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Section 1 - General information

1-1 Features

Congratulations on your purchase of this Lowrance Link-8 marine band VHF radio. Your Link-8 provides you with the following useful features:

•Access to all currently available Marine VHF Channel Banks (USA, Canada, International) including weather channels where available (model dependant)

•DSC (Digital Select Calling) capability that meets Class D standards

•Separate CH70 DSC receiver built in

•ATIS facility for inland waterways (EU models)

•10 weather channels (where available)

•NOAA and SAME weather alert capability (US models)

•Dual channel AIS receiver built in - receive AIS transmissions (receive only)

•Choice of High or Low (25 W or 1 W) transmission power

•Special CH16 or CH16/9 key for quick access to the priority (International Distress) channel

•DISTRESS call button to automatically transmit the MMSI and position until an acknowledgement is received

•Special 3CH key for quick selection of your three favorite channels

•Memory channel scan and All channel priority scan

•Dual/Tri Watch capability

•Call log for the 20 most recent incoming DSC calls

•Distress call log for the 20 most recent distress calls

•Easy access to a buddy list of up to 20 favorite people

•MMSI storage for 20 favorite groups

•GROUP CALL and ALL SHIPS CALL facility

•LL position polling and Track Your Buddy feature

•Automatic position and time update when connected to a GPS receiver

•Adjustable keypad backlighting for easy night-time use

•Adjustable contrast settings for the LCD

•Waterproof and submersible to comply with JIS-7

•Rotary channel selector knob with Push To Select function

•Speaker microphone with large PTT key and 6 keys for easy channel and mode selection

•30 W Hailer with listen back capability

•Foghorn (manual and automatic)

•Great Circle GPS navigation calculations to a waypoint (stores up to 200 waypoints)

•NMEA 2000 & NMEA 0183 connectivity

•Local/Distance sensitivity to eliminate noise in high traffic urban areas.

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Contents

ENGLISH lowrance.com Any unauthorized commercial distribution of this manual is strictly prohibited Important safety information Please read carefully before installation and use DANGER Section 1 - General information Section 2 - Basic operation and key functions Page Section 7 - Sending and receiving DSC Calls Section 8 - DISTRESS calls Appendix A - Technical specifications Appendix B - Troubleshooting Section 1 - General information 1-2Customizing your Lowrance VHF radio 1-3How to display and navigate menus 1-4How to enter alphanumeric data 1-5LCD symbols and meanings INT 128° 5.0Kt 55°33.122N 012°42.408E 14:43 ACK NO GPS 1-3Beep tones & call alerts Section 2 - Basic operation and key functions PTT Press To Talk PUSH TO SELECT Enter (ENT) Rotary knob Channel select Radio and DSC setup MENU mode WX/NAV Weather channel NAV (Show waypoint) 3CH SCAN Scan (ALL SCAN & 3CH SCAN) Scan AIS / IC AIS (Automatic Identification System) IC (FOG HORN mode) IC (PA HAILER mode) GO / MOB GO (Reset the Cross Track Error) MOB (Man Over Board) MOB (Temporary waypoint) H/L Transmission power Able key (WX/NAV key) Accept key (AIS/IC key) Section 3 - Radio MENU SELECT options 3-1-1Add a new waypoint 3-1-2Edit or delete a waypoint 3-1-3Go to a new waypoint 3-1-4Go to nearest waypoint (NEAREST WP) 3-1-5Go to temporary waypoint 3-1-6Edit or delete a temporary waypoint 3-1-7Send waypoint data to a chartplotter 3-3-1Add an entry 3-3-2Edit or delete an entry 3-4-1Set distance sensitivity 3-4-2Set local sensitivity 3-6-1Manually enter position and UTC time (MANUAL) 3-6-2Local time (TIME OFFSET) 3-6-3Time format options (TIME FORMAT) 3-6-4Time display options (TIME DISPLY) 3-6-5Position display options (LL DISPLY) 3-6-6Course & speed display options (COG/SOG) 3-6-7GPS alert (GPS ALERT) Section 4 - Radio setup menu (RADIO SETUP) 4-3Ring volume (RING VOLUME) 4-4Key beep volume (KEY BEEP) 4-5Select units (UNITS) 4-6Internal speaker connections (INT SPEAKER) 4-7Set the priority channel (WATCH MODE) 4-8-1TONE ALERT 4-8-2SAME ALERT 4-8-3Receiving a SAME ALERT 4-8-4Receiving SAME TEST messages 4-8-5Enter a SAME CODE (County ID) 4-8-6Select a working SAME code 4-9NMEA protocol (COM PORT) 4-10Select the GPS source (GPS SOURCE) 4-11Favourite channel setup - Wx key (FAV CH SETU) Section 5 - DSC setup menu (DSC SETUP) 5-2-1Create a group (GROUP SETUP) 5-2-2Edit or delete a group name or group MMSI (GROUP SETUP) 5-4Enable ATIS functionality (ATIS SELECT) 5-5Response to individual calls (INDIV REPLY) 5-6Enable DSC functionality (DSC FUNC) 5-7Response type to LL polling calls (LL REPLY) MANUAL AUTO • OFF 5-8Automatic channel switching (AUTO SWITCH) 5-9DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY) • AUTO 5-10Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT) NON AUTO Example: Section 6 - AIS setup menu (AIS SETUP) 6-4GPS redirection (GPS REDIR) 6-5Closest point of approach alarm (CPA ALARM) 6-6Closest point of approach settings (CPA) 6-7Time to closest point of approach (TCPA) Section 7 - Sending and receiving DSC Calls Call to a Buddy Call to others 7-4Acknowledgement of an individual incoming call (INDIV) ABLE 7-5Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL) 7-6Send a group call (GROUP) 7-7Send an all ships call (ALL SHIPS) SAFETY URGENCY 7-8Send using the call log (CALL LOG) 7-9Send using the distress log (DIST LOG) CALL BACK DELETE • INFO 7-10View sent call log (SENT CALL) • DELETE 7-11Request the LL position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST) 7-12-1Start or stop tracking a Buddy (START TRACK) 7-12-2Select a Buddy to Track (SET BUDDY) 7-12-3Add or delete a Buddy on your track list (TRACKLIST) 7-12-4Set the track your Buddy update interval (INTERVAL) 7-13-1Send a DSC TEST call 7-13-2Receiving an incoming DSC TEST call reply (DSC TEST ACK) 7-13-3Acknowledging an incoming DSC TEST call 7-14View user MMSI and GPS information 7-15Receiving DSC calls ALL SHIPS INDIVIDUAL GROUP 7-17Receiving an individual call (INDIV) UNABLE 7-18Receiving a group call (GROUP) 7-19Receiving a geographic area call (GEOGRAPH) 7-20Receiving a polled position call (POSITION) Section 8 - DISTRESS calls RESEND CANCEL YES 8-2Receiving a distress call (DISTRESS!) 8-4Distress relay individual (INDIV DISTR RELAY) Section 9 - AIS functionality Ships dynamic conditions Normal reporting interval Platforms condition 9-3Using the AIS receiver 9-4AIS Information and display 9-4-1T/CPA approach screen 9-4-2Plotter symbols and meanings Section 10 - General functionality 10-1Using the PA (Public Address) Hailer Appendix A - Technical specifications LOWRANCE Link-8 Page Link-8NMEA 2000 PGNS Appendix B - Troubleshooting Appendix C - US & ROW VHF marine channel charts Special notes on international channel usage C-2USA channel chart Special notes on USA channel usage C-3CANADA channel chart Special notes on Canada channel usage C-4US & Canada WEATHER channels C-5EAS (Emergency Alert Systems) alerts Page Appendix D - EU VHF marine channel charts Special notes on EU international channel usage D-2Inland waterways country specific table - ATIS ON General remarks to Country Specific table: Explanation of specific footnotes in Country Specific table: D-3Special channels Country Item Chart Primary channel Appendix E - MMSI and license information