New2001iThank you for purchasing this Icom transceiver. TheIC-GM651 vhf marine transceiver is designed and builtwith Icom’s state of the art technology and craftsmanship.With proper care, this transceiver should provide you withyears of trouble-free operation.We want to take a couple of moments of your time to thankyou for making the IC-GM651 your radio of choice, and hopeyou agree with Icom’s philosophy of “technology first.” Manyhours of research and development went into the design ofyour IC-GM651.D FEATURESm Built-in DSC meets ITU Class A requirementwith PS-250 dc-dc power supplym Rugged waterproof constructionm Large LCD with dot matrix charactersm Microphone (to front panel) and Handset (torear panel) connectionsREAD ALL INSTRUCTIONS carefully and completelybefore using the transceiver.SAVE THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL — This in-struction manual contains important operating instructionsfor the IC-GM651.EXPLICIT DEFINITIONSWORD DEFINITIONRWARNING Personal injury, fire hazard or electricshock may occur.CAUTION Equipment damage may occur.NOTE If disregarded, inconvenience only. No riskof personal injury, fire or electric shock.CLEAN THE TRANSCEIVER AND MICROPHONETHOROUGHLY WITH FRESH WATER after exposure towater including salt, otherwise, the keys and switch maybecome inoperable due to salt crystallization.Icom, Icom Inc. and the Icom logo are registered trademarks of IcomIncorporated (Japan) in japan, the United States, the United Kingdom,Germany, France, Spain, Russia and/or other countries.IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines.FOREWORD IMPORTANT