User's Manual

1 General Information

1.1 Features

Congratulations on your purchase of a Lowrance LVR-880US or LVR-880EU marine band VHF radio.

Both models provide you with the following useful features:

• Prominent channel display

• Adjustable contrast settings for the LCD

• Adjustable keypad backlighting for easy night-time use

• Waterproof and submersible to comply with JIS-7

• Choice of High or Low (25 W or 1 W) transmission power

• Access to all currently available Marine VHF Channel Banks (USA, Canada, International)

including weather channels where available

• Special CH16 or CH16/9 key for quick access to the priority (International Distress) channel

• Special 3CH key for quick selection of your three favorite channels

• DISTRESS call button to automatically transmit the MMSI and position until an acknowledgement

is received

• Easy access to a buddy list of up to 20 favorite people

• MMSI storage for three favorite groups

• GROUP CALL and ALL SHIPS CALL Facility

• Rotary channel selector knob with PUSH TO SELECT function

• Speaker microphone with large PTT key and 6 keys for easy channel and mode selection

• 22 W Hailer with talkback capability

• Jack for (optional) external speaker

• Foghorn (manual and automatic)

• FM stereo radio capability with global bands

• Great Circle GPS navigation calculations to a waypoint (stores up to 200 waypoints)

• Local / Distance sensitivity to eliminate noise in high traffic urban areas

• Adjustable squelch control

• Automatic position and time update when connected to a GPS receiver

• Memory retention

• Memory channel scan

• All channel priority scan

• Dual / Tri Watch capability

• Call log for the 20 most recent incoming DSC calls

• Distress call log for the 10 most recent distress calls

• LL position polling and Track Your Buddy feature

• NMEA0183 for GPS, Distress and Polling calls

• NMEA2000 connectivity

• DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets USCG SC101 standards. LVR-880US only

• DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets EC Class D standards. LVR-880EU only

• 10 weather channels (where available), NOAA and SAME weather alert capability. LVR-880US

only

• ATIS facility for inland waterways. LVR-880EU only

1.2 LCD Symbols and Meanings

All the symbols that may appear on the LCD are explained here.