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Soft Keys
The 3 programmable soft keys can be customized by the SETUP menu
(see the section “
10.1.7 SOFT KEYS
”). When one of the soft keys is
pressed briefly, the functions will appear above each key on the display.
The factory defaults are Key 1:
CH/WX
, Key 2:
SCAN
, Key 3:
SCAN MEM
,
Key 4:
PRESET
and Key 5:
GPS STATUS
function.
Appropriate functions are automatically assigned to these keys during
the menu and the DSC operations.
H/L Key
Press this key to toggle the transmit output power between 25 W (High)
and 1 W (Low) power. When the H
/L
key is pressed while the transceiver
is on channel 13 or 67, the power will temporarily switch from LO to HI
power until the
PTT
is released.
The H
/L
key does not function on transmit inhibited and low power only
channels.
CLR Key
Immediately recalls the previous selected working channel during the
DSC operation and other menu operations.
16/S
Key
Immediately recalls channel 16 from any channel location and automati-
cally selects high power. Pressing and holding this key recalls sub
channel. Pressing the
16/S
key again reverts to the previous selected
working channel.
MENU
Key
Press this key to access the menu list. The “
DSC
”, “
GPS
”, “
MMSI/POS
INFO
”, and “
SETUP
” functions can be accessed from the menu.
NOTE
DISTRESS Key
Used to send a DSC Distress Call. To send the distress call refer to
section “
9.3.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert
”.
Before the “
DSC
” menu can be selected an MMSI must be entered.
Refer to section “
9.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY
(
MMSI
).”