Icom IC-M45EURO, Instruction Manual

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BASIC OPERATION
■
Power ON
➀
Rotate [PWR/VOL] clockwise to turn power ON.
➁
Operate the transceiver as indicated in the following sec-
tions.
D
Low voltage indicator
When “bAT” appears and flashes
as shown at right, there is a DC
power source problem. In this case,
check your vessel’s battery and DC
power cable.
LOW CALL
CANUSA
INT
ALT WX
T X TAG DUAL
SCAN
DUP ACK RCV
TRI
BUSY
All display indications
appear briefly.
Channel 16 is automatically
selected.
INT
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Channel selection
D
Channel 16
Channel 16 is the distress channel. It is used for establishing
initial contact with another station and for emergency com-
munications. Channel 16 is monitored during dual/tri-watch.
While standing by you are required to monitor channel 16.
D
Call channel
The call channel is used to store your most often-used chan-
nel for quick recall. In addition, the call channel is monitored
during tri-watch. The default setting for the call channel is
channel 16* which is for leisure boat use. A separate call
channel can be set for each channel group (USA and INT).
* The default call channel number is depends on version.
USA
Push
16
INT
C
Push
for 1 sec. “CALL” indicates that the
call channel is selected.
16
C
CALL
USA
C C
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