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5.3.3 

Receiving a Distress Relay Call 

When a Distress Relay Call is received, the Base Station 
automatically tunes to Channel 16, and the Distress Alarm 
Tone sounds. Pressing any key disables the alarm. The call 
data is stored in the distress log 
When position data is included within the signal, it is displayed 
in the Text Area of the LCD.  

You must continue to monitor channel 16 as a coast station 
may require assistance in any rescue attempt 

 
 
 
 
 
 
5.3.4 

RECEIVING AN ALL SHIPS CALL 

When an All Ships Call is received, the Alarm Tone Sounds, 
the radio automatically tune to the designated Channel, and 
press any key to disable the alarm.  

You must continue to monitor the channel so as to receiver the 
voice communication. 

The call date is stored in the call log 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5.3.5 

RECEIVING AN GROUP CALL 

When a group Call are received , the Alarm Tone Sounds, the 
radio automatically tune to the designated Channel, and Press 
any key to disable the alarm.  

Monitor the traffic channel for an announcement from the 
calling ship. 

The call date is stored in the CALL LOG 

 

 

 

 

5.3.6  

RECEIVING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL 

When an Individual call are received, the Alarm Tone Sounds 
The radio automatically tunes to the channel designated in the 
DSC signal,  

The MMSI contained within the signal are displayed on the 
Text Area of the display. If the MMSI correlates to an MMSI 
stored in the Buddy List, the corresponding name is displayed 
in place of the MMSI. 

The DSC signal data is stored in the Call Log.  

 

5.3.7  

RECEIVING A “POSITION RELAY” CALL 

 When “Position Reply” received, the Alert tone sound and the 
“POS Received” message on 1

st

 line and display the sender 

GPS data. 

Last Rx call information is stored in the position of menu “LAST 
RX” 

5.3.8  

RECEIVING A GEOGRAPHIC AREA CALL 

A GEOGRAPHIC AREA CALL are received by vessels by 
within a specific geographical boundary area. 

When you receive notification of a geographical call, press any 
key to cancel the alert. The radio automatically selects the 
channel designated in the incoming call. The time and the user 
MMSID are displayed on the screen and the call date is stored 
in the call log 

RCV:DSTR RLY 
ID987654321 
 SINKING 
12: 45UTC

RCV:DSTRRLY 
ID0987654321 
21’09.1011N 
120’20.0111E  

RCV GROUP
 FINISHER 
ID0987654322

DSTRESS ACK 
 ID0084532178 
21’09.1011N 
120’20.0111E  

DSTRESS ACK
 ID0084532178 
SINKING 
120’20.0111E  

ALL SHIPS 
 URGENCY 
ID0987654322 

ALL SHIPS 
 SAFETY 
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Summary of Contents for VHF255S-DSC

Page 1: ...lled and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications and human body Never transmit before you make sure the antenna is properly located This device...

Page 2: ...ECEIVER DSC CALL 24 5 3 1 RECEIVER A DISTRESS CALL 24 5 3 2 RECEIVING A DISTRESS ACK FROM A COAST STATION 24 5 3 3 RECEIVER DISTRESS RELAY CALL 25 5 3 4 RECEIVING AN ALL SHIPS CALL 25 5 3 5 RECEIVING...

Page 3: ...th Japanese Industry Standard level 7 25 watts high output power allows you make contact with others in a long distance of marine communication and 1watt low power for short distance Separate 169butto...

Page 4: ...into the channel of priority DISTRESS This button is used to send a signal of distress in case of emergency See DSC Operation for details of sending the call This button is cover by a spring cover Th...

Page 5: ...MBOL MEANINGS HI LO Transmission power High HI 25W or Low LO 1W Indicates an incoming DSC call or blank to notify you of any unread call log messages TX Indicate that the radio is Transmitting RX Indi...

Page 6: ...ference caused by the speaker magnet in your radio during their operation Provides accessibility to the front panel controls Allows connection to a power supply and an antenna Has free space nearby fo...

Page 7: ...Insert the four fixing screws and fasten them with a Philip screw driver with attention not to screw too tightly 8 Mount the base station onto the bracket with notice of the matching of the protuberan...

Page 8: ...l 6 Press Hi Lo key to select high power or lower power 7 Press the PTT Push To Talk button on the handset to make the radio into transmission mode the TX indicator on LCD is displayed 8 Speak clearly...

Page 9: ...ls delete 1 Delete the channel from the MEM list at Normal mode Select the target channel with icon ON Press and hold the BAND SAVE key till the icon turn OFF The target channel will then be deleted o...

Page 10: ...like a telephone number to selectively call other vessels Refer to section 6 12 USER MMSI ENTRY 5 1 2 HOW CAN I OBTAIN A MMSI ASSIGNMENT Contact your dealer or techsolic WRANING This radio is designed...

Page 11: ...n 3 seconds until you see the distress call sent message on the screen the whole display screen to flash and beep loudly 5 If DISTRESS button is released before 3 seconds the initiation of distress ca...

Page 12: ...3 Then rotate the CH knob to select the working channel and press the CH knob to accept select Only in the case of a call to a ship it is permitted to enter a talk channel a call to a coast station t...

Page 13: ...5 6 1 5 2 72 POP REPLY The position relay can to send your position to another radio with this feature Your radio must have an operating GPS receiver connected to be used to send to the position POS r...

Page 14: ...LL 1 When an Individual call are received the Alarm Tone Sounds The radio automatically tunes to the channel designated in the DSC signal 2 The MMSI contained within the signal are displayed on the Te...

Page 15: ...S Date During Set Up operation TX and RX are disabled 6 3 Buddy List The Buddy List can store up to 20 entries with Name and MMSID User can add edit or delete the record from the list under this subme...

Page 16: ...ata is display on the LCD when there is no valid position information NO GPS appears 6 7 1 Manual Enter GPS Date If no GPS data is available the NO GPS icon appears and POS DATA REQ is displayed with...

Page 17: ...4 items that user can alter settings 6 8 1 CHANNEL NAME display and EDITING To set a channel name to ON or blank on the first line Maximum of 12 characters could be set for channel name a channel name...

Page 18: ...er your user MMSID first then you can access the DSC functions 1 Select DSC SETUP then USER MMSID and press the CH knob If an existing MMSID is stored the values appear 2 If the MMSID is blank a dashe...

Page 19: ...DIT or DELETE item 3 Select DELETE and press the CH knob will display DELETE GROUP menu arrow point the YES then press the CH knob to empty the group and return to the USER GROUP screen The LCD displa...

Page 20: ...CH knob to confirm and return to the menu manual 6 10 RESET This feature resets every setting to the factory defaults except USER MMSI and BUDDY LIST GROUP MMSID 1 Select RESET press CH key the radios...

Page 21: ...n Check the connection to the base station Check the volume control 2 No sound comes from the speaker Set VOL to a suitable level Set squelch to the threshold point 3 Transmitting is impossible or hig...

Page 22: ...50 161 950 D 27 127 350 161 950 D 28 157 400 162 000 D 28 157 400 162 000 D 60A 156 025 156 025 S 60 156 025 160 625 D 61A 156 075 156 075 S 61 156 075 160 675 D 62A 156 125 156 125 S 62 156 125 160 7...

Page 23: ...5B RX only 161 850 26 157 300 161 900 D 27 157 350 161 950 D 28 157 400 162 000 D CH FREQUENCY MHz TX RX MODE REMARK 28B RX only 162 000 60 156 025 160 625 D 61A 156 075 156 075 S 62A 156 125 156 125...

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