6.12 RECEIVING DSC CALLS .................. 34
6.12.1 Receiving a distress call ............. 34
6.12.2 Receiving a distress relay call .... 35
6.12.3 Receiving an all ships call .......... 35
6.12.4 Receiving a geographical area call .. 35
6.12.5 Receiving an individual call ........ 36
6.12.6. Receiving a position request ...... 36
7.
DSC / RADIO SETUP MODE ............ 37
7.1 SETUP ............................................... 37
7.2 LAMP ADJUSTING ............................ 37
7.3 LCD CONTRAST ............................... 37
7.4 CH NAMING ...................................... 38
7.5 INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORY SETUP (DSC) .. 39
7.6 DSC TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ID INPUT ... 40
7.7 POSITION REQUEST REPLY TYPE ... 41
7.8 VOICE SCRAMBLER ........................ 42
7.9 KEY BEEP (ON OR OFF) ................. 43
7.10 INDIVIDUAL RING ............................. 43
7.11 TIME OFFSET ................................... 44
7.12 USER MMSI INPUT ........................... 45
7.13 GROUP MMSI INPUT ....................... 46
7.14 DSC SCANNING ............................... 47
TO CHANGE DSC SCAN METHOD: ..... 47
8
RAM MIC OPERATION ..................... 48
8.1 R A M M I C C O N T R O L S A N D
CONNECTIONS ................................ 48
8.2 INDICATORS ..................................... 50
8.3 INTERCOM OPERATION ................. 51
8.3.1
Communication ........................... 51
8.3.2
Calling ......................................... 51
9
OPERATING PRACTICES ................ 52
9.1 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ... 52
9.2 C A L L I N G A N O T H E R V E S S E L
(CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ......................... 52
9.3 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ......... 53
9.4 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ... 54
9.5 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ... 54
9.6 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ... 54
9.7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) .. 55
9.7.1
USCG DSC Watch ...................... 55
9.8 M A R I T I M E M O B I L E S E R V I C E
IDENTITY (MMSI) .............................. 55
9.8.1
What is a MMSI? ........................ 55
9.9 USING DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING
FEATURES ........................................ 55
9.9.1
Distress Call ................................ 55
9.9.2
Individual Call ............................. 55
9.9.3
Group Call ................................... 56
9.9.4
Urgency Call ............................... 56
9.9.5
Safety Call ................................... 56
9.9.6
Position request .......................... 56
9.9.7
Telephone Call ............................ 56
9.10 ADDITIONAL DIGITAL SELECTIVE
CALLING INFORMATION ................. 56
9.11 ABOUT VHF RADIO .......................... 56
9.12 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .............. 57
9.13 COAXIAL CABLE .............................. 57
10 MAINTENANCE ................................. 58
10.1 REPLACEMENT PARTS ................... 58
10.2 FACTORY SERVICE ......................... 59
10.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ......... 60
10.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA
OUTPUT ............................................ 61
11. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS .............. 62
12. WARRANTY ....................................... 66
13 SPECIFICATIONS ............................. 69
13.1 GENERAL .......................................... 69
13.2 TRANSMITTER ................................. 69
13.3 RECEIVER ......................................... 69
13.4 DSC .................................................... 70
