Cobra MR F45-D Owner's Manual page 27

Digital Selective Calling
(DSC) Operation
Operating Your Radio
Receiving An All Ships Call
All Ships calls sent by stations within range of your radio will sound
the distress alarm on your radio and switch your radio to Channel 16.
When An All Ships Call Is Heard:
All Ships Call
1. Press any button to turn Off the alarm and return to Standby
mode.
2. Read and write down the MMSI of the vessel sending
the call as well as the date and time of the call.
3. Listen to the voice message sent on the channel your radio
was switched to by the incoming all ships call. Some All
Ships calls have channel information.
Sending A Geographical Call
Your radio cannot send Geographical calls. Only large ships and shore
stations with specially equipped radios can send Geographical calls.
Receiving A Geographical Call
Geographical calls are sent by specially equipped radios to all stations in a
particular geographical area to alert only those stations of the call and not
stations in unaffected areas. If you are in an area to which a Geographical
call is made, the radio will sound the geographical alarm and switch to the channel
chosen by the transmitting station.
When A Geographical Call Sounds:
Geographical Call
1. Press any button to turn Off the alarm.
2. Read and write down the MMSI of the vessel
sending the call as well as the date and time
of the call in case you will want to respond.
3. Listen to the voice message sent on the channel your radio
was switched to by the incoming Geographical call.
4. Press one of the following three buttons to
switch from geographical call receive to Standby mode: Call/
Set button or Channel 16/9 button.
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Digital Selective Calling
(DSC) Operation
Operating Your Radio
Sending An Individual Call
The DSC Individual call feature allows you to notify one, and only one, station that you
want to communicate with that station. The DSC Individual call does not alert all other
stations within range.
To Send An Individual Call:
Standby Mode
1. In Standby mode, select a channel on which you
want to communicate.
2. Press the Call/Set button to enter the Call Send menu.
3. Scroll to INDIVIDUAL
Individual
4. Press the Call/Set button to move to the individual directory.
5. Scroll to select the name you want to call from the directory.
6. Press the Call/Set button to send the message or
return to Standby mode if
If the radio you are calling sends back an automatic DSC
Select Name
response of "able to comply," the individual alarm will sound.
Wait for a voice message from the called station.
If the called radio does not send an "able to comply" response,
your radio will wait eight seconds and
resend the message.
Individual Waiting
If an "unable to comply" response or no reply is received, your
radio will go to the Unavailable menu.
At the Unavailable menu, you can choose
EXIT with the Up/Down buttons. If you choose
Send/Exit
your radio will restart the individual call. If you choose
EXIT , you will be returned to the individual location
on the Call Send menu.
.
EXIT was chosen.
SEND or
SEND ,
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