Uniden UM425 VHF DSC Marine Radio User Manual


 
Using Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Features
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Requesting another station's position (POS Request)
Anytime you need to know where another boat currently is—to nd your
boating partners, to respond to a request for assistance, etc.—you can send
a position request to their radio:
When the other station acknowledges 6.
the test call, the radio displays an ac-
knowledgement screen.
Receiving a test call
When another station sends you a test call,
the radio displays the test request screen:
To acknowledge the test call, select Reply
To reject the test call, select Cancel.
Enabling automatic test call reply
If you want the radio to automatically reply to all test call, you can enable
automatic test call reply.
Press the 1.
MENU-PA button to display the menu.
Select 2. Setup and then Test Reply.
Highlight 3. Auto and press the
SELECT button. The radio will
automatically send an acknowledgement when it receives a test call.
To disable automatic test call reply, repeat the steps above and select 4.
Manual.
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Setup
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