West Marine Marine Radio VHF580 Manuale Utente

Making a Voice Distress Call ...................... 2

Cómo hacer una llamada de apuro por voz  3

Faire un appel de détresse vocal ............... 4

Features  .................................................... 6

Manual overview  ...................................... 6

What’s included  ........................................ 7

Parts of the Radio   ..................................... 8

Parts of the Microphone ............................ 9

Turning on the Radio ............................... 10

Setting the UIC Channel Mode  

(USA/CAN/INT) ...................................... 10

Normal mode operation  ......................... 11

Scan mode  ............................................... 13

Weather mode  ........................................ 15

Using Your Radio  ..................................... 16

Making a voice MAYDAY call  ................... 17

Setting the volume  .................................. 17

Setting the squelch level  ......................... 17

Changing the channel .............................. 17

Making a transmission ............................. 17

Boosting the transmission power ............ 18

Choosing Triple Watch or Dual Watch ..... 18

Using FIPS codes for weather alerts......... 19

Changing display and sound options  ....... 20

Setting the GPS position manually  .......... 20

What is DSC?  ........................................... 21

Advanced DSC features  ........................... 21

What is an MMSI number? ...................... 21

Entering MMSI numbers  ......................... 22

Using the Directory .................................. 23

Making DSC Calls ...................................... 24

Making an automatic distress call ............ 26

Receiving a DSC call.................................. 27

Test Calls .................................................. 28

Position Request and Reply ..................... 30

Putting the radio into standby  ................ 31

Disabling automatic channel switching .... 32

Renaming Channels  ................................. 32

Mounting the radio  ................................. 33

Connecting the radio ............................... 34

Connecting to a GPS receiver  .................. 35

Connecting to a Chartplotter ................... 37

Connecting to an External Speaker .......... 37

Engine Noise Suppression ........................ 39

Radio Specifications  ................................ 40

Channel descriptions and what  

they mean .............................................. 41

US Marine Channels and Frequencies ..... 42

Canadian Marine Channels and 

Frequencies ........................................... 44

International Marine Channels and 

Frequencies ........................................... 45

Weather Channels and Frequencies (US, 

CAN, and INT) ........................................ 47

Emergency Alert System (SAME) 

Information ............................................ 48

NMEA Operation ...................................... 50

NMEA Output  .......................................... 50