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What is DSC?

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Turning the key beep on and off Key beep is the tone that sounds when you press a key or a button. To turn off the key beep, press and hold CALL-MENU while the radio is idle. Select System and then Key Beep. Choose OFF to turn off the key beep. Setting the GPS Position Manually If the radio is not receiving valid GPS data, the radio displays Input Position. Follow the steps below to manually input your position. ## NOTE: Be certain any manually-entered position is correct. If you enter the wrong position and then make a DSC distress call, you will be telling the arrows to adjust each of the values in turn. CALL ENT 1W/25W ENT 1W/25W ENT 1W/25W 1. Display the normal menu and choose the Setup sub-menu. 2. Select GPS Setup and then choose Position Set. 3. The GPS manual input screen displays; the fields to be entered blink. The cursor highlights the hour. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to set the displayed hours to match coordinated universal time (UTC, also call Greenwich Mean Time and Zulu Time). When the display matches UTC time, press ENT-1W/25W. If you make a mistake while entering a digit, press CLR-SCAN to erase the wrong number and moved the cursor to the left digit. 4. The cursor moves to highlight the minutes. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to adjust the minutes and press ENT-1W/25W. 5. The cursor moves to highlight the degrees latitude. As you update each value, the cursor moves to the next value in turn. At each number, use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to adjust the number and press ENT-1W/25W. 6. When you have entered the last value, the radio returns to the GPS Setup menu. Using Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Features What is DSC? Digital Selective Calling (DSC) is a standard that allows you to call other stations using their unique identification code (the Maritime Mobile Service Identity or MMSI number), just like you would call a phone number. To call another station, just enter that station's MMSI number and choose the voice channel you want to talk on. The radio uses channel 70 to transmit your MMSI number to the other station along with the voice channel you requested. If the other station accepts your call, both radios automatically switch to the requested voice channel so you can talk to the other station. 14

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Turning the key beep on and off
Key beep is the tone that sounds when you press a key or a button. To turn off the key
beep, press and hold
CALL-MENU
while the radio is idle. Select
System
and then
Key Beep
.
Choose
OFF
to turn off the key beep.
Se°ng the GPS Posi±on Manually
If the radio is not receiving valid GPS data, the radio displays
Input Position
. Follow the
steps below to manually input your position.
#
NOTE: Be certain any manually-entered position is correct. If you enter the wrong position
and then make a DSC distress call, you will be telling the arrows to adjust each of the
values in turn.
CALL
ENT
1W/25W
ENT
1W/25W
ENT
1W/25W
1.
Display the normal menu and choose the Setup sub-menu.
2. Select
GPS Setup
and then choose
Position Set
.
3.
The GPS manual input screen displays; the fields to be entered blink. The cursor
highlights the hour. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to set the displayed hours
to match coordinated universal time (UTC, also call Greenwich Mean Time and
Zulu Time). When the display matches UTC time, press ENT-1W/25W. IF you make
a mistake while entering a digit, press
CLR-SCAN
to erase the wrong number and
moved the cursor to the left digit.
4.
The cursor moves to highlight the minutes. Use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to adjust the minutes and press
ENT-1W/25W
.
5.
The cursor moves to highlight the degrees latitude. As you update each value,
the cursor moves to the next value in turn. At each number, use
CHANNEL UP
and
CHANNEL DOWN
to adjust the number and press
ENT-1W/25W
.
6.
When you have entered the last value, the radio returns to the GPS Setup menu.
Using Digital Selec±ve Calling (DSC) Features
What is DSC?
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) is a standard that allows you to call other stations using
their unique identification code (the Maritime Mobile Service Identity or MMSI number),
just like you would call a phone number. To call another station, just enter that station’s
MMSI number and choose the voice channel you want to talk on. The radio uses channel
70 to transmit your MMSI number to the other station along with the voice channel you
requested. If the other station accepts your call, both radios automatically switch to the
requested voice channel so you can talk to the other station.
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