Uniden UM-525 Owner's Manual page 26

Call
ALL SHIPS
Group
Position Request
Position Reply
Position Send
Geographic
Distress Relay
Distress Relay Ack Yes
To select the DSC Call menu, rotate PUSH/SELECT to select DSC CALL, then press PUSH/
SELECT to select it.
Using DSC Individual Call
DSC individual call lets you transmit DSC calls to an individual station. You can also receive
DSC calls from other stations.
1. Rotate PUSH/SELECT to select INDIVIDUAL, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
A screen showing the stations saved in the directory appears.
2. Follow one of these steps to select the station where you want to send a DSC call.
a. To select a station by vessel name, rotate PUSH/SELECT until the name of the station
you want to talk to is highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
b. To select a station by its user MMSI, rotate PUSH/SELECT until MANUAL is
highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it. A screen appears you can use to enter
the user MMSI. After you enter the user MMSI, press PUSH/SELECT. The channel select
screen appears.
3. Rotate PUSH/SELECT to select the channel you want to use, then press PUSH/SELECT
to select it. A confirmation screen appears.
4. To send a DSC call to the station you selected, rotate PUSH/SELECT to select SEND, then
press PUSH/SELECT to select it. DSC appears and the radio transmits the DSC call.
Otherwise, to cancel the transmission, rotate PUSH/SELECT to select CANCEL, then
press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
5. When you receive an acknowledgement from the station you called and the station is
staffed, the radio sounds a tone and the receiving station name or user MMSI,
COMPLETED, and the channel number appear.
Otherwise, if you receive an acknowledgement from the station you called and the station is
unattended, the radio sounds a tone and the receiving station name or user MMSI,
UNATTENDED, and the channel number appear. Press any key to turn off the tone.
6. If you receive a DSC call from another radio, the radio sounds a tone.
a. To reply with an individual acknowledgement, rotate PUSH/SELECT until REPLY is
highlighted, then press PUSH/SELECT to select it.
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Receive Transmit
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
Yes No
Yes No
No
Using the Radio's Menus