
VHF RADIOTELEPHONE
FM-8800D/8800S
FM-8800S/D INTL Ver.
FM-8800: 0550215-02.xx/03.xx
HS-8800: 0550216-01.xx
FM-8800S Russian Ver.
FM-8800: 0550220-01.xx
HS-8800: 0550221-01.xx

The paper used in this manual
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A : JUL 2005
.
Printed in Japan
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C : AUG . 18, 2010
Pub. No. SME-56420-C
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Panel
Speaker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Panel
Speaker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
RB-8810/HS-880
RB-8800/HS-880
Remote station-Other
Handset
ear
speaker
Panel
Speaker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Panel
Speaker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
RB-8810/HS-880
RB-8800/HS-880
Remote station-X
Handset
ear
speaker
X
X
Panel
Speaker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
FM-8800D/S
Handset
ear
speaker
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
Remote
Station-X
Handset
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
On-hook/off-hook
Status
Main
Handset
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
Off-hook
On-hook
OFFHOOK
SPKR
OFF
ON
OFF
ON
Volume Menu Setting
Monitor
Domain
XXXX
Private
Public
The table lists the active speakers according to Volume menu settings and on-hook/off-hook status of the handsets. Regular (DSC
Individual call, other than PSTN) call and PSTN call are set though the individual menu.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

(Addenda No.9 of this page is missing.)

Procedure: DSC Test between No. 1 and No. 2 FM-8800S/Ds
1) On No. 1 FM-8800S/D, press [CALL] key to create DSC message.
- CALL TYPE : Test
- SHIP ID : MMSI of No. 2 VHF Own ship
2) Press and hold down [CALL] key more than 3 seconds to transmit DSC message on
No. 1 FM-8800S/D. “Call in progress on CH70” message appears and immediately
“Test request call received” message appears. And then alarm is output.
Press [CANCEL] key and stop the alarm.
Note: This is a “loop-back” test where the transmitted signal is received from CH70
WR and this RX message appears on the window.
2/5
When TEST ACK is transmitted from own
ship, “TEST ACK” log is not recorded in
“RCVED ORDINARY” window.
Fig. 1 Communication Test
Check LOG
Dotted line shows DSC TEST
CALL is received by CH70 WR.

3) On No. 2 FM-8800S/D, TEST message is received from No. 1 FM-8800S/D. “Test
request call received” message appears and alarm is released.
Press [CANCEL] key and stop the alarm.
4) Press [ENT] key on No. 2 FM-8800S/D. Then “Received Message” window is
changed to “Send Message” one.
Press and hold down [CALL] key more than 3 seconds to transmit TEST ACK
message.
After the transmission, the “CH16” window is displayed.
5) No. 1 FM-8800S/D receives “TEST ACK” message from No. 2 FM-8800S/D. And
then “Test acknowledge received” message appears and alarm is released.
Press [CANCEL] key and stop the alarm.
6) On No. 1 FM-8800S/D, check the “TEST ACK” message received from No. 2
FM-8800S/D.
7) On No. 1 FM-8800S/D, open “RCVD ORDINARY” LOG and check an unread icon
“TEST CALL” and a LOG of “TEST ACK”.
8) DSC Test from No. 2 FM-8800S/D to No. 1 FM-8800S/D is made in accordance with
the above procedure.
3/5

DSC Test by only one FM-8800S/D
Note: When RT ANT is used together with CH70 WR ANT, TX radio wave is transmitted to
RX Circuit of CH70 WR. So, function test for DSC and CH70 WR can be carried out.
Procedure:
1) Select [SHIFT] -> [5: ACK] and set to “MANUAL ACK”.
2) If possible, select [MENU] -> ERASE LOG and delete a LOG of “RCVED
ORDINARY”.
3) Select [MENU] -> [0: HI/LO] and set a power to “LOW”.
1) Press [CALL] key to create DSC message.
- CALL TYPE : Test
- SHIP ID : MMSI of No. 2 VHF Own ship
2) Press and hold down [CALL] key more than 3 seconds to transmit DSC message.
“Call in progress on CH70” message appears and immediately “Test request call
received” message appears. And then alarm is released. Press [CANCEL] key and
stop the alarm.
4/5
Fig. 2 Communication Test by only one VHF
Check LOG
Dotted line shows DSC TEST
CALL is received by CH70 WR.

3) Press [ENT] key. Then “Received Message” window is changed to “Send Message”.
Press and hold down [CALL] key more than 3 seconds to transmit TEST ACK
message.
After the transmission, the “CH16” window is displayed.
4) Open “RCVD ORDINARY” LOG window and check a LOG of “TEST CALL”.
5/5

Changes in FM-8800D/S system
1. Software update history
No. 6 and 7 units in below table are manufactured in October 2009.
No.
Unit
INTL or
Russian
Ext. ALM
output
Software Ver.
CPU Board
Ver.
ITU-R No.
Type
approval
RTC kit
1
FM-8800
S/D
INTL Normal Open 0550215-03.06
05P0773
M.493-10 MED
not
equipped
2 Russia Normal Open 0550220-01.03
05P0773A
M.493-11 Russian equipped
3 INTL Normal Close 0550215-03.06
05P0773B
M.493-10 MED
not
equipped
4 Russia Normal Close 0550220-01.03
05P0773C
M.493-11 Russian equipped
5 INTL Normal Open 0550215-04.01
05P0773D
M.493-11 MED equipped
6 INTL Normal Close 0550215-04.01
05P0773E
M.493-11 MED equipped
7
HS-8800
INTL 0550216-01.03
05P0781
M.493-11 MED
8 Russia 0550211-01.02
05P0781A
M.493-11 Russian
Note: Alarm output of CPU Board, “Normal Open” or “Normal “Close” can be selected.
On all boards, the program can be updated to be compliant with Recommendation
ITU-R M.493-11.
2. DMC-5, not connectable
When the program of software is updated to 04.01/01.03, DMC-5 is not connectable. So,
install IC-350 in place of DMC-5.
3. AUTO REVERT function
“AUTO REVERT” function is selected from User menu. Remote Handset has the same
function.
4. Contrast adjustment
Contrast is adjusted in “CONTRAST” menu. To reset it to the default setting, press and
hold down [SHIFT] key.
5. Position Data
The data of own ship’s position is displayed in 1/10000 min. and it is displayed on
“Received Message” and “Send Message” windows.
2/6

6. Distress relay
When the same distress relay message is received more than twice within one hour, the
alarm is not activated.
7. Compose Message
The indication on “Compose Message” window is
changed from “TCmd1” and “TCmd2” to “KAIND”,
“COMM MODE” and “COMM MODE”.
On the last line, a message is displayed whether
transmitted message is requested ACK or not. “ACK
REQ” message is displayed for Call and Distress alert
and “NO ACK REQ” is displayed for all Call and Group
call. “Polling Call” and “AREA CALL” are deleted from
this window.
8. Transceiver unit and Remote Handset Operation Panel
The indications of “AUTO CH” setting and “DATA/TIME” from RTC are added on the
operational panel.
Position data is displayed in 1/10 000 min.
FM-8800S/D Operation Panel
Remote Handset Operation Panel
- AUTO CH: ENB/DIS (Set in [MENU] -> AUTO CH)
The state of AUTO ACK is set to ON and ON-HOOK.
When receiving the INDVIDUAL/ROUTINE call, communication CH is changed
automatically after transmitting AUTO ACK.
When CH is set to “ENA”, it changes automatically. And when set to “DIS”, it changes
manually.
- Year/Day/Time
Year/Month/Date/Time data using for LOG of Time stamp are displayed.
Data priority is displayed in ZDA > RMC > manual. When it is set by manual, set data in
[MENU] -> RTC.
3/6

9. Pop-up window when MMSI is not registered
When turning on the power without registration of MMSI, the pop-up message displayed
is changed from “NO MMSI” to “This unit CAN’T send any DSC calls until ship’s MMSI is
entered. Press any key!”.
10. RTC (Real Time Clock) function
This function is required in Recommendation M.493-11. If the program of software is
updated to Ver. 0550215-04.01 without the RTC kit, this function does not work
normally.
Note: RCT Function
This function is used for Time stamp in the [LOG] menu. Priority of time data is ZDA >
RMC > manual. When time is set by manual, it is set in [MENU] -> RTC. From
receiving DSC Distress message, the elapsed time is counted by RTC. The
transmission time-out period is 23.5 H. Upon time-out, Distress Alert is deleted from
“DISTRESS RCVED LOG”. The backup time of RTC is held one week or more.
Name: RTC BOARD KIT
Type: FM-8800-RTC-KIT
Code No.: 001-078-040-00
.
Add RTC Board (05P0804)
Front panel
Connect to J14 on CPU Board
4/6

11. Cancel of Distress Alert
DSC Distress Alert can be cancelled from DSC message.
Cancelled DSC message is as shown in Fig. 1.
After this message is transmitted, the distress alert is cancelled by a radio telephone
and it is available on “CH16”.
To use this function, “SELF TERMINATE” in SYSTEM menu is set to “ON”. The default
setting is “ON”.
[Distress]
button pressed
Waiting ACK
[CANCEL]
button pressed
Cancelled?
5/6
Sending DIS.
canceling MSG. by DSC
Sending DIS. canceling
MSG. by voice
Fig. 1: Cancelled MSG. RCVED

12. Alarm sound
The alarm sound level when receiving all DSC messages turns up increasingly.
ALM sound
Freq:
Tone-1
Freq:
Tone-2
Duration:
Tone-1
Duration:
Tone-2
Distress Received 2200 Hz 1300 Hz 250 ms 250 ms
Distress ACK Received 2200 Hz 1300 Hz 500 ms 500 ms
Urgency Received 2200 Hz Silence 250 ms 250 ms
Urgency ACK Received 2200 Hz Silence 500 ms 500 ms
Routine Received 150 Hz 100 Hz 1000 ms 500 ms
Safety Received 150 Hz 100 Hz 1000 ms 500 ms
Routine ACK Received 150 Hz 100 Hz 1000 ms 1000 ms
Safety ACK Received 150 Hz 100 Hz 1000 ms 1000 ms
Warning 2000 Hz Silence 250 ms 500 ms
Press DIS button 2000 Hz Silence 500 ms 500 ms
Note: Alarm sound level is adjusted in SYSTEM menu -> “MAX VOL ADJ”.
6/6

(Program: INTL Ver. 0550215-04.01)
1 User menu
Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3 Menu-4 Note
ALARM
POSITION
OLDER
4 H
3 H
2 H
1 H
0.5 H
EXT ALARM
DIST/URG ON Fixed on “ON”
SAFETY
ON
OFF
ROUTINE
ON
OFF
AUTO ACK
COMPLY
STATUS
ABLE
UNABLE
UNABLE
REASON
NO REASON
Selects when COMPLY STATUS is
UNABLE
BUSY
EQUIP DISBLD
MODE UNAVAIL
CH UNAVAIL
OFF
POLLING CALL
ON
OFF
ERASE LOG
RCVD
ORDINARY
ERASE xxxx
ARE YOU SURE?
YES NO
RCVD
DISTRESS
TRANS-
MITTED
MEMORY
CHANNEL
INTL
50 entry
For CH MODE, indicates
MODE when setting to ON.
For INLAND-WA, indicates
when entering ATIS ID.
USA
WX
CANADA
INLND-WA
ERASE
MESSAGE
FILE ENTRY
100 entry
COAST CALL
SHIP CALL
GROUP CALL
PSTN CALL
For editing message of each CALL
type (Refer to the DSC Call menu.)
POSITION
AUTO
MANUAL
LAT
LON
TIME
RTC
DATE 2009-10-27 DATE/TIME used to Time
stamp of LOG
ZDA > RMC > manual
TIME 06:32:55
PRINT OUT
XMTD CALL
AUTO
MANUAL
RCVD CALL
AUTO
MANUAL
DAILY TEST
AUTO
MANUAL
Menu Tree

Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3 Menu-4 Note
VOLUME
KEY CLICK
8 (0 to 16)
EARPIECE
LEVEL
9 (8 to 16)
It can be set up independently of
Remote Handset.
INTERCOM
VOLUME
8 (1 to 16)
OFF HOOK
SPKR
ON
OFF
MONITOR
DOMAIN
REGULAR
SERVICE
PUB
PRIV
MONITOR
DOMAIN PSTN
SERVICE
PUB
PRIV
AUTO CH AUTO CH
ENABLE
The state of AUTO ACK is set to
ON and ON-HOOK.
When received the
INDVIDUAL/ROUTINE call,
Communication CH changes
automatically after returning AUTO
ACK or it dies not change.
DISABLE
PROPOSE CH PROPOSE CH 00
When not specifying TEL CH from
COAST with PSTN CALL from
COAST to SHIP, assign the CH,
which is set in this time, to ACK
BQ message.
SPECIAL
CALL
NEUTRAL
CALL
ABLE
When setting ABLE, NEUTRAL
CALL and MEDICAL CALL in
SPECIAL menu of CALL TYPE for
DSC are selectable.
UNABLE
MEDICAL
CALL
ABLE
UNABLE
CONTRAST CONTRAST 7 (0 to 15)
AUTO REVET AUTO REVET
ON
OFF
SYSTEM
SELF ID e.g. 432456789
Only for checking MMSI
GROUP ID
LIST
GROUP ID for GROUP CALL
message recorded in MESSAGE
FILE ENTRY menu is displayed.
INTERCOM
NAMING
RT: FM8800
1: Handset 1
2: Handset 2
3: Handset 3
4: Handset 4
By pressing [Shift] -> [4:IntCom],
the recorded name in the left box is
indicated to recognize the caller side
easily.
PROGRAM
VERSION
FM8800D/S
0550215-xx
EXT: ENT
- DUP Rx board (Yes): FM8800D
- DUP Rx board (No): FM8800S
FM-8800D and FM-8800S are the
same version.

2 System Menu
System menu Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3
Note
SELF ID
ID ENTRY
ID CLEAR
GROUP ID LIST
GROUP ID for GROUP CALL
message recorded in MESSAGE
FILE ENTRY menu is displayed.
INTERCOM
NAMING
RT: FM8800
1: Handset 1
2: Handset 2
3: Handset 3
4: Handset 4
By pressing [Shift] ->
[4:IntCom], the recorded names
in the left box are displayed to
recognize the caller side easily.
PROGRAM
VERSION
FM8800D/S
0550215-04
EXT: ENT
- DUP Rx board (Yes): FM8800D
- DUP Rx board (No): FM8800S
FM-8800D and FM-8800S are the
same version.
AUTO 1W
ON
OFF
ATIS ID
ID ENTRY xxxxxxxxx
ID CLEAR
AREA
RIVER
Selectable by recording ATIS ID.
RIVER & SEA
CH70 BOARD CH70 BOARD No function
CH CONFIG
MODE
INTL
Switch by pressing [1] or [2] key.
When pressing [CANCEL] key,
“TURN OFF/ON” is displayed.
And then, turn off the power to
record.
USA
WX
CANADA
INLND-WA
PRIV
CHANNEL XX
TRX
TX ENABLE
RX ENABLE
UNABLE
DUP/SIMP
DUP
SIMP
TX POWER
HI
LOW
CH MODE
INTL
ON
OFF
USA/WX
ON
OFF
CANADA
ON
OFF
INLND
ON Switch ON/OFF by entering
ATIS ID.
OFF
PRIV
ON
OFF
Cont’d

System menu Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3
Note
SCAN/DW
SCAN
ON
OFF
DW
ON
OFF
SP MUTE
ON Effective for FM-8800D,
Set up ON/OFF for SP at the
time of Duplex operation.
OFF
TIMEOUT TIMER
ON
Effective for USA chan nel
OFF
TX POWER
HI 170 (0 to 255)
LOW 44 (0 to 255)
TEMP. REDUCE 134 (0 to 255)
TONE TEST
POWER HI
HI Select HI power or LOW
power, and test by the selected
power.
LOW
DSC or ATIS
Select DSC or ATIS, and test
by the selected mode.
MARK
Output by PTT ON
SPACE
DOT
CARRIER
REGULATION
INTL
RUSSIAN
REMOTE ID
1 No function
1: Master 2: Slave
2
VDR OUTPUT
LEVEL
8 (1 to 16)
EEROM
PROTECTED
ON Enter the password: 652111
OFF
NO CLEAR
MMSI CLEAR
ALL CLEAR
T/A
** DSC RX TEST **
”OUTPUT RX DSC DATA
TO NMEA PORT”
Cont’d

System menu Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3
Note
TEST
CPU
LOOP TEST
FSK LOOP
REMOTE
LOOP
NMEA
LOOP
MEMORY TEST
ALL
“ALL” is automatically
executed. And then, RAM,
ROM and EEPROM are
checked.
RAM
ROM
EEPROM
PRINTER
Prints out
“FM-8800 PRINTER TEST”.
PROG. VER.
FM-8800:
0550215-04
The detailed version is
displayed after pressing [Shift]
-> [1] key 5 times.
PANEL
LCD TEST
BACK LIGHT 1 1 to 4
UI TEST
KEY
User Interface Test
CH
VOL
SQ
PTT
HOOK
CH70 RX
AGC
AGC Test
out
No function
LOOP
P: 0 /A: 9066
Loop Back Test
TX/RX
PLL
155.00 MHz
To set the frequency data of
PLL circuit, used in a factory.
160.00 MHz
165.00 MHz
AGC
AGC Test
out
APC No function
STATUS
CH
DUP/SIMP
xx
RX IF
LEVEL
Monitor the selected state by
“CH DUP/SIMP xx” channel.
RX AF
NOISE
CH70 RX IF
LEVEL
CH70 RX
AF NOISE
PLL1 UL
LEVEL
PLL2 UL
LEVEL
EXIT: ENT
Cont’d

System menu Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3
Note
TEST
DUP RX
PLL
155.00 MHz
To set the frequency data of
PLL circuit, use in a factory.
160.00 MHz
165.00 MHz
AGC
AGC Test
out
No function
DDS/CODEC
DDS
P: 100 / A: 19655
Input/Output Test
for CODEC and DDS
4528 L
P: 100 / A: 19962
4528 R
P: 100 / A: 19803
STATION TYPE
SHIP
Not to be changed.
COAST
RESET DSP
COMPATIBLE
M943-11 When setting to M943-11,
TCmd1, TCmd2 of RX
message is checked. If it is
TCmd which is not defined as
M943-11, it does not receive.
M943-10
USCG MODE
OFF Function for USCG
ON
FNAS MODE
OFF For ITU-R M1080:
Max. 10 digits of MMSI
ON
SELF
TERMINATE
OFF Set up ON/OFF for DIS
cancellation by DSC
ON
MAX VOL ADJ 5 Set maximum of ALM

3. DSC Call Menu
Menu-1 Menu-2 Menu-3 Menu-4 Note
COAST
CALL
COAST ID 00________
Category
ROUTINE
Select Category SAFETY
URGENCY
COMM
MODE
TELEPHONE
When the category is SAFETY or
URGENCY, TELEPHONE is fixed.
DATA
COMM
OPTION
NO INFO
CH NO INFO
- When the category is SAFETY, CH is
selected from CH list when selecting
SELECT CH. Also, the optional CH
can be input when selecting
MANUAL.
- When the category is URGENCY,
CH16 is fixed.
- When the category is ROUTINE,
NOINFO is fixed.
ACK REQ
SHIP CALL
SHIP ID xxxxxxxxx
Category
ROUTINE
Select Category SAFETY
URGENCY
COMM
MODE
TELEPHONE
When the category is SAFETY or
URGENCY, TELEPHONE is fixed.
DATA
COMM
OPTION
NO INFO
CH
SELECT CH
- When the category is Safety, CH is
selected from CH list when selecting
SELECT CH. Also, the optional CH
can be input when selecting
MANUAL.
- When the category is URGENCY,
CH16 is fixed.
- When the category is ROUTINE, NO
INFO is fixed.
MANUAL
ACK REQ
GROUP
CALL
GROUP ID 0xxxxxxxx
Category ROUTINE Fixed on “ROUTINE”.
COMM
MODE
TELEPHONE Fixed on “TELEPHONE”.
COMM
OPTION
NO INFO Fixed on “NO INFO”.
CH
SELECT CH
CH is selected from CH list when
selecting SELECT CH. Also, the
optional CH can be input when
selecting MANUAL.
NO INFO
NO ACK
REQ