Furuno FM-8700 manual Turning Remote & Auto Acknowledge On/Off, Limit acknowledge

2.3 Turning Remote & Auto Acknowledge On/Off

To enable or disable AUTO ACK and remote control, press the [2} key. Each press of the key enables or disables automatic acknowl- edge and remote control function in the sequence shown below.

Watch

Auto

Press [2] key

Watch

Manual

Press [2] key

Watch

Limit

Press [2] key

Automatic	Remote control function
	At transmission
acknowledge
	with [CALL] key	At reception
	pressed
ON	ON	ON
ON	ON	OFF
		1) When receiving
		all ships call or
		call related to
OFF	ON	distress: ON
		2) When receiving
		calls other than
		the above: OFF

Limit acknowledge

The limit setting provides restricted use of the remote control func- tion. It is useful when the following is desired:

•Automatically set a working channel when receiving anAll Ships call so as not to miss initial voice from the transmitting station.

•Prevent automatic transmission of acknowledge back (ACK BQ) in response to an individual call, when no operator is present.

•Prevent automatic transmission of own ship position data in re- sponse to an individual call which requests such data.

Auto acknowledge is automatically disabled when…

•An Error Checking Code (ECC) appears at the end of a receive message.

•A distress alert is received. (A distress alert cannot be acknowl- edged automatically.)

•Conducting voice communications.

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