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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD...............................................................i
IMPORTANT ............................................................. i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS .......................................... i
PRECAUTIONS ........................................................ i
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY .....................................ii
TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................... iii
1 OPERATING RULES AND GUIDELINES ........... 1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ................................... 2–7
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Controller (RC-25GMDSS) .............................. 2
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Main unit ........................................................... 4
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Handset (HS-98) .............................................. 5
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LCD screen ...................................................... 6
3 SELECTING A CHANNEL/FREQUENCY ...... 8–9
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Selecting a channel .......................................... 8
4 RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT ........................ 10–12
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Basic voice transmit and receive .................. 10
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Function for transmit ...................................... 10
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Functions for receive ...................................... 11
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FSK operation ................................................ 12
5 CHANNEL NAME PROGRAMMING ................ 13
6 FREQUENCY PROGRAMMING ................ 14–15
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Frequency selection ....................................... 14
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Programming a frequency .............................. 15
7 DSC PREPARATION .................................. 16–17
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MMSI code programming ............................... 16
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Position and time programming ..................... 17
8 CALL PROCEDURE ................................... 18–29
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Distress call .................................................... 18
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Individual call ................................................. 20
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Group call ....................................................... 22
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Geographical call ........................................... 24
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Semi/Auto (telephone) call ............................. 26
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Position request call ....................................... 28
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Test call .......................................................... 29
9 WHEN RECEIVING A CALL ...................... 30–41
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To receive a DSC call ..................................... 30
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Received information ..................................... 31
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Deleting a memory ......................................... 31
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Distress call .................................................... 32
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Distress acknowledgement call ...................... 34
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Distress relay call ........................................... 35
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Polling call ...................................................... 36
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Semi/Auto (telephone) call ............................. 37
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Group call ....................................................... 38
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Geographical area call ................................... 38
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Position request call ....................................... 39
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Individual call ................................................. 40
10 MEMORY OPERATION .................................... 42
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Memory description ........................................ 42
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Memory writing ............................................... 42
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Memory reading/transmitting/deleting ............ 42
11 DSC MENU OPERATION ........................... 43–46
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General .......................................................... 43
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ID input ........................................................... 43
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Frequency input ............................................. 44
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Verifying self-ID .............................................. 45
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Self testing ..................................................... 45
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Telephone number input ................................ 45
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Memory reading/deleting ............................... 46
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Printing out the DSC memory contents .......... 46
12 SET MODE ................................................. 47–52
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Quick set mode .............................................. 47
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Initial set mode ............................................... 48
13 CONNECTION AND INSTALLATION ........ 53–66
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Supplied accessories ..................................... 53
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Basic connections ...........................................54
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Advanced connections ................................... 55
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Ground connection ......................................... 56
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Power source ................................................. 57
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Antenna .......................................................... 58
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Mounting ........................................................ 59
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Using the optional MB-108 ............................. 61
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Using the optional MB-75 ............................... 62
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Transceiver dimensions ................................. 63
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Fuse replacement .......................................... 64
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Connector information .................................... 65
14 SPECIFICATIONS ............................................ 67
15 OPTIONS .......................................................... 68
16 TEMPLATE ................................................. 69–72
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Remote controller (RC-25GMDSS) ................ 69
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Speaker (SP-24E) .......................................... 71
17 ANTENNA AND GROUNDING
CONSIDERATIONS ................................... 73–75
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