4912CONNECTION AND INSTALLATION12 Basic connectionsCAUTION:• After connecting the external speaker, antenna andtuner control cables, cover the connectors with arubber vulcanizing tape, etc., as shown below, toprevent water seeping into the connector.• DO NOT pull the antenna and control cable recep-tacles. This may cause cable disconnection (in thetuner unit), inside connector damaged or a badconnection.NOTE:Turn [DC ISOLATE] (on the IC-M801E main unit) OFF,or charge the battery during anchor, otherwise thebattery may be exhausted.The IC-M801E has a high-stability oven-heater typecrystal oscillator, and the oscillator’s heater is con-nected to the DC power terminals directly, it keepsits temperature to at the specified level even if thetransceiver power with the remote controller hasturned OFF.Rubber vulcanizing tapeHF antenna(for DSC reception)Grounding(see pgs. 51)Grounding(see p. 51)12 V or 24 Vbattery[DC ISOLATE]ExternalspeakerRemotecontrollerTransceiver’smain unitAT-141

explicit definitions

quick reference

GUIDELINES

PANEL DESCRIPTION

main unit

I Handset (HS-98)

I LCD screen

I Selecting a channel

RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT

I Functions for receive

I FSK operation

CHANNEL NAME PROGRAMMING

DSC PREPARATION

I Position and time programming

CALL PROCEDURE

I Individual call

I Group call

I Geographical call

I Semi/Auto (telephone) call

WHEN RECEIVING A CALL

I Received information

I Distress call

I Distress relay call

I Geographical area call

I Memory writing

dsc menu operation

I Frequency input

I Verifying self-ID

I Memory reading/deleting

set mode

I Initial set mode

I Supplied accessories

I Basic connections

I Advanced connections

I Ground connection

I Power source

I Mounting

I Using the optional MB-108

I Using the optional MB-75

I Transceiver dimensions

I Fuse replacement

I Connector information

frequency programming

I Programming a frequency

SPECIFICATIONS

OPTIONS

I Speaker (SP-24E)

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