3.If no MMSI number has been programmed, the radio prompts you to enter your MMSI number.

Canceling an automatic distress call

While the radio is waiting for a response, it gives you the option of canceling the call. To cancel the distress call, choose Cancel and press ENT-1W/25W.

Receiving a DSC call

If your radio receives an individual DSC call from another station, it sounds an incoming call

tone and displays the name or MMSI number of the station calling you. To respond to the call, select Send: Able-Comply; the radio sends an acknowledgement and automatically switches to the designated response channel. To reject the call, select Send: Unable-Comply; the radio

advises the other station that you are unable to respond to the call.

If the DSC request contains a response channel that you are not allowed to use, the radio displays Not Support CH; your only response option is Send: Unable-Comply.

If the radio receives a group or all ships call, it sounds an incoming call tone and automatically switches to the designated response channel.

Receive log

Just like your telephone’s caller ID list, your radio keeps track of the calls you receive but do not answer. The receive log is useful if you have been off your boat or away from your radio and want to see who has tried to contact you. The radio displays the last 10 distress calls and the last 20 non-distress calls that it received. If you have unread incoming DSC calls, the radio displays a Message icon. When you display all Distress and Other receiving logs, the message icon disappears.

1. Press CALL-MENU

Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receive Log

 

 

 

 

 

to display the call

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

menu.

 

 

 

 

 

Distress

 

 

 

2. Select Receive Log.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distress Log

3. Select Distress to see

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

123456789 88A

the last 10 distress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

246813579

call received by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Exit]

the radio. Select

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Back[CLR]

Select[ENT]

Other to see the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

last 20 normal calls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

received by the radio, then choose from Individual, Group, or All Ships calls.

4.Calls are listed in the order they were received, with the newest call shown first. The display blinks if there are new calls you have not reviewed.

5.Select the call you want to see the details of. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to see all of the information. The log displays different information depending on type of call received. See the table below for the information stored for each type of call:

DSC Call Type

Receive Log Information

Distress

Distress Acknowledge

MMSI (or name), position, time, nature code.

MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code.

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