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IMPORTANT Thank you for choosing this Icom product. This product is designed and built with Icom’ s state of the art READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS technology and craftsmanship. With proper care, this product carefully and completely should provide you with years of trouble-free operation.
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IN CASE OF EMERGENCY NOTE A WARNING STICKER is supplied with the transceiver. If your vessel requires assistance, contact other vessels and the Coast Guard by sending a Distress call on Channel 16. To comply with FCC regulations, this sticker must be affixed in such a location as to be readily seen from the operating USING CHANNEL 16 controls of the radio as in the diagram below.
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RADIO OPERATOR WARNING Icom requires the radio operator to meet the FAILURE TO OBSERVE THESE LIMITS MAY ALLOW THOSE WITHIN THE MPE RADIUS TO EXPERIENCE RF FCC requirements for radio frequency expo- RADIATION ABSORPTION WHICH EXCEEDS THE FCC sure. An omnidirectional antenna with gain not greater than 9 dBi must be mounted a minimum MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) LIMIT.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT ................... i ■ Position and Time programming ......... 18 EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ..............i ■ Position and Time display ........... 19 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ............ii ■ GPS information display ............. 19 NOTE ....................ii ■ Distress call ................ 20 RADIO OPERATOR WARNING ............
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–20°C (–4°F) or above +60°C (+140°F) or, • The use of Icom transceivers with any equipment that is not in areas subject to direct sunlight, such as the dashboard. manufactured or approved by Icom.
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It is unlawful to operate a ship station which is not licensed, but required to be. NOTE: Even though the IC-M604A is capable of operation on VHF marine channels 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82 and If required, contact your dealer or the appropriate...
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PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Panel description t POWER KEY [POWER] (p. 9) Speaker Function display (p. 4) ➥ Push to turn ON the transceiver. ➥ Hold down for 1 second to turn OFF the transceiver. VHF MARINE iM604 y CHANNEL 16/CALL CHANNEL KEY [16•9] ➥...
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PANEL DESCRIPTION !0 TRANSMIT POWER KEY [H/L] ➥ Number input: ‘2’ ➥ Push to toggle the output power high or low. (p. 9) ➥ Comment input: ‘2,’ ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C’ ‘a,’ ‘b’ or ‘c’ • Some channels are set to only low power. ➥...
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PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Function display ■ Panel description (Continued) ➥ Number input: ‘7’ ➥ Comment input: ‘7,’ ‘P,’ ‘R,’ ‘S,’ ‘p,’ ‘r’ or ‘s’ q w e r t ➥ After pushing [O], push to turn the Hailer function ON or OFF. (p. 44) $75;...
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