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Chapter 6: Menu Settings 57
Chapter 6: Menu Settings
6.1 Menu Function
The radio’s setup functions are accessed through the Menu mode. Menu
mode selections are as follows.
Item Description
PHONEBOOK A list of frequently-called DSC stations that you can select for making an
Individual Call. Up to 20 Phonebook entries can be stored.
LOCAL/DIST LOCAL mode eliminates noise, but degrades receiver sensitivity.
DISTANT mode enables normal receiver sensitivity.
BACKLIGHTING Selects the backlight levels for the LCD, main unit keypad and microphone
keypad.
CONTRAST Selects the LCD contrast setting.
GPS/TIME Used to manually set latitude/longitude position and UTC time for a DSC
distress message. Also selects how the data is displayed on the LCD.
RADIO SETUP Selects four separate radio settings:
a) BAND – Frequency Group (US, International, Canadian)
b) CH NAME – Descriptive name for each channel (up to 12 characters)
c) RING VOLUME – Alert tone volume (LOUD or SOFT)
d) KEY BEEP – Key beep volume (LOUD, SOFT or OFF)
DSC SETUP Selects the following DSC settings:
a) MY MMSI ID – Used for one-time entry of the MMSI number required for
DSC functions. If already programmed, displays the
saved MMSI ID number.
b) GROUP SETUP – Stores up to 3 Group MMSI IDs and associated Names
c) POS REPLY – Selects how Position Request data is transmitted
d) AUTO CH CHG – Selects whether your radio automatically switches to
the requested working channel when DSC Calls are
received.
RESET Enables a return to factory default settings.