West Marine VHF580 Marine Radio User Manual


 
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Making a Voice Distress Call ......................2
Cómo hacer una llamada de apuro por voz 3
Faire un appel de détresse vocal ...............4
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Features ....................................................6
Manual overview ......................................6
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What’s included ........................................ 7
Parts of the Radio .....................................8
Parts of the Microphone ............................ 9
Turning on the Radio ...............................10
Seng the UIC Channel Mode
(USA/CAN/INT) ...................................... 10
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Normal mode operaon .........................11
Scan mode ............................................... 13
Weather mode ........................................15
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Using Your Radio .....................................16
Making a voice MAYDAY call ...................17
Seng the volume ..................................17
Seng the squelch level .........................17
Changing the channel ..............................17
Making a transmission ............................. 17
Boosng the transmission power ............18
Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch .....18
Using FIPS codes for weather alerts.........19
Changing display and sound opons .......20
Seng the GPS posion manually .......... 20
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What is DSC? ...........................................21
Advanced DSC features ........................... 21
What is an MMSI number? ......................21
Entering MMSI numbers .........................22
Using the Directory ..................................23
Making DSC Calls ......................................24
Making an automac distress call ............26
Receiving a DSC call..................................27
Test Calls ..................................................28
Posion Request and Reply .....................30
Pung the radio into standby ................ 31
Disabling automac channel switching .... 32
Renaming Channels .................................32
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Mounng the radio .................................33
Connecng the radio ...............................34
Connecng to a GPS receiver .................. 35
Connecng to a Chartploer ...................37
Connecng to an External Speaker .......... 37
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Engine Noise Suppression ........................ 39
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Radio Specicaons ................................40
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Channel descripons and what
they mean ..............................................41
US Marine Channels and Frequencies .....42
Canadian Marine Channels and
Frequencies ...........................................44
Internaonal Marine Channels and
Frequencies ...........................................45
Weather Channels and Frequencies (US,
CAN, and INT) ........................................ 47
Emergency Alert System (SAME)
Informaon ............................................48
NMEA Operaon ...................................... 50
NMEA Output ..........................................50
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