Vertex Standard VM-3500E 9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call

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Cancel a DSC Distress Call

If a DSC Distress call was sent by error the VM-3500E allows you to send a

message to other vessels to cancel the Distress Call that was made in error.

Press the [CLR] key, then press the [ENT] key.

9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call

1. When a DSC Distress call is received, an emergency

alarm sounds.

Then channel 16 is automatically selected.

2. Press any key to stop the alarm.

3. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to change the dis-

play to show the position of the vessel in distress.

4 If the position of the vessel distress data does not

include position, the LCD will show the display on the

left.

NOTE

You must continue monitoring channel 16 as a coast station may require

assistance in the rescue attempt.

Contents

Main VM-3500E 25 Watt VHF/FM Marine Transceiver Owner's Manual Page TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3VM-3500E 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 2 PACKING LIST 3 OPTIONS 4 INSTALLATION NOTE Attention in Case of Use 5 GETTING STARTED 5.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO 5.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA 5.3 COAXIAL CABLE 6 INSTALLATION 6.1 LOCATION Figure 1. General Installation 6.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS 6.3 ACCESSORY CABLE 6.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT 6.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS 6.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME 6.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION 6.8 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC 6.9 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION Figure 2. MMB-84 Flush Mount Installation 6.10 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC INSTALLATION Figure 3. Enhanced RAM+ MIC Installation RAM+ or External Speaker Selection SPK 7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS Page Page Page Page Page 8 BASIC OPERATION 8.1 RECEPTION 8.2 TRANSMISSION 8.3 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) 8.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE 8.5 INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA MODE 8.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS 8.7 NOAA WEATHER ALERT 8.8 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) 8.9 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) 8.10 DUAL WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) 8.11 SCANNING 8.11.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) 8.12 PA/FOG OPERATION 8.12.1 Operating the PA HAIL mode 8.12.2 Operating the FOG HORN mode 9.13 NAVIGATION INDICATION 8.14 LCD DIMMER 8.15 INTERCOM OPERATION 8.15.1 Communication tercom 8.15.2 Calling 8.16 VOICE SCRAMBLER 9 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING 9.1 GENERAL 9.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) 9.2.1 What is an MMSI? 9.2.2 Programming the MMSI 9.3 DSC DISTRESS CALL 9.3.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Call 9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call 9.4 ALL SHIPS CALL 9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call 9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call 9.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL 9.5.1 Setting up the Individual Directory 9.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer 9.5.3 Transmitting an Individual Call Page 9.5.4 Receiving an Individual Call 9.6 GROUP CALL 9.6.1 Setting up a Group Call Setup Page Page 9.6.3 Receiving a Group Call 9.7 Manual Setting of the GPS Location (LAT/LOG) Setup 10 RADIO SETUP 10.1 LCD CONTRAST 10.2 TIME OFFSET 10.3 TIME LOCATION 10.4 TRUE MAGNETIC CHANGE (NAV display) 10.5 PRIORITY CHANNEL SET (Depends on the transceiver version) 10.6 SCAN TYPE (Depends on the transceiver version) 10.7 SCAN RESUME TIME (Depends on the transceiver version) 10.8 KEY BEEP (ON/OFF) 10.9 CHANNEL NAME CHANGE 10.10 UNIT NAMING 10.11 FOG ALERT TONE FREQUENCY 11 ENHANCED RAM+ MIC OPERATION 11.1 RAM+ MIC CONTROLS Page Page 11.2 INTERCOM OPERATION 11.2.1 Communication 11.2.2 Calling 11.3 PA/FOG OPERATION 12.3.1 Operating the PA / Hailer 11.3.2 Operating the FOG Horn 11.4 DSC/RADIO SETUP MODE 12 MAINTENANCE 12.1 GENERAL 12.2 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART 13. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS 14. SPECIFICATIONS 14.2 TRANSMITTER 14.3 RECEIVER VM-3500EPage 64 15 APPENDIX FOG HORN TIMING CHART The fog horn function sounds a horn repeatedly until the function is turned off.