West Marine VHF155 Bedienungsanleitung

VHF155

Floating Two-WayMarine Radio

Radio maritime bidirectionnelle flottante

Floating Two-Way Marine Radio

Radio maritime bidirectionnelle flottante

Owner’s Manual

Guide d’utilisation

Model / Modèle 14078562

Making a Distress Call

Speak slowly - clearly - calmly.

For future reference, write your boat’s name & call sign here:

1. Make sure your radio is on.

2. On the radio, press the 16/9-Tri button to switch to Channel 16

(156.8 MHz). (If the corner of the display does not show 16, press

the 16/9-Tri button again until it does.)

3. Press the push to talk button and say: “MAYDAY -- MAYDAY --

MAYDAY.”

4. Say “THIS IS

{name of your boat (three times) and call sign/boat

registration number (once)}.

”

5. Say “MAYDAY

{name or call sign of your boat}.

”

6. Tell where you are: (what navigational aids or landmarks are near,

or read the latitude and longitude from your GPS).

7. State the nature of your distress, (e.g. are you sinking, medical

emergency, man overboard, on re, adrift, etc.

8. State the type of assistance you need (medical, towing, pumps,

etc.).

9. Give number of persons aboard and conditions of any injured

persons.

10. Estimate present seaworthiness of your ship (e.g. how immediate is

the danger due to ooding or re or proximity to shore).

11. Briey describe your ship, giving the ship name (e.g. “Blue Duck is

32 foot cabin cruiser, white hull, blue deck house”).

12. Say: “I WILL BE LISTENING ON CHANNEL 16.”

13. End message by saying “THIS IS

{name or call sign of your boat}

OVER.”

14. Release the push to talk button and listen.

If you do not get an answer after 30 seconds, repeat your call,

beginning at step 3, above.

Faire un appel de détresse

Faire un appel de détresse vocal

Parlez lentement – clairement – calmement.

Pour toute référence ultérieure, transcrivez ci-dessous le nom et l’indicatif

d’appel de votre bateau :

1. Vériez si votre radio est en marche.

2. Appuyez sur la touche 16/9-Tri de la radio an de commuter au canal 16 (156,8

MHz). (Si le canal 16 n’apparaît pas à l’afchage, appuyez de nouveau sur la

touche 16/9-Tri jusqu’à ce qu’il soit afché.)

3. Appuyez sur le bouton de microphone push to talk et dites :“MAYDAY - MAYDAY

– MAYDAY”.

4. Donnez l’identité de votre navire en disant : “ICI {nom de votre bateau (trois fois) ou

indicatif d’appel et le numéro d’identication de votre bateau (une fois)}”.

5. Dites “MAYDAY {nom ou indicatif d’appel de votre bateau} une fois”.

6. Donnez votre position : (quels sont les points de repère ou aides à la navigation

près de vous ou lisez les coordonnées de longitude et de latitude apparaissant sur

votre dispositif GPS).

7. Révélez la nature de votre détresse (par exemple, nous sommes en train de couler,

urgence médicale, un homme à la mer, un incendie, nous sommes à la dérive, etc.

8. Révélez la nature de l’assistance désirée (médicale, remorquage, essence, etc.)

9. Donnez le nombre de personnes à bord et les conditions des blessés, s’il y en a.

10. Donnez la condition de navigabilité actuelle de votre navire, tel que le degré de

l’urgence par rapport à l’inondation, à l’incendie ou à votre proximité de la côte.

11. Donnez une brève description de votre navire en donnant le nom du bateau (par

exemple, “Blue Duck est un yacht de croisière de 32 pieds, avec une coque blanche

et un roufe bleu.”).

12. Dites : “JE VAIS ÉCOUTER SUR LE CANAL 16”.

13. Terminez le message en disant “ICI {nom ou indicatif d’appel de votre bateau}, À

VOUS”.

14. Relâchez le bouton push to talk du microphone et écoutez.

Si vous n’obtenez pas de réponse après 30 secondes, répétez l’appel

encommençant à l’étape 3 ci-dessus.

Making a Distress

Call ............ (inside front cover)

Table of Contents

Introduction ............................ E-1

Features .................................. E-1

Getting Started ....................... E-4

What’s Included ....................... E-4

Parts of the VHF160 ................ E-5

Front view .......................... E-5

Back view ........................... E-5

Charger .............................. E-7

Reading the Display ................ E-7

Display icons and what

they mean ..................... E-8

How It Works .......................... E-9

Normal Mode Operation ........ E-10

Normal mode with

Weather Alert Watch ... E-10

Normal mode with Triple

Watch or Dual Watch .. E-11

Scan Mode Operation ............ E-11

Using the radio in Scan

mode .......................... E-12

Scan mode with Weather

Alert Watch ................. E-12

Scan mode with Triple

Watch or Dual Watch .. E-13

Both Weather Alert and

Triple/Dual Watch in

Scan mode ................. E-14

Weather Mode ....................... E-14

Using the radio in weather

mode........................... E-15

Weather mode with

Weather Alert Watch ... E-15

Weather mode with Triple

Watch or Dual Watch .. E-15

Setting Up the Hardware ..... E-16

Attaching the Antenna ........... E-16

Installing the Battery .............. E-16

Using the Alkaline Battery

Tray ................................... E-16

Mounting the Charger ............ E-18

Charging the Battery .............. E-18

Important notes on

charging the battery .... E-19

Attaching the Belt Clip ........... E-19

Using Your Radio ................. E-20

Turning It On ......................... E-20

Setting It Up ........................... E-20

Changing the volume ...... E-20

Setting the Squelch level . E-20

Reading volume and

squelch level

on battery icon ............ E-21

Setting the UIC channel

mode (USA/CAN/INT) E-22

Using the WX Mode ............... E-22

Making a Transmission .......... E-22

Selecting a channel .......... E-22

Making a transmission ..... E-22

Boosting the

transmission power..... E-23

Saving Channels to Memory . E-24

Special Features .................... E-24

E-1

West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Features

Your radio provides the following key features:

Submersible design. Complies with oating JIS8/IPX8

water-resistant standards, which means the radio can

be submerged in 1.5 meters of water for 1 hour without

damage.

#Notes:

The radio will only meet this rating if fully assembled

and all rubber seals and sealing plugs are well

maintained and correctly tted. This means that the

speaker microphone is attached or the sealing plug is

tted, and the battery pack (or tray) and antenna are

attached and securely fastened.

After your radio is submerged in water, you might

notice that the sound is distorted. This is because

Using the Strobe SOS

Light/Flashlight ........... E-24

Turning the key beep on

and off ......................... E-25

Setting Key Lock .............. E-25

Using the external

speaker/Mic jack ......... E-25

Using the Battery Save

feature ........................ E-25

Maintenance and

Troubleshooting ................ E-27

Common Questions ............... E-27

Channels and Frequencies

(MHz) .................................. E-31

US Channel Frequencies and

Names ............................... E-31

Canadian Channel

Frequencies and Names ... E-32

International Channel

Frequencies and Names ... E-35

Weather Channel Frequencies

and Names ........................ E-37

Regulations and Safety

Warnings............................ E-38

Maritime Radio Services

Operation ........................... E-38

Basic Radio Guidelines ......... E-38

E-2 West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual

there is still water remaining in and around the

speaker and microphone. Just shake the radio to

clear excess water, and the sound will return to

normal.

If your radio is exposed to salt water, clean it

thoroughly with fresh water and dry it before turning

it on.

The charger is not waterproof.

Memory Scan mode. Lets you save channels to memory

and monitor them in quick succession.

Transmitter power level select/Boost. Lets you boost

the transmitter power from 1W to 2.5W or 6W for added

transmission distance.

Battery level display and low battery alert.

Dual and Triple Watch operation. These different Watch

modes let you monitor up to one Coast Guard Distress/

Hailing channel and one weather channel along with one

regular marine channel.

All marine VHF channels for the U.S., Canada, and

international waters.

Battery Save. The Battery Save feature automatically

turns off RX power at regular intervals to save battery

power.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

(NOAA) Weather Channel watch. Sounds a warning

tone when a hazard alert is issued.

SOS Strobe/Flashlight. A high intensity strobe LED can

be set to blink an SOS pattern or to be steady on.

Emergency 16/9 Channel monitoring. Set unit to scan

one or both of these emergency channels regularly within

normal scanning cycles.

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West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual

Key Lock. Locks keys to prevent accidentally changing

channels or entering data.

Nine weather channels.

Selectable Volume (0 - 9) and Squelch (0 - 3) levels.

E-4 West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual

Getting Started

What’s Included

Antenna Charging Cradle

Lithium Ion Poly

Battery

Alkaline Battery Tray

(batteries not included)

VHF160 Radio DC Charging

Adapter

AC-DC Charging

Adapter

Screws for Charging

Cradle

Wrist Strap Belt Clip

If any pieces are missing or damaged, contact West Marine

(see back cover for contact information).

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West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual

Parts of the VHF160

Front view

Back view

Antenna

LCD display

L/M/H button

Channel up

button

External speaker and

microphone

Microphone

16/9-Tri

(16/9- triple

watch) button

WX-Alert

(weather-alert)

button Scan/Dual

(scan-dual

watch) button

Push to talk

button

Speaker

Wrist strap

anchor

Channel down

button

LOCK/UIC

button

Mem (memory)

SOS button

Strobe

SOS light

Power button

Boost

button

Volume/

Squelch

button

Belt clip

Battery

Battery charging

contacts

Battery

latch

E-6 West Marine VHF160 Radio Owner’s Manual

Button Press to... Press and hold to...

Power NA Turn the radio on or off.

PTT (Push

to Talk) NA Talk/transmit on a

channel.

Boost NA Transmit with a higher

power level.

16/9/TRI

1st press: Go to channel 16.

2nd press: Go to channel 9.

3rd press: Go back to the

starting channel.

Turn Triple Watch on

and off.

MEM/SOS

Save a channel into memory

or delete a channel from

memory.

Turn on the SOS signal.

Press and hold again to

turn on ashlight.

Press and hold again to

turn off the LED light.

WX/

ALERT

Places radio into Weather

mode so you can listen to

the weather channels.

Turn Weather Alert Watch

on and off.

Channel

Move up one channel or

squelch/volume step at a

time.

Move quickly up the

channels/ squelch/volume

steps.

L/M/H Change the transmit power

(see page E-9). NA

LOCK/UIC Lock the keys; press and

hold again to unlock.

Switch from US to

Canadian or International

channels.

Channel

Down

Move down one channel

or squelch/volume step at

a time.

Move quickly down the

channels/squelch/volume

steps.

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