Specifications

2.1 Product documentation
The following documentation is applicable to your
product:
Description P
art number
Installation and
operation instructions
81381 (This document)
Ray53 mounting
template
87218
Ray63 / Ray73 mounting
template
87219
All documents are available to download
in pdf format from the Raymarine website
www.raymarine.com/manuals.
SeaTalkng ® documentation
Description
Part
number
SeaTalkng ® reference manual
Planning and connection of systems
based around the SeaTalkng ® network.
81300
SeaTalk — SeaTalkng ® converter
installation instructions
Installation and connection of the
SeaTalk — SeaTalkng ® converter.
87121
User manuals Print Shop
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website, in the popular PDF format. These PDF
files can be viewed on a PC / laptop, tablet,
smartphone, or on the latest generation of
Raymarine multifunction displays.
Document conventions
The following conventions are used throughout this
document.
Procedures for performing specific tasks using the
product’s user interface.
The term “Select” is used to refer to the action of:
• Touchscreen control — using your finger to select a
menu option or item on the screen.
• Physical buttons — Highlighting an item using the
navigational controls and confirming the selection by
pressing the
OK button.
Examples:
• Select
Ok to confirm your selection.
• Select
Set-up
Procedures for navigating menu hierarchies.
Menu hierarchies are used in this document to provide a
quick summary on how to access a particular function
or menu option.
Examples:
• The internal sonar module is turned off from the
Fishfinder application menu:
Menu > Set-up >
Sounder Set-up > Internal Sounder.
• The internal GPS can be switched off from the Set-up
menu:
Menu > Set-up > GPS Set-up > Internal GPS.
Document illustrations
Y
our product and if applicable, its user interface may
differ slightly from that shown in the illustrations in this
document, depending on product variant and date of
manufacture.
All images are provided for illustration purposes only.
2.2 Product overview
The Ray53, Ray63 and Ray73 are 12 V dc, Class D
Digital Selective Calling (DSC) VHF radios. DSC enables
you to make a selective call to a specific radio, and to
transmit and receive position information to and from
the selected radio. DSC also allows transmission of a
distress alert to all radios within range at the touch of a
button. Once a DSC request is sent and acknowledged,
voice communication is carried out on the channel
chosen by the caller. The radio can transmit and receive
on all available US, Canadian, International and Private
marine VHF channels.
Your product includes the following features:
• Built-in GNSS (GPS) receiver with internal antenna and
an external antenna connection.
• Built-in GNSS (GPS) receiver can be used as a source
of GNSS position data for other devices in your
network.
• Networkable: Connect to NMEA 2000 / SeaTalkng ®
or NMEA 0183.
• Expandible:
– Add an optional passive speaker (all variants).
– Add a second fully functional wired handset station
(Ray63 / Ray73 only), or
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