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
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RADIO SETUP
UIC
►CH NAME
RING VOLUME
CH NAME
CALLING
CALLING
►EDIT
DELETE
4-7-3 Ring volume adjustment (RING VOLUME)
1. Select the RING VOLUME by pressing CH / and choose your preference by
selecting the option: HIGH or LOW setting.
2. Press ENTER again to conrm the changes.
RADIO SETUP
UIC
CH NAME
►RING VOLUME
RING VOLUME
►HIGH
LOW
4-7-4 Beep volume adjustment (KEY BEEP)
1. Select the KEY BEEP, then press CH / to select one of the following options will
be displayed: HIGH, LOW, OFF as your key beep settings.
2. Press ENTER again to conrm.
RADIO SETUP
CH NAME
►RING VOLUME
KEY BEEP
KEY BEEP
HIGH
►LOW
OFF
4-7-5 Select unit (UNITS)
You can select your preferred measurement units for distance and cross track error.
1. Select RADIO SETUP, then UNITS.
2. Select your preferred measurement units and press ENTER.
RADIO SETUP
RING VOLUME
KEY BEEP
►UNITS
UNITS
►METRIC
NAUTICAL
STATUTE
4-7-6 Set the Priority channel (WATCH MODE)
US models only
If you are operating on the USA or Canada Channel banks, you can have the priority
channel to cover both CH16 and CH09 as well as the working channel, similar to a TRI
WATCH.
1. Select RADIO SETUP, then WATCH MODE.
2. Select the desired setting, and then press ENTER.
RADIO SETUP
KEY BEEP
UNITS
►WATCH MODE
WATCH MODE
►ONLY 16
16CH+9CH
4-7-7 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)
US models only.
The NOAA provides several weather forecast channels on US and Canadian channel
banks.
If severe weather such as storms or hurricanes are forecast, the NOAA broadcasts a
weather alert on 1050 Hz. You can choose to watch weather alerts.
RADIO SETUP
UNITS
WATCH MODE
►WX ALERT
WX ALERT
►ON
OFF
1. Select RADIO SETUP then WX ALERT.
2. The cursor is ON (NOAA weather alerts on 1050 Hz on normal mode). If you do not
want to watch these weather alerts, move the cursor to OFF.
3. Press ENTER for to conrm your selection.
If you chose to receive the weather alerts, the beeps will sound whenever a weather
alert is broadcast. Just press any button to hear it.
4-7-8 Set NMEA output (NMEA OUT)
RADIO SETUP
WATCH MODE
WX ALERT
►NMEA OUT
NMEA OUT
►ON
OFF