Furuno FM-8900S Marine Radio User Manual


 
4. DSC GENERAL MESSAGE CALLING, RECEIVING
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Send able/unable acknowledge manually
When an individual call is received with the setting [MANUAL] on the [ACK SET-
TINGS] menu, the audio alarm sounds and the pop-up message "ROUTINE (SAFE-
TY, URGENCY) INDIVIDUAL message received! [CANCEL]: Stop alarm" appears on
the screen as below.
Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm and erase the pop-up message.
There are three types of ACK transmission; able acknowledge, able to change chan-
nel and unable acknowledge. Follow the appropriate procedure below.
How to send able acknowledge call
1. With [ACCEPT] selected, push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to send the able
acknowledge call.
2. Communicate by radiotelephone.
3. After you have completed communications, rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob
to select [QUIT] in the user options area then push the knob.
How to send unable acknowledge call
1. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [UNABLE] in the user options
area then push the knob.
2. With [REASON] selected, push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
UNABLE
ACCEPT
PROPOSE
[
SELECT
AN
ACK
]
INDIVIDUAL
MSG
ELAPSED
T
I
ME :
00
H
01
M
15
S
MSG TYPE : INDIVIDUAL ACK
TO
:
123456789
PRIORITY
: ROUTINE
COMM MODE
: UNABLE TO COMPLY
REASON
: NO REASON
COMM CH
: 06
NO REASON
BUSY
EQUIP ERROR
CAN’T USE CH
CAN’T USE MODE
QUEUE INDICATION
STATION BARRED
OPERATOR ABSENT
TEMP. UNAVAILABLE