Icom MA-500TR Instruction Manual - Page 31

Other Functions

Get Icom MA-500TR PDF manuals and user guides View all Icom MA-500TR manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 31 highlights

5 OTHER FUNCTIONS ■ Message D Receiving a message A safety-related message of up to 161 characters can be received from an AIS equipped vessel in the area. When a message is received, a beep sounds three times, and the message icon appears on the plotter display. (The message icon does not appear on the target list or danger list display.) The contents of the message can be checked in the receive message log, as described to the right. The message icon stays on the plotter display as long as the unread message is stored in the RX log memory. NOTE: The transponder automatically stores the received messages in the RX log memory. (See to the right) Appears Plotter display 1 D Message logs 2 The transponder automatically stores the last 20 received 3 messages in the log memory. The oldest message is automatically deleted when a new 4 message is received. 5 q P ush [MENU] to enter the Menu mode. 6 w P ush [∫] or [√] to select "Message," then push [ENT]. 7 e P ush [∫] or [√] to select "RX Log," then push [ENT]. r P ush [∫] or [√] to select the message that you want to 8 read, then push [ENT]. 9 • The contents of the selected message are displayed. t P ush [CLEAR] to return to the previous screen. 10 y P ush [CLEAR] three times to exit the Menu mode. 11 12 13 14 15 16 23

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
23
5
OTHER FUNCTIONS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
■
Message
D
Receiving a message
A safety-related message of up to 161 characters can be re-
ceived from an AIS equipped vessel in the area.
When a message is received, a beep sounds three times,
and the message icon appears on the plotter display. (The
message icon does not appear on the target list or danger
list display.)
The contents of the message can be checked in the receive
message log, as described to the right.
The message icon stays on the plotter display as long as the
unread message is stored in the RX log memory.
NOTE:
The transponder automatically stores the received
messages in the RX log memory. (See to the right)
Appears
Plotter display
D
Message logs
The transponder automatically stores the last 20 received
messages in the log memory.
The oldest message is automatically deleted when a new
message is received.
q
Push
[MENU]
to enter the Menu mode.
w
Push
[
∫
]
or
[
√
]
to select “Message,” then push
[ENT]
.
e
Push
[
∫
]
or
[
√
]
to select “RX Log,” then push
[ENT]
.
r
Push
[
∫
]
or
[
√
]
to select the message that you want to
read, then push
[ENT]
.
• The contents of the selected message are displayed.
t
Push
[CLEAR]
to return to the previous screen.
y
Push
[CLEAR]
three times to exit the Menu mode.