Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon HX851E Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ........................................................................................................ 4
1 GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................... 7
1.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 7
2 ACCESSORIES ...................................................................................................................... 8
2.1 PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................... 8
2.2 OPTIONS ..................................................................................................................... 8
3 ABOUT THIS RADIO ............................................................................................................ 9
3.1 ABOUT THE VHF MARINE BAND ........................................................................... 9
3.2 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ............................................................................ 9
3.3 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16) ...................................................... 10
3.4 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 13 ............................................................................. 11
3.5 OPERATING ON CHANNEL 67 ............................................................................. 11
4 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................ 12
4.1 RADIO CARE ............................................................................................................ 12
4.2 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ............................................................................... 12
4.3 CONNECTING A CHART PLOTTER TO THE CD-38 ......................................... 16
4.4 BELT CLIP INSTALLATION REMOVAL ................................................................. 17
5 CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ............................................................................................ 18
6 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................ 22
6.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS ......................................................................... 22
6.2 INITIAL SETUP ......................................................................................................... 22
6.3 RECEPTION .............................................................................................................. 22
6.4 TRANSMISSION ....................................................................................................... 23
6.5 DISPLAY MODE SETUP ........................................................................................... 24
6.6 INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA CHANNELS ........................................... 25
6.7 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 25
6.8 SCANNING ................................................................................................................ 26
6.9 DUAL WATCH ........................................................................................................... 28
6.10 PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS ................................................. 28
6.11 STROBE OPERATION ............................................................................................. 29
7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ........................................................................................ 30
7.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................. 30
7.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ................................................ 30
7.3 DSC DISTRESS ALERT .......................................................................................... 32
7.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ..................................................................................................... 36
7.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL .................................................................................................... 38
7.6 CALL WAITING DIRECTORY .................................................................................. 43
7.7 GROUP CALL ........................................................................................................... 45
7.8 POSITION REQUEST .............................................................................................. 50
7.9 POSITION REPORT ................................................................................................. 55
7.10 GEOGRAPHIC CALL ................................................................................................ 58
7.11 DSC TRANSMISSION TEST ................................................................................... 59
8 RADIO SETUP ..................................................................................................................... 60
8.1 DISPLAY .................................................................................................................... 60
8.2 DIMMER .................................................................................................................... 61
8.3 CONTRAST ............................................................................................................... 61
8.4 LAMP ......................................................................................................................... 62
8.5 PRIORITY CHANNEL ............................................................................................... 62
8.6 SCAN TYPE .............................................................................................................. 63
8.7 SCAN MEMORY ....................................................................................................... 63
8.8 SCAN RESUME ....................................................................................................... 64
8.9 KEY BEEP ................................................................................................................ 64
8.10 CHANNEL NAME ..................................................................................................... 65
8.11 LED SETUP .............................................................................................................. 66
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