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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
VHF MARINE TRANSCEIVERS
iM506
iM506EURO

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL VHF MARINE TRANSCEIVERS iM506 iM506EURO...
  • Page 2 READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for choosing this Icom product. carefully and completely This product is designed and built with Icom’s state of the art before using the transceiver. technology and craftsmanship. With proper care, this product SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL should provide you with years of trouble-free operation.
  • Page 3 USING DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (Ch 70) are used. If higher gain antenna are required then please DISTRESS CALL PROCEDURE contact your Icom distributor for revised installation recom- 1. While lifting up the key cover, hold down [DISTRESS] mendations. for 3 seconds until you hear 3 short beeps and then one long beep.
  • Page 4 KEEP the transceiver and microphone at least 1 m away Icom, Icom Inc. and Icom logo are registered trademarks of Icom Incorporated from the vessel’s magnetic navigation compass. (Japan) in Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France,...
  • Page 5 Directive, 2011/65/EU. About declaration of conformity Hereby, Icom Inc. declares that the radio equipment type IC-M506EURO is in compliance with Directive 2014/53/EU. The full text of the EU declaration of conformity is available at the following internet address: http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/...
  • Page 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE ..........i 6 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH ....17 10 NMEA 2000 CONNECTION IMPORTANT ...........i ■ Description ........17 (Depending on versions) ..82–83 EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ......i ■ Operation ........17 ■ Description ........82 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ....ii 7 DSC OPERATION ...... 18–66 11 MENU SCREEN OPERATION ...
  • Page 7 OPERATING RULES D Priorities (2) OPERATOR’S LICENSE • Read all rules and regulations pertaining to call priorities, A Restricted Radiotelephone Operator Permit is the license and keep an up-to-date copy handy. Safety and distress most often held by small vessel radio operators when a radio calls take priority over all others.
  • Page 8 PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Front panel r UP AND DOWN/CHANNEL SELECT KEYS [∫CH]/[√CH] ➥ Push to select the operating channels, Menu items, Speaker Function display (p. 4) Menu settings, and so on. ➥ While scanning, push to check Favorite channels, change the scanning direction or manually resume a scan.
  • Page 9 PANEL DESCRIPTION i CHANNEL 16/CALL CHANNEL KEY [16/C] Voice Scrambler [ ]* (p. 71) ➥ Push to select Channel 16. (p. 9) Push to turn the Voice Scrambler ON or OFF. ➥ Hold down for 1 second to select the Call channel. (p. 9) •...
  • Page 10 PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Function display t CALL CHANNEL ICON (p. 9) Appears when the Call channel is selected. y DUPLEX ICON (p. 10) Appears when a duplex channel is selected. u FAVORITE CHANNEL ICON (p. 16) Appears when a Favorite (Tag) channel is selected. i MESSAGE ICON Blinks when there is an unread DSC message.
  • Page 11 A-7130D-1EU-e Printed in Japan 2014–2017 Icom Inc. © 1-1-32 Kamiminami, Hirano-ku, Osaka 547-0003, Japan Printed on recycled paper with soy ink.

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