West Marine VHF500 Specifications download pdf (Page 57)

2-K. USER MMSI

Federal MMSI's are issued by the National Telecommunications and

Information Administration. Non-Federal MMSI's are issued by the

Federal Communications Commission (FCC). You will need to obtain a

nine digit MMSI number and program it into the VHF500. The

information obtained from the application is useful to the U.S. Coast

Guard to help in search and rescue operations. To obtain an MMSI

number, contact your authorized West Marine store or dealer from whom

you purchased the radio or visit one of the following websites:

www.boatus.com/mmsi/, http://wireless.fcc.gov/marine/fctsht14.html.

This portion of the SETUP menu will allow you to program an MMSI,

(Maritime Mobile Service Identity) for sending and receiving DSC calls.

To set USER MMSI code

1. Press SELECT briefly knob at SETUP.

2. Press

CH ▼ eight times to select

USER MMSI.

3. Press

SELECT briefly. The user MMSI

ID screen appears.

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West Marine VHF500 Specifications Page 57