Furuno FM-8700 manual

VHF RADIOTELEPHONE

MODEL FM-8700

Contents

Main PUB. No. OME-561 70 FM-8700 FIRST EDITION : APR. 1998 K1 : JUL. 3 , 2002 i i i i i i i i i i i i i CANCELING DISTRESS ALERT Example message: SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ii CAUTION WARNING TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 1. VHF RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 2. DSC TERMINAL OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW 3. DSC DISTRESS COMMUNICATIONS 4. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES Page v FOREWORD A Word to FM-8700 Owners vi Features Program number vii SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Figure 1 FM-8700 system configuration DUPLEXER UNIT Handset TRANSCEIVER UNIT FM-8700 Page 1-1 1. VHF RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATIONAL OVER VIEW Figure 1-1 FM-8700 transceiver unit 1.1 Front Panel 1-2 1.2 VHF Controls, Indications 1.3 Turning the Power On/Off 1-3 1.4 Selecting Channel Modes, Channels Selecting channel modes Selecting channels 1.5 Adjusting Volume of Loudspeaker 1.6 Adjusting Squelch, Selecting Operating Functions 1.7 Transmitting Remarks on transmitting 1.8 Selecting Output Power 1.9 Turning the Loudspeaker On/Off 1.10 Automatic Selection of CH16 1.11 Dual Watch 1.12 Scanning 1.13 Remarks on Voice Communications 2-1 2. DSC TERMINAL OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW Figure 2-1 FM-8700 transceiver unit 2.1 DSC Controls, LED Warnings DSC controls LCD DSC controls Page 2-3 DSC control description Figure 2-2 DSC keyboard 2-4 2.2 DSC Operational Overview Standby display Watch VHF CH70 auto Standby display screen [2] key pressed to get "auto" screen. Selecting and registering items 2-5 Preparing and transmitting DSC messages Page 2-7 2.3 Turning Remote & Auto Acknowledge On/Off Limit acknowledge Auto acknowledge is automatically disabled when Page Page 3-2 3-3 3.2 Manual Entry of Ships Position and Time Entering data manually Confirming Ship's Position and Time Canceling manually entered data 3-4 3.3 Canceling a Distress Call Within five seconds after pressing the [DISTRESS] key If more than five seconds elapses after the [DISTRESS] key is pressed 3-5 3.4 Receiving Distress Alert from Other Vessel, Transmitting DIST ACK Signal Procedure when in area A1 3-6 Flow chart for determining if you should/should not transmit DIST ACK signal Page 3-8 Transmitting DIST ACK signal 3-9 3.5 Distress Alert Relay When you should relay a distress alert Relaying a distress alert 3-10 3-11 Page 4-1 4. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES 4.1 Transmitting Individual Calls General procedure for transmitting an individual call 4-2 Detailed procedure for transmitting an individual call Prepare and transmit a message as follows: 4-3 (from previous page) 4-4 (From previous page) After receiving the ACK BQ signal, do the following: 4-5 4.2 Receiving Individual Calls (ACK RQ) Setting of ABLE or UNABLE 4-6 Receiving individual call with AUTO ACK ON 4-7 Receiving ACK RQ with AUTO ACK OFF Page 4.3 Transmitting All Ships Calls 4-10 Detailed procedure for transmitting an all ships call 4-11 4-12 4.4 Receiving All Ships Calls Status of FM-8700 when receiving an all ships call Receiving an all ships call in on hook status 4-13 Detailed procedure for receiving an all ships call while on hook Page 4-15 4-16 4.5 Preparing and Saving Messages How to prepare transmit messages Page 4-18 4.6 Writing Over Files How to write over files Example: You want to write over file saved under file number 01. 4-19 4.7 Opening, Transmitting Files Opening a file Transmitting a file 4-20 4.8 Transmit/Receive Message Memory Opening a transmit message 4-21 Transmitting retrieved message You can transmit a retrieved message as follows: 4-22 Receive message memory Opening a receive message 4-23 Transmitting retrieved message Page 5-1 5. OTHER CALLING TYPES 5.1 Selection of Other Calling Types How to select other calling types Calling types description 5-2 5-3 5.2 Making Telephone Calls When the coast station serves PSTN telephone service you can make Telephone Call via Coast Station. Basic procedure for making a telephone call 1. Selection of Format specifier. 2. Entry of Coast Station ID. 3. Entry of Telephone number. Detailed procedure for making a telephone call 5-4 5-5 Operation after making DSC telephone call 5-6 (2) When coast station terminates communication, the display of the FM-8700 is as follows: When the "End of call" command from coast station is received; Display 2 5.3 Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station 5-7 5.4 Other Station IDs and Telephone Numbers Registering other station IDs, telephone numbers You can store often-used station IDs and telephone numbers under a file name. 5-8 Opening other station IDs, telephone numbers 6-1 6. USER PREFERENCES 6.1 Automatic or Manual Printing (Printer setup) Selecting automatic or manual printing 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 Key Beep On/Off You can turn on/off the beep tone which sounds when a key is pressed. 6-5 6.3 Alarm Setup How to turn receive alarm on/off, select distress alarm tone Page 7-1 7. SYSTEM CONFIRMATION 7.1 Confirming Own Ships ID Own ships ID can be confirmed as follows: How to confirm own ship's ID 7.2 Confirming ROM Version No. 7-3 7.3 Confirming VHF Section Settings How to confirm VHF section settings At screen 1 on page 7-1, select RT and press the [ENT] key. Then, follow the procedure below. 7-4 7.4 Confirming VHF Channels How to confirm VHF channels 7-5 7.5 Confirming Tx Output Power How to confirm Tx output power At screen 1 on page 7-1, select PO and press the [ENT] key. Then, follow the procedure below. Page 8-1 8. MAINTENANCE & TROUBLESHOOTING 8.1 Maintenance WARNING Periodic checks 8.2 Troubleshooting 8.3 Diagnostic Test Regulations require that the DSC section be checked daily for proper operation. How to start the diagnostic tests 8-3 Page SPECIFICATIONS OF MARINE VHF RADIOTELEPHONE FM-8700 Page A-1 APPENDIX Menu Tree A-2 A-3 A-4 Marine VHF Channel Lists MARINE VHF CHANNEL FREQUENCIES (INTERNATIONAL version) A-5 A-6 MARINE VHF CHANNEL FREQUENCIES (USA version) A-7 WEATHER CHANNELS (Included in US version) PRIVATE CHANNELS (U.K. MARINERS) A-8 PRIVATE CHANNELS (NORDIC) PRIVATE CHANNELS (NETHERLANDS - INLAND) A-9 Digital Interface (IEC 61162-1 Edition 2) Input sentences GGA, GLL, RMA, RMC, ZDA Schematic diagram NMEA Load requirements as listner A-10 GGA - Global positioning system (GPS) fix data A-11 GLL - Geographic position - latitude and longitude A-12 RMA - Recommemded minimum navigation information - Loran C data A-13 RMC - Recommended minimum specific GPS/TRANSIT dat a ZDA Time and date Page Index-1 INDEX