Furuno FM-8700 manual Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD	v
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION	vii

1. VHF RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.1	Front Panel	1-1
1.2	VHF Controls, Indications	1-2
1.3	Turning the Power On/Off	1-2
1.4	Selecting Channel Modes, Channels	1-3
1.5 Adjusting Volume of Loudspeaker		1-3
1.6 Adjusting Squelch, Selecting Operating Functions		1-3
1.7	Transmitting	1-4
1.8	Selecting Output Power	1-4
1.9	Turning the Loudspeaker On/Off	1-4
1.10 Automatic Selection of CH16		1-4
1.11 Dual Watch		1-5
1.12 Scanning		1-5
1.13 Remarks on Voice Communications		1-6

2. DSC TERMINAL OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

2.1	DSC Controls, LED Warnings	2-1
2.2	DSC Operational Overview	2-4
2.3 Turning Remote & Auto Acknowledge On/Off		2-7

3. DSC DISTRESS COMMUNICATIONS

3.1	Distress Alert Transmission	3-1
3.2	Manual Entry of Own Ship’s Position and Time	3-3
3.3	Canceling a Distress Call	3-4
3.4	Receiving Distress Alert from Other Vessel, Transmitting DIST ACK Signal	3-5
3.5	Distress Alert Relay	3-9

4. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES

4.1	Transmitting Individual Calls	4-1
4.2	Receiving Individual Calls (ACK RQ)	4-5
4.3	Transmitting All Ships Calls	4-9
4.4	Receiving All Ships Calls	4-12

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