Cobra MR F77W GPS Owner's Manual page 23

Digital Select Calling (DSC)
Setup
Operating Your Radio
If You Transfer Your Radio To A Different Vessel
Contact the MMSI issuing agency from which you obtained your number and change the
information associated with your number to correspond to vessel in which it will be mounted.
To View Your MMSI Number At Any Time:
radio mmsi
1. Enter the DSC SETUP MENU menu and scroll to
RADIO MMSI ENTRY with the Up/Down soft keys or
mmsi 123456789
the Up/Down channel buttons.
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2. Press the ENTR button and the already entered number
will be displayed.
3. Press the EXIT soft key to return to the DSC SETUP MENU.
Individual Directory
DSC calling allows you to call another vessel or station directly if
DSC Setup menu
radio mmsi entry
you know its MMSI number. Your CobraMarine VHF radio allows
individ directory
you to store up to twenty (20) names and their associated MMSI
group mmsi dir
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numbers for quick access.
To Enter Or Edit Names And MMSI Numbers In The Directory:
1. Enter the DSC SETUP MENU and scroll to INDIVID
DIRECTORY (individual directory) with the Up/Down soft
individual dir
keys or the Up/Down channel buttons.
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2. The ADD option in the menu will be highlighted the first
exit entr
time this menu is entered. Press the ENTR soft key to
ADD a new Name and MMSI number.
3. The cursor will begin to blink at the first character under
ADD NAME.
individual dir
4. Use the Up/Down soft keys or the Up/Down channel
add name
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buttons to scroll through the character list.
mmsi _________
exit entr 5. Press the ENTR soft key to select a character. This will
also move the blinking cursor to the next character under
ADD NAME.
6. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter additional characters — up
individual dir to a maximum of eleven (11) — for the name.
Add name
friends boat
7. After entering the name, press the ENTR soft key to move
mmsi 123456789
the blinking cursor to the first character under MMSI.
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8. Use the Up/Down soft keys or the Up/Down channel buttons
to scroll through the number list.
9. Press the ENTR soft key to select the number and move the
cursor to the next character under MMSI.
individual dir
friends boat
add 10. Repeat steps 9 and 10 until the ninth (9) digit MMSI is entered.
11. Press the ENTR button to save the entry.
exit entr
12. Highlight ADD to enter the next new name/MMSI number
entry, or highlight the entry just entered and press the ENTR
soft key to edit or delete the current entry, or press the EXIT
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soft key to return to the DSC SETUP MENU.
Digital Select Calling (DSC)
Setup
Operating Your Radio
Group MMSI Number
Nautical organizations such as yacht clubs and the organizers of events such as regattas can
establish Group MMSIs. These allow a message to be sent automatically to all members of
the group without having to call each one individually.
Each member of the group must enter the group MMSI number in his radio in order to
receive group messages.
To Enter A Group MMSI Number:
1. Enter the DSC SETUP MENU and scroll to GROUP MMSI
DSC Setup menu
radio mmsi entry
DIR (group MMSI) with the Up/Down soft keys or the
individ directory
group mmsi dir Up/Down channel buttons.
exit entr
2. The ADD option in the menu will be highlighted the first
time this menu is entered. Press the ENTR soft key to
ADD a new Name and MMSI number.
group mmsi
3. The cursor will begin to blink at the first character under
add
ADD NAME.
4. Use the Up/Down soft keys or the Up/Down channel
exit entr
buttons to scroll through the character list.
5. Press the ENTR soft key to select a character. This will
also move the blinking cursor to the next character under
group mmsi
ADD NAME.
add name
___________
6. Repeat steps 5 and 6 to enter additional characters — up
mmsi _________
exit entr to a maximum of eleven (11) — for the name.
7. After entering the name, press the ENTR soft key to move
the blinking cursor to the second character under MMSI
(the first digit of a Group MMSI number always starts with a 0).
group mmsi
Add name
8. Use the Up/Down soft keys or the Up/Down channel
boat group
buttons to scroll through the number list.
mmsi 123456789
exit entr
9. Press the ENTR soft key to select the number and move
the cursor to the next character under MMSI.
10. Repeat steps 9 and 10 until the ninth (9) digit MMSI is entered.
11. Press the ENTR button to save the entry.
group mmsi dir
boat group
add 12. Highlight ADD to enter the next new name/MMSI number
entry, or highlight the entry just entered and press the ENTR
exit entr
soft key to edit or delete the current entry, or press the EXIT
soft key to return to the DSC SETUP MENU.
NOTE
The group MMSI is established by modifying the MMSI assigned to one (1) of the
group members. The last digit of that member's MMSI number is dropped and a zero
(0) is inserted at the beginning. For example, member MMSI number 366123456
becomes group MMSI number 036612345.
Group MMSIs can be entered and changed any number of times
without encountering the need to have your radio reset
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