User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety and operational information
- Section 1 - General information
- Section 2 - Controls and keys
- Section 3 - Operating the radio
- Section 4 - Advanced setup
- 4-1 Waypoint
- 4-2 Backlight adjustment
- 4-3 Lamp timer
- 4-4 Buddy list (Manage your buddy list)
- 4-5 Contrast adjustment
- 4-6 GPS/DATA
- 4-6-1 Manual (Manually enter your position and UTC time)
- 4-6-2 Settings: LL display (Show or hide your position)
- 4-6-3 Settings: Time display (Show or hide the time)
- 4-6-4 Time offset (Local time)
- 4-6-5 Settings: Time format (12 or 24 hour clock)
- 4-6-6 Settings: COG/SOG (Course & speed display options)
- 4-6-7 GPS alert
- 4-6-8 Turn GPS ENABLE on/off
- 4-6-9 Set Magnetic Variation (MAG VAR)
- 4-7 Radio setup
- 4-7-1 Channel Bank selection (UIC)
- 4-7-2 Channel name editing (CH NAME)
- 4-7-3 Ring volume adjustment (RING VOLUME)
- 4-7-4 Beep volume adjustment (KEY BEEP)
- 4-7-5 Select unit (UNITS)
- 4-7-6 Set the Priority channel (WATCH MODE)
- 4-7-7 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)
- 4-7-8 Set NMEA output (NMEA OUT)
- 4-7-9 Favourite Channel Setup (FAV CH SETUP)
- 4-8 DSC setup
- 4-8-1 Enter or check your user MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-8-2 Maintain groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-8-3 Response to individual calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-8-4 Enable DSC functionality (DSC SELECT)
- 4-8-5 Response type to LL polling calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8-6 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-8-7 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-8-8 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-9 ATIS SETUP (EU only)
- 4-10 Get Buddy
- 4-11 Track log
- 4-12 Erase track
- 4-13 Reset (Reset to factory defaults)
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 DSC call types
- 5-3 Send an Individual call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-4 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-5 Send a Group call (GROUP)
- 5-6 Send an All Ships call (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-7 Reply to a call in your Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-8 Reply to a call in your Distress Log (DISTRESS LOG)
- 5-9 Request the LL position of a buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-10 Track your buddy request (TRACK BUDDY)
- 5-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-12 View User MMSI and GPS information
- 5-14 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-15 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-16 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV)
- 5-17 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP)
- 5-18 Receiving a Geographic Area Call (GEOGRAPH)
- 5-19 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION)
- Section 6 - Distress calls
- Section 7 - Installation Instructions
- Appendix A - Technical specifications
- Appendix B - Frequency charts
- Appendix C - EU inland waterway channels
Lowrance - Link-2 Installation and Operation Instructions 25Lowrance - Link-2 Installation and Operation Instructions24
4-1-4 Set a route to a stored waypoint
HOME
►GO
WP EDIT
DELETE
MENU SELECT
►WAYPOINT
BACKLIGHT
LAMP
WAYPOINT
►WP LIST
NEAREST WP
TEMP
WP LIST
NEW WP
FISH 1
►HOME
GO
HOME
►YES
NO
1. Hold down CALL/MENU for about 3 seconds (US only); or press MENU (EU only).
2. The cursor is at WAYPOINT. Press ENTER.
3. The cursor is at WP list, press ENTER. The cursor is at new WP, scroll down to the
waypoint to use as the route then press ENTER.
4. The cursor is at GO and push ENTER and enter the navigation mode. The waypoint is
set as your next destination.
4-2 Backlight adjustment
1. Select BACKLIGHT and press ENTER. There are 8 backlight levels.
2. SQ / to adjust the setting. Press ENTER to conrm the setting and return to the
MENU SELECT.
MENU SELECT
WAYPOINT
►BACKLIGHT
LAMP
BACKLIGHT
■ ■ ■ ■
LO HI
4-3 Lamp timer
1. Select LAMP and press ENTER. There are 4 timer settings: Always on, 5s, 15s, 30s
(default).
2. Press CH / to adjust the setting. Press ENTER to conrm the setting and return to
the MENU SELECT.
MENU SELECT
WAYPOINT
►BACKLIGHT
LAMP
LAMP TIMEOUT
►ALWAYS ON
5 SECOND
15 SECOND
4-4 Buddy list (Manage your buddy list)
You can use the buddy list to store names and associated MMSIs of 20 DSC stations that
you call frequently. Buddy names are stored in the order of entry, with the most recent
entry rst.
The following sections demonstrates how to use BUDDY LIST, these include: to add, edit,
and delete entries.
4-4-1 Add a new buddy name
You can enter up to 20 buddy names. When your BUDDY LIST is full, you cannot make a
new entry until you have deleted an existing entry.
• Each buddy name can have a maximum of 11 alphanumeric characters
• The most recent buddy name entered is shown at the top of your buddy list.
ENTER NAME
STARFISH 2
ENTER MMSI
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
MENU SELECT
LAMP
►BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
BUDDY LIST
►MANUAL NEW
ENTER NAME
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ENTER MMSI
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
►MANUAL NEW
STARFISH 2
SEA ROSE
MERMAID
ENTER NAME
STARFISH 2
ENTER MMSI
0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ENTER NAME
STARFISH 2
ENTER MMSI
123456789
STARFISH 2
123456789
►STORE
CANCEL
1. Hold down CALL/MENU for 3 seconds.
2. Select BUDDY LIST then press ENTER.
3. The cursor is at <MANUAL>. Push ENTER.
4. Use the CH / to enter the new buddy name one character at a time. Then press
ENTER until the cursor moves to the MMSI entry line.
5. Use CH / to enter the 9-digit MMSI that is associated with that buddy name, one
number at a time, then press ENTER.
6. After you enter the last digit of the MMSI, a new screen appears automatically to
show the new buddy name and MMSI. Check that it is correct; and then push ENTER
to save the new entry. (If it is not correct, select EXIT).