Installation and Operation Instructions

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Table Of Contents

Chapter 1 Important information
- Certified Installation
- FCC
  - Compliance Statement (Part 15.19)
  - FCC Interference Statement (Part 15.105 (b))
- Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
  - Innovation, Sciences et Développement économique Canada (Français)
- Water ingress
- Disclaimer
- Declaration of Conformity
- Product disposal
- Warranty registration
- Technical accuracy
Chapter 2 Document and product information
- 2.1 Product documentation
- 2.2 Product overview
- 2.3 Applicable products
- 2.4 Parts supplied
- 2.5 Licensing
- 2.6 Obtain MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity) number
- 2.7 Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS)
- 2.8 Software updates
Chapter 3 Installation
- 3.1 Selecting a location
- 3.2 GNSS (GPS) location requirements
- 3.3 Wireless product location requirements
  - Wireless location requirements
  - Pre-installation site survey
- 3.4 Product dimensions
- 3.5 Mounting
Chapter 4 Cables and connections
- 4.1 General cabling guidance
- 4.2 Connections overview
- 4.3 Power connection
- 4.4 Handset station connection
  - Connecting handsets and cables
  - Wired handset extension cables
- 4.5 Wired speaker connection
- 4.6 NMEA 2000 / SeaTalkng® connection
  - Connecting SeaTalkng® cables
- 4.7 NMEA 0183 connection
- 4.8 Loud hailer connection
- 4.9 Connecting GNSS (GPS) and VHF antennas
- 4.10 Wireless hub connection
- 4.11 Wireless handset charging holster – power connection
  - In-line fuse and thermal breaker ratings
- 4.12 Wireless handset connections
- 4.13 Wireless speaker – power connection
  - In-line fuse and thermal breaker ratings
Chapter 5 Getting started
- 5.1 Handset controls
  - Wireless speaker controls
- 5.2 Powering the Base station
  - Powering the handset
- 5.3 Homescreen overview
  - Status bar symbols
  - Main menu overview
- 5.4 Multiple station operation
- 5.5 Adjusting Brightness and Contrast
- 5.6 Shared Brightness
  - Enabling Shared Brightness
- 5.7 Initial set up
- 5.8 Selecting a language
- 5.9 Switching on the AIS receiver
- 5.10 Selecting a network type
- 5.11 Entering your MMSI number
- 5.12 Entering your ATIS ID
  - Enabling and disabling ATIS mode
- 5.13 Changing the radio region
- 5.14 Switching between high and low transmit power
- 5.15 GNSS (GPS) set up
Chapter 6 Wireless handset stations
- 6.1 Wireless handsets
  - Wireless handset charging
- 6.2 Connecting a wireless handset to the hub
- 6.3 Connecting the wireless speaker to the Wireless handset
  - Disconnecting a Wireless speaker
- 6.4 Wireless set-up menu options
  - Wireless hub set-up menu options
  - Wireless handset not connected menu
Chapter 7 Digital selective calling (DSC)
- 7.1 Digital Selective Calling (DSC)
- 7.2 Distress calls
- 7.3 Urgency calls
  - Making an urgency call
  - Receiving an urgency call
- 7.4 Safety calls
  - Making a safety call
  - Receiving a safety call
- 7.5 Individual (routine) calls
  - Making an Individual call
  - Receiving an Individual call
- 7.6 Group calls
  - Making a group call
  - Receiving a group call
- 7.7 Position requests
- 7.8 Phonebook
- 7.9 Call logs
  - Accessing the call logs
- 7.10 Test calls
  - Making a Test call
  - Receiving a test call
- 7.11 DSC set-up menu options
Chapter 8 VHF operations
- 8.1 Watch modes
  - Setting Watch mode
- 8.2 Scan Mode
  - Setting Scan mode
- 8.3 Priority channels
  - Switching between priority channels
  - Setting a second priority channel
- 8.4 Sensitivity
  - Switching sensitivity modes
- 8.5 Private channels
  - Selecting a private channel set
- 8.6 Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS) and Marcom-C mode
  - Enabling and disabling ATIS mode
- 8.7 AIS receiver
  - Switching AIS on and off
- 8.8 Set-up menu options
  - Display Set-up menu
  - Shared Brightness menu
Chapter 9 Hailer, Fog horn, and Intercom
- 9.1 Hailer Fog Intercom menu
- 9.2 Loud hailer
  - Using the hailer
- 9.3 Fog horn
- 9.4 Intercom
  - Using the intercom
  - Responding to the intercom
Chapter 10 Maintenance
- 10.1 Maintenance
  - Routine checks
  - Unit cleaning instructions
Chapter 11 Troubleshooting
- 11.1 LED diagnostics — Ray90 / Ray91 Base station
- 11.2 LED diagnostics - Wireless (Active) speaker
- 11.3 Troubleshooting
- 11.4 Power up troubleshooting
- 11.5 Audio troubleshooting (transmission / reception)
  - Passive speaker troubleshooting
- 11.6 GNSS (GPS) troubleshooting
- 11.7 DSC troubleshooting
  - Obtain MMSI (Maritime Mobile Service Identity) number
- 11.8 AIS troubleshooting (Ray70 / 73 / 91 only)
- 11.9 Wired handset troubleshooting
- 11.10 Wireless troubleshooting (Ray63 / 73 / 90 / 91 only)
Chapter 12 Technical support
- 12.1 Raymarine product support and servicing
- 12.2 Viewing product information
- 12.3 Learning resources
Chapter 13 Technical specification
- 13.1 Technical specification — Base station
- 13.2 Technical specification — Wired handset (Raymic)
- 13.3 Technical specification - Wired (Passive) speaker
- 13.4 Technical specification - Wireless hub
- 13.5 Technical specification - Wireless handset
- 13.6 Technical specification - Wireless handset charging holster
- 13.7 Technical specification - Wireless (Active) speaker
- 13.8 Radio usage
Chapter 14 Spares and accessories
- 14.1 Ray90 / Ray91 spares
- 14.2 Extension cables
- 14.3 Accessories
- 14.4 SeaTalkng® cables and accessories
Appendix A NMEA 0183 sentences
Appendix B NMEA 2000 PGN list
Appendix C MMSI Regulatory bodies and application submissions
Appendix D VHF Channels
Appendix E Phonetic alphabet
Appendix F Prowords
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.1DigitalSelectiveCalling

(DSC)

TraditionalVHFradiosystemsrequireuserstolisten

untilsomeonespeaks,andthendeterminewhetherthe

callisforthem.DSCensuresthatcallsarereceivedby

alertingorannouncingtheintendedrecipient(s)ﬁrstso

theyarereadytolistentothesubsequentmessageon

therelevantchannel.

DSCispartoftheGlobalMaritimeDistressandSafety

System(GMDSS),amaritimecommunicationssystem

foremergencyanddistressmessagesandalltypes

ofroutinecommunicationssuchasship-to-shipor

ship-to-shore.

DSCisadigitalsignallingsystem,whichoperateson

VHFchannel70.DSCcallsincludeotherdatasuchas

yourvessel’sidentiﬁcationnumber,purposeofthecall,

yourpositionandthechannelyouwanttospeakon.

DSCcallscanbedividedinto4categoriesandare

prioritizedasshownbelow:

1.Distress

2.Urgency

3.Safety

4.Routine

Distress

ADistresscallshouldonlybeusedwhenthereis

imminentdangertoavehicleorpersonthatrequires

immediateassistance.

Whenmakingadistresscallthefollowinginformationis

transmittedtoallstationswithinrange:

•VesselMMSInumber.

•Vesselposition(mustbeinputmanuallyifnoposition

dataisavailable).

•Localtime(mustbeinputmanuallyifnopositiondata

isavailable).

•Natureofthedistress(whendesignated).

•Transmissionfrequency.

Thecallisautomaticallyrepeatedatapproximately4

minuteintervalsuntilitisacknowledgedeitherbya

coastradiostation(CRS)oravesselwithinradiorange.

DistresscallsmustbefollowedbyaMAYDAYcallon

prioritychannel16.

Urgency

Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisdanger

toavehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequireimmediate

assistance.

Whenmakinganurgencycallthefollowinginformation

istransmittedtoallstationswithinrange:

•VesselMMSInumber.

•Vesselposition(mustbeinputmanuallyifnoposition

dataisavailable).

•Localtime(mustbeinputmanuallyifnopositiondata

isavailable).

•Transmissionfrequency.

Onceanurgencycallissentitmustbefollowedwith

aPANPANvoicemessageonchannel16andinclude

thenecessarydetails.

Safety

Asafetycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisan

importantnavigationalwarningormeteorological

forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsousedfor

communicationsduringsearchandrescueoperations.

Whenmakingasafetycallthefollowinginformationis

transmittedtoallstationswithinrange:

•VesselMMSInumber.

•Vesselposition(mustbeinputmanuallyifnoposition

dataisavailable).

•Localtime(mustbeinputmanuallyifnopositiondata

isavailable).

•Transmissionfrequency.

Onceasafetycallissentitmustbefollowedwitha

SECURITEvoicemessageonchannel16andinclude

thenecessarydetails.

Individual(routine)

Routinecallsareusedforcontactingothervessels,

marinas,orshorestations.

Routinecallsaremadeonchannel70usingthe

dedicatedMaritimeMobileServiceIdentity(MMSI)

numberofthestationtobecontacted,selectinga

VHFworkingchannelandsendingthecall.Both

radiosautomaticallyswitchtothechosenchannelfor

conversation.

Routinecallscanalsobemadetogroups—When

groupsofshipsneedthesameinformation(yachtraces,

clubralliesetc.)aspecialgroup-callidentitycanbeused

toenablerestrictedbroadcastcalls.

Note:

otransmitprecisepositiondata,theradiomustbe

connectedtoaGNSS(GPS)receiver.Otherwise,

regularmanualpositionupdatingisrequired.

7.2Distresscalls

Makingadesignateddistresscall

WhenmakingaDistresscallyoucanspecifythenature

ofthedistress,ifGNSS(GPS)dataisnotavailableyou

mustalsospecifyyourcoordinates.

Note:

YourradiomusthaveanMMSInumbersavedbefore

DSCfunctionscanbeused.

FromtheDistresscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>

Distresscall

1.Selectadistresstypefromthelist.

•IfyourradioisreceivingavalidGNSS(GPS)

positionthenthedistresstypeandcoordinates

aredisplayedon-screen,otherwiseyouwillbe

promptedtoenteryourpositioncoordinates

manually.

2.Ifprompted,enteryourpositioncoordinatesand

localtimeusingthe ChannelUpand ChannelDown

buttonstoentertherelevantdetails.

3.WhencompletepresstheOKbutton.

4.Followthestepsfor

‘MakingaDistressCall’

transmitthedistress.

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