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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Special notes on canada channel usage
1
. LOW POWER (1 W) only.
2
. Receive Only.
3
. LOW POWER (1 W) initially. Override to HIGH POWER by holding down H/L key
before transmitting. Used normally in bridge-to-bridge communications.
4
. Lightly shaded simplex channels 21A, 23A, 61A, 64A, 81A, 82A, and 83A cannot be
lawfully used in Canada waters unless special authorization is obtained from the
Canadian Coast Guard. Not for use by the general public.
62A 156.125 156.125 S Canadian Coast Guard Yes Yes CANADIAN CG
64 156.225 160.825 D Public Correspondence, Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE
64A 156.225 156.225 S U.S. Government, Canadian Commercial
Fishing
Yes Yes UNAUTHORIZED
4
65A 156.275 156.275 S Port Operations Yes Yes PORT OPS
66A 156.325 156.325 S Port Operations Yes Yes PORT OPS
1
1W only
67 156.375 156.375 S Commercial, SAR Yes No COMMERCIAL
68 156.425 156.425 S Boat Operations, Recreational Yes No SHIP - SHIP
69 156.475 156.475 S Commercial Fishing Only Yes Yes COMMERCIAL
70 156.525 156.525 S Digital Selective Calling - DSC ------ ------ DSC
6
71 156.575 156.575 S Boat Operations, Recreational Yes Yes PLEASURE
72 156.625 156.625 S Inter-ship Yes No SHIP - SHIP
73 156.675 156.675 S Commercial Fishing Only Yes Yes COMMERCIAL
74 156.725 156.725 S Commercial Fishing Only Yes Yes COMMERCIAL
77 156.875 156.875 S Port Operations Yes Yes PORT OPS
1
1W only
78A 156.925 156.925 S Boat Operations, Recreational Yes No SHIP - SHIP
79A 156.975 156.975 S Commercial Yes Yes COMMERCIAL
80A 157.025 157.025 S Commercial Yes Yes COMMERCIAL
81A 157.075 157.075 S U.S. Government Operations Yes Yes UNAUTHORIZED
4
82A 157.125 157.125 S U.S. Government, Canadian Coast Guard Yes Yes UNAUTHORIZED
4
83 157.175 161.775 D Canadian Coast Guard Yes Yes CANADIAN CG
83A 157.175 157.175 S U.S. Government, Canadian Coast Guard Yes Yes UNAUTHORIZED
4
83B --- 161.775 S Canadian Coast Guard, RX Only ------ ------ CANADIAN CG
84 157.225 161.825 D Public Correspondence, Marine Operator No Yes TELEPHONE
85 157.275 161.875 D Public Correspondence, Marine Operator No Yes TELEPHONE
86 157.325 161.925 D Public Correspondence, Marine Operator No Yes TELEPHONE
87 157.375 161.975 D Port Operations No Yes TELEPHONE
88 157.425 162.025 D Port Operations No Yes TELEPHONE
Weather channels
CH RX (MHz) TRAFFIC TYPE NAME REMARK
WX01 162.550 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX02 162.400 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX03 162.475 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX04 162.425 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX05 162.450 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX06 162.500 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX07 162.525 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only
WX08 161.650 CANADIAN Weather Channel CANADA WX RX only
WX09 161.775 CANADIAN Weather Channel CANADA WX RX only
WX10 163.275 NOAA Weather Channel NOAA WX RX only