Table of Contents
Introduction
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1
Handset Overview
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1
Home Screen
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1
System Status Icons
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1
Basic Operation
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1
Turning On and Off the Device
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1
Adjusting the Volume
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1
Adjusting the Squelch Level
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1
Selecting the Frequency Band
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2
Selecting a Channel
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2
Transmitting with the Radio
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2
Scanning and Saving Channels
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2
Scanning All Channels
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2
Saving a Channel
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2
Removing a Saved Channel
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2
Scanning Saved Channels
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2
Monitoring Multiple Channels
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2
Selecting a Different Second-Priority Channel
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2
Switching to Priority Channels
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3
Setting the Receiving Sensitivity
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3
Switching Between 1 W and 25 W Transmitting Modes
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3
Bypassing the Low Transmission Power Setting
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3
Using the Hailer Function
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3
Foghorn
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3
Sounding the Foghorn Automatically
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3
Sounding the Foghorn Manually
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3
Adjusting the Sound Frequency of the Foghorn
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3
Entering Text
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4
NOAA® Weather Broadcasts and Alerts
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4
Tuning Weather Broadcasts
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4
Enabling and Disabling Weather Alerts
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4
Digital Selective Calling
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4
Digital Selective Calling
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4
Entering Your MMSI Number
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4
Viewing Your MMSI Number
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4
Distress Calls
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4
Sending an Undesignated Distress Call
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4
Sending a Designated Distress Call
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5
Waiting For and Receiving and Acknowledgment for a
Distress Call
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5
Stopping Automatic Retransmission of Distress Calls
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5
Revoking a Distress Call
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5
Placing Calls
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5
Placing Individual Calls
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5
Placing Group Calls
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5
Placing All-Ships Calls
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5
Individual Call or Group Call Channels
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6
Requesting a Vessel's Position
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6
Receiving Calls
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6
Receiving Distress Calls and Distress Relay Calls
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6
Receiving All-Ships Urgency and Safety Calls
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6
Receiving Individual Routine Calls
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6
Receiving Position Requests
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6
Receiving Position Calls
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6
Receiving Group Calls
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6
Position Tracking
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7
Selecting Vessels and Activating Position Tracking
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7
Viewing and Deactivating Vessels on the Position Tracking
List
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7
Deleting a Vessel From the Position Tracking List
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7
Call Log
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7
Viewing the Calls in the Call Log
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7
Placing a Call from a Call Log
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7
Saving a Vessel or Station to the Directory from the Call
Log
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7
Deleting a Call Log Entry
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7
Directory
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7
Viewing Saved Vessels and Stations in the Directory
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7
Adding an Entry to the Directory
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7
Editing an Entry in the Directory
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8
Deleting an Entry from the Directory
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8
Adding a Group
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8
Editing a Group
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8
Deleting a Group
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8
DSC Settings
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8
Manual Position Information
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8
Changing the Channel to 16 Automatically
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8
Sending Automatic Replies
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8
Automatic Transmitter Identification System
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8
Entering Your ATIS Identification Number
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8
Turning On and Off ATIS
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9
Viewing Your ATIS Identification Number
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9
NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000®
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9
Additional Functionality with Other Garmin Devices
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9
Communicating Over NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000
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9
Configuring DSC NMEA Transmissions
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9
System Settings
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9
Number Settings
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9
Units Settings
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9
Configuring the Time Offset
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10
Selecting the Frequency Band
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10
Changing a Channel Name
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10
Restoring Factory Settings
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10
Appendix
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10
Alarms and Messages
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10
Channel Lists
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10
VHF 315 Series Specifications
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10
NMEA
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10
NMEA 0183 IN Sentences Supported
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10
NMEA 0183 OUT Sentences Supported
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10
NMEA 2000 PGN Information
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10
Cleaning the Outer Casing
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11
Index
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