155CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE Mounting the transceiverThe universal mounting bracket supplied with your transceiverallows overhead or dashboard mounting. Please read the fol-lowing instructions carefully.• Mount the transceiver securely with the 2 supplied screws(M5 × 20) to a surface which is more than 10 mm thick andcan support more than 5 kg.• Mount the transceiver so that the face of the transceiver is at90° to your line of sight when operating it. CAUTION: KEEP the transceiver and microphone atleast 1 meter away from your vessel’s magnetic naviga-tion compass. NOTE: Check the installation angle; the function displaymay not be easy to read at some angles.DASHBOARD MOUNTING (with optional MB-69)OVERHEAD MOUNTING

OPERATING RULES

I Front panel

I Microphone

I Function display

I Channel selection

weather channels

I Receiving

I Transmitting

I Scan function

I Call channel programming

I Entering SET mode

weather alert

I Unpacking

I Connections

I Mounting the transceiver

I Dimensions

TROUBLESHOOTING

VHF MARINE CHANNEL LIST

SPECIFICATIONS AND OPTIONS

Icom IC-M45A Instruction Manual

IC-M45A