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Distress Call, see page ii. Contents, see page 1.

SAILOR

A1 Basic VHF

Operating Instructions

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Summary of Contents for A1 VHF-DSC

Page 1: ...Distress Call see page ii Contents see page 1 SAILOR A1 Basic VHF Operating Instructions ...

Page 2: ...ess Pressing PTT say MAYDAY This is the 9 digit identity and the call sign or other identification of the ship The ship s position The nature of distress and assistance wanted any other information which might facilitate the rescue OVER Release PTT and listen for answer 16 1 10 03 MEM VOL SQ Press Release ...

Page 3: ...r 17 Microphone 18 PTT key 19 25W key US versions only Abbreviations Used in this Manual ADDR Address ATIS Automatic Transmitter Identification System BI Channel Mode used when sailing on European rivers details on p 7 CU Control Unit DSC Digital Selective Calling DUP Duplex DW Dual Watch GMDSS Global Maritime Distress and Safety System GPS Global Positioning System LF Low Frequency MEM Memory MMS...

Page 4: ...cially and will continue to supply top quality equipment for global communication in the years to come S P Radio s experience in maritime safety and communication is extensive the company has built as many as 250 000 VHF units mainly for the professional market One of the main reasons for this huge success is continual product development which makes it possible for us to offer products that are t...

Page 5: ... 5 Squelch Control 5 Setting the Volume Level 6 Muting the Speaker 6 Setting Transmitter Power Level 6 Dimmer Function 6 Full Operation 7 Full VHF Telephony Operation 7 Setting Channel Mode 7 Setting International US Channel Mode 7 Setting International BI Channel Mode 7 25W Transmitter Power Level 7 Setting Memory Scan Table 8 Scanning of Channels 8 Dual Watch 10 Keyboard Lock 11 Intercom 11 Func...

Page 6: ...key Turns the handset on or off 16 key Selects TELEPHONY mode and channel 16 Function menu Enters the function menu to set up the handset and system If function menu is active it enters VHF telephony mode After 5 minutes of inactivity the handset will resume in telephony mode by default ...

Page 7: ...t 1 second Basic Telephony Operation To activate the VHF functions if not active press the key 16 Listening for Telephony Calls According to international rules all ships shall monitor channel 16 constantly 1 Select channel 16 by pressing 2 Set the squelch level by means of the buttons a Step down squelch level until noise is heard on free channel b Then step up to the first level where just silen...

Page 8: ...6 1 08 02 MEM VOL SQ 74 1 08 02 MEM VOL SQ Press Release Receiving a Telephony Call When a call comes in and your call name is heard in the loud speaker 1 Hook off the handset 2 Press the PTT key on the handset 3 To answer the call say The name of the calling station This is Your station name 4 To suggest channel say Channel suggested channel number 5 Say over and release the PTT key to let the ca...

Page 9: ... down starting point is displayed channel Push The next channel function is active until the key is released again toggling through the channels as long as pushed Quick select key Press the key 16 1 10 03 MEM VOL SQ P23 0 09 01 MEM VOL SQ 71 0 10 03 MEM VOL SQ 71 0 09 01 MEM VOL SQ Squelch Control Manual squelch level setting Set the squelch sensitivity of the receiver by buttons Press for more th...

Page 10: ...matically until the volume limit is reached 6 1 10 01 MEM VOL SQ Muting the Speaker If the speaker is active the handset automatically mutes the speaker when the PTT is pressed and then reactivates the speaker when the PTT is released The speaker icon on the display shows the speaker state Speaker active To mute the speaker press Speaker muted To reactivate the speaker press Setting Transmitter Po...

Page 11: ...ode Setting International BI Channel Mode If your VHF features the choice of international BI mode switching between those two sets of channels is done by pressing the key When BI mode is selected the yellow BI indicator lamp is lit Otherwise the radio is in international mode When BI mode is selected ATIS is activated automatically 25W Transmitter Power Level NB For US channels 13 and 67 If the V...

Page 12: ...y Scan Table The VHF 4000 system has eight independent sets of memory tables to save channels for making scanning sessions Each memory table may contain all channels available in the system To distinguish between the tables each table has a number 0 7 and to each number can be attached a name of maximum seven characters To attach a name to a scan table enter the function menu The scan table number...

Page 13: ...display will show the message mem empty 6 7 09 16 MEM VOL P CH If scanning is in progress and a signal is detected on eg channel 6 the display changes to show the selected channel number and volume level When a priority scanning is in progress channel 16 is scanned once for every channel scanned in the scan table Channel 16 cannot be deleted or excluded while a scanning is in progress To add a cha...

Page 14: ...en a dual watch is in progress it can be terminated in three ways 1 Press 2 Push PTT The system resumes VHF on the selected channel 6 and starts transmitting 3 Push The system resumes VHF on the quick select channel normally 16 6 1 08 04 MEM VOL SQ 6 1 08 16 MEM VOL P CH DW 16 1 08 04 MEM VOL SQ To view contents of channels in a scan table Viewing which channels a specific scan table contains can ...

Page 15: ...el 16 selected 6 1 08 04 MEM VOL SQ 16 1 08 04 MEM VOL SQ 6 1 08 04 MEM VOL SQ Intercom If your VHF system has more than one control unit it is possible to carry out an intercom between two control units When the intercom feature is used the handset will perform as follows Initiating an intercom from the handset to another control unit To call another control unit 1 Press This display indicates th...

Page 16: ...ers normal VHF operation Receiving an intercom attempt from another control unit When an intercom is attempted from another control unit to the handset this will act as illustrated in the following example where the caller has location number 3 1 Receiving an intercom The display toggles CALLING and the NAME of the caller A ringing tone is heard in the speaker 2 To answer the intercom hook off han...

Page 17: ...To change option Y N b To change single numeric value up or downwards until limit 2 a To save select item setting entering the next item too b To move one step to the right in an item with more inputs 3 a To reenter the function menu press for 1 second b To delete the character to the left of the cursor moving one step to the left in an item ___ TELEPHONY FUNC 4 a To enter an alphanumeric characte...

Page 18: ...eep every time a key is pressed 1 Enters the function menu 2 Pushed twice finds the general entry 3 Enters the entry 4 Finds the entry 5 Enters the sound entry 6 Pushed twice finds the entry 7 Enters keyboard entry 8 Edits item Y es N o When Y es 9 Selects the setting and reenters the function menu To activate the new settings turn the handset off and then on again ___ GENERAL FUNC ___ ILLUMIN FUN...

Page 19: ...L SOUND EARPIECE NORM 0 15 Earpiece normal volume level when handset is turned on GENERAL SOUND EARPIECE NORM ALARM 0 15 Earpiece alarm volume level when receiving DSC call or intercom GENERAL SOUND LOUDSPEAK NORM 0 15 Speaker normal volume level when handset is turned on GENERAL SOUND LOUDSPEAK NORM ALARM 0 15 Speaker alarm volume level when receiving DSC call or intercom GENERAL SOUND LOUDSPEAK ...

Page 20: ...16 The dimmer start direction can be set up in three different ways Start direction 0 Start direction 1 Start direction 2 ...

Page 21: ...lay Levl_0 X Levl_1 X Levl_2 X Levl_3 X Dimmer D_levl X D_dir X Keyboard Secs XX D_levl X Sound Earpiece Norm XX Alarm XX Loudspeak Norm XX Alarm XX Extspk X Ho spk X Keyboard Beep X Sidetone St att X Version Handset Software XXXXXX Serial no XXXXXXXX Transceiv Software XXXXXX Serial no XXXXXXXX Service Code XXX Bus setup Handset Loc_No X Name XXX Telephony Ch_Mode Inputs X ...

Page 22: ...he display shows the menu item When a control unit is master of the system the other control units if in VHF mode show the following display to indicate that the transceiver is in use by another control unit If the other control units function menus are active the display will show the menu item as usual Getting the MASTER priority in the system To operate the transmitter the handset has to be mas...

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