User manual RAYMARINE RAY 53 VHF RADIO WITH DSC

[. . . ] Distributed by Any reference to Raytheon or RTN in this manual should be interpreted as Raymarine. OPERATION 1. 1 INTRODUCTION Your RAY53 has the capability to transmit and receive on all available US, International and Canada Marine VHF radiotelephone channels. There are channels that are FCC approved but may only be used by authorized stations for specific purposes, depending on the type of vessel (commercial or noncommercial. ) Refer to Table 1-1 . These table list all of the marine VHF channels available in your RAY53 for Canada, International and U. S. [. . . ] After transmission, when an acknowledgement from the target ship is received, the audible beep sound is heard and "ACK" is displayed on the LCD. When 2 seconds is passed after receipt of acknowledge, the unit will switch to selected Channel number and "DSC" mode will be exited. When DSC mode is exited, "DSC" and "ACK" will be eliminated. If an acknowledge from the target ship is not received, "Individual Ship's Call" at 70CH is still remaining in use. ("Individual Ship's Call" can transmit again by pressing PTT key) (Programming for PLL data of 70CH. ) 10. 1) To turn the unit on with pressing and holding SCAN/MEM key simultaneously. Alarm 1 is heard and "CL" is displayed at Channel Display(Large). Or 2) To turn the radio on with pressing and holding SCAN/MEM key and 16/9 key Simultaneously. Alarm 1 is heard and "CL" is displayed at Channel Display(Large). is also CLEAR by doing this operation. ) 3) Other ship's MMSI previously entered. When the other ship MMSI number has been entered, the operator does not have to register the other ship's MMSI number by doing the following procedure. Then "MEM", "DSC", "70" (Large channel display), "In"(Small channel display) are displayed on LCD. -"MEM" means that the other ship's MMSI number has been registered. "MEM", "DSC" "0"(Large channel display) and "1"(Small channel display) are displayed on the LCD. The MMSI number of each digit is displayed every 1 sec from 1st digit to 9th digit. After all MMSI number(total 9 digits) are displayed, to press DSC key for 2 second, the LCD displays "DSC", " --- ---", (Large Channel Display) and "w"(Small Channel Display) which means the unit is ready and waiting for input of Calling CH . 5' Press and release WX/INT key if you do not have to check the MMSI number again , 6' the LCD displays "DSC", " --- ---", (Large Channel Display) and "w"(Small Channel Display) which means the unit is ready and waiting for input of Calling CH . (If you would like to enter the different Other Ship's MMSI number manually), 1. To rotate channel selection knob from the stage of the above 4("MEM", "DSC", "0" and "1") , then the different other ship's MMSI number can be set. The LCD displays "DSC" , "3"(Large Channel display) and "1" (Small Channel display) which means that the number of 1st digit is 3. To press and release DSC key for confirmation, Alerm 1 is heard and the MMSI number of 2nd digit will be ready to be input. "MEM", "DSC", "0"(Large Channel Display) and "2"(Small Channel display) are displayed on the LCD. To rotate Channel Selection Knob, the MMSI number of 2nd digit is selected. [. . . ] It is recommended that lugs be used to connect the power cable to the DC supply and the lug connections should be both crimped and soldered. This is very important in order to insure adequate currect draw to the equipment. intermittent operation may result if an insufficient connection is made to the power source. The RED(+) wire is connected to the positive terminal of the power source or battery. [. . . ]