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DISTRESS Calls Section 8 -

WARNING

A valid USER MMSI must be entered into this radio before these DSC functions can be

used. See section 5-1.

7-1 Sending a Di stress Call

DISTRES CALL

UNDEFINED

FIRE

FLOODING

DISTRES CALL

UNDEFINED

HOLD DISTRES

3 SECONDS..

DISTRES CALL

SENT!WAIT..

PRESS EXIT

TO CANCEL...

Open the red cover labeled DISTRESS. 1.

If time is available to specify the nature of the distress, go to step 2. Otherwise, go

directly to step 3.

Press the DISTRESS key to display the following categories. Scroll to the category that 2.

describes your situation then press ENT.

UNDEFINED • (Undeﬁned)

FIRE • (Fire)

FLOODING• (Flooding)

COLLISION • (Collision)

GROUNDING • (Grounding)

LISTING • (Listing)

SINKING • (Sinking)

ADRIFT• (Adrift)

ABANDONING • (Abandoning)

PIRACY• (Piracy)

OVER BOARD • (Overboard)

Hold down the DISTRESS key for about 3 seconds until you see the DISTRESS CALL SENT! 3.

message on the LCD. The whole display starts to FLASH and BEEP loudly.

The distress call repeats 5 times continuously on CH70. It then repeats randomly every

3.5 to 4.5 minutes until a distress acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) is received from a

search and rescue authority OR until you press EXIT to cancel the distress call manually.

The radio selects CH16 on Hi power automatically so that you can hear any incoming

voice contacts from search and rescue authorities or other boats within range.

Press EXIT to cancel the distress call. This is the only key that operates in DISTRESS mode.

Contents

Main Important safety information ContentsSection 1 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP) ..................................................................32 Page Page General Information Section 2 - 1-1 Featurtes 1-2 LCD Symbols and Meanings Page 1-3 Beep tones & call alerts 1-4 How to put the radio into MENU mode 1-5 How to Display and Navigate Menus 1-6 How to Enter Alphanumeric Data The Radio Keys Section 3 - 2-1 VOL - Volume and Power 2-2 SQL - Squelch or Threshold Level 2-3 DISTRESS - Send DSC Distress call 2-4 Channel Select knob - Cha nge channel 2-5 PUSH TO SELECT (ENT) 2-6 16/9 - Priority channel (LVR-880US only) 2-7 16 - Priority channel (LVR-880EU only) 2-8 FM (FM Stereo Radio) 2-9 IC (HAILER mode) 2-10 IC (FOG HORN mode) 2-11 NAV (Show Waypoint) 2-12 GO (Reset the Cross Track Error) 2-13 MOB (Man Overboard) 2-14 MOB (Temporary Waypoint) 2-15 EXIT 2-16 3CH 2-17 + / - 2-18 SCAN (ALL SCAN & 3CH SCAN) 2-19 SCAN (DUAL WATCH Mode) 2-20 SCAN (TRI WATCH Mode) 2-21 WX 2-22 CALL MENU 2-23 PTT 2-24 H/L Radio MENU SELECT OptionsSection 4 - 3-1 Manage your Waypoints List (WAYPOINT) 3-1-1 Add a new waypoint 3-1-2 Edit or Delete a Waypoint 3-1-3 Go to a New Waypoint 3-1-4 Go to Nearest Waypoint (NEARES T WP) 3-1-5 Go to Temporary Waypoint 3-1-6 Send Waypoint Data to a Chartpl otter 3-1-7 Edit or Delete a Temporary Waypoint 3-2 Set the Backlighting Level (BACKLIGHT) 3-3 Maintain your buddy list (BUDDY LIST ) 3-3-1 Add an Entry 3-3-2 Edit or Delete an Entry 3-4 Local or Distance Sens itivity (LOCAL/DIST) 3-4-1 Set Distance Sensit ivity 3-4-2 Set Local Sensit ivity 3-5 Set the Contrast Level (CONTRAST) 3-6 GPS Data and Time (GPS/DATA) 3-6 -1 M anually Enter Posit ion and UTC Time (MANUAL) 3-6-2 Local Time (TIME O FFSET) Lowrance - LVR-880 Operation Instructions28 ZABC D F GHI N WORLD MAP OF TIME ZONES 3-6-3 Time Format Options ( TIME FORMAT) Time can be shown in 12 or 24 hour format. MENU SELECT LOCAL/DIST CONTRAST GPS/DATA GPS/DATA MANUAL SETTING SETTING TIME OFFEST TIME FORMAT TIME DISPLY 3-6-4 Time Displ ay Options (TIME DISPLY) 3-6-5 Position Disp lay Options (LL DISPLY) 3-6-6 Course & Speed D isplay Options (COG/SOG) 3-6-7 GPS Alert (GPS ALERT) 3-7 GPS Simulator (GPS SIM) 3-8 Reset to Factory Defaul ts (RESET) Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)Section 5 - 4-1 Channel (UIC) 4-2 Channel Names (CH NAME) 4-3 Ring Volume (RING VOLUME) 4-4 Key Beep Volume (KEY BEEP) 4-5 Select Units (UNITS) 4-6 Internal Speaker Conn ections (INT SPEAKER) 4-7 Set the Priority Channel (WATCH MODE) 4-8 Weather Alerts (W X ALERT) 4-8-1 TONE ALERT 4-8-2 SAME ALERT 4-8-3 Receiving a SAME ALER T 4-8-4 Receiving SA ME TEST Messages 4-8-5 Enter a SAME CODE (Count y ID) 4-8-6 Select a Workin g SAME code 4-9 NMEA Protocol (COM PORT) 4-10 Select the GPS So urce (GPS SOURCE) 4-11 Select the FM Region (FM REGION) DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)Section 6 - 5-1 Enter or Check Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI) 5-2 Maintain Your Groups 5-2-1 Create a Group (GRO UP SETUP) 5-2-2 Edit or Delete a Group Name or Grou p MMSI (GROUP SETUP) 5-3 Response to Individual Call s (INDIV REPLY) 5-4 Enter or check your ATIS MMSI (ATIS MMSI) 5-5 Enable ATIS Functionality (ATIS SELEC T) 5-6 Enable DSC Functional ity (DSC SELECT) 5-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY) Sending and Receiving DSC Calls Section 7 - 6-1 What is DSC? 6-2 Sending DSC Calls 6-3 Send an Individual Call to a Bud dy (INDIVIDUAL) 6-4 Send an Individual Ca ll (INDIVIDUAL) 6-5 Acknowledgement of an I ndividual Incoming Call (I NDIV) 6-6 Reply to the Last Call (L AST CALL) 6-7 Send a Group Call (GROUP) 6-8 Send an All Ships Call (ALL S HIPS) 6-9 Send Using the Call Log (CALL LOG) 6-10 Send Using the Distress Log (DIST LOG) 6-11 Send an Individual Distress Relay Using the Distress Log (DIST LOG) 6-12 Send an ALL SHIPS Distre ss Relay Using the Distress Log (DIST LOG) 6-13 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST) 6-14 Track a Buddy (TRACK BUDDY) 6-14-1 Start or Stop Tracking a Buddy (START TRACK) 6-14-2 Select a Buddy to Track (SET BUDDY) 6-14-3 Add or Delete a Buddy on Your Track List (TRACKLIST) 6-15 Receiving DSC Calls 6-16 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS) 6-17 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV) 6-18 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP) 6-19 Receiving a Geographic Area Call (GEOGRAPH) 6-20 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION) DISTRESS Calls Section 8 - 7-1 Sending a Di stress Call 7-2 Receiving a Distress Call (DISTRESS!) 7-3 Distress Acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) or Relay (DISTRESS RE L) Appendix A - Technical Specications LOWRANCE LVR-880US & LVR-880EU Page Appendix B - Troubleshooting Page Appendix C - VHF Marine Channel Charts C-1 International Channel Chart Special Notes on Internatio nal Channel Usage C-2 USA Channel Chart Special Notes on USA Channel Usa ge C-3 CANADA Channel Chart Special Notes on Canada Channe l Usage transmitting. Used normally in bridge-to-bridge communications. C-4 WEATHER Channels C-5 EAS (Emergency Alert Systems) Alerts Page Appendix D - EU Inland Waterway Channels Page Page D-1 Special Channels 2 Appendix E - MMSI and License Information