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1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW
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1.7 Automatic Acknowledge On/Off
The automatic acknowledge feature of the DSC/watch receiver automatically transmits the
acknowledge back (ACK BQ) signal to the sending station when an individual, position or
polling call is received. (For position and polling calls, respective item on the AUTO ACK
menu must be turned on to enable automatic acknowledge.) Automatic acknowledge can
be turned on or off at the DSC standby screen by the [5/ ACK/SQ] key. The message ACK:
AUTO or ACK: MANUAL appears at the bottom of the DSC standby screen with each
press of the key.
Note 1: To give priority to own ship’s communications while own ship is communicating,
show ACK: MANUAL by the above procedure.
Note 2: Automatic acknowledge is not possible under the following conditions:
Priority:
Distress, Urgency or Safety
Com Type: Morse, Fax, Data, No Info
Com Freq: No Info
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1.8 Manual Entry of Position and Time
If there is no EPFS (Electronic Position-Fixing System) connected to this equipment or the
EPFS connected is not working (EPFS error indication appears), manually enter position
and time as follows:
1. At the DSC standby screen, press the [#/SETUP] key to display the Setup menu.
Setup menu
ALARM
AUTO ACK AUTO FREQ
ERASE
PRINT OUT
MESSAGE
SCAN FREQ
POSITION
VOLUME
TEST
SYSTEM
2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose POSITION and then push the [ENTER] knob.
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Position setup
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INPUT TYPE: AUTO
LAT : 34
°
41 NORTH
LON : 135
°
30 EAST
TIME: 09: 00 UTC