Using Your Radio | West Marine VHF580 instruction

to choose the selected item.

Press CHANNEL UP on the radio or the microphone to move up a line in the menu; if you are at the top line in the menu, the cursor jumps to the bottom of the menu.

Using Your Radio

To display the radio call menu, press CALL-MENU. To display the radio normal menu, press and hold CALL-MENU. The menu has the following options:

Press and hold -

Setup

USA/CAN/INT Dual/TriWatch GPS Setup FIPS Codes Auto CH SW POS Reply Test Reply Channel Name Group MMSI User MMSI WX Alert Mode [Exit]

System

Contrast

Lamp Adjust Key Beep [Exit]

[Exit]

(Close Menu)

Using Your Radio

xx An arrow on the left side indicates the current selection. xx

xx Press ENT-1W/25W

xx Press CHANNEL DOWN on the radio or the microphone to move down a line in the menu; if you are at the bottom line of the menu, the cursor jumps to the top of the menu.

xx Press CLR-SCANto go back to the previous menu screen.

xx From any menu screen, choose Exit or press and hold CALL-MENUto close the menu screen.

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West Marine VHF580 manual Using Your Radio

Contents

DSC Marine Radio Making a Distress Call Making a Voice Distress Call Faire un appel de détresse Faire un appel de détresse vocal Cómo hacer una llamada de apuro Cómo hacer una llamada de apuro por voz Contents Features IntroductionManual overview Conventions Getting Started What’s included Parts of the Radio Button Press to Press and hold to Parts of the Microphone Connector/Cable Connects to For details, seeButton Press to Press and hold Setting the UIC Channel Mode USA/CAN/INT Mode What It Does Use It When To Turn it on./offHow It Works Turning on the Radio Normal mode operation Watch Mode What It Does Use It When To Turn it on./off Using the radio in normal mode Normal mode with Weather Alert WatchNormal mode with Triple and Dual Watch Message Meaning Normal mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch Scan mode08 10 11 12 13 15 17 Using the radio in scan mode Scan mode with Weather Alert WatchScan mode with Triple and Dual Watch Scan mode with both Weather Alert and Triple/Dual Watch Using the radio in weather mode Weather modeWeather mode with Weather Alert Watch Using Your Radio Using Your Radio Setting the volume Setting the squelch levelMaking a voice Mayday call Changing the channel Boosting the transmission power Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch Using Fips codes for weather alerts Setting the GPS position manually Lamp adjustChanging display and sound options Contrast Using Digital Selective Calling DSC Features What is DSC?Advanced DSC features What is an Mmsi number? Entering Mmsi numbers Individual or User Mmsi Number Using the Directory Group Mmsi number Making DSC Calls Call type What it does When to use itChannel Up Button Channel Down Button Calling a single station Individual Call Select Individual Calling a particular group of stations Group Call Making an automatic distress callCalling all stations All-Ships Call Canceling an automatic distress call Receiving a DSC callReceive log DSC Call Type Receive Log Information Returning a call Test CallsMaking Test Calls Test Position Request and Reply Receiving Test CallsEnabling automatic test call reply Requesting another station’s position POS Request Enabling automatic position reply Receiving a position request Position ReplySending your own position Position Send Putting the radio into standby Disabling automatic channel switchingRenaming Channels ENT-1W/25W Installing the Hardware Mounting the radio Connecting the radio Power Supply Requirements VHF Antenna Requirements Connecting to a GPS receiver Ground Wire Color Configuring the GPS GPS Data External Connecting to a Chartplotter Connecting to an External Speaker Maintenance and Troubleshooting Problem Things to Try Engine Noise Suppression Radio Specifications SpecificationsTransmitter Reference Tables Channel descriptions and what they meanReceiver Channel name/description Used for US Marine Channels and Frequencies Ch No RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display Canadian Marine Channels and Frequencies Ch No RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display International Marine Channels and Frequencies Ch No RX Freq TX Freq Status Name on display Weather Channels and Frequencies US, CAN, and INT Emergency Alert System Same InformationCh No RX Freq Name on display Types of events FFW No Response Event Code WFW Nmea Output Nmea OperationNmea Input Basic radio guidelines Three Year Limited Warranty Page QUESTIONS?