General Information, Featurtes | Lowrance electronic LVR-880 EU

Section 2 - General Information

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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

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Lowrance electronic LVR-880 EU, LVR-880 US manual General Information, Featurtes

Contents

LVR-880 US LVR-880 EU Please read carefully before installation and use Important safety information Contents Radio Menu Select Options DSC Setup Menu DSC Setup Distress Calls Featurtes General Information USA Int Can LCD Symbols and MeaningsSymbol Meaning Hi Lo PRi Same Beep tones & call alerts How to put the radio into Menu modeHow to Display and Navigate Menus How to Enter Alphanumeric Data Distress Send DSC Distress call VOL Volume and PowerRadio Keys SQL Squelch or Threshold Level 16 Priority channel LVR-880EU only 16/9 Priority channel LVR-880US onlyFM FM Stereo Radio IC FOG Horn mode IC Hailer mode Man Overboard GO Reset the Cross Track ErrorNAV Show Waypoint MOB Man Overboard Exit MOB Temporary Waypoint16 3CH 3CH Scan mode ALL Scan mode17 + Weather channel Scan Dual Watch ModeScan TRI Watch Mode 21 WX 24 H/L 23 PTT GPS Alert Radio Menu Select Options Add a new waypoint Manage your Waypoints List Waypoint Go to a New Waypoint Edit or Delete a Waypoint Go to Temporary Waypoint Go to Nearest Waypoint Nearest WP Edit or Delete a Temporary Waypoint Send Waypoint Data to a Chartplotter Maintain your buddy list Buddy List Set the Backlighting Level BacklightAdd an Entry Edit or Delete an Entry Local or Distance Sensitivity LOCAL/DIST Set Local Sensitivity Set the Contrast Level ContrastGPS Data and Time GPS/DATA Set Distance Sensitivity Local Time Time Offset Manually Enter Position and UTC Time Manual Zones Time Format Options Time Format Position Display Options LL Disply Time Display Options Time Disply GPS Alert GPS Alert Course & Speed Display Options COG/SOG GPS Simulator GPS SIM Reset to Factory Defaults Reset Channel UIC Radio Setup Menu Radio Setup Channel Names CH Name Internal Speaker Connections INT Speaker Ring Volume Ring VolumeKey Beep Volume KEY Beep Select Units Units Weather Alerts WX Alert Set the Priority Channel Watch Mode Receiving a Same Alert Tone Alert Enter a Same Code County ID Receiving Same Test Messages Select a Working Same code Nmea Protocol COM Port Select the FM Region FM Region Select the GPS Source GPS Source WX Alert LVR-880US only DSC Setup Menu DSC Setup Enter or Check Your User Mmsi User Mmsi Edit or Delete a Group Name or Group Mmsi Group Setup Create a Group Group SetupMaintain Your Groups Enter or check your Atis Mmsi Atis Mmsi Response to Individual Calls Indiv Reply Enable Atis Functionality Atis Select Response Type to LL Polling Calls LL Reply Enable DSC Functionality DSC Select Sending and Receiving DSC Calls What is DSC?Sending DSC Calls Send an Individual Call Individual Send an Individual Call to a Buddy Individual Reply to the Last Call Last Call Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call Indiv Send an All Ships Call ALL Ships Send a Group Call Group Send Using the Distress Log Dist LOG Send Using the Call Log Call LOG You can make a distress relay to an individual in the log Request the LL Position of a Buddy LL Request Start or Stop Tracking a Buddy Start Track Track a Buddy Track BuddySelect a Buddy to Track SET Buddy Routine priority only see Section Receiving DSC CallsAdd or Delete a Buddy on Your Track List Tracklist See Section Receiving an Individual Call Indiv Receiving an All Ships Call ALL Ships Receiving a Geographic Area Call Geograph Receiving a Group Call GroupReceiving a Polled Position Call Position Sending a Distress Call Distress Calls Distress Acknowledgement Distress ACK or Relay Distress REL Receiving a Distress Call Distress Lowrance LVR-880US & LVR-880EU Appendix a Technical Specifications Specifications are subject to change without notice Battery symbol is displayed Appendix B TroubleshootingTransceiver will not power up Transceiver blows the fuse when the power is switched on FM stations are weak no Stereo indicator International Channel Chart Appendix C VHF Marine Channel Charts Special Notes on International Channel Usage USA Channel Chart Special Notes on USA Channel Usage Canada Channel Chart Special Notes on Canada Channel Usage Traffic Type Name Remark Weather Channels National Codes Event Codes Message Nature of Activation EAS Emergency Alert Systems Alerts HUW Country Specific table Appendix D EU Inland Waterway Channels General remarks to Country Specific table Explanation of specific footnotes in Country Specific table Special Channels Appendix E Mmsi and License Information 0560