Chapter 3: General Operations
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6. (LOCAL) Local/Distant Mode
Indicates the radio is in Local Reception mode, which decreases receiver
sensitivity in high traffic areas to decrease unwanted reception.
7. (FAV123) Favorite Channel
Indicates which of the three (3) Favorite Channel banks is currently selected. Each
bank displays a different favorite channel that you have assigned for each of the 3
soft key labels at the bottom of the LCD. This gives you a total of 9 favorite
channels that you can jump to at the press of a key.
8.
Automatic Channel Changing Blocked
Indicates that your radio will not automatically switch to the channel requested
by an incoming DSC call but rather will prompt you to manually accept or decline
the channel change request. Applies to Distress and All Ships Urgency calls only.
This feature is controlled by the DSC Setup menu item AUTO CH CHG described on
page 98. By default, this icon is off, meaning that auto channel changing is active.
9. GPS
Indicates that positional data is available from your GPS.
10. DSC
Call
When flashing, indicates that the radio has received a DSC Call. Details of the call
can be viewed in the associated log. See “Received Calls (Logs)” on page 94. The
icon disappears when the call is accepted, the call is rejected, or the associated
message is viewed in the log.
11. Weather
Alert
Indicates that the radio is monitoring for weather alert broadcasts. US and
Canada only.
12. Dot Matrix Display
Indicates radio functions, GPS position data or special conditions, depending on
the situation. The screen is different when sending/receiving a DSC Call (see
Chapter 5) or setting up a Menu item (see Chapter 4).
13. (MAN) Manual Position Data
Indicates position data is not from GPS but rather has been entered manually.