Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Control, LED description

			Control, LED description
	Control		Function
POWER switch		Turns the power on/off.
DISTRESS button		Press and hold down the button more than three seconds to transmit the distress
		alert. When pressed it initially flashes, and lights up if the button is pressed more
		than three seconds. It stays lit until your ship receives the distress acknowledge
		message. The distress alert will not be transmitted if the button is pressed less
		than three seconds.
CALL key		Transmits calls other than distress.
Cursor Pad		Selects items on menus; adjusts loudspeaker volume (64 levels) on the DSC
		standby screen. (The distress and urgency alarms are received at maximum
		volume regardless of current loudspeaker volume setting.)
ENT key		Registers key input.
CANCEL key		•	Cancels wrong data.
		•	Restores previous menu.
		• Returns to DSC standby screen from other screen.
		• Silences audio alarm (distress or routine).
		•	Cancels transmission, printing.
		•	Erases error message.
1/ RT/2182 key		• Switches from the DSC standby screen to the radiotelephone setting screen.
		• Switches to 2182.0 kHz/J3E on radiotelephone setting screen by pressing more
			than two seconds.
2/DSC key		Switches from the radiotelephone setting screen to the DSC standby screen.
3/TEST key		Executes daily test.
4/IntCom key		Turns intercom with radiotelephone on/off, from the radiotelephone setting screen.
5/ACK key		Switches automatic and manual acknowledge alternately at the DSC standby
		screen.
6/SCAN key		Starts/stops scanning of DSC routine frequencies at the DSC standby screen.
7/	key	•	Turns loudspeaker on/off.
		•
			Silences buzzer.
		Note that this key does not silence the distress or urgency alarm.
8/PRINT key		Prints communications log files, current screen (except DSC standby screen and
		radiotelephone setting screen) and test results.
9/	key	Adjusts keyboard/LCD backlighting and LCD contrast.
*/FILE key		• Opens the send message file from the DSC standby screen, to send stored
			message.
		• Selects station or coast ID when preparing an individual message.
0/LOG key		Opens the Tx/Rx log file from the DSC standby screen.
#/SETUP key		Opens the Setup menu from the DSC standby screen.
ALARM lamp		• Flashes in red for distress or urgency call.
		• Flashes in green (more rapidly) for safety or routine call.
OVEN lamp		Lights (in green) when oven power is on.

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