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Owner’s Manual
GX2355S
6.7
MariTEL DSC TELEPHONE CALL
DSC telephone function allows the user to transmit and receive DSC
telephone calls automatically from ship to a shore based telephone (MariTel)
coast station, or from a shore based telephone to your vessel. The
S has a telephone directory similar to a cellular phone. Phone
numbers have to be preprogrammed into to the memory of the radio before
this function will operate properly. See section 7.6 Telephone ID setup.
6.7.1
Sending a Ship to Shore Call
1. Press the
CALL/SET
key.
The DSC CALLING menu will appear.
2. Turn the
Channel Selector
knob to select
TELEPHONE.
3. Press the
CALL/SET
key.
4. Turn the
Channel Selector
knob to select
telephone name you want to contact.
5. Press the
CALL/SET
key.
When the Telephone call signal is sent, the dot-
matrix area of the LCD will be as shown in the
illustration on the left.
6. When the transceiver receives the telephone
call starting signal, the channel is switched to
telephone call channel and the alarm will sound.
If you receive no acknowledgment signal, refer
to 6.7.3 Resend Telephone Call Signal. If you
receive Busy signal, refer to 6.7.4 Resend
Telephone Call When Receive Busy Signal.
7. To end Telephone Call, press the
CALL/SET
key.
8. When the transceiver has received the telephone
call ending signal, the transceiver is switched to
the previous channel and the elapsed time will be
shown as the illustration on the left.
If no elapsed time data is received, “– – : – – : – –”
will be shown.
INDIVIDUAL
A
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
>TELEPHONE
TOM
>MIKE
BOB
DICK
A
>INDIVIDUAL
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
TELEPHONE
A
HI USA
TELEPHONE
MIKE
>
END CALL
TX HI USA
TELEPHONE
MIKE
TELEPHONE
CALL FINISHED
ELPSD TIME
00 : 03 : 25
TELEPHONE
CALL FINISHED
ELPSD TIME
-- : -- : --
TX HI USA
TELEPHONE
MIKE
TX HI USA
MIKE
WAITING
