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Lowrance electronic LVR-880 EU, LVR-880 US General Information Section 2 -

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Lowrance - LVR-880 Operation Instructions 7

General Information Section 2 -

1-1 Featurtes

Congratulations on your purchase of a Lowrance LVR-880US or LVR-880EU marine band VHF

radio. Both models provide you with the following useful features:

Prominent channel display•

Adjustable contrast settings for the LCD •

Adjustable keypad backlighting for easy night-time use •

Waterproof and submersible to comply with JIS-7 •

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

Access to all currently available Marine VHF Channel Banks (USA, Canada, International) •

including weather channels where available

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

channel

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

DISTRESS call button to automatically transmit the MMSI and position until an •

acknowledgement is received

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

MMSI storage for three favorite groups•

GROUP CALL and ALL SHIPS CALL Facility•

Rotary channel selector knob with PUSH TO SELECT function •

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

22 W Hailer with talkback capability•

Jack for (optional) external speaker•

Foghorn (manual and automatic)•

FM stereo radio capability with global bands•

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

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

Adjustable squelch control•

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

Memory retention•

Memory channel scan•

All channel priority scan•

Dual / Tri Watch capability •

Call log for the 20 most recent incoming DSC calls•

Distress call log for the 10 most recent distress calls•

LL position polling and Track Your Buddy feature•

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