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Icom IC-M501 Operational Manual

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IC-M502 Operational Manual

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    IC-M501 IC-M502 Operational Manual Table of contents 1. Front panel layout 2. Rear Panel 3. Radio operation Display Readout and operation DSC operation User set mode - 1 -...

  • Page 2: Front Panel Layout

    IC-M501 1. Front panel 1. Front panel 1. Front panel 1. Front panel USA Model USA Model USA Model USA Model DISTRESS DW U/I/C CH/WX DSC/ENT SCAN DIMMER POWER LO/DX HI/LOW - 2 -...
  • Page 3 IC-M501 Name Operation Silk Print Function and Operation Repress once Recall CH16 Recall CH9 or reprogramming CALL CH when CH 9 is Holding for one sec. selected Repress 16 with holding Editing CH name HI/LOW button Repress once CH/WX Toggle between user CH and WX CH/WX Holding for 1sec.
  • Page 4 IC-M501 Europe Model Europe Model Europe Model Europe Model DIAL DUAL SCAN CALL POWER DIMMER HI/LOW - 4 -...
  • Page 5 IC-M501 Name Operation Silk Print Function and Operation Repress once CALL Recall CALL CH CALL Holding for one sec. Reprogramming CALL CH Repress CALL with Editing CH name holding HI/LOW button Repress once DIAL Switching to user CH mode DIAL Holding for 1sec.

  • Page 6: Rear Panel

    IC-M501 2.Rear Panel el el el 2.Rear Pan 2.Rear Pan 2.Rear Pan USA Model USA Model USA Model USA Model 1. NMEA input jack (Pig Tail) 2. Speaker output jack (Pig Tail) 3. Socket for remote control unit 4. DC power cable (Pig Tail)

  • Page 7: Radio Operation

    IC-M501 3. 3. 3. 3. Radio Operation Radio Operation Radio Operation Radio Operation i.. Display Following words are showing on display Transmit indicator Tagged CH indicator BUSY indicator shows radio BUSY SCAN Blinks during scanning incoming receive signals output power...
  • Page 8 IC-M501 Ii Display and operation 1. Transmit and receive readout RX with SQL close RX with SQL open TX with high power TX with low power CH16 is selected CALL CH is selected - 8 -...
  • Page 9 IC-M501 2 Operation mode readout Repressing CH/WX button while holding HI/LOW button 3 DUAL / TRI watch Radio setup mode selects DUAL or TRI watch 4 Scan The radio comes with four different scanning modes, Normal scan, Normal scan with WX alert, Priority scan and Priority scan with WX alert, and you may...
  • Page 10 IC-M501 During pausing scan, holding SCAN button for 1 sec. will un-tag the channel, and will resume scanning 5 WX channel Blinks 6 LAT/LON display Holding DSC/ENT button for 1 sec will display position Repressing other button will cancel this mode GPS connected ’...
  • Page 11 IC-M501 7 Internal Speaker off It shows that internal speaker is off The radio was turned on ATT, the readout shows LOCAL instead 8 receive attenuator (Harbor mode) indicator To eliminate interference at harbor, you may turns on the attenuator on the...
  • Page 12 IC-M501 Blinks 10 CH name editing For USA version, repressing 16 button while holding HI/LOW button will enter CH name editing mode After in the CH name editing mode, you may select cursor position by repressing SCAN button or CH/WX button, then you may select desired...
  • Page 13 IC-M501 - 13 -...
  • Page 14 IC-M501 12 Intercom (Option) 1. To enter the intercom mode, hold LO/DX button for 1sec. 2. If the radio is connected no controller, the radio will sound error beep, and will not accept entering intercom mode. 3. If radio is in the intercom mode, repressing 16 button will sound call beep from both radio and controller 4.

  • Page 15: Dsc Operation

    IC-M501 iii DSC Operation (For USA model) iii DSC Operation (For USA model) iii DSC Operation (For USA model) iii DSC Operation (For USA model) Format specifier Format specifier Category Category 1 1 1 1 Telecommand Telecommand Receive Receive Transmit...
  • Page 16 IC-M501 Continue holding DISTRESS button will cause radio to beep once a second. After 4 second, the radio will beep long beeping sound for one second, then the radio will transmit distress call ’ Transmitting Distress Call ’ After distress call transmission, the radio will wait for the acknowledgment at CH70 If the radio did not receive acknowledgment within 3.5 –...
  • Page 17 IC-M501 2 Recei 2 Receiving Distress Call 2 Recei 2 Recei ving Distress Call ving Distress Call ving Distress Call When you received Distress Call, the radio will display “Received DISTRESS call” At same time, the radio sounds alarm signals. Then the radio will switch to CH16...
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  • Page 19 IC-M501 6 Transmitting Individual Call 6 Transmitting Individual Call 6 Transmitting Individual Call 6 Transmitting Individual Call When you repress DSC/ENT button, the radio will show DSC related menu Then you select INDIVIDUAL from menu and repress DSC/ENT button, the radio will...
  • Page 20 IC-M501 Next, select address ID selection, Dial up desired individual ID with main dial knob. Then repress DSC/ENT button to finish the selection If the radio does not have pre-stored individual ID, the radio will show Manual SET instead of individual ID...
  • Page 21 IC-M501 After transmitted Individual call, the radio will wait for acknowledgment If the radio received acknowledgment or repressed button on the front panel, the radio will back to the user channel - 21 -...
  • Page 22 IC-M501 7 transmitting Individual acknowledgement 7 transmitting Individual ack nowledgement 7 transmitting Individual ack 7 transmitting Individual ack nowledgement nowledgement When the radio received Individual Call, the radio will show display below Also After selecting DSC menu by repressing DSC/ENT button, and selecting INDV...
  • Page 23 IC-M501 Select Reason with main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button Contents of Reason selection Readout for Reason reason given Congestion Busy Queue indication Station barred No operator Equipment disable Unable channel Unable mode After holding DSC/ENT button for 5seconds, the radio will transmit Individual ACK...
  • Page 24 IC-M501 8 Transmitt 8 Transmitting All Ship Call ing All Ship Call 8 Transmitt 8 Transmitt ing All Ship Call ing All Ship Call Repress DSC/ENT button to show the DSC selection menu Then select ALL SHIP by main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button to finish the...
  • Page 25 IC-M501 After transmission of ALL SHIP CALL, the radio will switch back to user channel 9 Displaying received message (Distress) 9 Displaying received message (Distress) 9 Displaying received message (Distress) 9 Displaying received message (Distress) Repress DSC/ENT button to show the DSC selection menu...
  • Page 26 IC-M501 Select desired distress message with main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button to finish the selection Repressed DSC/ENT button to display nature of distress message in details ° ’ ° ’ IF you want to erase data, repress H/L button...
  • Page 27 IC-M501 Nature of DISTRESS display Explosion Disable Adrift Flooding Abandoning Ship Collision Piracy Attack Grounding Man Overboard Capsizing Sinking 10 Displaying received message (Other) 10 Displaying received message (Other) 10 Displaying received message (Other) 10 Displaying received message (Other) Select message type for other with main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button to...
  • Page 28 IC-M501 Message type display Readout Details All ships GEOGRAPHIC Geographical area DTRS RELAY Distress relay DTRS ACK Distress acknowledgement DTRS RL AC Distress relay acknowledgement INDV ACK Individual acknowledgement INDV CALL Individual call Displaying Displaying ships call message ships call message...
  • Page 29 IC-M501 Displaying Individual Call message Displaying Individual Call message Displaying Individual Call message Displaying Individual Call message Repress DSC/ENT button for reviewing detail message - 29 -...
  • Page 30 IC-M501 Displaying Individual acknowledgement message Displaying Individual acknowledgement message Displaying Individual acknowledgement message Displaying Individual acknowledgement message Displaying Comply Readout Details Unable comply Able comply Displaying Reason Readout reason given Congestion Busy Queue indication Station barred No operator Equipment disable...
  • Page 31 IC-M501 Displaying Distress Displaying Distress acknowledgement Displaying Distress Displaying Distress acknowledgement acknowledgement message acknowledgement message message message ° ’ ° ’ - 31 -...
  • Page 32 IC-M501 Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message Displaying Distress relay acknowledgement message ° ’ ° ’ - 32 -...
  • Page 33 IC-M501 Displaying Distress relay message Displaying Distress relay message Displaying Distress relay message Displaying Distress relay message ° ’ ° ’ - 33 -...
  • Page 34 IC-M501 11 Distress information input 11 Distress information input 11 Distress information input 11 Distress information input Repress DSC/ENT button to show the DSC selection menu Then select DTRS SET by main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button to finish the...
  • Page 35 IC-M501 Setting of Distress Select desired message by main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button to finish the selection Setting Position You may select cursor position by repressing SCAN button or CH/WX button, then you may select desired number N, W, .S or E by main dial knob After you finish editing position, repress DSC/ENT button to finish °...
  • Page 36 IC-M501 12 Editing Individual ID 12 Editing Individual ID 12 Editing Individual ID 12 Editing Individual ID Repress DSC/ENT button to show the DSC selection menu Then select SET-UP by main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT button to finish the...
  • Page 37 IC-M501 DELETE ID (Deleting Individual ID) DELETE ID (Deleting Individual ID) DELETE ID (Deleting Individual ID) DELETE ID (Deleting Individual ID) Select desired ID by main dial knob, and repress DSC/ENT to finish the selection When you have only one memory, the radio does not show MORE...
  • Page 38 IC-M501 14 Operation with DSC terminal connected When DSC terminal is connected the radio, DSC terminal will commands channel selection for DSC operation Transmitting Distress Call When operator repressed DISTRESS button on DS-100, the Radio will beep once, and will switch the channel to CH70 Continue holding DISTRESS button will beep once a second for 5 seconds.
  • Page 39 IC-M501 Receiving Distress call 1. When the radio received Distress Call signals, the radio will switch the channels to CH16, and sound alarm with full volume 2. Repressing cancel button on DS-100 will stop alarm sound Receiving Routine and Safety Individual call 1.When the radio received Routine or Safety individual call, the radio will...

  • Page 40: User Set Mode

    IC-M501 Repressing cancel button on DS-100 will stop alarm sound User setup mode Item Readout Readout Details Beep Setting Beep ON / OFF Scan Normal Scan Priority Scan WX Alart WX Alart ON / OFF Scan Timer Resume after 5sec from pausing...
  • Page 41 IC-M501 (*) Default - 41 -...
  • Page 42 IC-M501 V Other mode V Other mode V Other mode V Other mode Band Extension Mode Band Extension Mode Band Extension Mode Band Extension Mode This mode opens all channels including private channel and free channels This mode can be activate by cloning software or internal switch...

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