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Setting Up a Group MMSI (Marine Mobile Service Identity)
This feature lets you specify a group MMSI. A group MMSI is a code
that represents a group of specific vessels using DSC. When you
specify a group MMSI, you can contact the vessels as a group and
automatically switch to a desired channel.
1.
Press
MENU
briefly.
2.
Press the
PUSH – SEL
knob at
SETUP
. The SETUP menu appears.
3.
Rotate the
PUSH – SEL
knob to
select
GROUP MMSI
.
4.
Press the
PUSH – SEL
knob. The
following screen appears.
5.
Enter the GROUP MMSI code by
rotating the
PUSH – SEL
knob
clockwise to increase the number, or
counterclockwise to decrease it. The
number will be entered when you
press the
PUSH – SEL
knob, and
the blinking digit moves to the right.
6.
When you enter the final digit, a
confirmation screen appears.
Press the
PUSH – SEL
knob. The
VHF600
returns to the following
screen.
68
GROUP MMSI
_________
68
CH TAG
U.I.C
WHAM
GROUP MMSI
68
HI USA
NON COMMERCL
68
DSC CALL
SETUP
SYSTEM
REV CH MEM
68
GROUP MMSI
500049368
YES
NO
68
CH TAG
U.I.C
WHAM
GROUP MMSI
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