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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press ENTER. Select Yes and press ENTER to conrm your choice.
3. Select ADD NEW to show your buddy list.
4. Select the target buddy then press ENTER to add that buddy to the track list.
5-10-2 Select your TRACK BUDDY
Select your buddy as follows:
SET BUDDY
KATHY
►ON
OFF
DSC CALL
DIST LOG
LL REPLY
►TRACK BUDDY
TRACK BUDDY
TRACK START
►SET BUDDY
TRACK LIST
SET BUDDY
►KATHY OFF
SAM ON
BUDDY #3 OFF
1. Press CALL/MENU to enter DSC MODE, then select TRACK BUDDY.
2. Select SET BUDDY and scroll down to your desired buddy. Your can set a maximum
of three buddies to track.
3. Select ON to track that buddy, or OFF to not. Press ENTER to conrm. (Repeat for the
other two buddies if necessary.)
5-10-3 Set the time interval of tracking
Set the time interval as follows:
DSC CALL
DIST LOG
LL REPLY
►TRACK BUDDY
TRACK BUDDY
SET BUDDY
TRACK LIST
►INTERVAL
INTERVAL
►15 MINUTES
30 MINUTES
1 HOUR
1. Press CALL/MENU to enter DSC mode, then select TRACK BUDDY.
2. Select INTERVAL, and choose the desired time interval. Press ENTER to conrm.
5-10-4 Start tracking
Start tracking as follows:
START TRACK
►YES
NO
DSC CALL
DIST LOG
LL REPLY
►TRACK BUDDY
TRACK BUDDY
►START BUDDY
SET BUDDY
TRACK LIST
SET TRACK
KATHY 1 OFF
SAM 2 ON
BUDDY #3 3 OFF
1. Press CALL/MENU to enter DSC mode, then select TRACK BUDDY.
2. Select START TRACK, then YES. The START TRACK display changes to STOP TRACK. To
stop tracking at any time, just press YES.
3. As soon as you start tracking, an LL Request is sent immediately on CH70 and your
radio; and it waits for acknowledgement of the (rst) buddy’s LL position to be
displayed on your radio screen.
Each of the selected buddies is polled for their LL positions at regular time intervals.
When information is received, a friendly ring tone sounds and the position is shown on
the screen. Pressing any key cancels the screen.
The position that is received is not stored in your radio’s Log, but is broadcast over
NMEA0183 to the Chartplotters. Press any key to acknowledge, or wait for the automatic
20 second timeout.
Note: The Link-2 is capable of receiving and displaying the LL position data at normal or
enhanced resolution.
5-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
You can test your radio’s DSC operation by sending a DSC TEST CALL to a Buddy or other
station equipped with a DSC radio.
Note: You should not use a routine DSC call to test your radio and you should minimize
the use of the safety channel for test purposes.
5-11-1 Send a DSC TEST call
1. Select DSC CALL then DSC TEST.
2. Select the buddy you want to call from your buddy list, or Select MANUAL NEW then
enter the MMSI of the individual you want to call.
3. Press ENT to accept the selection.
4. Press ENT again to SEND the call. Channel 70 is selected automatically and the
TX
symbol is shown on the LCD while the call is being sent.
5. The radio waits for an acknowledgement (WAIT). If the call is acknowledged a
notication is displayed.
TOM
DSC TEST
►SEND?
DSC TEST
MANUAL NEW
SAM
►TOM
DSC CALL
LL REQUEST▲
TRACK BUDDY
►DSC TEST
MMSI/GPS
TOM
DSC TEST
WAIT.. 00:17
6. If there is no reply after 30 seconds, the radio asks you if you want to retry.
5-11-2 Receiving an incoming DSC TEST call reply (DSC TEST ACK)
1. When you receive notication of a DSC TEST reply, press SILENC soft key to silence
the alert.