Standard Horizon HX890, Owner'S Manual

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10.4.5 Receiving an Individual Call
When an individual DSC call is received, the radio will automatically respond
(default setting) to the calling ship, and switch to the requested channel for
voice communications. If you want to see who is calling before replying to the
call, change the Call Reply setting to manual. Refer to section “ 10.4.2 Setting
up the Individual Call Reply
”.
Automatic reply:
1. When an individual call is received, an individual call ringing
alarm sounds.
The radio automatically switches to the requested channel.
The display shows the MMSI of the vessel calling.
RX INDIVIDUAL
Yaesu
366901235
CATEG:
ROUTINE
CH:
06
SINCE:
00:15
STOP ALARM
Connected
RX INDIVIDUAL
Yaesu
366901235
Connected
CATEG:
ROUTINE
CH:
06
SINCE: 00:15
RESEND QUIT
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Monitor the requested channel until the message is
completed.
Press the
PTT
button and talk into the microphone to
respond to the calling
4. Press the [ QUIT ] soft key to return the transceiver to normal
operation.
Manual reply:
1. When an individual call is received, an indi-
vidual call ringing alarm sounds.
The display shows the MMSI of the vessel
transmitting the individual call.
RX INDIVIDUAL
Yaesu
366901235
CATEG:
ROUTINE
CH:
06
SINCE:
00:15
STOP ALARM
RX INDIVIDUAL
Yaesu
366901235
CATEG:
ROUTINE
CH:
06
SINCE:
00:15
ACCEPT QUIT PAUSE
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. On the display you will notice 3 soft key selec-
tions. These selections are described below:
ACCEPT : Press this key to accept the DSC individual call and automati-
cally switch to the requested channel.
PAUSE : Press this key to temporarily disable automatic switching to the
requested channel.
Note : In some cases, automatically switching to a requested
channel might disrupt important ongoing communications. This
feature allows commercial users to suspend channel switching
and continue communications on the working channel selected
before the individual call was received.
QUIT : Press this key to quit the automatic channel switching and revert
to the last selected working channel.
Note : If a key is not pressed within 30 seconds, the radio will
automatically revert to normal operation.