VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview | Furuno FM-8700 instruction

1.VHF RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

The FM-8700 system consists of a transceiver unit, a duplexer unit and two antennas. The transceiver unit contains a VHF transmit- ter, receiver, and channel 70 watch receiver module. All opera- tions are controlled on its front panel.

1.1 Front Panel

Controls for	LCD
DSC calling
VHF RADIOTELEPHONE FM-8700
Watch CH 70
auto
	DISTRESS CANCEL
DISTRESS	ALARM	CALL
	STOP	CALL
	STOP

Keyboard

(for DSC operation)

POSITION AUTO ACK

TEST

1 2 3 CANCEL

PRINT CONTRAST VOLUME

4 5 6

FILE RCVD XMTD

7 8 9 SELECT

Controls for VHF operation

VOLUME	SQUELCH						CHANNEL
	OFF/DW/SCAN(PUSH)	LOW	TX	REM	USA	WX	PRIV MODE(PUSH)
	(PUSH)
		HI	CH16
		LOW	CH16
		LOW
OFF	AUTO

0ENT

	Volume with	CH16 key	Channel selector
	Volume with	High/Low power	Channel selector
	Power ON/OFF	High/Low power	(Press for Mode selection.)
	Power ON/OFF		(Press for Mode selection.)
	(Press to turn	Squelch control	Channel No. display
	loudspeaker on/off.)	(Press for DW, Scan.)

Figure 1-1 FM-8700 transceiver unit

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Furuno FM-8700 manual VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview, Front Panel

Contents

VHF Radiotelephone FM -8 7 0 Canceling Distress Alert Safety Instructions Table of Contents Index-1 SP-1 Word to FM-8700 Owners Foreword Program number Features Vii System Configuration This page is intentionally left blank Front Panel VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview VHF Controls, Indications Turning the Power On/Off Selecting Channel Modes, Channels Adjusting Volume of LoudspeakerAdjusting Squelch, Selecting Operating Functions Automatic Selection of CH16 Selecting Output PowerTransmitting Turning the Loudspeaker On/Off Scanning Dual Watch Priority Remarks on Voice Communications DSC controls DSC Terminal Operational OverviewDSC Controls, LED Warnings LED warnings Key Function/Purpose DSC control description Selecting and registering items When blinking question mark appearsDSC Operational Overview Standby display Prepare message and then transmit it as follows Preparing and transmitting DSC messages When keyboard input is prohibited Distress alert transmission and output power Limit acknowledge Auto acknowledge is automatically disabled when…Turning Remote & Auto Acknowledge On/Off This page is intentionally left blank Distress Alert Transmission DSC Distress Communications Distress call Provide the following information to the coast station Confirming Ships Position and Time Canceling manually entered dataManual Entry of Ship’s Position and Time Entering data manually Within five seconds after pressing the Distress key Canceling a Distress Call Receiving distress alert from other vessel Procedure when in area A1 DSC Distress alert received Transmitting Dist ACK over CH16 To transmit the Dist ACK signal, do the following Transmitting Dist ACK signal Relaying a distress alert When you should relay a distress alertDistress Alert Relay Manually enter time of distress Press the ENT key twice Wait for relay ack This page is intentionally left blank Transmitting Individual Calls General procedure for transmitting an individual callDSC Operation for NON-DISTRESS Cases Prepare and transmit a message as follows Detailed procedure for transmitting an individual call Transmission time about 0.5 seconds From previous From previous After receiving the ACK BQ signal, do the following Receiving Individual Calls ACK RQ Setting of Able or Unable Receiving individual call with Auto ACK on Received * ACK RQ ID Receiving ACK RQ with Auto ACK OFFPage Purpose of all ships call General procedure for transmitting an all ships callTransmitting All Ships Calls Detailed procedure for transmitting an all ships call To return to previous menu, press the t key From previous Receiving an all ships call in on hook status Status of FM-8700 when receiving an all ships callReceiving All Ships Calls Select END and press the ENT key Receiving an all ships call in off hook status Listen to contents of message Prepare message as follows How to prepare transmit messagesPreparing and Saving Messages Page Example You want to write over file saved under file number How to write over filesWriting Over Files Transmitting a file Opening, Transmitting FilesOpening a file Press the 9 Xmtd key at the standby display Transmit/Receive Message MemoryOpening a transmit message You can transmit a retrieved message as follows Transmitting retrieved message Press the 8 Rcvd key at the standby display Receive message memoryOpening a receive message Select ORDINARY, then press the ENT key This page is intentionally left blank Calling types description How to select other calling typesOther Calling Types Selection of Other Calling Types ID number Ships, by using urgent category, that own shipDividual calls. Refer to Distress call. Refer to Making Telephone Calls Basic procedure for making a telephone callDetailed procedure for making a telephone call Pstn Call Operation after making DSC telephone call Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station Registering other station IDs, telephone numbers Other Station IDs and Telephone Numbers Opening other station IDs, telephone numbers Automatic printing Automatic or Manual Printing Printer setupUser Preferences Selecting automatic or manual printing Printing Timing of 4 key pressing Example Pringout Manual printing Example printouts Turning Key Beep On/Off How to turn receive alarm on/off, select distress alarm tone Alarm Setup This page is intentionally left blank Own ship’s ID can be confirmed as follows How to confirm own ships IDSystem Confirmation Confirming Own Ship’s ID Confirming ROM Version No How to confirm ROM version no How to confirm VHF section settings Confirming VHF Section Settings You can confirm VHF channels registered as follows How to confirm VHF channelsConfirming VHF Channels How to confirm Tx output power Confirming Tx Output Power This page is intentionally left blank When the power cannot be turned on Maintenance & TroubleshootingMaintenance Troubleshooting How to start the diagnostic tests Diagnostic Test Transmit Power NG This page is intentionally left blank Specifications of Marine VHF Radiotelephone Power Requirements Menu Tree Appendix Dist Ship ID POS & Time Distress Dist ACK Marine VHF Channel Frequencies International version Marine VHF Channel ListsPage Marine VHF Channel Frequencies USA version Private Channels U.K. Mariners Weather Channels Included in US version Private Channels Netherlands Inland Isolation Digital Interface IEC 61162-1 EditionInput sentences Load requirements as listner GGA Global positioning system GPS fix data GLL Geographic position latitude and longitude RMA Recommemded minimum navigation information Loran C data RMC Recommended minimum specific GPS/TRANSIT data This page is intentionally left blank Index-1 Index