Operation Manual

Chapter 4: Menu Settings 63
4.5 ATIS Operation
If you purchased your Ray218E/Ray55E to include use on the inland waterways of
the contracting governments of the Basel Agreement, your radio has been
programmed by your dealer to include Automatic Transmitter Identification
System (ATIS) functionality. (The Basel Agreement includes Germany, Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Hungary, Luxembourg, Moldova, the
Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, the Slovak Republic,
Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.)
This section describes how to setup and activate ATIS in your radio.
My ATIS ID
ATIS includes data at the end of radio transmission that identifies your station.
Your ATIS ID number is derived from your vessel’s call sign. If your call sign is
suitable, your authorized Raymarine dealer can assist you in decoding the
number. You can then program the ATIS number into your Ray218E/Ray55E using
the operation described in this section. If regulations in your area do not permit
you to program the ATIS number yourself, you can have your dealer program the
number for you.
Note: The ATIS ID number is a ten digit number, beginning with a “9”. The MY ATIS set
up process has you input only the last 9 digits. The leading “9” is automatically input for
you but does not appear on the display.
This is a one time operation. After the ATIS number has been programmed:
• you will not be able to change it, only your dealer/distributor can do this
• accessing this menu item will display the programmed ATIS number
To enter or view the ATIS ID number:
1. From the Main Menu item, select ATIS OPS.
2. From the ATIS OPS menu item, select MY ATIS ID.If an existing ATIS ID is
stored, the value appears. If the ATIS ID is blank, dashes appear, indicating
that one has yet to be entered.
All ATIS ID numbers begin with a "9". The leading 9 is automatically input for
you but does not appear. You enter the remaining nine digits.
3. To enter the ATIS ID number, rotate the
CH/OK knob to select the digits and
push in the
CH/OK knob to confirm and move on to the next position.
A more-detailed description of manual character entry can be found in “Add-
ing a new Entry“ on page 79.
4. When all digits are selected, press DONE to accept.
You are prompted to re-enter the ID number.