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VHF 11X/21X SERIES OWNER'S MANUAL 

110, 110i, 115, 115i, 210, 210i, 210 AIS, 210i AIS, 215, 215i, 

215 AIS, 215i AIS

Summary of Contents for VHF 11X Series

Page 1: ...VHF11X 21XSERIESOWNER SMANUAL 110 110i 115 115i 210 210i 210AIS 210iAIS 215 215i 215AIS 215iAIS ...

Page 2: ...ademarks of Garmin Ltd or its subsidiaries registered in the USA and other countries GHS is a trademark of Garmin Ltd or its subsidiaries These trademarks may not be used without the express permission of Garmin NMEA and NMEA 2000 are registered trademarks of the National Marine Electronics Association NOAA is a registered service mark of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration BoatU S...

Page 3: ...s 6 Receiving Distress Calls and Distress Relay Calls 6 Receiving All Ships Urgency and Safety Calls 6 Receiving Individual Routine Calls 6 Receiving Position Requests 7 Receiving Position Calls 7 Receiving Group Calls 7 Position Tracking 7 Selecting Vessels and Activating Position Tracking 7 Viewing and Deactivating Vessels on the Position Tracking List 7 Deleting a Vessel From the Position Track...

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Page 5: ...ty CLEAR Select to return to the previous menu option Select to cancel or mute an incoming DSC call MENU From the home screen select to view configuration options From a menu select to return to the home screen Handset Overview PTT Hold to broadcast or Select to change the channel on the radio North America 16 9 International 16 Select to toggle between preset channels Home Screen Radio system sta...

Page 6: ...ween 1 W and 25 W Transmitting Modes page 3 If other radios cannot receive these channels due to the low power setting you can bypass the default restriction during transmission NOTE In the International channel band the radio does not permit transmissions on these select channels to be changed to high 25 W 1 From a USA or Canadian channel set to low power by default such a 13 17 or 77 select PTT ...

Page 7: ...matically You can select HI LO 1W to change the transmit power to low 1 W 2 On North American models select 16 9 to switch to your second priority channel 3 Select 16 9 or 16 to return to your previous channel and transmit power setting Setting the Receiving Sensitivity You can control the receiving sensitivity of the radio When you have noise in high traffic areas or areas with electromagnetic in...

Page 8: ...E You can select to return to the previous entry in the sequence 4 Select ACCEPT NOAA Weather Broadcasts and Alerts NOTE This feature is not available on all radio models NOAA weather broadcasts on the weather WX channels are available only in the USA and certain regions in Canada Compatible radio models are programmed with 10 WX channels to monitor weather broadcasts from the National Oceanic and...

Page 9: ...an select CLEAR to exit the screen without sending a distress call 3 Hold DISTRESS for at least three seconds The radio beeps and counts down the seconds DISTRESS CALL COUNTING DOWN appears on the screen The radio sounds an alarm switches to channel 70 and transmits your call on high 25 W power 4 Press any key to silence the alarm sound The radio tunes to channel 16 on high 25 W power 5 Select PTT...

Page 10: ...from stations that respond to position request calls is sent over the NMEA network You can track the vessels on your Garmin chartplotter 1 Select DSC POS REQUEST 2 Select an option To enter the MMSI number manually select MANUAL enter the MMSI number and select ACCEPT To select an entry from the directory select DIRECTORY and select an entry 3 Select CALL The radio transmits the call on channel 70...

Page 11: ...ion of up to three vessels at one time If you select a fourth vessel the radio sounds an error tone and you must remove a vessel before you can add a new one 3 Select BEGIN TRACKING appears on the screen when the radio tracks vessels Position Tracking Polling Interval Sequence Regulations allow transmission of one position request call every five minutes When tracking more than one vessel the radi...

Page 12: ...osition and time manually MANUAL POS appears on the screen Manually entered position information must be updated regularly and the radio displays two alerts to remind you to update the position data When the position data you entered manually is more than four hours old DATA IS OVER 4 HOURS OLD appears on the screen The radio continues to transmit this position data but you should update it before...

Page 13: ...distress and position information to any compatible connected chartplotter NMEA page 11 The radio can also receive GPS position information from a NMEA 0183 device or a NMEA 2000 network Received GPS position information appears on the home screen and is transmitted with DSC calls appears on the screen when GPS data is available and flashes when GPS data is not present When GPS data is not present...

Page 14: ... UTC format 1 Select MENU SYSTEM UNITS TIME OFFSET 2 Turn the SELECT dial to adjust the time offset from UTC 3 Select OK Selecting the Frequency Band You can switch between the USA International or Canadian frequency bands Channel Lists page 10 NOTE Not all frequency bands are available on all device models 1 Select MENU CHANNEL FREQUENCY BAND 2 Select a frequency band Changing a Channel Name Chan...

Page 15: ...mum specific Loran C data RMB Recommended minimum navigation information RMC Recommended minimum specific GNSS data You can purchase complete information about National Marine Electronics Association NMEA format and sentences from www nmea org NMEA 2000 PGN Information Transmit PGN Description 059392 ISO acknowledgment 060928 ISO address claim 126208 NMEA request command ack 126464 PGN list 126996...

Page 16: ...g dual watch 3 F factory settings 10 foghorn 4 G group calling 6 8 H hailer 3 home screen 1 customizing 10 I icons 1 K keys 1 power 2 M MMSI 5 N networking 9 NMEA 0183 9 11 NMEA 2000 9 11 P placing calls 6 all ships 6 position 8 request 6 7 tracking 7 position request 8 power 3 R receiver sensitivity 3 receiving calls 6 8 S safety call 6 settings 2 10 squelch 2 system information 1 system settings...

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