Raymarine RAY63, Installation And Operation Instruction Manual

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11.7 Position requests
The radio can request position information from any station capable of responding to the request.
Position requests can be sent to any contact stored in the
Phonebook or by manually inputting
the station’s MMSI number.
When connected to a Raymarine® multifunction display (MFD) the position data from the request
can also be display in the Chart app.
Making a position request
You can request the position of another station.
From the
Position Request menu: Menu > DSC Calls > Position Request .
1. Select Phonebook to request the position of a contact saved in your Phonebook, or
2. Select Recent Calls to request the position of a contact that you have called recently, or
3. Select Enter MMSI to manually enter the MMSI number of the station that you want to request
the position of.
4. Select a contact or enter an MMSI manually and press the OK button.
The position request is sent. When a response is received the position of the contact is displayed.
Responding to a position request
With a Position request displayed:
1. Select
Send position to respond with your current location, or
2. Select Cancel to ignore the request.
3. If the position reply is set to manual then select SEND to send the position report.
4. Select OK to resume normal operation.
If the Position requests setting, found in the GPS set-up menu is set to Auto accept then the
response is sent automatically.
Setting automatic response to position requests
You can configure your radio to respond to incoming position requests automatically.
From the
DSC set-up menu: Menu > Set-up > DSC set-up
1. Select Position requests to switch between Manual accept (default) and Auto accept.
11.8 Phonebook
The Phonebook can be used to save up to 100 contacts.
You can add, edit and delete contacts stored in the Phonebook.
Adding a Phonebook entry
You can save contacts in the Phonebook by entering their MMSI and assigning a name to the contact.
From the
DSC Calls menu: Menu > DSC Calls .
1. Select Phonebook .
2. Select Add new .
3. Select the type of contact.
• Vessel
• Group
• Coast station
4. Use the Rotary knob or the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons on a Raymic handset to
cycle through the available numbers and press OK to confirm and move to the next digit.
5. Press the OK button to confirm the MMSI.
6. Use the Rotary knob or the Channel Up and Channel Down buttons on a Raymic handset to
cycle through the available characters and press OK to confirm and move to the next character.
The maximum length for contact names is 10 characters.
Digital selective calling (DSC)
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