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TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ........................................................................................................ 4
1
GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 7
1.1
INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 7
2
ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1
PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................... 8
2.2
OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 8
3
ABOUT THIS RADIO ............................................................................................................ 9
3.1
ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ........................................................................... 9
3.2
EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ............................................................................ 9
3.3
CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16) ...................................................... 10
3.4
OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 ............................................................................. 11
3.5
OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 ............................................................................. 11
4
GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................ 12
4.1
RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................ 12
4.2
BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ............................................................................... 12
4.3
CONNECTING A CHART PLOTTER TO THE CD-38 ......................................... 16
4.4
BELT CLIP INSTALLATION REMOVAL ................................................................. 17
5
CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ............................................................................................ 18
6
BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 22
6.1
PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................... 22
6.2
INITIAL SETUP ......................................................................................................... 22
6.3
RECEPTION .............................................................................................................. 22
6.4
TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................................... 23
6.5
DISPLAY MODE SETUP ........................................................................................... 24
6.6
INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA CHANNELS ........................................... 25
6.7
SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 25
6.8
SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 26
6.9
DUAL WATCH ........................................................................................................... 28
6.10
PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS ................................................. 28
6.11
STROBE OPERATION ............................................................................................. 29
7
DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ........................................................................................ 30
7.1
GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 30
7.2
MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ................................................ 30
7.3
DSC DISTRESS ALERT .......................................................................................... 32
7.4
ALL SHIPS CALL ..................................................................................................... 36
7.5
INDIVIDUAL CALL .................................................................................................... 38
7.6
CALL WAITING DIRECTORY .................................................................................. 43
7.7
GROUP CALL ........................................................................................................... 45
7.8
POSITION REQUEST .............................................................................................. 50
7.9
POSITION REPORT ................................................................................................. 55
7.10
GEOGRAPHIC CALL ................................................................................................ 58
7.11
DSC TRANSMISSION TEST ................................................................................... 59
8
RADIO SETUP ..................................................................................................................... 60
8.1
DISPLAY .................................................................................................................... 60
8.2
DIMMER .................................................................................................................... 61
8.3
CONTRAST ............................................................................................................... 61
8.4
LAMP ......................................................................................................................... 62
8.5
PRIORITY CHANNEL ............................................................................................... 62
8.6
SCAN TYPE .............................................................................................................. 63
8.7
SCAN MEMORY ....................................................................................................... 63
8.8
SCAN RESUME ....................................................................................................... 64
8.9
KEY BEEP ................................................................................................................ 64
8.10
CHANNEL NAME ..................................................................................................... 65
8.11
LED SETUP .............................................................................................................. 66
