Радиостанция PRESIDENT MC-8050 DSC. Инструкция на английском языке

MC-8050 DSC
owner’s Manual

MAkInG A DIstRess CALL
Lift the red cover. Press and hold the DIstRess button for three seconds.
Your radio transmits your boat’s location every few minutes until you receive
a response.
-  note: If the radio displays Enter User MMSI, cancel the auto-
matic distress call and make a normal voice distress call.
Making a Voice Distress Call                                Lift the red cover
and press the
DISTRESS button.
Speak slowly - clearly - calmly.
For future reference, write your boat’s name & call sign here:
1.  Make sure your radio is on.
2.  On the microphone, press the 16/9-tRI button to switch to Channel 16 (156.8 MHz).
(If the corner of the display does not show “16”, press the 16/9-tRI button again until it
does.)
3.  Press the PUsH to tALk button on the microphone and say: “MAYDAY -- MAYDAY
-- MAYDAY.”
4.  Say “tHIs Is {name of your boat} (three times) and {call sign/boat registration number}
(once).”
5.  Repeat “MAYDAY {name of your boat}” (once).
6.  Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near, or read the latitude
and longitude from your GPS).
7.  State the nature of your distress (e.g. are you sinking, medical emergency, man over-
board, on fi re, adrift, etc. ).
8.  State the type of assistance you need (medical, towing, pumps, etc.).
9.  Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured persons.
10.  Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is the danger due to
fl ooding or fi re or proximity to shore).
11.  Briefl y describe your ship, giving ship name (e.g. “Blue Duck is 32 foot cabin cruiser,
white hull, blue deck house”).
12.  Say: “I WILL Be LIstenInG on CHAnneL 16”.
13.  End message by saying “tHIs Is {name or call sign of your boat}, oVeR.”
14.  Release the PUSH TO TALK button and listen.
If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call, beginning at step 3,
above.
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Contents
Making a Voice Distress Call .............................................................................................. 2
Introduction  ......................................................................................................................... 4
Features ..................................................................................................................... 4
Manual overview ........................................................................................................ 4
Getting started ..................................................................................................................... 5
What’s included .......................................................................................................... 5
Parts of the Radio ...................................................................................................... 7
Parts of the Microphone ............................................................................................. 7
Turning on the Radio .................................................................................................. 8
Setting the UIC Channel Mode (USA/CAN/INT) ........................................................ 8
How It Works ........................................................................................................................ 8
Normal mode operation .............................................................................................. 9
Scan mode ............................................................................................................... 10
Weather mode .......................................................................................................... 12
Using Your Radio ............................................................................................................... 14
Using Your Radio ..................................................................................................... 14
Making a voice MAYDAY call ................................................................................... 15
Setting the volume ................................................................................................... 15
Setting the squelch level .......................................................................................... 15
Changing the channel .............................................................................................. 15
Making a transmission ............................................................................................. 15
Boosting the transmission power ............................................................................. 16
Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch ..................................................................... 16
Using FIPS codes for weather alerts ........................................................................ 17
Changing display and sound options ....................................................................... 18
Setting the GPS position manually ........................................................................... 18
Using Digital selective Calling (DsC) Features .............................................................. 19
What is DSC? ........................................................................................................... 19
Advanced DSC features ........................................................................................... 19
What is an MMSI number? ....................................................................................... 19
Entering MMSI numbers .......................................................................................... 20
Using the Directory ................................................................................................... 21
Making DSC Calls .................................................................................................... 22
Making an automatic distress call ............................................................................ 24
Receiving a DSC call ............................................................................................... 25
Test Calls .................................................................................................................. 26
Position Request and Reply ..................................................................................... 27
Putting the radio into standby ................................................................................... 29
Disabling automatic channel switching .................................................................... 29
Renaming Channels ................................................................................................. 30
Installing the Hardware ..................................................................................................... 30
Mounting the radio ................................................................................................... 30
Connecting the radio ................................................................................................ 31
Connecting to a GPS receiver .................................................................................. 32
Connecting to a Chartplotter .................................................................................... 34
Connecting to an External Speaker ......................................................................... 35
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