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You may turn off the ringing tone, if you desired.
1. Press and hold down the [
CALL
(
MENU
)] key until
“
Radio Setup
” menu appear.
2. Turn the
CHANNEL
selector knob to select “
DSC
Setup
” menu.
3. Press the [
ENT
] key, then select “
DSC Beep
” with the
CHANNEL
selector knob.
4. Press the [
ENT
] key.
5. Turn the
CHANNEL
selector knob to select “
Individual
”
if you wish to disable the Individual Call ringer, or
“
Group
” if you wish to disable the Group Call ringer.
6. Turn the
CHANNEL
selector knob to select “
Off
.”
7. Press the [
ENT
] key to store the selected setting.
8. To exit this menu and return to radio operation mode
press the [
16/9
] key.
If you wish to return to enabling the ringer tone, just re-
peat the above procedure, turning the
CHANNEL
selec-
tor knob to select “
On
” in step “6” above.
9.5.3 Transmitting an Individual Call
This feature allows the user to contact another vessel with a DSC radio. This
feature is similar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting to go to another
channel.
Pre-Programmable Calling
1. Press the [
CALL
(
MENU
)] key. The “
DSC Operation
”
menu will appear.
2. Turn the
CHANNEL
selector knob to select “
Indi-
vidual
.” (To cancel, select “
Exit
” with the
CHANNEL
selector knob or press the [
16/9
] key.)
3. Press the [
ENT
] key. The transceiver will beep, and
the “Individual directory” will appear.
4. Turn the
CHANNEL
selector knob to select the “Indi-
vidual” you want to contact.
5. Press the [
ENT
] key, then turn the
CHANNEL
selec-
tor knob to select the operating channel you want to
communicate on and press the [
ENT
] key.
6. Press the [
ENT
] key again to transmit the individual
DSC signal.
7. After INDIVIDUAL CALL is transmitted, the transceiver will wait 8 seconds
