Standard Horizon HX-870 - Manual (Page 74)

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DSC Test Call by Manually Entering an MMSI
1. Press the
MENU key to display “MENU”,
select “DSC CALL” with the CH▼/CH▲/◄/►
key, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
DIST ALERT MSG
POLLING
BACK
DSC CALL
AUTO POS POLLING
DSC LOG
DSC TEST
DSC LOOP BACK
SELECT
HISTORY
MEMORY
NEW ID
RX TEST CALL
BACK SELECT
1 5 6 7 8 9 0 2 4
Delete
3
BACK SELECT FINISH
DSC TEST CALL
MMSI
- 98765432
DSC TEST CALL
Do you want to
transmit a Call?
CATEG: SAFETY
987654321
YES NO
DSC TEST CALL
Waiting for ACK
CATEG: SAFETY
987654321
SINCE: 00:05
RESEND QUIT
2. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “DSC
TEST ”, then press the [SELECT] soft key.
3. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select “NEW ID”
and press the [SELECT] soft key.
4. Press the CH▼/CH▲ key to select the first
digit in the MMSI and press the [SELECT]
soft key.
5. Repeat step 4 until all the numbers of the
MMSI are shown on the display.
6. Press the [FINISH] soft key to show the test
call page.
7. Press the [YES] soft key to transmit the DSC
test call to the other vessel.
8. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to radio
operation.
NOTE
After the radio receives a test call reply from the vessel that was called,
the radio will ring and show “RX TEST CALL” display, which confirms
the radio you called has received the test call.
10.11.3 Receiving a DSC Test Call
When another vessel transmits a DSC Test call to the HX870 the following will
happen:
1. When a DSC Test call is received, the radio will automati-
cally respond to the calling vessel.
RX DSC TEST
Yaesu
DSC TEST REPLY
366901235
CATEG: SAFETY
SINCE: 00:05
QUIT
Transmitted
2. To exit from the DSC Test call display, press the [QUIT]
soft key.