Cobra MR F45-D Owner's Manual page 23

Digital Selective Calling
(DSC) Setup
Operating Your Radio
If You Transfer Your Radio To A Different Vessel
Contact the MMSI issuing agency from which you obtained your number
and change the information associated with your number to correspond
to vessel in which it will be mounted.
To View Your MMSI Number At Any Time:
User MMSI
1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to
USER MMSI
2. Press the Call/Set button and the blinking
cursor will appear at the first digit of your
already entered number under
ID ENTRY
3. Press and hold the WX/ESC button to
User MMSI ID Entry
return to the Settings menu.
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USER MMSI
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Digital Selective Calling
(DSC) Setup
Operating Your Radio
Group MMSI Number
Nautical organizations such as yacht clubs and the organizers of events
such as regattas can establish Group MMSIs. These allow a message to be
sent automatically to all members of the group without having to call each
one individually.
Group MMSIs can be entered and changed any time without resetting the radio. Each
member of a group must enter the group MMSI number in their radio to receive group
messages.
To Enter A Group MMSI Number:
Group MMSI
1. Enter the Settings menu and scroll to
2. Press the Call/Set button and the blinking cursor will appear
at the first digit under
3. Scroll through the number list to that digit of your number.
4. Press the Call/Set button to select the digit and the blinking
cursor will move to the next digit of the number.
5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until all nine digits of
Group MMSI ID Entry
the group MMSI number are entered.
NOTE
Press the High/Low Power button to backspace
and erase the last selected number.
6. Check that you have entered the number correctly. The unit
will ask you to re-enter your number to confirm.
7. Press and hold the Call/Set button to return
to the Settings menu.
The group MMSI is established by modifying the MMSI assigned
to one of the group members. The last digit
of that member's MMSI number is dropped and a zero
is inserted at the beginning. Example: Member MMSI number
366123456 becomes group MMSI number 036612345.
GROUP MMSI .
GROUP MMSI ID ENTRY .
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