1 1.1.1 Starting and Stopping Navigation ................................... 79
1 1.1.2 Setting Up Waypoint Directory ....................................... 81
1 1.1.3 Selecting the Display Range .......................................... 85
1 1.1.4 Selecting the Arrival Range ............................................85
1 1.2 ROUTING OPERA TION............................................................. 86
1 1.2.1 Setting Up Routing Directory .......................................... 86
1 1.2.2 Starting and Stopping Route Navigation ........................ 88
1 1.2.3 Changing the Destination ............................................... 89
1 1.2.4 Selecting Automatic or Manual Routing .........................89