Furuno FM-8500 manual

VHF RADIOTELEPHONE

MODEL FM-8500

Contents

Main FIRST EDITION :FIRST EDITION : DEC.DEC. 19951995 *00080762901**00080762901* PUB.No.PUB.No. OME-56030OME-56030 *00080762901**00080762901* (( TATATATA )) FM-8500FM-8500 * 0 0 0 8 0 7 6 2 9 0 1 ** 0 0 0 8 0 7 6 2 9 0 1 * *OME56030K00**OME56030K00* *OME56030K00**OME56030K00* i i i i i i i i i i i i i CANCELLING A FALSE DISTRESS ALERT Page iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iii WARNING CAUTION Table of Contents Page vii FOREWORD Features Program number viii System Configuration Figure 1 FM-8500 system configuration Page 1-1 1. VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview Figure 1-1 FM-8500 transceiver unit 1-2 1.1 Controls, Indications Controls Indications 1.2 Telephone Operation 1-4 Transmitting Output power Turning the loudspeaker on/off Channel 16 1-5 Dual watch Scanning Time-out-timer Remarks on voice communications Page 2. DSC Terminal Operational Overview 2.1 DSC Messages Page 2-3 2.2 Controls, LEDs Controls Figure 2-1 FM-8500 transceiver unit LEDs LCD DSC controls 2-4 Figure 2-2 Keyboard Key 2-5 2.3 Basic Operation Press the [ENT] or [SELECT] key depending on your desire. Normal display Selecting and registering items When blinking question mark appears 2-6 Preparing and Transmitting Messages Preparing message for immediate transmission Preparing and storing message for later transmission Page 2.4 Auto Acknowledge Page 3-2 Transmitting the distress call 3-3 3-4 3.2 Manual Entry of Ships Position and Time Entering data manually Confirming Ship's Position and Time Canceling manually entered data 3-5 3.3 Receiving Distress Alert from Other Ship Procedure when in area A1 Flow chart - Action by ships upon reception of VHF DSC distress alert 3-6 Page 3-8 Transmitting DIST ACK After transmitting DIST ACK 3-9 3.4 Distress Relay 3-10 3-11 Page 4-1 4. DSC Communication 4.1 Transmitting Individual Calls General procedure 4-2 Detailed procedure Prepare and transmit a message as follows. 4-3 4-4 (From previous page.) After receiving the ACK BQ signal, do the following: 4-5 4.2 Receiving Individual Call (ACK RQ) Setting of ABLE or UNABLE 4-6 Receiving individual call message (ACK RQ) with AUTO ACK On The FM-8500 sends the ACK BQ signal automatically. 4-7 Receiving ACK RQ with AUTO ACK Off 4-8 4.3 Transmitting All Ships Calls 4-10 Detailed procedure 4-11 4.4 Receiving All Ships Calls 4-13 Procedure for off hook status Basic procedure 4-14 Below is the sequence for manually acknowledging an All Ships Call when the handset is off hook. Page 4-16 4-17 4.6 Writing Over Files Example: You want to write over file saved under file number 01. 4-18 4.7 Retrieving, Transmitting Files Transmitting a file Retrieving a file 4-19 4.8 Transmit/Receive Message Memory sages Retrieving a transmit message 4-20 Transmitting retrieved message You can transmit a retrieved message as follows. 4-21 Receive message memory Retrieving a receive message 4-22 Transmitting retrieved message 5-1 5. Other Calling Types and Other Functions 5.1 Other Calling Types Selection of calling type 5-2 5-3 5-4 5.2 Making Telephone Calls 5-5 5-6 Operation after making DSC call 5-7 (2) When coast station terminates communication, the display of the FM-8500 is as follows. 5.3 Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station 5-8 5.4 Other Station IDs and Telephone Nos. Registering You can program often-used station IDs and telephone numbers under a file name. 5-9 Retrieving the blinking question mark appears. Page 6-1 6. Other Settings 6.1 Printer Setup (Auto/Manual) Automatic printing 6-2 Manual printing f No. Example Pringout a1 Printing Timing of [4] key pressing a c f e g 6.2 Turning Keyboard Click ON/OFF You can turn keyboard click (response) on or off as follows: 6-5 6.3 Aural Alarm Setup Page 7-1 7. System Confirmation Overview This chapter shows how to confirm the system; no items can be changed. 7.1 Confirming Own Ships ID Own Ships ID can be confirmed as follows: 7.2 Confirming ROM Version 7-3 7.3 Confirming VHF Section Settings At screen 1 on page 7-1, select RT and press the [ENT] key. 7-4 7.4 Confirming VHF Channels You can confirm VHF channels registered as follows: At screen 1, select CH and press the [ENT] key. VHF channel status 7-5 7.5 Confirming Tx Output Power Page 8-1 8. Maintenance & Troubleshooting 8.1 Maintenance WARNING Antenna connectors 8.2 Troubleshooting 8.3 Diagnostic Test Regulations require that the DSC section be checked daily for proper operation. 8-3 Page 9-1 9. Specifications General Transmitter 9-2 Receiver DSC Section 10-1 10. Menu List Default settings shown in highlight. 10-2 10-3 Page Page Page AP-3 APPENDIX 3 Digital Interface (IEC 61162-1 Edition 2) Input sentences GGA, GLL, RMA, RMC, ZDA Schematic diagram NMEA Load requirements as listner AP-4 GGA - Global positioning system (GPS) fix data AP-5 GLL - Geographic position - latitude and longitude AP-6 RMA - Recommended minimum navigation information - Loran C data AP-7 RMC - Recommended minimum specific GPS/TRANSIT data ZDA-Data and time INDEX