Ray218 & Ray55 Marine VHF Radio Owner's Handbook Document number: 81278-3 Date: April 2007 Trademarks and registered trademarks Raymarine is a registered trademark of Raymarine plc. All other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Contents of this handbook © Raymarine 2007 3 Contents Trademarks and registered trademarks ............................................ 2 About this Handbook .............................................................................................9 Important Information .......................................................................................10 Antenna Mounting and EME Exposure ................................................ 12 Safe Compass Distance ........................................................................ 12 EMC Conformance ............................................................................... 12 Duty Cycle ............................................................................................ 12 Chapter 1: Introduction .....................................................................................13 1.1 Ray218 and Ray55 Fixed Station VHF Radios ....................................... 13 1.2 Features ............................................................................................... 13 Digital Selective Calling (DSC) .............................................................. 14 Chapter 2: Installation .......................................................................................15 2.1 Unpacking and Inspection .................................................................... 15 Removing the Sun Cover ..................................................................... 15 Equipment Supplied ............................................................................. 16 2.2 Planning the Installation ...................................................................... 17 2.3 Cable Connections ............................................................................. 20 Power ................................................................................................ 21 Hailer Horn (Ray218 only) ................................................................ 22 External Speaker ............................................................................... 22 Raymic / Mic Relocation ....................................................................... 22 NMEA Data ........................................................................................ 23 NMEA IN (from GPS) ...................................................................... 24 NMEA OUT (to Chartplotter Display) .............................................. 24 Antenna ............................................................................................... 25 Grounding ............................................................................................ 26 Chapter 3: General Operations .........................................................................27 3.1 Keypad and Rotary Knobs .................................................................... 27 Microphone Keys ................................................................................. 28 1. PTT ......................................................................................... 28 2. HILO / LOC DIST ......................................................................... 28 3. 16/9 ....................................................................................... 28 4. UP/DOWN ............................................................................... 28 5. SCAN / SAVE ............................................................................ 28 Transceiver Controls ............................................................................. 28 6. CH/OK ....................................................................................... 28 7. PWR/VOL ................................................................................... 28 8. SQ .............................................................................................. 28 9. Soft Keys .................................................................................... 29 4 Ray218 and Ray55 Marine VHF Radios 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Transceiver Push Keys ...........................................................................29 10. HAILER / INTCM (Ray218 only) ...............................................29 11. MENU/DSC .............................................................................29 12. CLEAR/WX ...........................................................................29 13. 16/9 ......................................................................................29 14. DISTRESS ................................................................................29 Optional Raymic Second Station ...........................................................30 A. PTT .........................................................................................30 B. VOL/SQ .....................................................................................30 C. CLEAR/WX .............................................................................31 D. 16/9 ........................................................................................31 E. Soft Keys ...................................................................................31 F. MENU / DSC ..............................................................................31 G. CH ............................................................................................31 H. OK / INTCM ..............................................................................31 Transceiver LCD ..................................................................................32 1. (RX) Receiving ................................................................................32 2. (TX) Transmitting ............................................................................32 3. (HI/LO) TX Power ............................................................................32 4. ATIS Active .....................................................................................32 5. (SAVED) Memory Mode ..................................................................32 6. (LOCAL) Local/Distant Mode ..........................................................33 7. (FAV123) Favorite Channel .............................................................33 8. Automatic Channel Changing Blocked ...........................................33 9. GPS .................................................................................................33 10. DSC Call .......................................................................................33 11. Weather Alert ...............................................................................33 12. Dot Matrix Display ..........................................................................33 13. (MAN) Manual Position Data ..........................................................33 14. Channel Status ...............................................................................34 15. Soft Key Labels ................................................................................34 16. Channel Name ................................................................................34 17. Channel Number ............................................................................34 18. Channel Set ....................................................................................34 19. Signal Strength ...............................................................................34 Display Mode .......................................................................................34 Alert Messages .....................................................................................35 Turning the Power ON and OFF ...........................................................35 Setting the Volume .............................................................................36 Setting the Squelch .............................................................................36 Tuning the Channel ............................................................................36 Selecting a Weather Channel .............................................................37 Weather Alert Operation ..............................................................37 5 3.9 Selecting the Priority Channel .............................................................. 38 3.10 Selecting the Secondary Priority Channel ............................................. 38 Reprograming the Secondary Priority Channel ..................................... 38 3.11 Transmitting ....................................................................................... 39 Overriding the Low Output Power Restriction .............................. 40 3.12 Menu Mode Operation ......................................................................... 40 3.13 DSC Call Operation .............................................................................. 40 Chapter 4: Menu Settings ..................................................................................41 4.1 Menu Function ................................................................................... 41 Making Menu and Programming Selections ........................................ 41 4.2 VHF Operations .................................................................................... 44 Scan Mode ......................................................................................... 44 All Scan ........................................................................................ 45 Priority All Scan ............................................................................ 46 Saved (Memory) Scan .................................................................. 46 Priority Saved Scan ...................................................................... 47 Display Mode ....................................................................................... 47 Setting the Power Output (HI/LO) ........................................................ 48 Overriding the Low Output Power Restriction .............................. 49 Saving Channels to Memory .............................................................. 50 Using the Watch Modes ....................................................................... 51 Dual Watch .................................................................................... 51 Tri Watch ........................................................................................ 51 Frequency Band ................................................................................... 52 Channel Name ................................................................................... 53 Favorite Channel ................................................................................ 54 Sensitivity .......................................................................................... 56 4.3 Hailer/Fog Horn/Intercom ..................................................................... 56 Hailer (Ray218 only) ............................................................................. 56 Fog Horn (Ray218 only) ........................................................................ 57 Intercom ............................................................................................... 58 4.4 GPS/Time Setup .................................................................................. 59 Manual Position ................................................................................... 59 Settings .............................................................................................. 61 Latitude/Longitude Display .......................................................... 61 Time Display ................................................................................ 61 Time Offset .................................................................................. 61 Time Format ................................................................................. 61 COG/SOG Display ........................................................................ 62 NMEA Output .................................................................................... 62 4.5 System Configuration ........................................................................ 64 Backlight Adjustment ........................................................................ 64 6 Ray218 and Ray55 Marine VHF Radios Contrast Adjustment ..........................................................................64 Key Beep .............................................................................................65 Signal Bar ...........................................................................................65 Bearing Mo ...