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BASIC OPERATION
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Receiving and transmitting
CAUTION:
Transmitting without an antenna will damage
the transceiver.
q
Push
[POWER]
to turn power ON.
w
Set the audio and squelch levels.
➥
Rotate
[SQL]
fully counterclockwise in advance.
➥
Rotate
[VOL]
to adjust the audio output level.
➥
Rotate
[SQL]
clockwise until the noise disappears.
e
While pushing and holding
[H/L]
, push
[DIAL]
several
times to change the channel group. (p. 8)
r
Rotate
[SELECTOR]
to select a channel. (pgs. 6, 7, 57)
• Pushing the keypad or
[
Y
Y
]
/
[
Z
Z
]
on the microphone also selects a
channel.
• When receiving a signal, “
B
BU
US
SY
Y
” appears and audio is emitted
from the speaker.
• Further adjustment of
[VOL]
may be necessary.
t
Push
[H/L]
to select the output power if necessary.
• “
2
25
5W
W
” or “
1
1W
W
” appears when high or low power is selected, re-
spectively.
• Choose low power for short range communications, choose high
power for longer distance communications.
• Some channels are for low power only.
y
Push and hold
[PTT]
to transmit, then speak into the mi-
crophone.
• “
T
TX
X
” appears.
• Channel 70 cannot be used for transmission other than DSC.
u
Release
[PTT]
to receive.
IMPORTANT:
To maximize the readability of your trans-
mitted signal, pause a few sec. after pushing
[PTT]
, hold
the microphone 5 to 10 cm from your mouth and speak at
a normal voice level.
✔
NOTE for TOT (Time-out Timer) function
The TOT function inhibits continuous transmission over a pre-
set time period after the transmission starts.
A beep sounds 10 sec. before the TOT function activates, to
indicate the transmission will be shut down and “
T
TO
OT
T
” ap-
pears on the channel comment indicator. Transmission is not
possible for 10 sec. after this transmission shut down.
VOL
iM603
VHF MARINE
MIC
C
16
SQL
Microphone
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