2.5Loudspeaker, Buzzer On/Off

1.Display the DSC standby screen or radiotelephone setting screen.

2.Press the [7/] key to turn the loudspeaker and the alarm generated for ordinary messages (others than distress and urgency) on/off. The message SOUND: ON or SOUND: OFF appears with each pressing of the key. The indication OFF appears at the lower-right side of the DSC standby and radiotelephone setting screens when the loudspeaker is turned off.

MODE

: TELEPHONE

 

CH:12034

 

TX

: 12 329.0

KHZ

 

RX

: 13 176.00

KHZ

 

POWER

: HIGH

 

 

TUNE

 

 

Speaker ON

VOLUME

 

32

 

Press [7/

].

 

MODE

: TELEPHONE

 

CH:12034

 

TX

 

KHZ

 

RXSOUND : OFF

KHZ

 

POWER

: HIGH

 

 

TUNE

 

 

 

VOLUME

 

32

 

 

About two seconds later

 

MODE

: TELEPHONE

 

CH:12034

 

TX

: 12 329.0

KHZ

 

RX

: 13 176.00

KHZ

 

POWER

: HIGH

 

 

TUNE

 

OFF

Speaker OFF

VOLUME

 

Press [7/ ].

 

 

SOUND : ON

 

 

About two seconds later

 

3. When the loudspeaker is on, press to lower the volume; to raise it. The setting range is 0 to 63. Current volume setting is shown by both bar graph and numeric at the bottom of the display.

Note: The volume setting is set to 5 and the loudspeaker is ON whenever the unit is powered on.

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Loudspeaker, Buzzer On/Off

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