Operation Manual

RS25 Operation and Installation Manual 5RS25 Operation and Installation Manual
Section 1 - General Information
1-1 Features
Congratulations on your purchase of a Simrad VHF RS25U or RS25E marine band radio. Both of these
models provide the following useful features:
Adjustable contrast settings for the LCD•
Adjustable keypad backlighting for easy night-time use•
Waterproof and submersible to comply with JIS-7•
Choice of High or Low (25 W or 1 W) transmission power•
•  Accesstoallcurrently-availablemarineVHFchannelbanks(USA,Canada,International)
including weather channels where available
Special CH16 or CH16/9 key for quick access to the priority (International Distress) channel•
Special 3CH key for quick selection of your three favorite channels•
DISTRESS call button to automatically transmit the MMSI and position until an •
acknowledgement is received
Easy access to a buddy list of up to 20 favorite people•
MMSI storage for three favorite groups•
GROUP CALL and ALL SHIPS CALL Facility•
Automatic position and time update when connected to a GPS receiver•
DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets SC101 standards (RS25U only)•
DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets EC Class D standards (RS25E only)•
ATIS facility for inland waterways (RS25E only)•
• ProminentchanneldisplayandrotarychannelselectorknobwithPRESSTOENTERfunction
•  GPSlatitudeandlongitude(LL)andtimedisplay(whenconnectedtoaGPS)
•  Powerful4Wexternalaudiooutput
•  PSCAN(similartodualwatch)facility
•  Infokeytodisplaybarometricdataandtemperature,orSignal-to-NoiseRatio(SNR)
•  HappyFishsymbolthatindicatesthefishingconditions
•  LLpositionpollinginformationandTrackYourBuddyfacility
•  Local/Distancemodetoeliminatenoiseinhightrafficareas
•  Weatheralertfacility.RS25U only
•  Alphanumericmicrophoneforeasy,directchannelentryandinformationediting.RS25E only
•  INTERCOMfacilityifanoptionalwireless AHK05 handset is installed. CONFERENCE facility if
two AHK05 handsets installed (total 2 x AHK05 handsets can be installed).