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PANEL DESCRIPTION
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Controller (RC-25GMDSS)
q
DISTRESS SWITCH [DISTRESS]
(p. 18)
Push and hold for 5 sec. (approx.) to make a dis-
tress call.
w
CALL SWITCH [CALL]
Push and hold for 1 sec. to start calling after DSC
contents are setup.
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CANCEL SWITCH [CANCEL]
Cancels a distress or DSC repeat call.
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HEADPHONE JACK [
]
Accepts headphones.
• Output power: 2.5 mW with a 16
Ω
load
(stereo/monaural)
t
MICROPHONE CONNECTOR [MIC]
Accepts the supplied or optional microphone.
• See p. 68 for appropriate microphones.
• See p. 65 for microphone connector information.
y
GROUP SELECTOR [GRP]
➥
Selects groups in 20 channel steps and ITU ma-
rine channel groups. (p. 8)
➥
Selects items during quick/initial set mode, etc.
u
CHANNEL SELECTOR [CH]
➥
Selects an operating channel within the selected
channel group such as ITU channels. (p. 8)
• User channels can be selected from 1 to 160 (max.)
in sequence regardless of the channel group.
➥
Changes setting or value of the selected item
during quick/initial set mode, etc.
i
RX/CLARITY SWITCH [RX
CLAR
]
➥
After pushing [
F
], turns the clarity function ON
and OFF. (p. 12)
• [CH] is used for clarity control.
➥
During DSC watch mode, enters RX memory se-
lect screen. (p. 31)
• [CH] is used for distress and other call selection.
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POWER SWITCH [POWER]
➥
Push to turn the power ON.
➥
Push and hold for 1 sec. to turn the power OFF.
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TX/TRANSMIT FREQUENCY SWITCH [TX
TXF
]
➥
After pushing [
F
], displays the transmit fre-
quency, and opens the squelch. Checks and mon-
itors the transmit frequency while holding. (p. 10)
➥
During DSC watch mode, enters TX memory se-
lect screen. (p. 42)
• [CH] is used for memory selection.
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VOLUME CONTROL [VOL]
Adjusts the audio output level.
• Audio does not come from the speaker when:
- The speaker OFF switch is turned ON.
- The squelch function is turned ON and no signal is
being received.
- Pick the handset up with speaker switch “
” position.
(p. 5)
- During DSC watch mode.
DISTRESS
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u
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Function display (pgs. 6, 7)