How To Receive An Individual Call - Furuno FM-8900S Operator's Manual

4. DSC GENERAL MESSAGE CALLING, RECEIVING
Unable acknowledge call received
1) Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm and erase the pop-up mes-
sage. The reason for [UNABLE ACK] is displayed on the screen.
• NO REASON
• BUSY
• EQUIP ERROR
• CAN'T USE CH
• CAN'T USE MODE
• QUEUE INDICATION
• STATION BARRED
• OPERATOR ABSENT
• TEMP. UNAVAILABLE
2) Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [QUIT] in the user options area
then push the knob.
Note: If the coast station sends the message "QUEUE INDICATION", wait un-
til your turn comes.
If there is no response from the station, do one of the following procedures:
• Resend call: Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [RESEND] in the user
options area then push the knob.
• Cancel call: Rotate the CHANNEL/EN-
TER knob to select [QUIT] in the user op-
tions area then push the knob. The
message as shown in the right figure ap-
pears.
Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to
select [Yes] then push the knob.
4.1.2

How to receive an individual call

Unable acknowledge is sent automatically or manually depending on the acknowl-
edgement method setting (see section 5.16). Able acknowledge is sent only manually.
Note: All sessions must be quit or put on hold to enable automatic acknowledge.
Send unable acknowledge automatically
If the channel specified by the sending station is one that you cannot use, an unable
acknowledge [CAN'T USE CH] is sent automatically. The [ACK SETTINGS] menu is
set to [AUTO (UNABLE)]. It takes a few seconds to transmit the call.
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REGIST
Reason for unable to acknowledge
: No reason given
: Busy
: Equipment disabled
: Unable to use proposed channel
: Unable to use proposed mode
: Queue indication
: Station barred
: No operator available
: Operator temporarily unavailable