Transmitting An Individual Call - Vertex Standard VM-3500E Owner's Manual

You may turn off the ringing tone, if you desired.
1. Press and hold down the [ CALL ( MENU )] key until
"Radio Setup" menu appear.
2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select "DSC
Setup" menu.
3. Press the [ ENT ] key, then select "DSC Beep" with the
CHANNEL selector knob.
4. Press the [ ENT ] key.
5. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select "Individual"
if you wish to disable the Individual Call ringer, or
"Group" if you wish to disable the Group Call ringer.
6. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select "Off."
7. Press the [ ENT ] key to store the selected setting.
8. To exit this menu and return to radio operation mode
press the [ 16/9 ] key.
If you wish to return to enabling the ringer tone, just re-
peat the above procedure, turning the CHANNEL selec-
tor knob to select "On" in step "6" above.

9.5.3 Transmitting an Individual Call

This feature allows the user to contact another vessel with a DSC radio. This
feature is similar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting to go to another
channel.
Pre-Programmable Calling
1. Press the [ CALL ( MENU )] key. The "DSC Operation"
menu will appear.
2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select "Indi-
vidual." (To cancel, select "Exit" with the CHANNEL
selector knob or press the [ 16/9 ] key.)
3. Press the [ ENT ] key. The transceiver will beep, and
the "Individual directory" will appear.
4. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select the "Indi-
vidual" you want to contact.
5. Press the [ ENT ] key, then turn the CHANNEL selec-
tor knob to select the operating channel you want to
communicate on and press the [ ENT ] key.
6. Press the [ ENT ] key again to transmit the individual
DSC signal.
7. After INDIVIDUAL CALL is transmitted, the transceiver will wait 8 seconds
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