Select Your Response To Ll Polling Calls; Turn The Dsc Functions On/Off - NorthStar NS100 Reference Manual

Select your response to LL polling calls

LOCAL/DIST DSC SETUP
USA/INT/CAN GROUP SETUP
GPS/DATA INDV REPLY
>DSC SETUP >LL REPLY
Another boat may send an LL polling request
to ask for your boat's position. You can choose
to respond to an LL polling request in one of
three ways:

Turn the DSC functions on/off

LOCAL/DIST DSC SETUP
USA/INT/CAN INDV REPLY
GPS/DATA LL REPLY
>DSC SETUP >DSC FUNC
1. Select DSC SETUP and press >ENT.
WARNING!
You can turn OFF the
2. Move the cursor to DSC FUNC and press
DSC functions, but this
is not recommended
3. Press >ENT again if you want to turn the
because you won't be
able to automatically
transmit coded
information about
your boat to the
GMDSS in a distress
situation.
Reference Manual
LL REPLY
>AUTO
MANUAL
OFF
• AUTO will automatically send your boat's
position in response to any incoming LL
polling requests from your buddies.
• MANUAL means that you choose whether
or not to reply to any incoming LL polling
requests.
• OFF ignores all LL polling requests.
DSC FUNC
>ON
OFF
>ENT.
DSC functions ON,
OR
move the cursor to OFF and then press <ENT
to turn the DSC functions OFF.
1. Select DSC SETUP and press >ENT.
2. Move the cursor to LL REPLY and press
>ENT.
3. Select your response, then press >ENT again
to return to the DSC SETUP option.
It is not possible to have both of DSC and ATIS
operating simultaneously. When you turn one
ON, the other will turn OFF. If they are both
OFF, you must set DSC FUNC to ON to get DSC
functionality.
SPECIAL NOTE:
The DSC or ATIS annunciator in the LCD will
illuminate if DSC or ATIS is fully operational.
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