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Northstar NS100
Quickstart Guide
and
Reference Manual
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FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide a reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
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Contents Getting Started .............................................................................4 Reference Section 1 Using this manual ......................................................................5 Radio Menu Options ............................................................................ 1 9 Conventions ................................................................................. 6 Add a new buddy ...................................................................21 Mai
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Reference Section 3 Appendix A Technical Specifi cations ...............................55 NS100 SS .....................................................................................56 Making DSC calls ................................................................................... 37 NS100 DS ....................................................................................57 Reply to the last incoming call ............................................39 Make a routine call to an individ
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Getting Started Welcome to the NS100 radio ..................................................... 5 Using this manual .......................................................................... 5 Conventions ..................................................................................... 6 Maintaining the radio ................................................................... 6 Technical support .......................................................................... 6 This chapter introd
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Welcome to the NS100 radio Congratulations on your purchase of a DSC (Digital Selective Calling) capability that Northstar NS100 radio! There are two models meets USCG SC101 Standards. USA only. DSC (Digital Selective Calling) capability that available; the NS100 SS (Single System) and meets EC Class D Standards. Europe only. the NS100 DS (Dual System). Both provide the following useful features: PSCAN (similar to dual watch) facility DISTRESS call button to automatically an alph
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Conventions This manual uses certain conventions to "Press" means push and immediately provide a consistent means of recognizing release the button. specifi c information, as follows: "Hold down" means keep the button depressed for the specifi ed time. is used for warning information related LOCAL. Words looking like this indicate to your personal safety or possible damage a menu option on the LCD screen of the to the radio. These warning notes contain handset, OR a button n
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Quickstart Guide Turn the radio on and off ............................................................8 LCD screen symbols ......................................................................8 Enter alphanumeric data ............................................................9 Handset button functions .........................................................10 Display and navigate a menu ................................................. 11 Customise your radio ...............................
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Turn the radio on and off Use the rotary knob on the speaker to turn the it remembers the last working channel and radio on and off, and to adjust the volume. displays this when you turn the radio on again. Turn clockwise (right) to turn on. A white The radio has a variety of beep tones to indicator light appears. Turn counter-clockwise indicate different operations, but the beeps will (left) to turn off. When you turn off the radio, not sound if you set the volume level to zero. LCD screen
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Symbol Meaning ATIS ATIS is enabled. (Europe only). 88 channel selected. V indicates an Otherwise blank. EU special channel, e.g. M1. indicates an incoming DSC call, or X channel is temporarily deleted blinks to notify you of any unread from the ALL SCAN operation. call log messages. 8 channel suffi x, if applicable to the low battery warning (activates at selected channel. Usually A or B. 10.8V DC). GPS Blinking indicates that the NMEA GPS input is missing or invalid. Enter alphanumeri
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Handset button functions All possible buttons and their functions are Button Function described. Some of the buttons may not work DSC call menu. Press to display or may not be available, depending on your the DSC call menu and to make location and your NS100 radio model. different types of DSC calls. A single beep sounds whenever you press a Scan. Press to start a dual (DW) button. A double beep sounds to indicate an or triple (TW) watch scan. Hold invalid key or an error. (The beep
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Button Function Button Function Escape. Press to cancel any FUNC 6 Intercom. NS100 DS only. Pick up changes, return to the previous your handset, then press FUNC mode, or backup. then 6 to activate the intercom. (Also see Use the intercom on the Enter. Press to confi rm and accept NS100 DS.) any input or changes. FUNC 7 Transmission power. Press FUNC Function. Provides access to the then 7 to change the transmission following useful radio functions power setting. Press FUNC then wh
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Customise your radio Other preferences can be set up only through You can customize the radio to suit your the menus and these are explained in the individual preferences. You can set some Reference Sections. preferences directly, using the handset buttons as explained in this section. Adjust the volume Use the VOL buttons on the right hand side of volume by one level. The current level is the handset to adjust the volume. There are shown as a percentage on the LCD screen, e.g. ten volum
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Adjust the squelch You can adjust the squelch (the threshold level) The optimum squelch setting will improve for the minimum receiver signal. There are ten reception. Decrease the squelch until random settings available. noise is heard, then increase it one step at a time until the random noise disappears. For Press ^SQ once to increase the squelch by one best reception in open sea conditions, increase step. Press vSQ once to decrease the squelch the squelch one more step. by one step.
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Error beeps will sound if you try to select a Press 2 then 0 to select CH20, then press channel that is not allowed. ^CH/SEL to select CH20A (suffi x A channel). OR Some examples on selecting a channel (USA Press 2 then 0 then ^CH/SEL to select channel bank) are given: CH20A (suffi x A channel). Press 1 then 8 to select CH18A. Make a call Hold down the PTT (Press To Talk) button on A built-in timer will automatically shut down the left hand side of the handset to transmit on a transmis
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Delete a favorite channel Press 3CH to display the fi rst favorite channel. If you press >ENT to confi rm, the channel is deleted from your favorite channel selection. Repeat the procedure, if necessary, until the favorite channel that you want to delete is displayed. With the favorite channel displayed, hold down 3CH for about two seconds until the radio asks: DELETE CHxx? Select a weather channel Press WX to tune to the most recently used alert warning tone. This option is only available
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All scan and channel lock out When you are on a working channel, hold To unlock a locked out channel, press
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Use the intercom on the NS100 DS PORT OPS FUNC>WAITING INTERCOM INTERCOM N 38 27.021’ N 38 27.021’ CALLING TALKING E137 12.011’ E137 12.011’ STATION-2 T 12:27 UTC T 12:27 UTC The dual handsets on the NS100 DS radio 3. If the person at handset-2 wants to enter IMPORTANT! provide a useful intercom facility. intercom mode and reply, they need to pick Normal radio operation up handset-2, then press PTT to talk. When you lift a handset out from its is suspended when customised bracket, an inbu
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Handset alarm for the NS100 DS If you forget to put one of the handsets back Press FUNC, then >ENT to regain operational into its customised bracket (ON HOOK mode) control of the handset. when you are fi nished using it, the handset sounds an alarm after one hour and a message on the LCD screen warns you to put the handset into its customised bracket. Use the dual handsets on the NS100 DS When handset-2 is in its customized bracket The internal handset (in ON HOOK mode), you can use handset
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Reference Section 1 Radio Menu Options NS100 radio menu .......................................................................20 Add a new buddy .........................................................................21 Edit a buddy’s details ..................................................................21 Delete a buddy’s details .............................................................22 Set the radio sensitivity .............................................................22 Select
