Simrad RD68, Instruction Manual

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Instruction Manual
1 GENERAL
1.1 Introduction ........................................................................... 7
1.2 Licensing ............................................................................... 8
1.3 Entering MMSI numbers ....................................................... 9
1.4 Group ID MMSI .................................................................... 10
2 OPERATION
2.1 General .................................................................................. 11
2.2 Rotary controls ...................................................................... 11
2.3 Backlighting .......................................................................... 12
2.4 Changing channels ................................................................ 12
2.4.1 Standard International channels .................................. 12
2.4.2 Auxiliary & Private channels ...................................... 13
2.5 Transmit power ...................................................................... 14
2.6 Making a DSC call ................................................................ 14
2.7 Making a Distress Alert call ................................................ 17
2.8 Receiving a DSC call ............................................................ 19
2.9 Dual Watch ............................................................................ 20
2.10 Tri-Watch ............................................................................. 21
2.11 Scan mode ............................................................................ 22
2.11.1 Inhibiting channels from scan ................................... 22
2.12 Memory Scan ...................................................................... 23
2.12.1 Add/remove channels from Memory Scan ............... 24
2.13 Priority & User channel select ............................................ 25
2.13.1 Programming the User channel ................................ 25
2.14 Viewing the call log ............................................................. 26
3 MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
3.1 Adjusting the LCD contrast ................................................... 27
3.2 Entering position and time manually .................................... 28
3.3 Entering local time ................................................................ 30
3.4 Viewing the directory ............................................................ 31
3.4.1 Adding an entry to the directory ................................. 32
3.4.2 Editing/deleting an entry ............................................. 33
3.5 Disabling the key beep .......................................................... 35
3.6 Second country mode ............................................................ 36
3.7 Speaker mute (handset models only) .................................... 36
4 INSTALLATION
4.1 VHF installation .................................................................... 37
4.2 Antenna installation .............................................................. 40
4.3 Electrical interference suppression ........................................ 42
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