Midland neptune User Manual page 2

7 USE WITH GPS..................................................................................................................... 19
7.1 Function....................................................................................................................... 19
7.2 GPS information on the display................................................................................... 19
8 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC)................................................................................. 19
8.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 19
8.2 Mobile Marine Identification Service (MMSI)............................................................... 19
8.3 Navigating the DSC menu ........................................................................................... 20
8.4 Individual call (ROUTINE TO)....................................................................................... 20
8.4.a Sending an individual call .................................................................................. 20
8.5 Group calling (Group Call) ........................................................................................... 21
8.5.a Sending a group call ......................................................................................... 21
8.6 General call to all ships (ALL SHIP SAFETY - ALL SHIP URGENCY) ........................ 21
8.6.a Sending a call to all ships.................................................................................. 21
8.7. DSC DISTRESS call..................................................................................................... 22
8.7.a Sending a DISTRESS call ................................................................................... 22
9 RECEIVING A DSC CALL..................................................................................................... 23
9.1.a Receiving a distress call .................................................................................... 23
9.1.b General call to all ships...................................................................................... 23
9.1.c Individual call ..................................................................................................... 23
10 CUSTOMIZATION................................................................................................................. 24
10.1 Menu settings .............................................................................................................. 24
10.2 Navigation in the menu of settings .............................................................................. 24
10.3 List of settings ............................................................................................................. 24
10.4 " Log" (list of registered calls)...................................................................................... 24
10.5 "Dir" (Entries in the directory) ...................................................................................... 25
10.5.a Addition of addresses ...................................................................................... 25
10.5.b To modify/cancel addresses............................................................................. 25
10.6 "Posn"(Setting of position coordinates and adjustment of UTC time) ........................ 25
10.7 "LCD" (display contrast) .............................................................................................. 26
10.8 "Beep" (Enable/disable keypad beep)......................................................................... 26
10.9 "ZONE"(Adjustment of UTC time deviation)................................................................ 26
10.10 MMSI (Setting of personel MMSI code and MMSI group code) ................................. 26
10.11 "ATIS" (Setting of ATIS code and activation - deactivation
of automatical transmission) ....................................................................................... 27
11 PROGRAMMING AND SELECTION OF PRIVATE CHANNELS ......................................... 28
12 MAINTENANCE .................................................................................................................... 28
12.1 Maintenance and warnings ......................................................................................... 28
13 TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................... 29
14 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS: .......................................................................................... 30
14.1 Transmitter................................................................................................................... 30
14.2 Receiver....................................................................................................................... 30
15 FREQUENCY TABLE ............................................................................................................ 31
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