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VHF155 VHF460 Floating Marine Radio with GPS and DSC Radio maritime flottante avec GPS et ASN Floating Marine Radio with GPS and DSC Owner’s Manual Guide d’utilisation Model / Modèle 14078554 Rad.
Lift the red cover. Press and hold the DISTRESS button for three seconds. Your radio transmits your boat’s location every few minutes until you receive a response.
Soulevez le couvercle noir. Maintenez Distress enfoncé pendant trois secondes. Votre radio transmettra l’emplacement de votre bateau toutes les quelques minutes jusqu’à ce que vous receviez une réponse.
Introduction ................................. E-1 Features ........................................ E-1 Getting Started ............................ E-3 What’s included ...........................
E-1 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Calling a single station (Individual Call) ..................... E-20 Calling a particular group of stations (Group Call) .............. E-21 Calling all stations (All-Ships Call) ....................... E-21 Making an automatic distress call E-21 Canceling an automatic distress call .
E-2 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual After your radio is submerged in water , the sound might be distorted. This is because there is still water remaining in and around the speaker and microphone. Just shake the radio to clear excess water , and the sound should return to normal.
E-3 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact West Marine (see back cover for contact information). Front view Button Press to.
E-4 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Button Press to... Press and hold to... MENU/CALL - Access the Normal menu. - Return to the previous menu. Access DSC call menu. GPS/ENT H/M/L - Enter or exit GPS menu. - Select menu items. - Return to normal Marine mode when Marine channel list is displayed.
E-5 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual The LCD display shows different information depending on what you are doing. Not all icons display on every screen. This dummy screen displays many of the possible icons.
E-6 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Menu Option What it does WX Alert Enables the WX Alert fuction. Dual/TriW atch Sets the radio for Dual Watch or Triple W atch.
E-7 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Menu Option What it does Auto CH SW Select ON or OFF to enable/disable Automatic Channel Switch. Auto CH SW lets you automatically change channels if an Urgent or Safety DSC call comes in. POS Reply Lets you elect to respond automatically or manually .
E-8 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual In addition to the three operation modes, your radio provides three different watch modes which you can activate during any operation mode. In the watch modes, the radio briey checks for activity on a specic channel, then returns to its previous operation.
E-9 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Scan Y ou can save any channel (except Weather channels) into memory and then use Scan mode to monitor those channels from lowest to highest. If the radio detects a signal on a channel, it stays on that channel as long as the signal is received; when the signal stops, the radio continues scanning.
E-10 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Scan Mode with Triple Watch or Dual Watch If you activate T riple Watch (press and hold 16/9 TRI ) while operating in Scan mode, the radio checks channels 16 and 9 every two seconds, then goes on to scan the next channel in memory .
E-1 1 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual The antenna detaches from the radio for easy shipping or storage.
E-12 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Y our radio includes a charger and a rechargeable battery pack.
E-13 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Even though you can change your radio’s settings at any time, you will probably want to establish initial settings when you have turned it on for the rst time.
E-14 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Adjusng the Lamp The backlight LCD function can be set to automatically dim after a set time. 1. Press MENU/CALL and select Lamp Adjust . 2. Lamp Adjust options are Always Off, Timer , or Always On . 3.
E-15 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual example, from 1W to 2.5W , from 2.5W to 6W, or from 6W back to 1W). Current power level (W) Press and hold GPS/ENT H/M/L to change to... (W) Displays 1 2.5 MID 2.5 6 HI 6 1 LOW 3. The display shows the new transmission power as HI, MID , or LOW .
E-16 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual transmit your MMSI number to the other station along with the voice channel you requested. If the other station accepts your call, both radios automatically switch to the requested voice channel so you can talk to the other station.
E-17 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual of the U.S. (http://www .boatus.com/mmsi/ or call 800-536-1536) or Sea T ow Services International (http://seatow .com/boating_safety/mmsi.asp) x Commercial boaters need a ship station license to get an MMSI number .
E-18 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual 3. Group MMSI numbers always start with a 0, so that digit is already entered for you. Enter the MMSI number as described previously . When the ninth digit is correct, press GPS/ENT H/M/L . The radio asks you to conrm.
E-19 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual screen lets you add a new MMSI or edit/delete an existing MMSI. 4. T o enter a new MMSI, select [NEW] and follow the procedures for entering an individual MMSI number . 5. T o edit an existing MMSI number/name, select the entry and press GPS/ENT H/M/L.
E-20 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Calling a single staon (Individual Call) T o call a single station with DSC, follow these steps: 1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu.
E-21 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual response channel for voice transmission. x If the other station cannot respond on the channel you selected, the radio displays Not support CH . Calling a parcular group of staons (Group Call) Group calling calls all the stations that share your group MMSI.
E-22 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Undesignated Sinking Fire Overboard Adrift Flooding Abandoning Capsizing Collision Piracy , Armed Grounding Canceling an automac distress call While the radio is waiting for a response, it gives you the option of canceling the call.
E-23 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual DSC Call T ype Receive Log Information Distress MMSI (or name), position, time, nature code. Distress Acknowledge MMSI (or name), distress MMSI, position, time, nature code. All Ships MMSI (or name), category code, communication channel number .
E-24 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Down to choose the directory entry you want to send a test call to and press GPS/ ENT H/M/L . 4. If you want to send a test call to a station that is not in your directory , select Manual . The radio prompts you to enter the MMSI number you want to call.
E-25 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Enabling Automac Posion Reply If you want the radio to automatically transmit your current position whenever it receives a position request, you can enable automatic position reply .
E-26 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual If Position Reply is set to Auto : If Position Reply is set to Manual : 1 6 Position Request Harris 06/20 11:00 Routine Exit [CLR] 1 6 Position Request Harris Reply Exit [CLR] Send [ENT] No action is necessary .
E-27 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual 1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the Call menu. 2. Select DSC Setup , then Auto CH SW. 3. Select Off and press GPS/ENT H/M/L . The radio will not automatically switch channels until you reactivate this feature.
E-28 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual To input coordinates 1. From the Goto Fav . screen, select [Manual] . 2. Manually input coordinates. When the last digit is entered, the screen displays Go and Save . 3. Select Go to display the coordinates, compass bearing and distance to the destination.
E-29 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual T o connect to a chartplotter: 1. Connect the WHITE wire to the NMEA positive (+) output. 2. Connect the BLACK wire to the NMEA ground.
E-30 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Problem Things to T ry The radio won’t turn on. Charge the radio. The power LED on the charger doesn’t turn on. - Don’t use the charger when the ambient temperature is below 0° C (32° F) or above 45° C (1 13° F).
E-31 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Speaker 8Ω 1.0 W Power Source Rechargeable Lithium Ion Battery 7.4V 1 160 mAh Size (without antenna) 6.29 (H) x 2.40 (W) x 1.61 (D) inch 160 (H) x 61 (W) x 41 (D) mm Weight 10.9 oz (309g) (w/battery and antenna) T ransmitter Frequency Range 156~158 MHz Frequency Stability ±2.
E-32 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual US Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 15 156.750 Inhibit Receive only Environmental 16 156.800 156.800 Simplex Distress, safety, and calling 17 156.850 156.850 Simplex, 1W Govt maritime control 18A 156.
E-33 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual US Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 88 157.425 157.425 Simplex Commercial (Ship-Ship) Canadian channel frequencies and names Canadian Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 1 160.650 156.
E-34 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Canadian Marine Channels Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name 65A 156.275 156.275 Simplex Port Operation 66A 156.325 156.325 Simplex, 1W Port Operation 67 156.375 156.375 Simplex Bridge T o Bridge 68 156.425 156.
E-35 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display 9 156.4500 156.4500 Simplex Boater calling channel 10 156.5000 156.5000 Simplex Commercial 1 1 156.5500 156.5500 Simplex Vessel trafc system 12 156.6000 156.6000 Simplex Vessel trafc system 13 156.
E-36 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual Ch RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display 72 156.6250 156.6250 Simplex Non commercial 73 156.6750 156.6750 Simplex Port operation 74 156.7250 156.7250 Simplex Port operation 75 156.7750 156.7750 Simplex, 1W Port operation 76 156.
E-37 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual FCC website (http://wireless.fcc.gov/services/index.htm?job=service_home&id=maritime) or contact the FCC Call Center at 1-888-CALL-FCC.
E-38 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual use of accessories that do not satisfy these requirements may not comply with FCC RF exposure requirements and should be avoided. For more information about RF exposure, please visit the FCC website at www.
E-39 West Marine VHF460 Radio Owner’s Manual x If the product was used as part of any conversion kits, subassemblies, or any congurations not appropriate or contemplated for this product or its use. x If damage or loss occurring during return shipment of the product to West Marine or its authorized service representative.
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