Sony FS-2570 User Manual

5  CALLING, RECEIVING 

When own ship receives an individual call, acknowledgement is automatically or manually 
sent depending on the comply-type setting (see paragraph 7.2). The relationship between 
comply type and automatic/manual acknowledge is as shown in the table below.   

Comply type 

Setting of 
[5/ACQ /SQ] key 

ABLE UNABLE 

AUTO ACK 

Can send acknowledge 
automatically 

Can send UNABLE 
automatically. 

MANUAL ACK 

Can send acknowledge 
manually 

Can send UNABLE manually. 

Note: The handset must be on hook to enable automatic acknowledge. 

Sending automatic acknowledge (ACK BQ) with comply type “ABLE” 
 
1.  When an individual call is received and the automatic acknowledge feature is active 

(AUTO ACK) and the comply type is “ABLE,” the display shown below appears. This 
display indicates that the auto acknowledge (ACK BQ) call is being sent.   

Able acknowledge
call in progress!

TIME TO GO:                          6S

DSC FREQ :                

2177.0 KHZ

TO SHIP:                      

123456789 

ROUTINE

 

TELEPHONE                CH 201

 

2.  It takes about seven seconds to transmit the call, after which the audio alarm sounds 

and the following message appears. 

Able acknowledge
call transmitted.

TO SHIP: 

                123456789

ROUTINE

 

TELEPHONE                 CH 201

 

3.  Press the [CANCEL] key to silence the alarm. The following display appears.   

*

 Xmitted message 

*

MAR-23-2002-23:01

ABLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TO SHIP: 

                123456789

ROUTINE
TELEPHONE                 CH 201

RE-SEND

3

4

 

 

4.  Press the [CANCEL] key. You can now communicate with the party, over the 

radiotelephone frequency specified or by the NBDP terminal unit. 

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