Test Calls - Uniden MHS245 Owner's Manual

Using DSC Features

TEST Calls

Making Test Calls
You can use the test call feature to make sure your radio is
working and confi gured correctly. To avoid overloading coastal
receiving stations, you should limit test calls to these stations
to once a week.
NOTE: Many coastal stations have specifi c frequencies and
NOTE
MMSI numbers you should use for making test calls. Before
making a test call to a coastal station, be sure to check the
coastal station before making a DSC test call.
1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu.
2. Select Test.
3. The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use Channel Up
or Channel Down to choose the directory entry you want to send a
test call to and press DISP/ENT/H/M/L.
4. If you want to send a test call to a station that is not in your directory,
select Manual. The radio prompts you to enter the MMSI number you
want to call. Enter the MMSI number the same way you enter directory
entries (see page 33). Enter all nine digits and press DISP/ENT/H/
M/L.
5. The radio displays the MMSI number you are about to call and asks
you to confi rm. If you want to call the displayed number, select Send.
To cancel the call, select Exit.
6. The radio automatically switches to channel 70 to transmit the test call
request, then switches back to the last-used channel.
7. When the other station acknowledges the test call, the radio displays
an acknowledgement screen.
Receiving Test Call Setup
When another station sends you a test call, you can select options to
answer the test call manually or have the radio answer automatically.
Press and hold
1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu.
2. Select DSC Setup and then Test Reply.
UNIDEN MHS245
Call Menu/
DSC Setup
Test Reply
Test Reply
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