Icom IC-M506 - Main Unit Bottom View

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD .........................................................................i
IMPORTANT ..........................................................................i
EXPLICIT DEFINITIONS ....................................................... i
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY ................................................. ii
RADIO OPERATOR WARNING .......................................... iii
AVERTISSEMENT POUR LES OPÉRATEURS RADIO ...... iv
FCC INFORMATION ............................................................v
NOTE .................................................................................... v
PRECAUTIONS ................................................................... vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................... vii
1 OPERATING RULES .......................................................1
2 PANEL DESCRIPTION ................................................2−7
Front panel ■ ...................................................................2
Function display ■ ...........................................................5
Speaker Microphone ■ ....................................................7
Softkey function ■ ............................................................7
3 PREPARATION................................................................8
MMSI code programming ■ .............................................8
4 BASIC OPERATION ..................................................9−15
Channel selection ■ ........................................................9
Receiving and transmitting ■ .........................................11
Call channel programming ■ .........................................13
Channel name programming ■ ......................................13
Microphone Lock function ■ ..........................................14
Adjusting the Backlight level ■ .......................................15
AquaQuake water draining function ■ ...........................15
5 SCAN OPERATION .................................................16−17
Scan types ■ .................................................................16
Setting Favorite channels ■ ...........................................17
Starting a scan ■ ...........................................................17
6 DUALWATCH/TRI-WATCH ............................................18
Description ■ .................................................................18
Operation ■ ...................................................................18
7 DSC OPERATION ...................................................19−73
DSC address ID ■ ........................................................19
Position and time programming ■ ..................................22
Distress call ■ ................................................................23
Transmitting DSC calls ■ ...............................................28
Receiving DSC calls ■ ..................................................53
Received Call log ■ .......................................................65
Transmitted Call log ■ ....................................................67
DSC Settings ■ .............................................................68
Making an Individual call using an AIS transponder ■ ..72
8 OTHER FUNCTIONS ...............................................74−78
Intercom operation ■ .....................................................74
RX Hailer function ■ ......................................................75
Hailer operation ■ ..........................................................75
Horn function ■ ..............................................................76