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IC-M501 

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2.Rear Pan

2.Rear Pan

2.Rear Pan

2.Rear Panel

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USA Model

USA Model

USA Model

USA Model    

1.  NMEA input jack (Pig Tail) 
2.  Speaker output jack (Pig Tail) 
3.  Socket for remote control unit 
4.  DC power cable (Pig Tail) 

Europe Model

Europe Model

Europe Model

Europe Model    

1.  Speaker output jack (Pig Tail) 
2.  Socket for DS-100 (DSC unit) 
3.  DC power cable (Pig Tail) 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Summary of Contents for IC-M501

Page 1: ...IC M501 1 IC M502 Operational Manual Table of contents 1 Front panel layout 2 Rear Panel 3 Radio operation I Display Ii Readout and operation III DSC operation Iv User set mode ...

Page 2: ...IC M501 2 1 Front panel 1 Front panel 1 Front panel 1 Front panel USA Model USA Model USA Model USA Model 16 9 VOL LO DX IC DSC ENT POS SCAN TAG HI LOW DIMMER SQL DISTRESS SP CH WX DW U I C SEL POWER ...

Page 3: ...en 25W and 1W Holding for 1sec No function HI LOW With Holding HI LOW button No function Repress once DSC ENT Selecting DSC call menu and selection Holding for 1sec POS Display LAT LON and time DSC ENT Repress DSC with holding HI LOW button No function Repress once LO DX Turning on off ATT on receiver Holding for 1sec IC Turning on off intercom LO DX Repress LO DX with holding HI LOW button Turnin...

Page 4: ...IC M501 4 Europe Model Europe Model Europe Model Europe Model CALL VOL DIMMER DUAL SCAN TAG HI LOW SQL 16 SP DIAL SEL POWER ...

Page 5: ...tween 25W and 1W Holding for 1sec No function HI LOW With Holding HI LOW button No function Repress once DUAL Start Stop dual or tri watch Holding for 1sec No function DUAL Repress DUAL with holding HI LOW button No function Repress once DIMMER Selecting Dimmer level Holding for 1sec DIMMER No function DIMMER Repress DIMMER with holding HI LOW button Turning on off scrambler Repress once 16 Recall...

Page 6: ...Model USA Model USA Model 1 NMEA input jack Pig Tail 2 Speaker output jack Pig Tail 3 Socket for remote control unit 4 DC power cable Pig Tail Europe Model Europe Model Europe Model Europe Model 1 Speaker output jack Pig Tail 2 Socket for DS 100 DSC unit 3 DC power cable Pig Tail ...

Page 7: ...ncoming receive signals SCAN Blinks during scanning RF output power indicator DUAL WATCH Blinks during dual watch CALL Call channel indicator TRI WACH Blinks during tri watch CAN DUP Shows duplex channel USA SC Scrambler indicator INT LOCAL Receive ATT on WX Low Battery It shows DC voltage is less than 10 V Mode display CH display 7seg It shows current selected CH ALERT WX alert display SP OFF Int...

Page 8: ...IC M501 8 Ii Display and operation 1 Transmit and receive readout 09 CH16 is selected 20 RX with SQL close 20 RX with SQL open 16 20 TX with high power 20 TX with low power CALL CH is selected ...

Page 9: ...adio comes with four different scanning modes Normal scan Normal scan with WX alert Priority scan and Priority scan with WX alert and you may select them from setup mode When you repressed UP or DOWN button the radio will pause scan If you repress UP or DOWN button again the radio will display tagged channels then the radio will resume scanning 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 10: ...n tag the channel and will resume scanning 5 WX channel 6 LAT LON display Holding DSC ENT button for 1 sec will display position Repressing other button will cancel this mode 20 10 10 20 20 20 GPS connected 20 Position error from GPS No GPS receiver is connected Blinks ...

Page 11: ...tead 8 receive attenuator Harbor mode indicator To eliminate interference at harbor you may turns on the attenuator on the receiver 9 low battery indicator LOW BATTERY indicator shows up if supplied DC voltage is less than 10 8V This will warn the operator to let him or her know the low DC supplied voltage to the radio 20 20 20 ...

Page 12: ...tton the radio return to normal mode without accept any change to the CH name For European version repressing CALL button while holding HI LOW button will enter CH name editing mode After in the CH name editing mode you may select cursor position by repressing SCAN button or DIAL button then you may select desired character by main dial knob After you finish editing CH name repress CALL button to ...

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Page 14: ...1sec 2 If the radio is connected no controller the radio will sound error beep and will not accept entering intercom mode 3 If radio is in the intercom mode repressing 16 button will sound call beep from both radio and controller 4 To return to normal mode repress IC button again IC ...

Page 15: ...cy All ships All ships All ships All ships Safety Safety Safety Safety All ships All ships All ships All ships Routine Routine Routine Routine W W W W Geographical Geographical Geographical Geographical All category All category All category All category Individual Individual Individual Individual Distress Distress Distress Distress Individual Individual Individual Individual Urgency Urgency Urgen...

Page 16: ... not receive acknowledgment within 3 5 4 5 minutes the radio will repeat distress call transmission If you want to cancel repeating distress call transmission repress one of button on the front panel If the radio received acknowledgment from coast station the radio sound alarm signals and will switch the channel to CH16 automatically You may stop alarm sound by repressing one of button on the fron...

Page 17: ... 3 Receiving Distress ACK If you received distress acknowledgment for other ship the radio will display Received DISTRESS ACK and will sound alarm signals as well as will switch to CH16 The alarm sound signals can be cancelled by repressing one of button Or the radio will stop alarm sound signals after 2 minutes 4 Receiving Distress Relay ACK 4 Receiving Distress Relay ACK 4 Receiving Distress Rel...

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Page 19: ... radio will exit DSC related menu selection and will return to normal operation Readout DSC Operation INDIVIDUAL Transmitting Individual call INDV ACK Transmitting individual acknowledgement ALL SHIP Transmitting All ship call RCV CALLS Displaying received message DTRS SET Temporal Distress information input SET UP Editing Individual ID EXIT Exit this menu To selecting DSC category rotate main dia...

Page 20: ...lected you may select cursor position by repressing SCAN button or CH WX button then you may select desired character by main dial knob After you finish editing CH name repress DSC ENT button to finish entering individual ID After selected individual ID hold DSC ENT button for 5 seconds to transmit individual call During holding DSC ENT button the radio beeps once a one second After 5seconds the r...

Page 21: ... M501 21 After transmitted Individual call the radio will wait for acknowledgment If the radio received acknowledgment or repressed button on the front panel the radio will back to the user channel 20 70 ...

Page 22: ...ent nowledgement nowledgement When the radio received Individual Call the radio will show display below Also After selecting DSC menu by repressing DSC ENT button and selecting INDV ACK by DSC ENT button the radio will switch to CH70 After selecting desired person repress DSC ENT button Select desired comply option repress DSC ENT button 70 70 20 70 70 ...

Page 23: ...utton for 5seconds the radio will transmit Individual ACK After transmission is completed the radio will back to user channel Readout for Reason reason given Congestion Busy Queue indication Station barred No operator Equipment disable Unable channel Unable mode 70 70 Contents of Reason selection ...

Page 24: ...ly To selecting DSC category rotate main dial to select desired category and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection Foe USA model the radio does not support this unless category selection was turned on by Cloning software After selected individual ID hold DSC ENT button for 5 seconds to transmit individual call During holding DSC ENT button the radio beeps once a one second After 5seconds ...

Page 25: ...ng received message Distress 9 Displaying received message Distress Repress DSC ENT button to show the DSC selection menu Then select RCV CALLS by main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection Select message type with main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection Stored messages are up to 20 message for both Distress and Other 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 26: ...d distress message with main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection Repressed DSC ENT button to display nature of distress message in details IF you want to erase data repress H L button 20 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 27: ...ssage Other 10 Displaying received message Other 10 Displaying received message Other 10 Displaying received message Other Select message type for other with main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection Select desired message with main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection 20 20 Nature of DISTRESS display 20 ...

Page 28: ...owledgement DTRS RL AC Distress relay acknowledgement INDV ACK Individual acknowledgement INDV CALL Individual call Displaying Displaying Displaying Displaying ships call message ships call message ships call message ships call message Repress DSC ENT button to review detail message 20 20 20 Message type display 20 20 ...

Page 29: ...29 Displaying Individual Call message Displaying Individual Call message Displaying Individual Call message Displaying Individual Call message Repress DSC ENT button for reviewing detail message 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 30: ...isplaying Individual acknowledgement message Displaying Individual acknowledgement message Readout Details Unable comply Able comply Readout reason given Congestion Busy Queue indication Station barred No operator Equipment disable Unable channel Unable mode 20 20 20 Displaying Reason Displaying Comply 20 ...

Page 31: ...C M501 31 Displaying Distress Displaying Distress Displaying Distress Displaying Distress acknowledgement acknowledgement acknowledgement acknowledgement message message message message 20 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 32: ...splaying Distress relay acknowledgement message Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message 20 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 33: ...IC M501 33 Displaying Distress relay message Displaying Distress relay message Displaying Distress relay message Displaying Distress relay message 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 34: ...ation input 11 Distress information input Repress DSC ENT button to show the DSC selection menu Then select DTRS SET by main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection Select desired menu with main dial knob and repress DSC ENT button to finish the selection 20 20 20 20 20 ...

Page 35: ... SCAN button or CH WX button then you may select desired number N W S or E by main dial knob After you finish editing position repress DSC ENT button to finish Setting Time You may select cursor position by repressing SCAN button or CH WX button then you may select desired number N W S or E by main dial knob After you finish editing position repress DSC ENT button to finish 20 20 20 ...

Page 36: ...in dial knob and repress DSC ENT to finish ADD ID Adding Individual ID ADD ID Adding Individual ID ADD ID Adding Individual ID ADD ID Adding Individual ID This menu is adding individual ID and to editing this individual Id is as follows You may select cursor position by repressing SCAN button or CH WX button then you may select desired character by main dial knob After you finish editing Individua...

Page 37: ...tored ID the radio will sound error beep and will not show the following screen To erase ID repress H L button If you repress DSC ENT button the contents will not be erased 13 ATIS Reducer ATIS Reducer ATIS Reducer ATIS Reducer When radio received ATIS signals the radio will mite audio Readout for receiving ATIS signals Readout for receiving ATIS signals Readout for receiving ATIS signals Readout ...

Page 38: ... 2 After transmission of distress call the radio will switch to CH16 for voice communication 3 If the DSC terminal does not receive acknowledgment within 3 5 4 5 minutes the radio will switch the channel to CH 70 at 5 seconds before repeating distress call transmission After transmission of repeating distress call the radio will switch back to CH16 Transmitting All ship call 1 When transmitting AL...

Page 39: ...ll the radio will switch the channel to CH16 for voice communication and same time the radio will sound alarm signals Gateway channel can be set by DS 100 if you desired Repressing cancel button on DS 100 will stop alarm sound Receiving Routine and Safety All ships call 1 When the radio received Routine or Safety All Ship call the radio will switch the channel to CH16 for voice communication Gatew...

Page 40: ...OFF Scan Normal Scan Priority Scan WX Alart WX Alart ON OFF Scan Timer Resume after 5sec from pausing scan Resume after 3sec from signal drop Dual watch Dual Watch TRI Watch Time Offset Default 0 Setting Local time from UTC Scrambler Scrambler ON OFF Scrambler code 0 Default 0 Setting scrambler code Internal SP Internal Speaker ON OFF ...

Page 41: ...IC M501 41 Default on n 27 1 1 ...

Page 42: ...ode DSC alignment mode DSC alignment mode DSC alignment mode To enter the DSC alignment mode turning radio while holding HI LOW button CH16 button will select items UP or DOWN button will select desired channel Repressing PTT will transmit with selected items Cycle the radio power to return the normal operation Items Readout Contents DSC 1300Hz 1300Hz single tone Dev 2 6kHz DSC 2100Hz 2100Hz singl...

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