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 37Lowrance - Link-2 Installation and Operation Instructions36
The Link-2 can output NMEA0183 sentences when docked in the charging cradle.
Supported sentences are: RMC, GGA, GLL, GNS, GSV.
1. Select RADIO SETUP then NMEA OUT.
2. Select ON/OFF then press ENTER to conrm your desired choice.
4-7-9 Favourite Channel Setup (FAV CH SETUP)
EU and AUS models only.
The Wx key can be programmed to a weather channel of your choice so that you have
quick access to that channel.
1. Select RADIO SETUP then FAV CH SETU.
2. Press CH UP/DOWN key to select a channel that you want to save as your WX favorite
channel. Press ENT to save the selection. The WX icon
Wx
will indicate each time your
favourite channel is selected.
4-8 DSC setup
The DSC Setup submenu is used to set behavior of the DSC functions.
4-8-1 Enter or check your user MMSI (USER MMSI)
Note: You must enter your user MMSI before you can access the DSC functions.
When you have entered your MMSI correctly, you can display it any time. Your MMSI will
also briey appear on the startup screen each time the radio is turned on.
USER MMSI
INPUT AGAIN
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►USER MMSI
GROUP SETUP
INDIV REPLY
INPUT USER
MMSI
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USER MMSI
876543210
►STORE
CANCEL
USER MMSI
876543210
►STORE
CANCEL
1. Select DSC SETUP then USER MMSI. Press ENTER.
NO MMSI ID
STORED!
If you have already entered your MMSI, it is shown on the screen.
If this is the rst time that you are entering your MMSI, a dashed line appears with
the cursor under the rst position. You need to enter your MMSI along the dashed
line, one number at a time.
Note: this is a one-time operation. The MMSI cannot be changed once it is entered in the
radio.
2. Press CH / to select the rst number of your MMSI. Press ENTER to conrm the
number and move to the next position. If you make an error, select the < character
then press ENTER to backup.
3. When you have entered the last number, push ENTER to advance to the next screen.
The cursor is at STORE.
4. Check whether the displayed MMSI is correct, then press ENTER to store, or CANCEL
to backup.