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Icom IC-M604 Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTION MANUAL VHF MARINE TRANSCEIVER iM604...

  • Page 2: Foreword

    MA-500TR Class B AIS Transponder CLEAN THE TRANSCEIVER AND MICROPHONE Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are regstered trademarks of Icom Incor- THOROUGHLY WITH FRESH WATER after exposure to porated (Japan) n Japan, the Unted States, the Unted Kngdom, Germany, France, Span, Russa and/or other countres.

  • Page 3: In Case Of Emergency

    IN CASE OF EMERGENCY NOTE A WARNING STICKER s suppled wth the transcever. If your vessel requres assstance, contact other vessels and the Coast Guard by sendng a Dstress call on Channel 16. To comply wth FCC regulatons, ths stcker must be affixed n such a locaton as to be readly seen from the operatng con- USING CHANNEL 16 trols of the rado as n the dagram below.

  • Page 4: Radio Operator Warning

    RADIO OPERATOR WARNING FAILURE TO OBSERVE THESE LIMITS MAY ALLOW Icom requres the rado operator to meet the FCC requrements for rado frequency expo- THOSE WITHIN THE MPE RADIUS TO EXPERIENCE RF RADIATION ABSORPTION WHICH EXCEEDS THE FCC sure. An omndrectonal antenna wth gan not greater than 9 dB must be mounted a mnmum MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE EXPOSURE (MPE) LIMIT.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ..................  ■ DSC address ID ..............16 IMPORTANT ...................  ■ Poston and Tme programmng ......... 18 EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS .............. ■ Poston and Tme ndcaton ..........19 IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ............ ■ GPS nformaton ndcaton ..........19 NOTE ....................

  • Page 6: Precautions

    Icom transcever. the transcever and mcrophone at least 1 m (3.3 ft) Icom s not responsble for the destructon or damage to an away from the vessel’s magnetc navgaton compass. Icom transcever n the event the Icom transcever s used...

  • Page 7: Operating Rules

    OPERATING RULES D PRIORITIES (2) OPERATOR’S LICENSE A Restrcted Radotelephone Operator Permt s the lcense • Read all rules and regulatons pertanng to prortes and most often held by small vessel rado operators when a rado keep an up-to-date copy handy. Safety and Dstress calls s not requred for safety purposes.

  • Page 8: Panel Description

    PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Panel description t POWER KEY [POWER] (p. 9) Speaker Function display (p. 4) ➥ Push to turn power ON. ➥ Push and hold for 1 sec. to turn power OFF. VHF MARINE iM604 y CHANNEL 16/CALL CHANNEL KEY [16•9] ➥...
  • Page 9 PANEL DESCRIPTION !0 TRANSMIT POWER KEY [H/L] ➥ Number nput: ‘2’ ➥ Push to toggle the output power hgh or low. (p. 9) ➥ Comment nput: ‘2,’ ‘A,’ ‘B,’ ‘C’ ‘a,’ ‘b’ or ‘c’ • Some channels are set to low power only. ➥...

  • Page 10: Function Display

    PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Function display ➥ Number nput: ‘7’ ➥ Comment nput: ‘7,’ ‘P,’ ‘R,’ ‘S,’ ‘p,’ ‘r’ or ‘s’ ➥ After pushng [F], push to turn the Haler func- q w e r t ton ON or OFF. (p. 40) ➥...
  • Page 11 PANEL DESCRIPTION t CHANNEL GROUP INDICATOR (p. 8) !1 POSITION INDICATOR Indcates whether an U.S.A. “USA,” Internatonal “INT,” ➥ Shows the current poston data when a GPS recever Canadan “CAN” or weather “WX” channel s n use. s connected, or the tme data s manually programmed. •...

  • Page 12: MCrophone

    PANEL DESCRIPTION ■ Microphone Microphone Speaker q PTT SWITCH [PTT] Push and hold to transmt; release to receve. (p. 9) w CHANNEL UP/DOWN KEYS [Y]/[Z] ➥ Push ether key to change the operatng channels, Set mode settngs, etc. (pp. 7–9, 43) ➥...

  • Page 13: Basic Operation

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Channel selection D Channel 9 (Call channel) D Channel 16 Each regular channel group has a separate lesure-use call Channel 16 s the dstress and safety channel. It s used for channel. The call channel s montored durng Tr-watch. The establshng ntal contact wth a staton and for emergency call channels can be programmed and are used to store communcatons.

  • Page 14: Weather Channels

    BASIC OPERATION D U.S.A., International and Canadian channels D Weather channels The IC-M604 s pre-programmed wth 59 U.S.A., 59 nter- The IC-M604 has 10 pre-programmed weather channels. natonal and 63 Canadan channels. These channel groups These are used for montorng broadcasts from NOAA (Na- may be specfied for the operatng area.

  • Page 15: Receiving And Transmitting

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Receiving and transmitting Smplex channels, 3, 21, 23, 61, 64, 81, 82 and 83 CAN- CAUTION: Transmttng wthout an antenna wll damage NOT be lawfully used by the general publc n U.S.A. waters. the transcever. q Push [POWER] to turn power ON. IMPORTANT: To maxmze the readablty of your transmt- w Set the audo and squelch levels.

  • Page 16: FunctOn DSplay

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Call channel programming ■ Microphone lock function The Mcrophone lock functon electrcally locks [Y]/[Z] and The call channel s used to select Channel 9 (default), how- [HI/LO] keys on the suppled mcrophone. Ths prevents ac- ever, you can program the call channel wth your most often- used channels n each channel group for quck recall.

  • Page 17: Channel Comments

    ■ AquaQuake water draining function 34°34.506N 123°23.236W UTC 12:00PLEASURE__ The IC-M604 uses a new technology to clear water away from the speaker grll: AquaQuake. AquaQuake helps dran e Push the approprate key water away from the speaker housng (water that mght several tmes to enter the desred character.

  • Page 18: Optional Voice Scrambler Operation

    BASIC OPERATION ■ Optional Voice scrambler operation D Activating the scrambler function D Programming scrambler codes The optonal Voce scrambler provdes prvate communca- There are 32 codes (1 to 32) or 128 codes (0 to 127)* aval- tons. In order to receve or send scrambled transmssons able for programmng when an optonal scrambler unt s you must first actvate the scrambler functon.

  • Page 19: Dualwatch/Tri-Watch

    DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH ■ Description ■ Operation Dualwatch montors Channel 16 whle you are recevng q Select the desred channel. w Push [F], then push [1• ] to start Dualwatch or on another channel; Tr-watch montors Channel 16 and the DUAL call channel whle recevng another channel. Dualwatch/Tr- [2•...

  • Page 20: Scan Operation

    SCAN OPERATION ■ Scan types Set the TAG channels (scanned channel) before scannng. Scannng s an efficent way to locate sgnals quckly over a Clear the TAG channels whch nconvenently stop scannng, wde frequency range. The transcever has Prorty scan and such as those for dgtal communcaton use.

  • Page 21: Setting Tag Channels

    SCAN OPERATION ■ Setting TAG channels ■ Starting a scan For more effcent scannng, add the desred channels as Set scan type (Prorty or Normal scan) and scan resume TAG channels or clear the TAG for unwanted channels. tmer n advance usng Set mode. (p. 43) Channels that are not tagged wll be skpped durng scan- q Whle pushng and holdng [H/L], push [CH/WX] several nng.

  • Page 22: Dsc Operation

    DSC OPERATION ■ MMSI code programming ■ DSC address ID The 9-dgt MMSI (Martme Moble Servce Identty: DSC self A total of 100 DSC address IDs can be programmed and ID) code can be programmed at power ON. named wth up to 10 characters. D Programming Individual ID This code programming can be performed only twice.

  • Page 23: D Deleting Individual Id

    DSC OPERATION D Deleting Individual ID --DSC Menu-- q Enter “DEL:INDV ID” n DSC Set up menu. Add:Group ID Input 8 digits ➪ ➪ DSC Menu Set up DEL:INDV ID 0________ (Push [MENU]) (Rotate [SELECTOR], then push [ENT].) Input name _________ •...

  • Page 24: Position And Time Programming

    DSC OPERATION ■ Position and Time programming A Dstress call should nclude the shp’s poston and tme --DSC Menu-- data. If no GPS s connected, your poston and UTC (Un- Input Position versal Tme Coordnated) tme should be nput manually. Latitude __°__.___N Null...

  • Page 25: Position And Time Indication

    [ENT] for 1 sec. tme. When no GPS recever s connected, the transcever dsplays the manually entered poston and tme. --GPS Info-- A GPS recever approprate for the IC-M604 s not suppled Push for 1 sec. DATE : JUN/16/2006 from Icom.

  • Page 26: Distress Call

    DSC OPERATION ■ Distress call e After transmttng the call, the transcever wats for an ac- A Dstress call should be transmtted f, n the opnon of the knowledgment call on Channel 70. Master, the shp or a person s n dstress and requres m- •...

  • Page 27: D Regular Call

    DSC OPERATION D Regular call r After recevng the acknowledgment, reply usng the m- crophone. The nature of the Dstress call should be ncluded n the Ds- tress call. q Enter “Distress Setting” n DSC menu. Received DSC Menu ➪ Distress Setting...
  • Page 28 DSC OPERATION e The poston nformaton appears. Edt your poston (lat- t Push [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. to transmt the Dstress call. tude and longtude) data drectly wth the keypad. • Whle pushng [DISTRESS], the key backlghtng blnks. • The selected nature of the dstress s stored for 10 mnutes. •...

  • Page 29: Transmitting Dsc Calls

    DSC OPERATION ■ Transmitting DSC calls u After recevng the acknowledgment, reply usng the m- crophone. To ensure correct operaton of the DSC functon, please make sure you set the squelch correctly. (p. 9) Received D Transmitting an Individual call DistressACK The Indvdual call functon allows you to transmt a DSC sg- <Osaka Bay...
  • Page 30 DSC OPERATION ÔAble to complyÕ is received. ÔUnable to complyÕ e Rotate [SELECTOR] to select a desred ntershp chan- y When the acknowledgement ‘Able to comply’ s receved, is received. nel, or “Manual Input,” push [ENT]. the specfed channel (n step e) s selected wth beeps •...
  • Page 31 DSC OPERATION D Transmitting an Individual Acknowledgement e Rotate [SELECTOR] to select “Able to Comply” or When recevng an Indvdual call, you can transmt an ac- knowledgement (‘Able to comply’ or ‘Unable to comply’) by “Unable to Comply,” push [ENT]. usng the on screen prompts (see page 33 for detals).

  • Page 32: D Transmitting A Group Call

    --DSC Menu-- • If Channel 70 s busy, the transcever stands by untl the chan- Select Address nel becomes clear. Manual Input ˘Icom t After the Group call has been transmtted, the followng Group A ndcaton s dsplayed. <CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>...

  • Page 33: D Transmitting An All Ships Call

    DSC OPERATION D Transmitting an All Ships call e Push [ENT] to transmt the All shps call. Large shps use Channel 70 as ther ‘lstenng channel.’ When you want to announce a message to all shps wthn range, • Channel 70 s selected and the All shps call s transmtted. r After the All shps call has been transmtted, the followng use the ‘All Shps Call’...

  • Page 34: D Transmitting A Position Request Call

    DSC OPERATION D Transmitting a Position Request call r After the Poston Request call has been transmtted, the Transmt a Poston Request call when you want to know a specfic shp’s current poston, etc. followng ndcaton s dsplayed. q Enter “Position Request” n DSC menu. Position Request DSC Menu...
  • Page 35 DSC OPERATION D Transmitting a Position Report call e The poston nformaton appears. Edt your poston data Transmt a Poston Report call when you want to announce your own poston to a specfic shp and to get an answer, etc. (lattude and longtude) drectly wth the keypad.
  • Page 36 DSC OPERATION D Transmitting a Polling Request call e Push [ENT] to transmt the Pollng Request call. Transmt a Pollng Request call when you want to know a specfic vessel s wthn communcaton range. r After the Pollng Request call has been transmtted, the followng ndcaton s dsplayed.

  • Page 37: D Transmitting A Position Reply Call

    DSC OPERATION D Transmitting a Position Reply call D Transmitting a Position Report Reply call Transmt a Poston Reply call when a Poston Request call Transmt a Poston Report Reply call when a Poston Re- s receved. port call s receved. q Enter “Position Reply”...

  • Page 38: Receiving Dsc Calls

    DSC OPERATION ■ Receiving DSC calls D Receiving a Distress Acknowledgement Whle montorng Channel 70 and a Dstress acknowledge- D Receiving a Distress call ment to other shp s receved: ➥ The emergency alarm sounds for 2 mnutes. Whle montorng Channel 70 and a dstress call s receved: •...

  • Page 39: D Receiving An Individual Call

    Received ➥ The emergency alarm or beeps sound dependng on the Group receved category. <Icom ➥ “Received Individual” appears n the dsplay. <CLR ˘ Beep Off> SAFETY ➥ Push [CLR] to stop beep, then push [ENT] to reply the...

  • Page 40: Receiving A Geographical Area Call

    DSC OPERATION D Receiving a Geographical Area call D Receiving a Position Request call Whle montorng Channel 70 and a Geographcal Area call Whle montorng Channel 70 and a Poston Request call s (for the area you are n) s receved: receved: ➥...

  • Page 41: D Receiving A Polling Request Call

    DSC OPERATION D Receiving a Polling Request call D Receiving a Position Report Reply call Whle montorng Channel 70 and a Pollng Request call s Whle montorng Channel 70 and a Poston Report Reply receved: call s receved: ➥ “Received POLL REQ” appears n the dsplay. ➥...

  • Page 42: Received Messages

    DSC OPERATION ■ Received messages r Push [CLR] to ext the condton or push [CE] to clear the dsplayed message and returns to DSC menu. The transcever automatcally stores up to 20 dstress mes- D Other messages sages and 20 other messages. The messages can be used q Enter “Other”...

  • Page 43: Dsc Set Mode

    DSC OPERATION ■ DSC Set mode D Automatic Acknowledgement D Add Individual ID/Group ID (See pages 16, 17) Ths tem sets the automatc acknowledgement functon to D Delete Individual ID/Group ID (See page 17) ON or OFF. When a poston request, poston report or pollng request D MMSI Code Check call s receved, the transcever automatcally transmts a po- The programmed 9-dgt MMSI (DSC self ID) code can be...

  • Page 44: Nmea Output

    DSC OPERATION D Offset Time D NMEA Output Ths tem sets the offset tme from the UTC (Unversal Tme Select an NMEA Output functon from Lst Staton, All Sta- Coordnated) tme. ton or OFF. When recevng poston acknowledgment, the transcever q Enter “Offset Time”...

  • Page 45: Other Functions

    * “ ” or “ ” appears on the HM-157. • “WAIT” appears on the IC-M604 or HM-162 f t s dle. When the connected COMMANDMIC™ s one, step w • To adjust the IC-M604’s speaker output level, rotate [VOL].

  • Page 46: Hailer Operation

    To return to normal operaton, push [CLR] or repeat step The IC-M604 has a 2-way haler functon for voce amplfica- ton and recepton over a loudspeaker, makng t unneces- sary to leave the brdge to hear a halng party. Durng haler •...

  • Page 47: Automatic Foghorn

    OTHER FUNCTIONS ■ Automatic foghorn The foghorn outputs from the haler speaker. To use ths The automatc foghorn functon sounds a horn repeatedly functon, the haler speaker must be connected to the trans- untl the functon s turned OFF. Four patterns are avalable cever.

  • Page 48: Rx Speaker Function

    ■ RX speaker function q Push [F], then push [8• ] to enter auto foghorn mode. The IC-M604 has an RX speaker functon. When ths func- Push ton s turned ON, the receved audo can be heard on the ˘UNDERWAY then push deck or tower va a haler speaker.

  • Page 49: Set Mode

    SET MODE ■ Set mode programming ■ Set mode items D Scan type Set mode s used to change the condtons of the trans- cever’s functons: Scan type, Scan resume tmer, Weather The transcever has 2 scan types: normal scan and prorty alert, Beep tone, Internal speaker, LCD contrast, Attenuaton scan.

  • Page 50: Weather Alert

    SET MODE D Weather alert D LCD contrast A NOAA broadcast staton transmts a weather alert tone be- Ths tem adjusts the contrast of the LCD n 8 steps. fore mportant weather nformaton. When “ON” s selected, --Set Mode-- the prevously selected (used) weather channel s checked Contrast any tme durng standby or whle scannng.
  • Page 51 SET MODE D Radio power D Scrambler code (Appears when a scrambler unt s nstalled) (Appears when a COMMANDMIC™ s connected) When an optonal scrambler unt s nstalled, the scrambler Ths tem sets the Rado power functon ON or OFF. code can be set dependng on dealer settng.

  • Page 52: Connections And Maintenance

    CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ■ Connections r EXTERNAL MICROPHONE CONNECTORS [COMMAND MIC-1]/[COMMAND MIC-2] Connects the optonal COMMANDMIC™ (HM-157/ HM-162.) CAUTION: NEVER connect other mcrophone here, such as the HM-134, may cause damage to the trans- cever. t GPS RECEIVER/EXTERNAL SPEAKER CONNECTOR ➥...

  • Page 53: Fuse Replacement

    CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ■ Supplied accessories y DC POWER CONNECTOR Connects the suppled DC power cable from ths connec- tor to an external 13.8 V DC power source. The following accessories are supplied CAUTION: After connectng the DC power cable, cover the connectors wth a rubber vulcanzng tape shown Mounting bracket For mounting bracket...

  • Page 54: Mounting The Transceiver

    CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ■ Mounting the transceiver • OVERHEAD MOUNTING D Using the supplied mounting bracket The unversal mountng bracket suppled wth your trans- cever allows overhead or onboard mountng. Sponge* • Mount the transcever securely wth the 4 suppled screws (5 × 20 mm) to a surface whch s more than 10 mm ( ⁄...

  • Page 55: NstallatOn

    s avalable for mountng flush mount kit • Make sure that the clamps algn parallel to the IC-M604’s body. the transcever to a flat surface such as an nstrument panel. KEEP the transcever and mcrophone at least 1 m (3.3 ft) away from the vessel’s magnetc navgaton compass.

  • Page 56: Ut-112/Ut-98 NstallatOn

    CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ■ UT-112/UT-98* installation w Turn the transcever upsde down, then dsconnect the flat CAUTION: DISCONNECT the DC power cable from the cables and Rear mc control (6-pn) from LOGIC board, transcever before performng any work on the trans- and Front mc control (2-pn) and Volume control (3-pn) cever.

  • Page 57: Hm-157/Hm-162 NstallatOn

    CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE ■ HM-157/HM-162 installation e Install an optonal unt to J3 on the AF board as shown below. Optonal unt AF board HM-157 HM-162 The optonal HM-157 can be connected to the transcever d- rectly, as well as va the suppled connecton cable for longer dstance remote operaton.
  • Page 58 CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE q Insert the suppled cable (or HM-157 wthout the cable) t Install the mountng base usng the suppled screws as nto the [COMMAND MIC-1] or [COMMAND MIC-2] con- shown below. nector and tghten the cable nut as shown below. •...
  • Page 59 CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE HM-162 HM-157 Mountng base Mountng base Gasket Gasket...

  • Page 60: Troubleshooting

    TROUBLESHOOTING PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION REF. The transcever does • Bad connecton to the power supply. • Check the connecton to the transcever. pp. 46, not turn ON. No sound comes from • Squelch level s too hgh. • Set [SQL] to the threshold pont. p.

  • Page 61: Specifications And Options

    SPECIFICATIONS AND OPTIONS ■ Specifications D Receiver D General • Receve system : Double converson superheterodyne • Frequency coverage : TX 156.025–157.425 MHz • Senstvty (12 dB SINAD) : –120 dBm (typcal) RX 156.050–163.275 MHz –120 dBm (typcal) (CH 70 recever) •...

  • Page 62: OptOns

    SPECIFICATIONS AND OPTIONS 220.0 (8 Ú ý) 31.4 78.0 Ú ý) Ú ý) ■ Options D Dimensions • MB-75 flush mount kit For mountng the transcever to a panel. • HM-157 ™ commandmicii External mcrophone-type controller. Provdes optonal nter-com operaton. 6 m (20 feet) mcrophone cable and mount-ng base n- cluded.

  • Page 63: Channel List

    CHANNEL LIST Channel number Frequency (MHz) Channel number Frequency (MHz) Channel number Frequency (MHz) Channel number Frequency (MHz) CAN Transmit Receive CAN Transmit Receive CAN Transmit Receive CAN Transmit Receive 156.050 160.650 157.050 161.650 156.425 156.425 157.325 157.325 156.050 156.050 21A 157.050 157.050 156.475 156.475 157.375 161.975...
  • Page 64 A-6527D-1US-e Prnted n Japan 1-1-32 Kammnam, Hrano-ku, Osaka 547-0003, Japan 2006–2010 Icom Inc. ©...
  • Page 65 VHF MARINE , an individual DSC call can be transmitted to a TRANSCEIVER These instructions are based on using the IC-M604. The dis- selected AIS target using the transponder, without needing to played screens, indications or operations may differ slightly enter the target’s MMSI code.

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