Midland Radio RG2B, RG2W manual Table of Contents

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

3 ABOVE ALL... SAFETY!

4

3.1

Symbols used

4

3.2

Warnings

4

 

3.2. General

4

 

3.2.a Radio Frequency / Installation

4

 

3.2.b Environmental

4

3.3

Registration of your Marine Transceiver

4

3.4

Assistance

5

3.5

Manual Notes

5

3 DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS

7

3.6

Front panel

7

3.78

 

3.7

Back panel (connections)

8

 

3.3

Microphone

9

4

INSTALLATION

10

 

4.1

Contents of package

10

 

4.2

Location for the transceiver

10

 

4.3

Mounting the transceiver

11

 

4.4

Adjustment of angle

11

 

4.5 Installation of the antenna/electromagnetic exposure

12

 

4.6

Mounting of Microphone

12

 

4.7

Connections

13

 

 

 

4.7.a Power Supply

13

 

 

 

4.7.b GPS device

13

 

 

 

Male (Regatta) connector view

13

 

 

 

4.7.c Antenna

13

5

BASIC OPERATION

14

 

5.1

Turning REGATTA 2 on/off

14

 

5.2

Volume regulation

14

 

5.3

Squelch Regulation

14

 

5.4

Selecting an operating channel

14

 

 

 

5.4. With alphanumeric keypad

14

 

 

 

5.4.a Using the microphone buttons (UP or DOWN)

14

 

5.5

Transmission and reception

14

 

5.6

Selecting high and low transmission power

15

 

5.7

Instant recall of channel 16

15

 

5.8

Display lighting

15

6

SCANNING FUNCTIONS

16

 

6.1

Channel scanning

16

 

6.2

Dual Watch and Triple Watch

16

 

6.3

Activation of Dual Watch/Triple

16

 

Memory channels (MEM mode)

17

 

 

6.4. Memory scanning (SCAN MEMORY)

17

 

 

6.4.a Reception/Transmission during SCAN MEMORY

17

 

 

6.4.b To delete/To jump a pre-selected channel in memory

17

7

USE WITH GPS

18

 

7.1

Function

18

 

7.2

GPS information on the display

18

 

7.3

Customized setup

18

8

DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC)

18

 

8.1

Introduction

18

 

8.2

Mobile Marine Identification Service (MMSI)

18

 

8.3

Navigating the DSC menu

18

 

8.4

Individual call (Routine To)

18

 

 

8.4. Sending an individual call

19

 

8.5

Group calling (Group Call)

19

 

 

Sending a group call

19

8.6General call to all ships (ALL SHIP SAFETY – ALL SHIP

URGENCY)

20

 

8.6. Sending a call to all ships

20

8.7. DSC DISTRESS call

20

 

8.7.a Sending a DISTRESS call

20

9 RECEIVING A DSC CALL

22

9.1

Receiving a distress call

22

9.2

General call to all ships

22

Individual call

22

10 CUSTOMIZATION

23

10.1

Menu settings

23

10.2

Navigation in the menu of settings

23

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Contents Regatta Table of Contents Maintenance Registration of your Marine Transceiver Above ALL... SafetySymbols used Serial number AssistanceManual Notes Introduction Description of Controls and Connectors Front panelBack panel connections Microphone MicrophonePTT push to talk Location for the transceiver InstallationContents of package Adjustment of angle Mounting the transceiverInstallation of the antenna/electromagnetic exposure Mounting of MicrophoneConnections Power SupplyMale Regatta connector view Antenna GPS deviceTurning Regatta 2 on/off Volume regulationBasic Operation Squelch RegulationDisplay lighting Selecting high and low transmission powerInstant recall of channel Dual Watch and Triple Watch Scanning FunctionsChannel scanning Activation of Dual Watch/TripleReception/Transmission during Scan Memory Memory channels MEM modeMemory scanning Scan Memory To delete/To jump a pre-selected channel in memoryUSE with GPS Digital Selective Calling DSCSending a group call Group calling Group CallSending an individual call Sending a call to all ships General call to all ships ALL Ship Safety ALL Ship UrgencyDSC Distress call Sending a Distress callListing L. Sinking M. Adrift Individual call Receiving a distress callGeneral call to all ships Customization Beep Enable/disable keypad beep LCD display contrastMmsi Setting of personal Mmsi code and Mmsi group code MaintenanceZONEAdjustment of UTC time deviation Maintenance and warningsTroubleshooting Receiver Technical SpecificationsTransmitter 160.750 160.650160.700 160.800INT Can