Receiving A Group Call - Standard Horizon Eclipse GX1300 Owner's Manual

9.6.3 Receiving a Group Call

1. When a group call is received, the GX1300 will produce a ringing alarm
sound. (DSC BEEP needs to be enabled to hear alarm.)
The display will show the MMSI (or name) of the vessel transmitting the
group call.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. To immediately switch to requested channel,
ACCEPT
press the
If a key is not pressed for thirty seconds after
a group call is received, the GX1300 will
automatically switch to the requested channel
for you to monitor communications.
P A U S E
4. Press the
acknowledgement.
R E S U M E
Press the
acknowledgement.
5. If you want the radio to stay on the channel you were on before receiv-
ing the group call, press the
6. Press the ▲ / ▼ keys to scroll the screen and
see the MMSI (or name) of the calling vessel,
category of the call and requested operating
channel.
QUIT
7. Press the
ing channel number of the requested channel.
8. Listen to the channel for the person calling the group for a message.
9. If you want to respond, monitor the channel to make sure it is clear, then
press the PTT switch on the microphone and talk to the calling ship(s).
 When there is an unread group call, the " " icon will appear on
the display. You may review the unread group call from the DSC
log, refer to section "9.12.3 Reviewing a Logged Other Calls."
 After a group call is received, the time the call was made and the
ships MMSI or vessels name will appear on the LCD.
GX1300
soft key.
soft key to suspend the
soft key to resume the
QUIT
soft key to display the operat-
NOTE
soft key.
RX GROUP
YAESU
CATEG: ROUTINE
CH: 08
SINCE: 00:05
ACCEPT PAUSE QUIT
08
BUSY
25W
USA
GROUP PAUSE
RESUME QUIT
RX GROUP
YAESU
CATEG: ROUTINE
CH: 08
SINCE: 00:08
ABLE UNABLE QUIT
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