Receiving Dsc Calls - Icom IC-M423G Instruction Manual

■ Receiving DSC calls

D Receiving a Distress Call/Distress Acknowledgement
[Example]: Receiving a Distress Call.
When a Distress Call is received:
➥ The emergency alarm sounds for 2 minutes.
➥ "RCVD DISTRESS" is displayed and the backlight blinks.
q Push [ALARM OFF] to
stop the alarm and the
blinking backlight.
• Even if you do not push
[ALARM OFF], the alarm
stops after 2 minutes, and
then the screen in step w
is displayed.
w Push a softkey to select
your desired action.
[IGN]
➥ Push to return to the normal operating mode.
• The transceiver exits the DSC mode.
• By pushing [PTT], the transceiver also exits the DSC mode.
• " " continues to blink and the Call is stored in the Received
Call Log.
[INFO]
➥ Push to display the Received call information. (p. 63)
[PAUSE] (For only USA version transceivers)
➥ Push to pause the countdown.
• The softkey is displayed if the "CH Auto Switch:" item in the DSC
SET menu (p. 66) is set to "10 sec."
• Push [RESUME] to resume the countdown.
• The call is saved in the received call log.
[ACPT]
➥ Push to accept the call.
And then, push [CH 16] to change the operating channel
to Channel 16, and then monitor it, as a coast station may
require assistance.
• Even if you haven't pushed [CH 16] within 10 seconds, the oper-
ating channel automatically changes to Channel 16. (p. 66)
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DSC OPERATION
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