Garmin VHF 215 Owners Manual - Page 5

Introduction

WARNING

See the

Important Safety and Product Information

guide in the

product box for product warnings and other important

information.

Radio Overview

VHF 110/115

VHF 210/215

Item Key

Description

DISTRESS

Lift the door and press to send a DSC distress

call with a programmed MMSI number

(

Entering Your MMSI Number

, page 5

).

VOL/SQ

Press the dial to switch between volume or

squelch.

Rotate the dial to adjust the volume or squelch

level.

Select the key that corresponds to the on-

screen item to select the item.

SELECT

On the home screen, rotate the dial to change

the channel.

On the home screen, press the dial to toggle

weather channels (

NOAA

®

Weather Broadcasts

and Alerts

, page 4

).

Rotate the dial to highlight an item in a list.

Press the dial to select an item.

PWR

North America:

16/9

International:

16+

Hold to turn the radio on and off.

Press to toggle between preset channels.

DSC

Select to view a menu of DSC options.

HI/LO

Select to change the transmission mode and

receiving sensitivity.

CLEAR

Select to return to the previous menu option.

Select to cancel or mute an incoming DSC call.

MENU

From the home screen, select to view

configuration options.

From a menu, select to return to the home

screen.

Handset Overview

PTT

Hold to broadcast.

or

Select to change the channel on the radio.

North America: 16/9

International: 16+

Select to toggle between preset channels.

Home Screen

Radio system status, settings, and alerts.

International, Canadian, or USA frequency band

*Latitude

*Longitude

*Time

**Speed over ground (SOG) or course over ground (COG)

Soft-key functions change depending on your current activity

Working channel

*The latitude, longitude, and time appear when the radio has a

GPS signal acquired. You can enter data manually when the

radio does not have a GPS signal.

** The SOG and COG appear when the radio has a GPS signal

acquired, and the option is enabled in the menu (

Number

Settings

, page 10

).

System Status Icons

Icon Status

Receiving an incoming signal

Transmitting

Transmitting at 25 W

Transmitting at 1 W

Saved channel

Local receiver mode, often used in areas with radio frequency

interference (harbors)

ATIS enabled

Position tracking enabled

Auto channel changing disabled

Introduction

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Section	Page
Table of Contents	3
Introduction	5
Radio Overview	5
Handset Overview	5
Home Screen	5
System Status Icons	5
Basic Operation	6
Turning On and Off the Device	6
Adjusting the Radio Volume	6
Adjusting the Squelch Level	6
Selecting the Frequency Band	6
Selecting a Channel	6
Transmitting with the Radio	6
Bypassing the Low Transmission Power Setting	6
Scanning and Saving Channels	6
Scanning All Channels	6
Saving a Channel	6
Removing a Saved Channel	6
Scanning Saved Channels	6
Monitoring Multiple Channels	7
Monitoring Two Channels	7
Monitoring Three Channels	7
Selecting a Different Second-Priority Channel	7
Switching to Priority Channels	7
Setting the Receiving Sensitivity	7
Switching Between 1 W and 25 W Transmitting Modes	7
Using the Hailer	7
Foghorn	8
Sounding the Foghorn Automatically	8
Sounding the Foghorn Manually	8
Adjusting the Sound Frequency of the Foghorn	8
Entering Text	8
NOAA®‎ Weather Broadcasts and Alerts	8
Tuning Weather Broadcasts	8
Enabling and Disabling Weather Alerts	8
Digital Selective Calling	8
Digital Selective Calling	8
Entering Your MMSI Number	9
Viewing Your MMSI Number	9
Distress Calls	9
Sending an Undesignated Distress Call	9
Sending a Designated Distress Call	9
Waiting For and Receiving and Acknowledgment for a Distress Call	9
Stopping Automatic Retransmission of Distress Calls	9
Revoking a Distress Call	9
Distress Call Cancellation Script	9
Placing Calls	10
Placing Individual Calls	10
Placing Group Calls	10
Individual Call or Group Call Channels	10
Placing All-Ships Calls	10
Requesting a Vessel's Position	10
Receiving Calls	10
Receiving Distress Calls and Distress Relay Calls	10
Receiving All-Ships Urgency and Safety Calls	10
Receiving Individual Routine Calls	10
Receiving Position Requests	11
Receiving Position Calls	11
Receiving Group Calls	11
Position Tracking	11
Selecting Vessels and Activating Position Tracking	11
Position-Tracking Polling Interval Sequence	11
Viewing and Deactivating Vessels on the Position Tracking List	11
Deleting a Vessel From the Position Tracking List	11
Call Log	11
Viewing the Calls in the Call Log	11
Placing a Call from a Call Log	11
Saving a Vessel or Station to the Directory from the Call Log	12
Deleting a Call Log Entry	12
Directory	12
Viewing Saved Vessels and Stations in the Directory	12
Adding an Entry to the Directory	12
Editing an Entry in the Directory	12
Deleting an Entry from the Directory	12
Adding a Group	12
Editing a Group	12
Deleting a Group	12
DSC Settings	12
Manual Position Information	12
Entering Position Information Manually	12
Changing the Channel to 16 Automatically	12
Sending Automatic Replies	12
Automatic Transmitter Identification System	12
Entering Your ATIS Identification Number	13
Turning On and Off ATIS	13
Viewing Your ATIS Identification Number	13
Automatic Identification System	13
Turning On and Off AIS	13
NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000®‎	13
Additional Functionality with Other Garmin Devices	13
Communicating Over NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000	13
Configuring DSC NMEA Transmissions	13
System Settings	14
Number Settings	14
Units Settings	14
Configuring the Time Offset	14
Selecting the Frequency Band	14
Changing a Channel Name	14
Restoring Factory Settings	14
Appendix	14
Alarms and Messages	14
Channel Lists	14
Specifications	15
NMEA	15
NMEA 0183 Information	15
NMEA 2000 PGN Information	15
Cleaning the Outer Casing	15

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