3. To cancel standby and return to the mode your radio was in, press any button.
Disabling Automatic Channel Switching
If you are involved in a bridge-to-bridge call, you may not want the radio to automatically switch channels when it receives a DSC call.
In cases like this, you can disable automatic channel switching. If you receive an individual call, the radio will respond with an
unattended code, just as if the radio were in Standby.
1. Press and hold
CALL-MENU
to display the normal menu.
2. Select
Setup
and then
Auto CH SW
.
3. Choose
Off
and press
ENT-1W/25W
. The radio will not automatically switch channels until you reactivate this feature.
NOTE: Use this feature with caution. Deactivating automatic switching and then forgetting it can make it hard for you to receive
DSC calls.
If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a message icon (
). You will be able to review who has called. The
radio displays the last 10 distress calls and the last 20 non-distress calls it received (see the receive log on page 17).
Renaming Channels
If you discover that a marine radio channel has a different common name in your local area, you can change the name of that
channel to make it easier for you to use (see the channel lists beginning on page 30 for the default channel names). To rename a
channel, follow the steps below:
1. Display the normal menu and choose the
Setup
sub-menu.
2. Select
Channel Name
. The screen displays the list of channels.
3. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to choose the channel you want to change and press
ENT-1W/25W
.
4. Select
Rename
to enter a new name for this channel. The radio prompts you to enter a new name for this channel. Each name
can be up to 12 characters. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to change the first character.
5. When the first character is correct, press
ENT-1W/25W
. The cursor moves to the next character. Enter the remaining 11
characters of the name. If the name is shorter than 12 characters, press and hold
ENT-1W/25W
to complete the name entry.
If you make a mistake while entering a number, press
CLR-SCAN
to erase the wrong number and the cursor is moved to the
left digit.
6. When you finish entering the name, the radio displays the new channel name and asks you to confirm. To save this new chan-
nel name, select
Yes
; to cancel the change, select
No
. The radio returns to the channel list.
7. To restore a channel back to its original name, select the channel and choose
Default
.
8. When you are satisfied with the channel list, select
Exit
to close the menu screen.
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