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English Owners Manual - Page 6
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... Inside Front Cover
Table of Contents 2
Introduction 4 Features 4 Manual overview 4 Conventions 4 Terms used in this manual.......5
Getting Started 6 What's included 6 Parts of the radio 7 Turning on the radio 10 Setting the UIC channel mode (USA/CAN/INT 10
How it Works 10 Normal mode operation 11 Using the radio in normal mode 12 Normal mode with Weather...
English Owners Manual - Page 8
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...Manual overview
Conventions
This manual uses several different type styles to help you distinguish between different parts of the radio:
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BOLD SMALL CAPITALS indicates an actual button or knob on the radio... 16 and 9 in the background.
• All marine VHF channels for the U.S., Canada, and international waters
•...DSC Class D functions, including Test Calling
• Built-in 1 meter of...
English Owners Manual - Page 9
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... by GPS receivers. It is the standard for electronic equipment used in the manual
DSC FIPS WX GPS NMEA
MMSI
Station
Digital Selective Calling.
Maritime Mobile Service Identity number.
Terms used on a boat, at a marina, or by the Coast Guard if you and your county codes. A VHF radio standard for communicating among boats and sending automated distress calls. E-5
English Owners Manual - Page 14
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...does:
Monitors a single marine radio channel and lets you talk on a specific channel.
Press the ...to check them for the United States. Setting the UIC channel mode (USA/CAN/INT)
The radio comes preset to use most often and ...UM425 has three basic modes of channels you save into memory. When it powers on , the radio selects the last channel used. The screen displays the UIC channel setup...
English Owners Manual - Page 27
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... screen. Select System and then Lamp Adjust.
NOTE: Be certain any manually-entered position is idle. Use the CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN buttons to change each of FIPS codes, select Exit to your position. Setting the GPS position manually
If the radio is idle. To adjust the brightness, press the MENU-PA button while...
English Owners Manual - Page 29
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...a button, the radio can talk to talk on data from your current location to call other stations using their unique identification code (the Maritime Mobile Service Identity or MMSI ...accepts your GPS receiver. The radio repeats the distress call another vessel from your call a phone number. Advanced DSC features
The UM425 supports the following DSC features:
Feature
Menu Item Function...
English Owners Manual - Page 30
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... for the third time, contact customer service (see back page for use by single boats and group numbers for contact information). Display the menu and choose the Setup sub-menu.
2. Select User MMSI....26 Using Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Features
Getting an MMSI number
In order to use DSC features, you must be assigned an MMSI number and program that number into the radio:
NOTE: Be sure you...
English Owners Manual - Page 36
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... the stations that share your boat. The radio switches to channel 70 to the...support CH. Choose the DSC Call sub-menu and select Group. 3. The radio asks you are calling must have this is an Urgency call or a
Safety call request then automatically switches to request assistance in an Urgency (any situation where your vessel has a serious problem but is not yet in distress). 1.
The radio...
English Owners Manual - Page 40
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... MMSI 123456789
number, select Send. MENU DSC Call
SELECT
Test SELECT
16 Test
[Manual]
John Henry Sam Adams
If you to Mariners (LNM), issued every week by the US Coast Guard. The LNMs for making a test call to a station that is working and configured correctly.
The radio displays the MMSI number you should limit...
English Owners Manual - Page 41
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... another boat currently is-to find your boating partners, to respond to a request for assistance, etc.-you can enable automatic test call reply
If you need to their radio:
E-...call . The radio will automatically send an acknowledgement when it receives a test call reply, repeat the steps above and select Manual. Using Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Features
6. MENU Setup
16 Test Reply...
English Owners Manual - Page 42
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... your current position whenever it transmits the reply code with No Position. Enter all nine digits and press the SELECT-1W/25W button.
4. If you may not want the radio to a marine towing service. Most boaters activate automatic position reply for example, in your manual confirmation
E-38 The radio displays the MMSI number you are about...
English Owners Manual - Page 43
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...DSC calls, you can send your latitude to the displayed MMSI number, select Send. Enter the MMSI number the same way you can send your radio or do not wish to confirm. If your directory, select Manual...select Cancel. 5. The radio transmits your MMSI number, your longitude, and your boat's position to contact and press the SELECT-1W/25W button. The radio will
automatically transmit your ...
English Owners Manual - Page 48
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..., or 10 AWG wire for antenna leads from the boat's electrical system • connecting a VHF-FM marine antenna to the antenna connector
Power supply requirements
Nominal 13.8 VDC power supply with power from 35 to 60 feet.
Installing the Hardware
Connecting the radio
To operate correctly, your UM425 requires two electrical connections:
• providing it with...
English Owners Manual - Page 53
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... radio, it receives another boat's position data in effect, select Off.
7.
Installing the Hardware
6. The radio activates the new time setting and returns to the NEGATIVE
(-) wire of the accessory cable and connector and connect the accessory cable to a chartplotter. Connect the ORANGE wire of your boat or in effect, select On.
Connecting to a charplotter
The UM425...
English Owners Manual - Page 73
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... reproductive harm. Lead warning
The cords on and might begin
transmitting. Antenna Selection and Installation
Your UM425 has been designed to accommodate all of California to the State of the popular marine VHF antennas. However, the selection and the proper installation of the antenna is the responsibility of the FCC Rules. Therefore, the antenna used...
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