Resetting MMSI some sense at last?

[Strathglass]

This perpetual thing of wondering what to do with a discarded but working DSC radio has been going on for quite a while.

If is is given away or sold it will still hold your MMSI number.

The hastle of sending it back to the supplier / manufacturer is not worth the bother.

I just purchased a Cobra F55EU to replace my XM VHF and found this written in the instructions.

If one attempts to change the MMSI number after it has been programmed in the radio will then revert to a non DSC state and the original number will be lost.

Still needs returned to the supplier to add a new MMSI number but it is possible to delete your MMSI number from a Cobra f55 before disposing of it.

I wish I could do that to my XM VHF (I will give it a try but don't hold out much hope)

 

[ProDave]

The question nobody has answered, is how easy and how much does it cost to return to the supplier to be reset?

If there's an established and easy mechanism, and the charge is nominal (less than £10) then I don't see the issue with returning it.

 

[prv]

If there's an established and easy mechanism, and the charge is nominal (less than £10) then I don't see the issue with returning it.

Still a bit of a pain if all you really want to do is pop it on the For Sale forum for a few quid. Never mind the money, the extra hassle of taking (or sending) it to an MMSI-unprogramming shop and getting it back again makes it much more likely I'd just leave it in a box in the shed, meaning to get round to it one day.

Pete

 

[Searush]

Oh, the wonders of modern technology - designed to be useless if nicked, but still useless if sold or even given away. One might almost think that it was of benefit to the manufacturer to have us throwing stuff away & buying new instead of reusing it.

 

[Robin]

I was talked through a master reset of a Nasa DSC (to try to get it talking to the GPS, it still didn't work..) but this also reset the MMSI needing it to be re-entered. The procedure simply required entering key strokes as instructed, no hidden reset button or similar. I later bought a Navman DSC set and I believe the same procedure is possible with that, but if they won't let you do it yourself a dealer will know how and it takes just a couple of minutes.

 

[ProDave]

Oh, the wonders of modern technology - designed to be useless if nicked, but still useless if sold or even given away. One might almost think that it was of benefit to the manufacturer to have us throwing stuff away & buying new instead of reusing it.

Yes. A bit like the stupid idea of car radios having a pin number to unlock them. Great until you change the battery on your car, then find the radio is not the original, and the pin number given to you when you bought the car does not work.

 

[ditchcrawler]

I bought a new Standard Horizon as I wanted the AIS capability and as part of the purchase the dealer Seamark Nunn deprogrammed my old Icom DSC for free and I sold it on.I am sure many dealers would do this if they have their eye to business.