Cobra Marine MR F45-D Owner's Manual page 27

Digital Select Calling (DSC)
Operation
Operating Your Radio
Receiving An Individual Call
Caller Identified
When another station makes an Individual call to your radio,
the individual alarm will sound, the caller will be identified
on the LCD, and your radio will be switched to the channel
selected by the caller. Press any button to turn Off the
alarm.
To Receive An Individual Call:
Press the Talk button and greet the caller.
Sending A Group Call
Sending a Group call is very similar to sending an individual call, except that
the group MMSI is used and the resend and DSC responses do not apply. See page
XX for creating and entering a group MMSI.
Standby Mode
To Send A Group Call:
1. In Standby mode, select a channel on which you want
to communicate.
2. Press the Call/Set button to enter the Call Send menu.
3. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to
Group
4. Press the Call/Set button to move to the send
or exit menu.
5. Use the Up/Down buttons to select
6. Press the Call/Set button to send the message or
return to the Call Send menu if
Send/Exit
All radios will be switched to the channel selected in
step 1. Press and hold the Talk button to send your
voice message to everyone in the group.
Anyone in the group can now also transmit on
Group Waiting
that channel.
50 English
.
GROUP
or .
SEND EXIT
was chosen.
EXIT
Digital Select Calling (DSC)
Operation
Operating Your Radio
Receiving A Group Call
When another station makes a Group call to your radio, the individual alarm
will sound, the caller will be identified on the LCD, and your radio will be
switched to the channel selected by the caller, just as for an individual call.
Press any button to turn Off the alarm.
To Receive A Group Call:
Caller Identified
1. Listen for the group voice message.
2. Press the Talk button and respond
only if appropriate.
Sending A Position Request
Position Request mode enables a DSC radio to obtain the position (latitude and
longitude) of a station that has a GPS device connected to the DSC radio at that
station. In most cases, a reply will be forthcoming. If for some reason, your request
is not acknowledged in five (5) minutes, the user will be prompted to Resend the
request or exit the menu.
To Request The Position Of Another Station:
Standby Mode
1. In Standby mode, select a channel on which
you want to communicate.
2. Press the Call/Set button to enter the
Call Send menu.
Position Request 3. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to
POS REQST
the menu.
4. Press the Call/Set button to enter the
Individual Directory menu.
5. Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to the
name of the station whose position you
want to request.
Individual Directory
6. Press the Call/Set button. Your radio will send the
position request and there will be one (1) of three (3)
possible responses:
You will receive the position.
n
Position Request
You will receive a no position data response, meaning
n
the station you queried is not connected to a GPS device
and cannot send its position.
You will receive a no reply response, meaning the operator
n
(position request) on
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