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The radio menus | V20S User Guide
MANUAL
Operator must manually choose to send acknowledgement, as well
as change to requested channel. EU model default.
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Note:
This does not apply for calls types other than ‘Individual’.
Position request acknowledge (“POS ACK”)
The radio can be configured to automatically acknowledge
an incoming position request, require manual intervention to
acknowledge, or simply ignore them:
AUTO
Sends current position automatically to calling radio.
MANUAL
Operator must manually choose to send position information.
OFF
All incoming position requests are ignored.
Auto channel switch (“AUTO SWITCH”)
This setting only relates to All Ships and Group DSC calls.
When a DSC call is received, it may include a request to change
to a specific channel for subsequent communications. With AUTO
SWITCH set to ON, the radio will switch channels after a 10 second
delay. The radio will also display options to switch immediately, or
reject the request and stay on the current channel.
With AUTO SWITCH set to OFF, any channel change request will
require manual confirmation.
Test acknowledge (“TEST ACK”)
The radio can be configured to automatically acknowledge an
incoming test call, or require manual intervention:
MANUAL
Operator must manually choose to send acknowledgement, or
cancel.
AUTO
The DSC test call is automatically acknowledged after a 10 second
delay.