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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD ........................................................................................................ vi
SYSTEM CONFIGURATION.............................................................................. viii
INMARSAT C SYSTEM OVERVIEW ...................................................................ix
1. OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW.........................................................................1-1
1.1 Terminal Unit ............................................................................................................. 1-1
1.1.1 Turning the power on/off ................................................................................. 1-1
1.1.2 DISTRESS button........................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.3 Diagnostics..................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.4 Floppy disk drive, floppy disks ........................................................................ 1-2
1.1.5 Audio alarm..................................................................................................... 1-2
1.1.6 Adjusting brilliance.......................................................................................... 1-2
1.2
Keyboard................................................................................................................... 1-3
1.2.1 Key description ............................................................................................... 1-3
1.2.2 Shortcut keys.................................................................................................. 1-5
1.2.3 Function key description ................................................................................. 1-5
1.3 Distress Alert/Received Call Unit IC-305, Alarm Unit IC-306...................................... 1-6
1.4 Printer PP-510 (option).............................................................................................. 1-7
1.5 Standby Display......................................................................................................... 1-8
1.5.1 Display indications.......................................................................................... 1-9
1.6 Menu Overview ....................................................................................................... 1-13
1.7 Error Messages and Alerts ...................................................................................... 1-14
1.8 Using a PC (local supply)........................................................................................ 1-15
1.8.1 Installing software......................................................................................... 1-15
1.8.2 Starting up, quitting the application ............................................................... 1-19
2. SYSTEM INITIALIZATION ............................................................................2-1
2.1 System Settings ........................................................................................................ 2-1
2.1.1 Confirming the main terminal.......................................................................... 2-1
2.1.2 System setup.................................................................................................. 2-2
2.2 Terminal Setup.......................................................................................................... 2-6
2.3 Login and Logout....................................................................................................... 2-8
2.3.1 Login............................................................................................................... 2-8
2.3.2 Logout........................................................................................................... 2-10
2.4 EGC Settings ...........................................................................................................2-11
2.4.1 What is the EGC (Enhanced Group Call) service?.........................................2-11
2.4.2 EGC setup.................................................................................................... 2-13
2.4.3 Adding EGC channels................................................................................... 2-16
2.4.4 Saving, printing EGC messages automatically.............................................. 2-18
2.5 Adding NCS Channels............................................................................................. 2-20
2.6 LES List................................................................................................................... 2-22
2.6.1 Displaying toll charges.................................................................................. 2-22
2.6.2 Registering LES to LES list........................................................................... 2-24
2.6.3 Editing the LES list........................................................................................ 2-25
2.6.4 Printing the LES list....................................................................................... 2-26