Furuno FM-4000 Manuel D’Utilisation

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FM-4000

11.8.2 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel

Using Pre-Programmed Vessel
1. Press the [CALL(MENU)] key to show the “DSC

DSC

Call Menu

.”

2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select

“Pos Request

Pos Request

.”

3. Press [ENT] key to show the Position Request

Directory. This directory uses the Individual Di-
rectory information.

4. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select a

name, then press the [ENT] key.

5. Press the [ENT] key again to transmit the Po-

sition Request DSC call.

6. When the FM-4000 receives the position from

the polled vessel it is shown on the radio dis-
play and also transferred to the GPS chart plot-
ter.

NOTE

If the FM-4000 does not receive position data from the polled vessel,
the LCD shows “NO POSITION DATA.”

Manual Request
You may enter an MMSI number manually to request the position of a vessel
that is not registered in the Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory.

1. Press the [CALL(MENU)] key to show the “DSC

DSC

Call Menu

.”

2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select

“Pos Request

Pos Request

.”

3. Press the [ENT] key to show the Position Re-

quest directory. This directory uses the Indi-
vidual Directory information.

4. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select

“Manual

Manual

,” then press the [ENT] key.

5. Enter the MMSI number (nine digits) which you

want to contact by the keypad, then press the
[ENT] key.

6. If you enter a wrong number in the MMSI num-

ber, press the [H/L] key until the wrong num-