User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 - General Information
- Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
- Section 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
- Section 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- 4-2 Enter or View Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-3 Maintain Your Groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-4 Response to Individual Calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-5 ATIS MMSI & ATIS Functionality
- 4-6 DSC functionality options (DSC FUNC)
- 4-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-2-1 Make a Routine Call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-2-2 Retrying a Routine Call
- 5-2-3 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV)
- 5-2-4 Recall the Most Recent Incoming Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-2-5 Call a Group (GROUP)
- 5-2-6 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-2-7 Call using the Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-2-8 Call using the Distress Log (DISTR LOG)
- 5-2-9 Call using the Sent Call Log (SENT CALL)
- 5-2-10 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-2-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-3 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- Section 6 - Distress Calls
- Section 7 - Installation
- Appendix A - Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Troubleshooting
- Appendix C - US & ROW VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix D - EU VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix E - MMSI, FCC and License Information
Lowrance | Link-5 VHF User Guide 3
Section 1 - General Information .......................................................................6
1-1 Features .................................................................................................................................................6
1-2 Customizing your Lowrance VHF Radio ..................................................................................... 7
1-3 How to Display and Navigate Menus ..........................................................................................7
1-4 How to Enter Alphanumeric Data ................................................................................................7
1-5 LCD Symbols and Meanings ..........................................................................................................7
1-6 Basic Operation and Key Functions ............................................................................................. 9
Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU) ................................................................12
2-1 Radio Menu Options (Menu) ...................................................................................................... 12
2-2 Maintain Your Buddy List (BUDDY LIST) .................................................................................. 13
2-2-1 Add an Entry ....................................................................................................................................................13
2-2-2 Edit an Entry .....................................................................................................................................................13
2-2-3 Delete an Entry ............................................................................................................................................... 14
2-3 Local or Distance Sensitivity (LOCAL/DIST) ........................................................................... 14
2-3-1 Set DISTANT Sensitivity .............................................................................................................................. 14
2-3-2 Set LOCAL Sensitivity .................................................................................................................................. 14
2-4 Backlighting (BACKLIGHT) and Contrast (CONTRAST) ..................................................... 14
2-4-1 Set the Backlighting Level
.......................................................................................................................15
2.4.2 Set the Contrast Level ..................................................................................................................................15
2-5 GPS Data and Time (GPS/DATA) ................................................................................................. 15
2-5-1 Manually Enter Position and UTC Time (MANUAL) ..................................................................15
2-5-2 Local Time (TIME OFFSET) .......................................................................................................................16
2-5-3 Time Format Options (TIME FORMAT) .............................................................................................16
2-5-4 Time Display Options (TIME DISPLAY) .............................................................................................17
2-5-5 Position Display Options (LL display) ................................................................................................ 17
2-5-6 Course & Speed Display Options (COG/SOG)..............................................................................17
2-5-7 GPS Alert Options (ALERT) ..................................................................................................................... 18
2-6 GPS Simulator (SIMULATOR) ....................................................................................................... 18
2-7 Reset to Factory Defaults (RESET) ............................................................................................. 18
Section 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP) ................................................19
3-1 Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP) ........................................................................................... 19
3-2 Channel (UIC) .................................................................................................................................... 19
3-3 Channel Names (CH NAME)......................................................................................................... 20
3-4 RING & BEEP Volume (RING VOLUME) and (KEY BEEP) ...................................................... 20
3-5 Internal Speaker Connections (INT SPEAKER) ....................................................................... 20
3-6 Set the Priority Channel (WATCH MODE) ............................................................................... 21
3-7 Weather Alert (Wx ALERT) .......................................................................................................... 21
3-8 NMEA protocol (COM PORT) ....................................................................................................... 21
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