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5. Press the
soft key, then press the
/
key to select the operating chan-
nel you want to communicate on, then press
the
soft key. If the channel is not
shown in the list, press the
soft key, then
press the
/
key to select the oper-
ating channel you want to communicate on,
then press the
soft key.
6. Press the
soft key to transmit the
individual DSC signal.
7. When an individual call acknowledgment is re-
ceived, the established channel is automatically
changed to the channel selected in step 5 above
and a ringing tone sounds.
8. Press the
soft key to listen to the channel
to make sure it is not busy, then press the micro-
phone’s
PTT
switch and talk into the microphone to the other vessel.
9.5.5.2 Individual Call by Manually Entering a MMSI
You may enter an MMSI number manually to contact another vessel.
1. Press the
key. The “
DSC Menu
” menu will ap-
pear.
2. Confirm “
INDIVIDUAL
” is selected. (To cancel, press
the
soft key.)
3. Press the
soft key.
NOTE
If you have transmitted a Individual call be-
fore, the radio will show the name of the last
person you called as shown in the display at
the right. If this is the case press the
soft key and the following steps.
4. Confirm “
MANUAL
” is selected, then press the
soft key.
5. Press the
/
key to select the first number
of the MMSI which you want to contact, then press
the
soft key to step to the next number.
6. Repeat step 5 to set the MMSI number (nine dig-
its).
7. If a mistake was made entering in the MMSI num-
ber, repeat pressing the
soft key until the wrong number is se-
-Select Intership CH-
06
08
09
10
13
15
QUIT
SELECT
MANUAL
-Select Intership CH-
08
06
09
10
13
15
QUIT
SELECT
MANUAL
Category:Routine
ID:234567890
Name:Horizon
CH: 08
Transmit?
-Individual Call-
QUIT
YES
Category:Routine
ID:234567890
Name:Horizon
CH: 08
Transmiting
-Individual Call-
Category:Routine
ID:234567890
Name:Horizon
CH: 08
Since: 00:25
Waiting for ACK
-Individual Call-
QUIT
Group
All Ships
POS Request
POS Report
Auto POS Polling
-DSC Menu-
INDIVIDUAL
QUIT
SELECT
-Individual Call-
Vertex
Bob
Standard
Sun Light
HORIZON
QUIT
SELECT
NEW ID
-Individual Call-
MANUAL
QUIT
SELECT
Vertex
Horizon
Bob
Standard
Sun Light
-Individual Call-
QUIT
SELECT
BACK
Input MMSI
ID:---------
-Individual Call-
QUIT
SELECT
BACK
Input MMSI
ID:345678901