How To Turn On/Off The Loudspeaker; Quick Selection Of Ch16; Intercom - Furuno FM-8900S Operator's Manual

How to change the output power
Press the HI/LO key to change the
output power to high and low alter-
nately. "HI" or "LO" appears on the
screen depending on your selection.
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How to Turn On/Off the Loudspeaker

You can turn the loudspeaker (other than DSC communication, alert, and key beep)
on or off.
1. Press the SPK key to alternately disable or en-
able the loudspeaker.
2. To adjust the volume of the loudspeaker, press the VOL key. The screen changes
as below.
3. Press the  or  key to adjust the volume during reverse highlighting. The time
for reverse highlighting is three seconds.
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Quick Selection of CH16

Press the CH16 key to select CH16. The CH16 (156.8 MHz) is the international fre-
quency for distress traffic and for calling by radiotelephone. The CH16 can also be
used by ship stations for call and reply. To facilitate the reception of distress calls and
distress traffic, all transmissions on CH16 should be kept to a minimum and should not
exceed one minute. Before transmitting on the CH16, a station should listen on this
frequency for a reasonable period to make sure that no distress traffic is being sent.
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Intercom

The built-in intercom permits voice communications between two control units. The
combination of two controls is transceiver unit & remote handset, or remote handset
& remote handset.
Calling
You can call over the intercom only in off hook condition.
1. Press the MENU key to open the [MENU] screen.
Reverse highlighting
6. REMOTE HANDSET
Speaker ON Speaker OFF
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