Raymarine RAY 210VHF operation manual General, Equipment Features

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INTRODUCTION

1.1 GENERAL

Congratulations on your purchase of Raymarine's RAY210 marine radiotelephone.

Your RAY210 VHF-FM marine radiotelephone provides reliable simplex and duplex (two-frequency) communications between ships and from ships at sea to public or private shore stations. The RAY210 is programmed for two-way communication on all the International, US and Canadian channels plus reception on ten separate weather channels, and the international calling and safety channels (16/9). Simple installation requires attaching the mounting yoke and microphone bracket, connection to a 13.6 Vdc power source, and to a proper VHF antenna.

This manual describes the physical and functional characteristics of the radiotelephone.

1.2 EQUIPMENT FEATURES

The RAY210 is designed and manufactured to provide ease of installation and operation with excellent reliability. The important built-in features of the equipment are listed below;

1)51 transmitting channels and 93 receiving channels within the assigned VHF/FM maritime band. All U.S. and International channels are included.

2)Automatically scans four modes;

•ALL channels

•Any selected channels

•Dual watch plus weather: channel 16/9 and any other selected weather channel

•Dual Watch: channel 16/9 and any other selected channel.

3)All solid-state circuitry for low current drain and maximum reliability.

4)Exclusive circuit that automatically selects USA channel 16 and 25 watts output power when radio turned on.

5)High-performance receiver section with optimum selectivity for operation in "noisy" or "high traffic" areas.

6)Four watts audio output power to speaker provide adequate volume even in a noisy environment.

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