FCCTypeaccepted
Parts2,15and80
Outputpower 0.8watt(low)and23watt(high)
ModulationFM
Frequencyrange15 6.025MHzto157.425MHz(TX)
MaritimeMobileServiceIdentity(MMSI)
Thisproductisaclass“D”DigitalSelectiveCalling
(DSC)device.
A9digitMMSInumberisrequiredtooperateDSC
equipment.Insomeareas,aradiooperatorlicenseis
requiredbeforeanMMSInumbercanbeissued.
Note:YoucanrequestanMMSInumberfromthe
sameagencythatissuesradioorshipradiolicenses
inyourarea.Onceobtained,youcanprogramthe
MMSInumberintoyourproductbyfollowingthe
instructionsuppliedwiththeproduct.
Onceobtained,youcanprogramtheMMSInumber
intoyourproductusingtheinstructionsprovidedinthis
handbook.
Ifregulationsinyourareadonotpermityoutoprogram
theMMSInumberyourself,yourRaymarinedealercan
programthenumberforyou.
ObtaininganMMSInumberintheUnitedStates
YoucanrequestanMMSInumberfromtheFCCwhen
youapplyforaStationLicense.Ifyourvesseldoes
notrequirealicense,youmayobtainanMMSIby
contactingBoatUSwww.boatus.com.
ObtaininganMMSInumberinCanada
YoucanobtainanMMSInumberfromyournearest
IndustryCanadaOfce.
ObtaininganMMSInumberinEuropeandrestof
world
AmMMSInumbershouldberequestedfromthesame
agencythatissuesradiooperatorlicensesinyourarea.
AutomaticTransmitterIdentication
System(ATIS)
YourproductincludesATISfunctionalityforuseonthe
inlandwaterwaysofcontractinggovernmentsofthe
“RegionalArrangementontheRadiocommunication
ServiceforInlandWaterways”—alsoknownas
“RAINWAT”.
ATISaddsdataattheendofradiotransmissionsthat
identiesyourstation.ATISoperationcanbeturnedon
oroffasneededviatheradio’smenu.
AnATISIDcanbeobtainedfromthesameagencythat
issuesradiooperatorlicensesinyourarea.
YourATISIDshouldbeprogramedintoyourproduct
usingtheinstructionsprovidedinthishandbook.
Note:ContractingRAINWATcoutriesinclude:
Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,theCzech
Republic,France,Germany,Hungary,Luxembourg,
Moldova,Montenegro,theNetherlands,Poland,
Romania,Serbia,theSlovakRepublicand
Switzerland.
Note:WhenATISisenabled,certainprograming
stepshavebeenimplementedtoprotecttheintegrity
oftheRAINWATagreement,includingtheblocking
ofDSCfunctionswhenATISisenabled.
EMCinstallationguidelines
Raymarineequipmentandaccessoriesconformto
theappropriateElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)
regulations,tominimizeelectromagneticinterference
betweenequipmentandminimizetheeffectsuch
interferencecouldhaveontheperformanceofyour
system
CorrectinstallationisrequiredtoensurethatEMC
performanceisnotcompromised.
Note:InareasofextremeEMCinterference,
someslightinterferencemaybenoticedonthe
product.Wherethisoccurstheproductandthe
sourceoftheinterferenceshouldbeseparatedby
agreaterdistance.
ForoptimumEMCperformancewerecommendthat
whereverpossible:
•Raymarineequipmentandcablesconnectedtoitare:
–Atleast1m(3ft)fromanyequipmenttransmitting
orcablescarryingradiosignalse.g.VHFradios,
cablesandantennas.InthecaseofSSBradios,
thedistanceshouldbeincreasedto7ft(2m).
–Morethan2m(7ft)fromthepathofaradarbeam.
Aradarbeamcannormallybeassumedtospread
20degreesaboveandbelowtheradiatingelement.
•Theproductissuppliedfromaseparatebatteryfrom
thatusedforenginestart.Thisisimportanttoprevent
erraticbehavioranddatalosswhichcanoccurifthe
enginestartdoesnothaveaseparatebattery.
•Raymarinespeciedcablesareused.
•Cablesarenotcutorextended,unlessdoingsois
detailedintheinstallationmanual.
Note:Whereconstraintsontheinstallation
preventanyoftheaboverecommendations,
alwaysensurethemaximumpossibleseparation
betweendifferentitemsofelectricalequipment,to
providethebestconditionsforEMCperformance
throughouttheinstallation
AntennamountingandEMEexposure
Ensurethattheantennaisconnectedtotheradio
beforetransmission.
RaymarinedeclaresaMaximumPermissibleExposure
(MPE)radiusof1.5metres(4.9ft)(perOETBulletin
65)forthissystem,assuming23wattsoutputtoan
omnidirectionalantennaof3dBigainorless.
Forwatercraftwithsuitablestructures,theantenna
basemustbeatleast3.5metres(11.5ft)abovethe
maindecktomeettheMPEforpersonsupto2metres
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