Icom DS-100 instruction manual Overhead Mounting

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5 CONNECTION AND INSTALLATIONS

■Mounting

• OVERHEAD MOUNTING

The universal mounting bracket supplied with your controller allows dashboard or overhead mounting. Please read the fol- lowing instructions carefully.

• Mount the controller securely with bolts and nuts or it may come loose as a result of wave shocks or vibration.

• Mount the controller so that the face of the controller is at 90 degrees to your line of sight when operating it.

CAUTION!

KEEP the controller at least 1 m away from your ship’s mag- netic navigation compass.

CHECK the installation angle; the function display may not be easy-to-read at some angles.

• DASHBOARD MOUNTING (with optional MB-75):

For mounting the DS-100 to a dashboard panel.

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Contents DS-100 Equipment damage may occur Personal injury, fire hazard or electricShock may occur If disregarded, inconvenience only. No riskPage Table of Contents Panel Description Front panelPosition Indicator GPS IndicatorTime Zone Indicator Function displayCall Procedure Distress call/Regular operation Entry Position/Time Distress call to ships Individual callGroup call All ships callWhen no acknowledgement is received After receiving acknowledgement callTo receive a DSC call When Receiving a CallWhen receiving a DSC call Display example and operationWhen receive a Distress call Push ENT, then the operWhen receiving a Postion reply When receiving an All ships callWhen receiving a Position request When receiving a Distress ACK When receiving a group call When receiving a Distress Relay ACKReceived message RCV MSG Distress messageGroup call Other messagesIndividual call Distress relay All shipsDistress Distress relay acknowledgement q Push CALL, then push √ Distress acknowledgementAddress ID SET-UPSelect ‘Set-up’ Add an address IDDelete a group ID Delete address IDAdd a group ID Contrast Offset timeBrightness Mmsi checkConnection and Installations Connection diagramSupplied accessories Rear panel descriptionMounting Overhead MountingVHF Marine Channel List International channelsOptions Specifications and OptionsSpeciﬁcations Dimensions Supplied accessories InstructionsMB-75 Page Template Page 0560 Count on us

DS-100 specifications

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