Furuno FM-8500 manual Table of Contents

Table of Contents

FOREWORD		vii
System Configuration		viii
1. VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview
1.1	Controls, Indications	1-2
1.2	Telephone Operation	1-3
2. DSC Terminal Operational Overview
2.1	DSC Messages	2-1
2.2	Controls, LEDs	2-3
2.3	Basic Operation	2-5
2.4 Auto Acknowledge		2-8
3. DSC Distress Alert
3.1	Distress Alert Transmission	3-1
3.2	Manual Entry of Ship’s Position and Time	3-4
3.3	Receiving Distress Alert from Other Ship	3-5
3.4	Distress Relay	3-9
4. DSC Communication
4.1	Transmitting Individual Calls	4-1
4.2	Receiving Individual Call (ACK RQ)	4-5
4.3	Transmitting All Ships Calls	4-9
4.4	Receiving All Ships Calls	4-12
4.5	Creating and Saving Transmit Messages	4-15
4.6	Writing Over Files	4-17
4.7	Retrieving, Transmitting Files	4-18
4.8 Transmit/Receive Message Memory		4-19
5. Other Calling Types and Other Functions
5.1	Other Calling Types	5-1
5.2	Making Telephone Calls	5-4
5.3	Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station	5-7
5.4	Other Station IDs and Telephone Nos	5-8

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