NAVICOM RT-550 Owner's Manual - page 9
4.2.2 MEMO
(FAV) MODE
Press and hold the HI/ LO/MEMO button while in normal operation
mode to enter Mem mode, icon
indicators appear on LCD.
On the Mem Mode rotate the CH knob displays only the channels that
you have saved to memory, which enables you to easily use your
favorite channels while bypassing unwanted or seldom- used channels
during a scan.
While in Mem Mode:
Press and release the SCAN key to start Memory scan mode.
Press and release the SCAN key to stop Memory scan mode.
4.3
SAVE MEMORY (FAV) CHANNELS
1
2
3
4
You can store all band of voice channels.
Program the FAV channel and store Process as follow:
At normal mode, tune to the desired channel and then press
and hold the BAND/SAVE key to save it as Favorite channel.
The icon
will be turned on for indication that channel be
saved in FAV list.
Then tune to next desired channel and repeat the keystroke
sequences till all desired channels be programmed / saved.
Delete the channel from the FAV list at Normal mode. Select
the target channel with icon
ON. Press and hold the
BAND/SAVE key till the icon turn OFF. The target channel
will then be deleted out from the FAV list. Repeat the keystroke
operation for those unwanted channels.
If no channel has been programmed, an error beep occurs with
indicate error message.
4.4
TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT)
When the PTT button on the microphone is held down,
transmit time is limited to 5 minutes. This will avoid
unintentional transmissions. About 10 seconds before
automatic transmitter shutdown, a warning beep will be heard
from the speaker(s). The transceiver will automatically go to
receive mode. Before transmitting again, the PTT button must
be released and then pressed again.
4.5 SCAN
Scanning is an efficient way to locate signals quickly over a
wide frequency range.
1
13
14
2
3
The transceiver has 4 Scan mode available: All scan, FAV CH
scan, Priority scan, Priority FAV CH scan.
Default is normal all scan (1.2.3.4......) .
Press and hold SCAN Key over 3sec, the Priority scan
icon(1,16,2,16,3,16......) will be selected. Pscan mode will be
appear on LCD Press and hold SCAN key over 3sec to turn it
back to normal scan, the scan mode icon will be display.
During the SCAN modes:
Press SCAN key again will terminate the scan operation and
stop at the current channel.
Press CANCEL key will also terminate the scan function and
state at the current channel
It also can be to cancel by 16 or PTT.
4.6
WATCH
4.6.1
DUAL WATCH
Press Watch key to activate the DUAL WATCH mode. Monitor
the current channel and Ch 16 in cycle. Icon
will appear on
the LCD.
4.6.2
TRI-WATCH
Press and hold Watch key to activate the TRI WATCH mode.
Monitor the current channel, CH 16 and CH 9 in cycle. Icon
will be turn ON
To quit the mode, press WATCH, 16, CANCEL key,
Press PTT key to TX mode of current channel
4.7 POSITION
INDICATION
Your transceiver can display the position of the vessel's (longitude and
latitude) as well as time and date information, if connected to a GPS
equi
receiver; if no GPS
pment to be connected,an alert tone of 10 sec
duration wtch can cancelled By any button is sounded at 4 hour
intervals to encourage manual input of positional data . Once no manual
input is made for 23.5 hours, GPS disappears from the screen, the position
data transmitted goes to 9's and all the time data goes to 8's.
DISTRESS
23
º
20.1234 N
100
º
15.1002 E
08:10PM LOC
Navicom RT-550
Navicom RT-550