Receiving A Group Call - Standard Horizon ECLIPSE DSC+ GX1200E Owner's Manual

11. Press the
radio operation mode.
12. Listen to the channel to make sure it
is not busy, then key the microphone
and call the other vessels you desire to
communicate with.

9.6.3 Receiving a Group Call

1. When a group call is received, the GX1200E
will produce a ringing alarm sound. (DSC
BEEP needs to be enabled to hear alarm.)
The display will show the MMSI (or name) of
the vessel transmitting the group call.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. To show the nature of the call of the vessel, press the
4. If a key is not pressed for thirty seconds after a group call is received,
the GX1200E will automatically switch to the requested channel for you
to monitor communications.
5. To immediately switch to requested channel, press the
6. Press the
acknowledgement.
Press the
acknowledgement.
7. If you want the radio to stay on the channel
you were on before receiving the group call,
press the
8. Press the
the requested channel.
9. Monitor the channel for the person calling the group for a message.
10. If you want to respond, monitor the channel to make sure it is clear, then
press the PTT on the microphone and talk to the calling ship(s).
 When there is an unread group call, the " " icon will appear on
the display. You may review the unread group call from the DSC
log, refer to section "9.12.3 Reviewing a Logged Other Calls."
 After a group call is received, the time the call was made and the
ships MMSI or vessels name will appear on the LCD.
GX1200E
soft key to return to
soft key to suspend the
soft key to resume the
soft key.
soft key to display the operating channel number of
NOTE
-GROUP-
023456789
ROUTINE
CH: 06 0:01
RX GROUP
023456789
SINCE 0:01
ROUTINE
key.
soft key.
GROUP
PAUSING!
RX GROUP
023456789
SINCE 0:01
ROUTINE
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