53BASIC OPERATION Power ON➀ Rotate [PWR/VOL] clockwise to turn power ON.➁ Operate the transceiver as indicated in the following sec-tions.D Low voltage indicatorWhen “b” appears and flashes asshown at right, there is a DC powersource problem. In this case, checkyour vessel’s battery and DC powercable.USAAll display indicationsappear briefly.Channel 16 is automaticallyselected.LOW CALLCANUSAINTALTWXT X TAG DUALSCANDUP ACK RCVSCRMTRIBUSY Channel selectionD Channel 16Channel 16 is the distress channel. It is used for establishinginitial contact with another station and for emergency com-munications. Channel 16 is monitored during dual/tri-watch.While standing by you are required to monitor channel 16.D Call channelThe call channel is used to store your most often-used chan-nel for quick recall. In addition, the call channel is monitoredduring tri-watch. The default setting for the call channel ischannel 9 which is for leisure boat use. A separate call chan-nel can be set for each channel group (USA, CAN and INT).USAUSAUSAPushor hang the microphoneon the microphone hanger.16Pushfor 1 sec. “CALL” indicates that thecall channel is selected.169CALLUSA

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