6 CONNECTIONS AND MAINTENANCE24 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 4 supplied screws(M5 x 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.NOTES FOR SUPPLIED STICKERWhen installing an optional UT-79 VOICE SCRAMBLER UNIT :Attach the operation sticker on the top side of the frontpanel for reference.When installing an optional UX-120 DSC UNIT:Attach the WARNING sticker supplied with the UX-120near the transceiver's front panel so that it is clearly visibleduring operation.CAUTION: KEEP the transceiver and microphone atleast 1 meter away from your vessel’s magnetic navigationcompass.NOTE: Check the installation angle; the function displaymay not be easy-to-read at some angles.DASHBOARD MOUNTING (with optional MB-28)OVERHEAD MOUNTING

OPERATING RULES

I Front panel

I Microphone

I Function display

PANEL DESCRIPTION ............................................ 2

I Channel selection

weather channels

I Receiving

I Transmitting

I Scan function

BASIC OPERATION .............................................. 6

I General

I Distress call transmission

I All ships call transmission

I Individual call transmission

I Receiving DSC calls

receiving an individual call

digital selective calling

I Entering SET mode

set mode

I Additional requirements

I Connections

I Mounting the transceiver

I Dimensions

I Antenna

TROUBLESHOOTING

VHF MARINE CHANNEL LIST

SPECIFICATIONS

OPTIONS

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IC-M59