4-2 Channel names (CH NAME) .........................................................................................................

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4-3 Ring volume (RING VOLUME) .....................................................................................................

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4-4 Key beep volume (KEY BEEP) ......................................................................................................

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4-5 Select units (UNITS).........................................................................................................................

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4-6 Internal speaker connections (INT SPEAKER)........................................................................

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4-7 Set the priority channel (WATCH MODE)................................................................................

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4-8 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)..........................................................................................................

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4-8-1 TONE ALERT.......................................................................................................................................................

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4-8-2 SAME ALERT......................................................................................................................................................

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4-8-3 Receiving a SAME ALERT...........................................................................................................................

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4-8-4 Receiving SAME TEST messages...........................................................................................................

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4-8-5 Enter a SAME CODE (County ID)..........................................................................................................

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4-8-6 Select a working SAME code..................................................................................................................

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4-9 NMEA protocol (COM PORT) .....................................................................................................

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4-10 Select the GPS source (GPS SOURCE).....................................................................................

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4-11 Favourite channel setup - Wx key (FAV CH SETU)..............................................................

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Section 5 - DSC setup menu (DSC SETUP).........................................................

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5-1 Enter or view your USER MMSI (USER MMSI).........................................................................

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5-2 Maintain your groups ....................................................................................................................

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5-2-1 Create a group (GROUP SETUP)............................................................................................................

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5-2-2 Edit or delete a group name or group MMSI (GROUP SETUP)..........................................

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5-3 Enter or check your ATIS MMSI (ATIS MMSI)...........................................................................

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5-4 Enable ATIS functionality (ATIS SELECT)..................................................................................

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5-5 Response to individual calls (INDIV REPLY)............................................................................

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5-6 Enable DSC functionality (DSC FUNC).....................................................................................

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5-7 Response type to LL polling calls (LL REPLY).........................................................................

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5-8 Automatic channel switching (AUTO SWITCH).....................................................................

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5-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY).......................................................................................................

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5-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT).........................................................................................

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Section 6 - AIS setup menu (AIS SETUP)...........................................................

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6-1 Enable AIS functionality (AIS FUNC).........................................................................................

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6-2 AIS data display format (AIS DISPLAY).....................................................................................

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6-3 AIS baud rate (BAUD RATE)..........................................................................................................

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6-4 GPS redirection (GPS REDIR)........................................................................................................

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6-5 Closest point of approach alarm (CPA ALARM)....................................................................

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6-6 Closest point of approach settings (CPA)................................................................................

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6-7 Time to closest point of approach (TCPA)...............................................................................

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