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SECTION 5 

 

MAINTENANCE 

 

5.1 GENERAL 

The purpose of this section is to provide servicing instructions to the service 
technician. The RAY 210 is designed to provide long periods of trouble-free 
operation. It is recognized, however, that environmental and other factors may 
result in a need for occasional service. 

 

5.1.1 How to contact Raymarine Technical Support 

The Americas: +1 800 539-5539 ext.2444 or +1 603 881-5200 ext.2444 
UK, Rest of the World: +44 23 6971 4713 
Our Technical Support Specialists are available to answer installation, operation, 
and trouble-shooting questions about your Raymarine unit Our Technical 
Support Department may also be reached via the Internet, where a 
comprehensive library of frequently asked questions and solutions is available. 
http://www.raymarine.com/support 

 

 

Accessories and Parts 

 

The Americas: 1-800-539-5539 ext.2333 or (603) 647-7530 ext.2333 
UK, Rest of the World: +44 23 9269 3611 ext. 2029, 
[email protected]

 

Many Raymarine accessory items and parts are available through your 
authorized Raymarine dealer. However, if you are in need of an item not 
available through your retailer feel free to contact our Customer Service 
department. If you are uncertain about what item to choose for your Raymarine 
unit please contact our Technical Support Department prior to placing your 
order.

 

 
 

Product Repair and Service: +1 800 539 5539 ext. 2118 
In the unlikely event your Raymarine unit should develop a problem please 
contact the Raymarine dealer from where the unit was purchased. Your 
Raymarine dealer is best equipped to handle your service needs. Service may 
also be obtained by returning your unit to Raymarine's Product Repair Centres at 
the addresses below: 
 
The Americas: 
Service Department, 
Raymarine Inc., 
22 Cotton Road, Unit H 
Nashua 
NH 03063-4219 

UK, Rest of the World: 
Service Department, 
Raymarine Ltd., 
Anchorage Park 
Portsmouth, Hampshire 
PO3 5TD 

Summary of Contents for RAY 210VHF

Page 1: ...RAY 210VHF VHF RADIOTELEPHONE VHF RADIOTELEPHONE VHF RADIOTELEPHONE VHF RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATION MANUAL OPERATION MANUAL OPERATION MANUAL OPERATION MANUAL...

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Page 5: ...per handling or use It is the user s responsibility to exercise common prudence and navigational judgment and this device should not be relied upon as a substitute for such prudence and judgment Rayma...

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Page 7: ...L CONNECTIONS 8 2 4 1 DC Power Connections 9 2 4 2 External Speaker Connections 10 2 4 3 Antenna Connections 10 2 4 4 Antenna Mounting Suggestions 10 2 4 5 Grounding 11 SECTION 3 OPERATIONS 3 1 INTROD...

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Page 9: ...27 4 2 3 APC Circuit 27 4 2 4 Antenna Monitoring Circuit 27 4 3 PLL CIRCUIT OPERATION 27 SECTION 5 MAINTENANCE 5 1 GENERAL 30 5 1 1 How to contact Raymarine 30 5 2 PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE 31 5 3 ALIG...

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Page 11: ...annel designations as defined by International Telecommunication Union Canadian Channels Channel designations as defined by the DOC Weather Channels Channels for routine and emergency weather informat...

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Page 13: ...e 1 2 EQUIPMENT FEATURES The RAY210 is designed and manufactured to provide ease of installation and operation with excellent reliability The important built in features of the equipment are listed be...

Page 14: ...channel number indicated on the LCD digital display 9 Quick channel 16 or 9 key to instantly switch to emergency channel 16 9 10 Full 25 watts RF output power to the antenna port with protective circ...

Page 15: ...KHz for 3KHz deviation Spurious Harmonic greater than 70dB below carrier power Antenna Impedance 50 ohms Receiver Channel 93 Includes 10 WX Channels Frequency Range 156 025 to 163 275MHz in 25KHz incr...

Page 16: ...10 111 Mechanical Requirement 1 Cabinet Front ABS Rear Die Cast 2 Keyboard Silicon Rubber 3 Display Custom LCD EL Backlit LCD 4 External Hardware Non Corrosive and porous metal shall be used 5 Externa...

Page 17: ...y event that it becomes necessary in the future to return the unit for service 2 2 EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED The following is a list of the standard equipment include with your RAY210 model Description Part...

Page 18: ...to the rear panel connectors 4 The transceiver should be located near a power source 5 The selected location should be far enough away from devices that may cause interference such as motors and gener...

Page 19: ...7 Figure 2 2 Outline and Mounting Dimensions...

Page 20: ...o into a console when ordering and using the optional RAY 210 Console Mounting Kit Product Code M92803 The Console Mounting kit is available from your Raymarine dealer 2 4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS Figur...

Page 21: ...In most cases this length should be adequate enough to reach the DC power source If additional wire length is required the cable can be extended by adding more cable as necessary However for power cab...

Page 22: ...Connect the YELLOW wire and GREEN wire with the speaker The internal speaker and the external speaker will sound simultaneously 2 4 3 Antenna Connections The coaxial cable to your VHF antenna is inte...

Page 23: ...f power loss over the entire cable length Keep the coaxial cable between the radio and antenna as short as possible 2 4 5 Grounding While special grounding is not generally required to VHF radioteleph...

Page 24: ...LS AND LCD DISPLAY Refer to Figure 3 1 for familiarization with the controls and mode display 3 2 1 Controls 1 On Off and Volume Control This control switches the RAY210 on and off and controls the vo...

Page 25: ...Power setting mode press FUNC then 1 25 1W will be displayed on the LCD DWX mode press FUNC then DWX DWX will be displayed on the LCD MEM mode press FUNC then MEM MEM will be displayed on the LCD Inte...

Page 26: ...yed on the LCD and your RAY210 will apply approximately 1 watt of power to the antenna during transmit operation When 1W is not displayed on the LCD the radio is set to provide 25 watts of power to th...

Page 27: ...n memory then return to the previously selected channel 10 INTL International key This key causes the synthesizer to program international frequencies and illuminates the INTL symbol on the LCD To cha...

Page 28: ...radio will remain on that channel If no signal is present when the Select Scan is deactivated the radio will revert to the channel in use prior to the selection of the Select Scan Mode When the radio...

Page 29: ...nsitivity is set high To reduce receiving sensitivity press D L key When at low sensitivity setting DESENS11 is displayed on the LCD Note When your radio is interfered with by pagers land mobile and T...

Page 30: ...18 Figure 3 1 Layout of Controls and Connectors...

Page 31: ...power source is cut off 26 Check on antenna condition Antenna condition open short is checked while 25 watts TX output power is transmitted If any defect is detected An is displayed on the LCD with 7...

Page 32: ...display when the FUNC key has been pressed to operate a secondary key function The secondary key functions are as follows SCAN 1 25 DWX MEM and INTL LCD Bar Indicator In the transmit mode the 7 bars i...

Page 33: ...s and their frequencies To transmit and receive on channel 16 9 press the quick 16 9 key If the 16 9 is pressed again the RAY 210 will return to the previous channel NOTE Initial communication contact...

Page 34: ...ate International operation 3 3 8 Selecting a Weather Channel To select and receive a weather channel press the WX key and then rotate the channel selector switch to the desired channel 0 9 Refer to t...

Page 35: ...ons Yes Yes 15 156 750 156 750 Environmental 16 156 800 156 800 156 800 Emerg Calling Yes Yes 17 156 850 156 850 156 850 State Controlled Yes Yes 18 156 900 156 900 161 500 Com l Yes Yes 19 156 950 15...

Page 36: ...56 825 77 156 875 156 875 156 875 Port Operations Yes No 78 156 925 156 925 161 525 Non Com l Yes Yes 79 156 975 156 975 161 575 Non Com l Yes Yes 80 157 025 157 025 161 625 Non Com l Yes Yes 81 157 0...

Page 37: ...s have been removed by a pair of crystal filters FIL101 the 1st intermediate frequency signal generated in the 1st mixer is amplified at the 1st IF AMP Q30 4 1 4 2nd Intermediate Frequency Circuit The...

Page 38: ...requency power amplifier IC 305 to drive the speaker With the amplifier circuit IC6 Q8 Q10 which drives the microphone speaker it is possible to monitor the receiving tone heard from the microphone sp...

Page 39: ...monic waves the amplified transmitting output power is outputted as an antenna output power via a split line on the PC board pattern and an antenna monitoring circuit composed of D311 and D312 After b...

Page 40: ...28 Fig 4 1 Block Diagram RF PCB...

Page 41: ...29 Fig 4 2 Block Diagram CPU PCB...

Page 42: ...ext 2333 or 603 647 7530 ext 2333 UK Rest of the World 44 23 9269 3611 ext 2029 service admin raymarine com Many Raymarine accessory items and parts are available through your authorized Raymarine dea...

Page 43: ...dirt or corrosion 3 The radio front panel should be cleaned with a tissue or a soft non abrasive cloth Care should be exercised when cleaning any plastic surface to prevent scratching especially the...

Page 44: ...tortion Meter 10 Toggle Switch for use as a PTT switch 11 Coaxial Switch for TX RX Antenna switching 5 3 2 PLL Adjustment TRANSMITTER RECEIVER 1 Connect the power supply 13 6V 10A to the power line an...

Page 45: ...eviation meter 2 8 kHz 3 2 kHz 5 3 5 Power Output Adjustment 1 Connect an RF power meter to the antenna connector through the coupler Key to transmit and adjust RV1 and RV2 on the RF Board as shown in...

Page 46: ...and while holding turning the power on This should be performed anytime a component or PCB within the radio is replaced This function will clear the RAY210 memory and will return it to its factory se...

Page 47: ...utput of ceramic filter FIL101 i Check 21 6MHz output of first IF amplifier Q30 j Check 455 kHz signal from ceramic filter FIL3 k Failure of VCO circuit Q13 Q15 Q17 and or PLL IC9 l Defective CPU IC1...

Page 48: ...ut from IC1 If it checks good check the triple P type network component L1 L2 C3 etc and antenna switching diode D2 If not good then check the voltage level outputs of the drive amplifiers Q3 and Q4 a...

Page 49: ...1 C113 Ceramic 8pF 3 C130 138 145 Ceramic 10pF 1 C110 Ceramic 15pF 2 C10 34 Ceramic 10pF UJ 1 C114 Ceramic 18pF 1 C142 Ceramic 33pF 4 C28 95 144 146 Ceramic 27pF 1 C29 Ceramic 39pF 1 C156 Ceramic 47pF...

Page 50: ...2SC1623 1 Q25 Transistor 2SC3123 1 Q30 Transistor 2SB798 1 Q32 Transistor 2SK508 1 Q15 Transistor DTC114EKA 5 Q5 12 20 31 34 Transistor DTA143EKA 1 Q6 Resistor Resistor 1 ohm 1 4W 1 R463 Resistor 10k...

Page 51: ...il 1ST 2 L38 39 Coil LK2125R12K 1 L8 Coil LK21251ROK 1 L19 Coil LK21252R2K 1 L17 Coil LK21254R7K 2 L312 313 Coil LK21256R8K 1 L16 Coil LK2125100R 1 L18 Coil LK2125100K 3 L13 14 15 Line Filter ELKF101F...

Page 52: ...riable resistor 10k ohm 4 RV2 3 4 5 Variable resistor 3k ohm 2 RV1 6 Connector 52559 3177 1 J101 Connector IL S 6P S2TS EF 1 J104 Connector IL S4P S2TS EF 1 J103 Connector IL S 2P S2TS EF 1 J107 Conne...

Page 53: ...istor 2SA1298 1 Q9 Transistor 2SC1623 2 Q3 7 Transistor 2SD1767 4 Q4 5 10 11 Transistor DTC114EKA 3 Q1 2 8 Transistor DTC343TK 1 Q6 Resistor Resistor 10 ohm 3226 1 R64 Resistor 22 ohm 3226 1 R14 Resis...

Page 54: ...1 IC1 IC BR93LC56AF 1 IC2 IC M51951AML 1 IC3 ICTA78L05F 1 IC4 IC LM2092NS 1 IC5 IC NJM386M 1 IC6 Miscellaneous Switch SKQMAL 15 S1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Filter ELKF101FA 1 Crystal 4 91MHz...

Page 55: ...43 6 2 RAY210 ASSEMBLY DRAWING...

Page 56: ...3 VOL SWITCH 1 G623760 14 ANTENNA CONNECTOR 1 O RING 1 EARTH RING 1 HEXAGON NUT 1 PWR CONNECTOR 1 O RING 1 NUT PWR 1 GASKET SPACER 2 SPACER FIX 2 G623760 9 RUBBER INNER FIX 2 RUBBER OUTER FIX 2 KNOB S...

Page 57: ...45 6 3 SCHEMATIC DIAGRAM Fig 6 1 Schematic diagram RF PCB...

Page 58: ...46 Fig 6 2 Schematic diagram CPU PCB l...

Page 59: ...47 Fig 6 2 Schematic diagram CPU PCB 2...

Page 60: ...48 Fig 6 3 RF PCB Layout Top View...

Page 61: ...49 Fig 6 4 RF PCB Layout Rear View...

Page 62: ...50 Fig 6 5 CPU PCB Layout Top view...

Page 63: ...51 Fig 6 5 CPU PCB Layout Rear View...

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Page 65: ...calls to other vessels to 30 seconds If you receive no reply wait 2 minutes then try again Keep communications brief and avoid chit chat Never transmit false distress and never use profanity on the a...

Page 66: ...lid ship station license under the following conditions only i Except for safety purposes the hand held transceivers must be used only to communicate with the ship station with which it is associated...

Page 67: ...d may communicate with vessels or when aboard a vessel may communicate with other vessels or coast stations NOTE A Marine Utility Ship license will not be authorized The station operates under the rul...

Page 68: ...adcast Calling Channel 16 Working Channel If you wish to establish communications with another station And you know which working channel the station is monitoring Then initiate the call directly on t...

Page 69: ...mploy a second receiver so that they can monitor a working channel and channel 16 simultaneously Intership Safety Channel 6 Vessels Any Use Communicating navigational and weather warnings to other shi...

Page 70: ...t to channel 22 as directed Navigation Channel 13 Vessels Any Use Safety communications pertaining to the manoeuvring of vessels or the directing of vessel movements Primarily ship to ship and seconda...

Page 71: ...ce Seaway and designated major ports Non commercial Boat Operations Channels 9 68 69 71 72 78 Vessels Recreational boats and any not used primarily for commercial transport Use communications pertaini...

Page 72: ...tions Recreational boats are not permitted to use these channels Channel 88 not available on Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway Marine Operator Channels 24 25 26 27 28 84 85 86 87 88 Vessels Any Use T...

Page 73: ...concerning the environmental conditions in which vessels operate weather sea conditions time signals notices to mariner hazards to navigation Between One way broadcast from coast to ship stations Note...

Page 74: ...familiar words radiotelephone users usually employ the international phonetic alphabet Phonetic alphabet A ALPHA J JULIET S SIERRA B BRAVO K KILO T TANGO C CHARLIE L LIMA U UNIFORM D DELTA M MIKE V VI...

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