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E-17West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual
of the U.S. (http://www.boatus.com/mmsi/ or call 800-536-1536) or Sea Tow Services
International (http://seatow.com/boating_safety/mmsi.asp)
x Commercial boaters need a ship station license to get an MMSI number. For more
information, visit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website at http://
wireless.fcc.gov/marine/ fctsht14.html.
Entering MMSI numbers
Use the Channel Up and Channel Down keys to scroll through numbers (and letters when
entering names). When you see the number/letter you want, press the right arrow (SQ/
MEM) to move the cursor to the next space. Press the left arrow (WX/SOS) to back up.
When using the Channel Up and Channel Down keys to enter a name, the alphabetic and
numeric characters display in the following order:
x Capital letters (A through Z)
x Lower-case letters (a through z)
x Punctuation (/ ‘ + -)
x Numbers (0 through 9)
x One blank space
Entering Your User MMSI Number
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When you power up your radio for the rst time, it displays
MMSI Not Entered
and then
displays a Marine mode screen.
1. Press and hold MENU/CALL; the
Enter User MMSI
screen displays.
2. Press GPS/ENT H/M/L. The
User MMSI
screen displays.
3. Enter the MMSI number as described previously to scroll through the numbers.
When the ninth digit is entered, the radio asks if you want to save the number and
conrm it. Press GPS/ENT H/M/L to save it.
4. Before saving the number, the radio displays the message
Conrm number! User
MMSI data is Permanent!
At this point you can edit the number (press MENU/CALL),
save the number (press GPS/ENT H/M/L), or return to the Marine mode screen
(press CLR/SCAN),
Entering a group MMSI number
You can change the group MMSI number as often as you want. The rst digit of a group
MMSI is xed at “0.” Follow the steps below to enter a group MMSI number into the radio:
1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the
Call
Menu.
2. Select
DSC Setup/Group MMSI
and press GPS/ENT H/M/L. The
Group MMSI
screen
displays.
0________
Use the up and down arrows
to adjust each of the eight
digits in turn.
Group MMSI
Back
[MENU]
Exit
[CLR]
Save
[ENT]
Press and hold
Group MMSI
DSC Setup