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Chapter 6: Menu Settings
6.1 Menu Function
The radio’s setup functions are accessed through the Menu mode. Menu mode selections are as follows.
Item | Description |
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PHONEBOOK | A list of |
| Individual Call. Up to 20 Phonebook entries can be stored. |
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LOCAL/DIST | LOCAL mode eliminates noise, but degrades receiver sensitivity. |
| DISTANT mode enables normal receiver sensitivity. |
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BACKLIGHTING | Selects the backlight levels for the LCD, main unit keypad and microphone |
| keypad. |
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CONTRAST | Selects the LCD contrast setting. |
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GPS/TIME | Used to manually set latitude/longitude position and UTC time for a DSC |
| distress message. Also selects how the data is displayed on the LCD. |
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RADIO SETUP | Selects four separate radio settings: |
| a) BAND – Frequency Group (US, International, Canadian) |
| b) CH NAME – Descriptive name for each channel (up to 12 characters) |
| c) RING VOLUME – Alert tone volume (LOUD or SOFT) |
| d) KEY BEEP – Key beep volume (LOUD, SOFT or OFF) |
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DSC SETUP | Selects the following DSC settings: |
| a) MY MMSI ID – Used for |
| DSC functions. If already programmed, displays the |
| saved MMSI ID number. |
| b) GROUP SETUP – Stores up to 3 Group MMSI IDs and associated Names |
| c) POS REPLY – Selects how Position Request data is transmitted |
| d) AUTO CH CHG – Selects whether your radio automatically switches to |
| the requested working channel when DSC Calls are |
| received. |
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RESET | Enables a return to factory default settings. |
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