Furuno FM-8900S Manual

The purpose of this guide is to provide the
basic operation for this equipment. For more
detailed information, see the Operator's Manual.
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- Turns the
power off.
- Decreases
the volume.
VOLUME
PWR OFF
VOLUME
PWR OFF
- Turns the
power on.
- Increases
the volume.
Top: Flashes in red when
receiving distress
alert, distress and
urgency messages.
Bottom: Flashes in green
when receiving
safety and routine
messages, and
when daily test is
completed.
Rotate to adjust
the squelch.
AUTO position
automatically
reduces white
noise.
Transmits the
DISTRESS ALERT.
DISTRESS
4 seconds
Composes DSC TX
message for DISTRESS
ALERT.
DISTRESS
MSG
Composes DSC TX
message except
DISTRESS ALERT and
DROBOSE.
OTHER
DSC MSG
Composes DSC
TX message for
DROBOSE
(Distress Relay
On Behalf Of
Someone Else).
DISTRESS
MSG
OTHER
DSC MSG
Press
simultaneously
Adjusts the brilliance.
BRILL
TAB
Turns the main
speaker on/off.
Opens/closes the menu.
- Cancels the creation
of the DSC message
currently being
created.
- Silences the audio
alarm.
- Erases error
message or pop-up
message.
- Returns previous
layer in multi-layer
menu.
- Erases character
input.
MENU
CANCEL
Confirms a
selection.
- Switches to the RT (radiotelephone) screen.
- Opens/closes the option window for channel
region.
Changes the output power to high (25 W) or
low (1 W).
HI/LO
CH16
- Opens the option window for DW/SCAN.
- Cancels DW/SCAN in process.
- Switches control to
the tab area.
- Switches the
session.
VHF RADIOTELEPHONE
FM-8900S Operator's Guide
English
RT/
REGION
Switches to the RT screen and sets CH16.
AUTO
SQUELCH
PUSH TO ENTER
CHANNEL
PUSH TO ENTER
CHANNEL
- Selects channel.
- Selects menu items or
changes the page in
multi-page screens.
RT/
REGION
HI/LO
12 3
4 6
97
5
8
0
COMPOSE
DROBOSE MSG
PUSH TO ENTER
DISTRESS
MSG
OTHER
DSC MSG
BRILL
TABMENU
CANCEL
HANDSETVOLUME
PWR OFF
ALARM
DISTRESS
Keep pressed for 4 sec in case
of DISTRESS.The alert is
transmitted with steady lighting.
AUTO
SQUELCH
CHANNEL
CH16
REPLAY
DW/
SCAN
DW/
SCAN
REPLAY
Opens the replay screen.
12 3
4 6
97
5
8
0
- Enter alphabet, numeric or symbol.
- Direct selection of corresponding
function on menu and applicable
screens.

Press the
numeric keys to
enter channel.
Press the PTT switch on
the handset to speak.
CH
Channel
region
4 seconds
The audio alarm
sounds for two
seconds and the
message “Sending
DISTRESS
ALERT.” appears
on the screen.
After the distress alert has been sent, the
screen for “WAIT FOR ACK” appears.
When the distress
acknowledge call is
received, the audio
alarm sounds and the
message “DISTRESS
ACK received!
: Stop alarm.”
appears on the
screen.
Communicate
with the coast
station via
radiotelephone.
Select [DIRECT INPUT].
PTT
PTT
Press the numeric keys to enter
the MMSI of the station.
With
[GO TO CALL]
selected.
RT/
REGION
RT screen
Output
power
VHF radiotelephone communications
Sending distress alert
Sending an individual call (ROUTINE priority)
ENTER
Select the
channel region.
ENTER
12 3
4 6
97
5
8
0ENTER
DISTRESS
OTHER
DSC MSG
CANCEL
ENTER
ENTER
ENTER
12 3
4 6
97
5
8
0ENTER ENTER
PUB. NO. OSE-56800-A
(1204, YOTA) FM-8900S