Receiving A Dsc Call - Uniden UM385 Owner's Manual

Collision
Overboard
3. If no MMSI number has been programmed, the radio prompts you to enter your
MMSI number.
While the radio is waiting for a response, it gives you the option of canceling the call. To
Canceling an automatic distress call
cancel the distress call, choose Cancel and press ENT-1W/25W.
If your radio receives an individual DSC call from another station, it sounds an incoming

Receiving a DSC Call

call tone and displays the name or MMSI number of the station calling you. To respond to
the call, select Send: Able-Comply; the radio sends an acknowledgement and automatically
switches to the designated response channel. To reject the call, select Send: Unable-Comply;
the radio advises the other station that you are unable to respond to the call.
If the DSC request contains a response channel that you are not allowed to use, the radio
displays Not Support CH; your only response option is Send: Unable-Comply.
If the radio receives a group or all ships call, it sounds an incoming call tone and
automatically switches to the designated response channel.
Just like your telephone's caller ID list, your radio keeps track of the calls you receive but
Receive log
do not answer. The receive log is useful if you have been off your boat or away from your
radio and want to see who has tried to contact you. The radio displays the last 10 distress
calls and the last 20 non-distress calls that it received. If you have unread incoming DSC
calls, the radio displays a Message icon. When you display all Distress and Other receiving
logs, the message icon disappears.
CALL
1. Press CALL-MENU to display the call menu.
2. Select Receive Log.
3. Select Distress to see the last 10 distress call received by the radio. Select Other
to see the last 20 normal calls received by the radio, then choose from Individual,
Group, or All Ships calls.
4. Calls are listed in the order they were received, with the newest call shown first.
The display blinks if there are new calls you have not reviewed.
Piracy. Armed
Capsizing
ENT
1W/2.5 W
Grounding
ENT
1W/2.5 W
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