Using Dsc Individual Call - Uniden UM525 Owner's Manual

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Using DSC Individual Call

DSC individual call lets you transmit DSC Calls to an individual station. You can also
receive DSC calls from other stations.
1. Rotate PUSH/SELECT to select INDIVIDUAL, then press PUSH/SELECT to
select it. A screen showing the stations saved in the directory appears.
2. Follow one of these steps to select the station where you want to send a DSC call.
a. To select a station by vessel name, rotate PUSH/SELECT until the name of the
station you want to talk to is highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
b. To select a station by its user MMSI, rotate PUSH/SELECT until MANUAL is
highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it. A screen appears you can
use to enter the user MMSI. After you enter the user MMSI, press PUSH/
SELECT. The channel select screen appears.
3. Rotate PUSH/SELECT to select the channel you want to use, then press PUSH/
SELECT to select it. A confirmation screen appears.
4. To send a DSC call to the station you selected, rotate PUSH/SELECT to select
SEND, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it. DSC appears and the radio
transmits the DSC call. Otherwise, to cancel the transmission, rotate PUSH/
SELECT to select CANCEL, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
5. When you receive an acknowledgement from the station you called and the
station is staffed, the radio sounds a tone and the receiving station name or user
MMSI, category code, COMPLETED, and the channel number appear.
Otherwise, if you receive an acknowledgement from the station you called and
the station is unattended, the radio sounds a tone and the receiving station
name or user MMSI, category code, UNATTENDED, and the channel number
appear. Press any key to turn off the tone.
6. If you receive a DSC call from another radio, the radio sounds a tone.
a. To reply with an individual acknowledgement, rotate PUSH/SELECT until
REPLY is highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
b. If the radio is in its standby mode, the radio automatically sends an individual
acknowledgement. Your radio's station name or user MMSI, category code,
INDIVIDUAL, and the channel number appear on the display of the calling radio.
Notes:
• The radio automatically sets itself to high power when it sends a DSC call.
• If a DSC call includes channel information and the automatic channel switch
feature is turned on, the radio automatically changes the channel.
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