Icom IC-M90 12

3 PANEL DESCRIPTION

tMONITOR INDICATOR (p. 10)

Appears when the monitor function is activated.

yBATTERY INDICATOR

Indicates remaining battery power.

Indication

Charging

Battery level Full MiddleNo battery required

blinks when the battery over charged. blinks when the battery is exhaustion.

uWEATHER CHANNEL/WEATHER ALERT INDICATORS (p. 8)

•“WX” appears when the weather channel group is selected.

•“WX ALT” appears when the weather alert function is activated.

iBELL INDICATOR

Blinks when an alert tone is received.

oSCAN INDICATOR (p. 13) “SCAN” blinks during scan.

!0VOX INDICATOR (p. 15)

“VOX” appears when the VOX function is used.

!1DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH INDICATORS (p. 14) “DUAL” blinks during dualwatch; “TRI” blinks during tri- watch.

!2SCRAMBLER INDICATOR

Appears when the optional voice scrambler is activated. (pgs. 11, 20)

!3DUPLEX INDICATOR

Appears when a duplex channel is selected.

!4SUB CHANNEL READOUT

•Indicates Channel 16 during priority scan or dualwatch. (p. 14)

•Indicates the SET mode item while in the SET mode. (p. 16)

!5CHANNEL NUMBER READOUT

•Indicates the selected operating channel number.

•In SET mode, indicates the selected condition.

!6LOCK INDICATOR

Appears when the lock function is activated.

!7CALL CHANNEL INDICATOR

Appears when the call channel is selected.

!8CHANNEL GROUP INDICATOR

“U” appears when U.S.A.; “I” appears when Interna-

tional; “C” appears when Canadian; “ ” appears when LAND channel group is selected.

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Contents

INSTRUCTION MANUAL SAFETY TRAINING INFORMATION IN CASE OF EMERGENCY DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE RECOMMENDATION FOREWORD IMPORTANT READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and com SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL—Thisin EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS PRECAUTION WARNING! NEVER AVOID KEEP MAKE SURE TABLE OF CONTENTS DPriorities DPrivacy DRadio licenses OPERATING RULES 2 SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES AND ATTACHMENTS ■Supplied accessories ■Attachments DFlexible antenna DHandstrap ïBattery pack 3 PANEL DESCRIPTION ■Front, top and side panels ■ Function display Page ■Channel selection DChannel BASIC OPERATION D Channel 9 (Call channel) DU.S.A., International and Canadian channels DWeather channels ■Receiving and transmitting CAUTION: ■Call channel programming ■Lock function ■Signal strength indicator function ■Monitor function ■Adjusting the squelch level ■Backlighting function ■Voice scrambler operation D Activating the scrambler DProgramming scramble codes 5 SCAN OPERATION ■Scan types ■ Setting tag channels ■ Starting a scan 6 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH ■Description ■Operation LAND CHANNEL OPERATION ■ LAND channel group ■ CTCSS and DTCS display ■VOX function 8 SET MODE ■SET mode programming DSET mode operation ■SET mode items DBeep tone function “bP” DWeather alert function “AL” DPriority scan function “Pr” DScan resume timer “St” DAuto scan function “AS” DDual/Tri-watchfunction “dt” DMonitor switch action “Sq” DBacklighting function “bL” DLCD contrast selection “LC” DAuto power save function “PS” DSelf check function “SC” DBattery voltage indicator “bt” DSquelch sensitivity function “SS” DSignal strength indicator “Sl” DScrambler code “cd” DVOX gain “ga” DVOX delay “dL” 9 BATTERY CHARGING ■Battery charging DRecycling information ■Battery cautions CAUTION! NEVER ■ Optional battery case ■Optional battery chargers ïAD-109installation ïRapid charging with the BC-119N+AD-109 ïRapid charging with the BC-121N+AD-109 10 OPTIONAL SWIVEL BELT CLIP ■MB-86contents ■Attachment ■Detachment R CAUTION OPTIONAL SPEAKER-MICROPHONE ■ HM-125Descriptions ■ Attachment 12 TROUBLESHOOTING VHF MARINE CHANNEL LIST 14 SPECIFICATIONS 15 REFERENCE QUICK Page DBATTERY CASE AND PACK DCHARGERS OPTIONS DDC CABLES DOTHER OPTIONS DBELT CLIPS