Icom IC-M506 Instruction Manual

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Contents

viiTABLE OF CONTENTSFOREWORD ......................................................................... iIMPORTANT .......................................................................... iEXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ....................................................... iIN CASE OF EMERGENCY ................................................. iiRADIO OPERATOR WARNING .......................................... iiiAVERTISSEMENT POUR LES OPÉRATEURS RADIO...... ivFCC INFORMATION ............................................................ vNOTE .................................................................................... vPRECAUTIONS ................................................................... viTABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................... vii1 OPERATING RULES .......................................................12 PANEL DESCRIPTION.................................................2-7Front panelN ...................................................................2Function displayN ...........................................................5Speaker MicrophoneN ....................................................7Soft key functionN ...........................................................73 PREPARATION................................................................8MMSI code programmingN .............................................84 BASIC OPERATION ...................................................9-15Channel selectionN ........................................................9Receiving and transmittingN .........................................11Call channel programmingN .........................................13Channel name programmingN ......................................13Microphone Lock functionN ..........................................14Adjusting the display back-light levelN ..........................15AquaQuake water draining functionN ...........................155 SCAN OPERATION ..................................................16-17Scan typesN .................................................................16Setting Favorite channelsN ...........................................17Starting a scanN ...........................................................176 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH ............................................18DescriptionN .................................................................18OperationN ...................................................................187 DSC OPERATION ....................................................19-73DSC address IDN ........................................................19Position and time programmingN ..................................22Distress callN ................................................................23Transmitting DSC callsN ...............................................28Receiving DSC callsN ..................................................53Received Call logN .......................................................65Transmitted Call logN ....................................................67DSC SettingsN .............................................................68Making an Individual call using an AIS transponderN ..728 OTHER FUNCTIONS................................................74-78Intercom operationN .....................................................74RX Speaker functionN ..................................................75Hailer operationN ..........................................................75Horn functionN ..............................................................76