Icom IC-M506 Instruction Manual page 6

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE ................................................i
IMPORTANT ...........................................i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS .........................i
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ....................ii
INSTALLATION NOTE ............................ii
PRECAUTIONS .......................................iii
COUNTRY CODE LIST ...........................iv
DISPOSAL ...............................................iv
ABOUT CE ..............................................iv
1 OPERATING RULES ..........................1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ...................2–6
■ Front panel ......................................2
■ Function display ..............................4
■ Speaker Microphone .......................6
■ Softkey function ..............................6
3 PREPARATION ..............................7–8
■ MMSI code entry .............................7
■ ATIS code entry ..............................8
4 BASIC OPERATION .....................9–14
■ Channel selection ...........................9
■ Receiving and transmitting ............11
■ Call channel entry .........................12
■ Channel name entry .....................12
■ Microphone Lock function .............13
■ Adjusting the Backlight level .........14
■ AquaQuake water draining function ...14
5 SCAN OPERATION .................... 15–16
■ Scan types ....................................15
■ Setting Favorite channels .............16
■ Starting a scan ..............................16
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6 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH ..............17
■ Description ....................................17
■ Operation ......................................17
7 DSC OPERATION ...................... 18–66
■ DSC address ID ...........................18
■ Position and time programming .......21
■ Distress call ...................................22
■ Transmitting DSC calls .................27
■ Receiving DSC calls .....................46
■ Received Call log ..........................58
■ Transmitted Call log ......................60
■ DSC Settings ................................61
■ Making an Individual call using
an AIS transponder .......................65
8 OTHER FUNCTIONS .................. 67–71
■ Intercom operation ....................... 67
■ RX Hailer function ........................ 68
■ Hailer operation ............................ 68
■ Horn function ................................ 69
■ Voice scrambler operation .......... 71
■ Voice recorder function ................ 71
9 AIS RECEIVER
(Depending on versions) .......... 72–81
■ About AIS ......................................72
■ AIS Classes ..................................72
■ Function display ............................73
■ About the detail screen .................76
■ AIS Settings ..................................79
10 NMEA 2000 CONNECTION
(Depending on versions) .......... 82–83
■ Description ....................................82
11 MENU SCREEN OPERATION ... 84–93
■ Menu screen operation .................84
■ Menu screen items ........................85
■ Configuration items .......................86
■ Radio Settings items .....................90
12 CONNECTIONS AND
MAINTENANCE ........................94–102
■ Connections ..................................94
■ Antenna .........................................96
■ Fuse replacement .........................96
■ Cleaning ........................................96
■ Supplied accessories ....................96
■ Mounting the transceiver ...............97
■ MB-75/MB-132 installation ............98
■ Microphone installation ...............100
13 SPECIFICATIONS
AND OPTIONS ....................... 103–105
■ Specifications ..............................103
■ Options ........................................104
14 CHANNEL LIST ......................106–108
15 TEMPLATE .....................................109
16 TROUBLESHOOTING ....................111