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 3
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Important safety information
Please read carefully before installation and use.
DANGER
This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to poten-
tially hazardous situations. Obey all safety messages that follow
this symbol to avoid possible injury or death.
WARNING
WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if
not avoided, could result in death or serious injury
CAUTION
CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if
not avoided, could result in minor or moderate injury.
CAUTION
CAUTION used without the safety alert symbol indicates a
potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result
in property damage.
Contents
Safety and operational information ................................................................. 7
Important ...........................................................................................................................................................................8
Safety Training Information .....................................................................................................................................8
Section 1 - General information ........................................................................9
Section 2 - Controls and keys ...........................................................................10
2-1 Keys/Controls and functions ....................................................................................................... 11
Section 3 - Operating the radio .......................................................................14
3-1 Power On/O ................................................................................................................................... 14
3-2 Adjusting the Squelch level ....................................................................................................... 14
3-3 Volume control ................................................................................................................................ 14
3-4 Channel selection .......................................................................................................................... 15
3-5 Receiving and transmitting ........................................................................................................ 15
3-6 Dual Watch operation ................................................................................................................... 16
3-7 3CH operation (Favorite Channel) ........................................................................................... 16
3-7-1 Add a favorite channel for the first time ......................................................................................... 16
3-7-2 Modify or delete favorite channel ......................................................................................................16
3-8 Scan Operation ............................................................................................................................... 16
3-9 Navigation mode ........................................................................................................................... 17
3-10 WP select mode ............................................................................................................................ 18
3-11 Plotter mode ................................................................................................................................ 18
3-12 GPS satellite mode ...................................................................................................................... 19
Section 4 - Advanced setup ..............................................................................20
4-1 Waypoint ............................................................................................................................................ 21
4-1-1 Add a new waypoint ...................................................................................................................................21
4-1-2 Edit a waypoint ...............................................................................................................................................22
4-1-3 Delete a waypoint ........................................................................................................................................23
4-1-4 Set a route to a stored waypoint ........................................................................................................ 24
4-2 Backlight adjustment ................................................................................................................... 24
4-3 Lamp timer ....................................................................................................................................... 24
4-4 Buddy list (Manage your buddy list) ........................................................................................ 25
4-4-1 Add a new buddy name ...........................................................................................................................25
4-4-2 Edit a buddy name .......................................................................................................................................26
4-4-3 Delete a buddy name.................................................................................................................................26
4-5 Contrast adjustment ..................................................................................................................... 27