Navico EVR100US FIX MOUNT MARINE RADIO User Manual EVR 100US manual draft

Navico Auckland Limited FIX MOUNT MARINE RADIO EVR 100US manual draft

USERS MANUAL

1 of 13 EVR-100 VHF Marine Radio Owner’s Manual
2 of 13 1. Your radio has the following features: Congratulations on your purchase of a Eagle EVR-100 marine band VHF radio. It provides the following useful features: Prominent channel display Adjustable keypad backlighting for easy night-time use Waterproof and submersible to comply with JIS-7 Choice of High or Low (7 W or 1 W) transmission power Top centered PTT button for comfortable left- or right-handed use Powerful 4 W external audio output Access to all currently-available marine VHF channel bands (USA, Canada, International) including Weather channels where available Special CH16 or CH16/9 key for quick access to the priority (international distress) channel Special 3CH key to select your three favorite channels Weather alert facility where available Squelch Adjustment to help eliminate noise between transmissions. Battery Level Indicator ----shows the battery condition. 2. LCD Symbols and Meanings Symbol Meaning TX Transmitting HI LO Transmission power, High (H) 7W or Low (LO) 1W. BUSY Receiver busy with an incoming signal WX Weather channel WX ALT Weather Alert. Alarm beeps will sound. PRI Priority channel is selected SCAN Scanning channels DW Dual Watch mode
3 of 13 ALL ALL channels scan mode C1 C2 C3 Shows which of the 3 favourite channels, if any, are selected. Otherwise blank 88 (small) 18.8 (BIG) Channel selected U I C Selected Channel bank for VHF radio operations and regulations ( USA, International, Canada) Low Battery warning (activates at 10.5V) Channel is temporarily deleted from the ALL SCAN operation A B Channel suffix, if applicable 3. Basic Operation and Key Functions Key Function VOL/PWR Volume and Power. Turn clockwise to power on. Continue to turn until a comfortable volume is reached. VOL/PWR will also adjust the settings of an external speaker, if connected SQL Squelch or Threshold Level. Sets the threshold level for the minimum receiver signal. Turn fully counterclockwise until random noise is heard, then turn slowly clockwise until the random noise disappears. Make another 1/4 turn clockwise for best reception in open sea conditions. In areas of high noise (e.g. close to large cities) reception may improve if sensitivity is reduced. Either turn SQL slowly clockwise or use the LOCAL setting. See section 2.3. 16/9 Priority Channel. Also on the microphone. Press to cancel all other modes and to tune into the priority channel. Press again to return to your original channel. The default is Channel 16. To make Channel 09 the priority channel, hold down 16/9 until a beep sounds and 09 is displayed. WX Weather Channel. In USA and Canadian waters, press to hear the most recently selected weather station. The WX symbol is displayed on the LCD. Press + or - to change to a different weather channel. Press WX again to return to the most recent channel. If the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON and an alert tone of 1050Hz is broadcast from
4 of 13 the weather station, it is picked up automatically and the alarm sounds. Press any key to hear the weather alert voice message. UIC Channel Bank. Press to toggle between USA, International or Canadian channel banks. The selected channel bank is displayed on the LCD along with the last used channel. All the channel charts are shown in Appendix. 3CH +/- Three Favourite Channels. Also on the microphone. Press to toggle between your favourite channels. The C1, C2, or C3 symbol appears on the LCD to show which favourite channel is selected. To scan only one of your favourite channels, press 3CH then immediately press and release SCAN. If you want to scan all three favourite channels, press 3CH then immediately press and hold SCAN. To add a favourite channel for the first time, select that channel then hold 3CH to store it in the CH1 location. Repeat the procedure to store two more favourite channels in the CH2 and CH3 locations respectively. If you try and add another favourite channel it will overwrite the existing CH1. CH2 and CH3 remain unless you delete them. To delete a favourite channel, select that channel then hold down 3CH until the C1, C2 or C3 symbol disappears on the LCD. SCAN Scan. Press to scan between your current channel and the priority channel in DUAL or TRI WATCH mode. The weather channel is also scanned if the USA channel bank is selected and the weather alert mode (ALT) is ON. Hold down SCAN to enter ALL SCAN mode where the priority channel is checked every 1.5 seconds. When a signal is received, scanning stops at that channel and BUSY appears on the screen. If the signal ceases for more than 5 seconds, the scan restarts. Press ENT to temporarily skip over (lock out) an “always busy” channel when in ALL SCAN mode and resume the scan. An X is shown on the screen to designate a skipped channel. Note that it is not possible to skip over the priority channel. Press SCAN again to stop at the current channel. + CH - Channel Select. Also on the microphone. The current channel is shown on the screen in BIG digits with an appropriate designator suffix A or B in small letters below the channel number. Press + or - to step through the available channels one at a time, or hold down to scroll rapidly through all the available channels. See Appendix for a listing of channel charts. Backlight switch Press to turn on the backlighting, press again to turn off Battery Level Check Press to check the input battery voltage, battery level will appears on the LCD, 5 seconds later will disappears automatically SKIP Escape from ALL scan To temporarily deleted the channel in ALL scan, select the channel then press the SKIP, the channel will be skipped in the later scanning, symbol appears on the LCD. Press SKIP again to cancel the escape of the channel. H/L Transmission Power. On the microphone ONLY High (HI) 7W or Low (LO) 1W. Press to toggle between high or low transmission power for the entire channel bank. The HI or LO selection is shown on the LCD. Some channels allow only low power transmissions. Error beeps will sound if the
5 of 13 power transmission setting is incorrect. Some channels allow only low power transmissions initially, but can be changed to high power by holding down H/L and PTT at the same time. See Appendix for a complete listing of channel charts. PTT Push To Talk. On the microphone ONLY Push to start the transmitting 4. Radio Operation Turning On/Off Your Radio Rotate Power/volume knob to turn the radio on or off with an indicating voice of click. And adjust the volume to a comfortable level. Adjusting Squelch Rotate SQL fully counterclockwise in advance, After VOL rotated to adjust the audio output level, then Rotate SQL clockwise until the noise disappears Squelch is used to eliminate static and background noise and allows for silent operation of your radio until a transmission is received. If the squelch is too high, only the strongest transmissions can be heard, and when too low, intermittent static and noise are heard. Selecting High/Low Power Press and release this key to toggle the transmit power between high and low. When the unit is operating at low power, “Lo” appears on LCD and “Hi” appears on LCD when operating at high power. [Some channels allow only low power transmissions. Error beeps will sound if the power transmission setting is incorrect. Some channels allow only low power transmissions initially, but can be changed to high power by holding down H/L and PTT at the same time. See Appendix for a complete listing of channel charts.] Selecting Channels Press the / (UP/DOWN )button to scroll through the available channels. Note: Not all channel numbers are available in INT bands. Transmitting and Receiving Press and hold the Push-To-Talk (PTT) key to transmit on the selected channel, then release to receive. The TX indicator appears while transmitting. Scanning Features Your radio is equipped with 2 types of scan options: All Scan, 3CH Scan (Favourite Channel Scan). If there are no channels added as favourite channels, the default is All Scan. This function automatically searches for transmissions on the channel set being scanned. If a TX signal is received, the scan stops on the receiving channel as long as it is present and the SCAN indicator flashes. If the signal is lost for 3 seconds, the radio resumes scanning. During the Scan Modes: Press the Channel / (UP/DOWN) will escape from the SCAN mode. Press SCAN button again to terminate the SCAN mode. All Scan
6 of 13 Press and release the SCAN button to activate the All Scan function. The SCAN and ALL indicator appears on the LCD during All Scan. In All Scan mode, all channels in the channel set are scanned in sequence except the channel set as Cancel channel using SKIP button operation. After the last channel number has been scanned, the cycle repeats. 3CH Scan ( Favourite Channels Scan) Press 3CH button into 3CH shortcuts button when there is at least one favourite channel Press and release the SCAN button to start 3CH Scan , the SCAN indicators appear on the LCD. Only the favourite channels and priority channels (CH16) are scanned in sequence. Your radio can store up to three favourite channels. The favourite channels are the ones scanned in the 3CH Scan mode. Press 3CH shortly can access these favourite channels as shortcuts To Add Channels to 3CH List During normal operation mode, use the UP or DOWN key to select the desired channel for programming. Press and hold the 3CH button for 3 seconds. The "C1" icon appears to indicate the current channel has been saved in first favourite channel. The similar to the second and third favourite as C2 and C3 respectively. Any number of channels can be saved as favourite channels To Delete Channels from 3CH List Press 3CH shortly into 3CH shortcuts mode, press 3CH repeatedly until the channel to be deleted. Press and Hold 3CH button more than 3 seconds until the “Cn” disappears Monitor Modes (Dual Watch) The Watch Modes monitor the programmed Priority Channel (CH16) and other user selected channel. The watch is halted when activity is detected on a monitored channel. Press SCAN shortly to activate the Dual Watch mode. The "DW" indicator appears on the LCD. Dual Watch monitors the current working channel and Channel 16 in cycle. Press SCAN button to terminate Dual Watch and return to the previous working channel. Note: During Dual Watch mode, the SCAN and Channel / (UP/DOWN) button are inactive and sounds an error beep if pressed. Monitor modes are terminated when the PTT once pressed. NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS To receive a NOAA weather channel, press the [WX] key from any channel. The transceiver will go to the last selected weather channel. Press the / (UP/DOWN )button to scroll through the available channels. To exit from the NOAA weather channels, press the [WX] key. The transceiver returns to the channel it was on prior to a weather channel. Or press 16/9 to access the priority channels NOAA WEATHER ALERT In the event of extreme weather disturbances, such as storms and hurricanes, the NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) sends a weather alert accompanied by a 1050 Hz tone and subsequent weather report on one of the NOAA weather channels. When the Weather Alert feature is enabled, the transceiver is capable of receiving this alert In the Weather channel, Press and hold Wx button more than 3 seconds to active the Alert function, LCD will appears “ALT”. To cancel the alert function, Press and hold WX button more than 3 seconds again, the “ALT”
7 of 13 will disappears on the LCD. NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING NOAA tests the alert system ever Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM. To test the QUANTUM’s NOAA Weather feature, on Wednesday between 11AM and 1PM, setup as in description above and confirm the alert is heard. EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) Channel 16 is known as the Hail and Distress Channel. An emergency may be defined as a threat to life or property. In such instances, be sure the transceiver is on and set to CHANNEL 16. Then use the following procedure: 1. Press the microphone push-to-talk switch and say “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday. This is , , ” (your vessel’s name). 2. Then repeat once: “Mayday, ” (your vessel’s name). 3. Now report your position in latitude/longitude, or by giving a true or magnetic bearing (state which) to a well-known landmark such as a navigation aid or geographic feature such as an island or harbor entry. 4. Explain the nature of your distress (sinking, collision, aground, fire, heart attack, life-threatening injury, etc.). 5. State the kind of assistance your desire (pumps, medical aid, etc.). 6. Report the number of persons aboard and condition of any injured. 7. Estimate the present seaworthiness and condition of your vessel. 8. Give your vessel’s description: length, design (power or sail), color and other distinguishing marks. The total transmission should not exceed 1 minute. 9. End the message by saying “OVER”. Release the microphone button and listen. 10. If there is no answer, repeat the above procedure. If there is still no response, try another channel. Resetting your Radio You can reset many radio settings back to the factory defaults, all user setting such as favourite channels, current channel, channel bank .etc. will be cleared. To perform the reset: 1. Turn the radio OFF. 2. Simultaneously press and hold the SCAN & UIC buttons. 3. While continuing to hold these keys, power the radio ON. Until LCD appears “CC”, release the two buttons to finish the resetting, the LCD switches to channel 16.
8 of 13 Appendix A – Technical Specification TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Eagle EVR-100 GENERAL Power Supply: 13.8V DC. Current drain: Transmit 1.5 A at 7 W Tx / 0.6A at 1W Tx Receive Less than 250mA in standby Useable channels: International, USA, Canada, Weather (country speci.c) Mode: 16K0G3E (FM) PHYSICAL LCD display (viewing): 41(H) x 53(W) mm Dimming control: Yes Antenna connector: SO-239 (50 ohm) Temperature Range: -15℃ to +50℃ Waterproof: JIS-7 Dimensions: 161(W) x 75(H) x 147(D) mm - without bracket Weight: 1.29 kg (2.8 lbs) - without microphone Frequency stability: +/- 10ppm Frequency control: PLL GPS/NMEA input: No Comm. port: 1200 baud DSC: No FEATURES Flush Mount kit and dust cover: Yes Local/Distant control: No Position polling: No Group Call: No Channel Naming: No Dual watch, Favourite channel scan, All scan: Yes TRANSMITTER Frequency: 156.025 - 157.425MHz Output power: 7 W / 1 W selectable Transmitter protection: Open / short circuit of antenna Max Freq deviation: +/- 5kHz Spurious & harmonics: better than 2.5μ W Modulation distortion: Less than 4%@ 1kHz for a +/-3kHz deviation RECEIVER Frequency: 156.025 - 163.275 MHz 12dB SINAD sensitivity: 0.25uV 20db SINAD sensitivity: 0.35uV Adjacent CH selectivity: more than 65db Spurious response: more than 65 db Inter-modulation Rejection ratio: more than 65 db Residual Noise level: more than -40 db un-squelched Audio output power: 2 W (with 8 ohm at 10% distortion) 4 W with 4 ohm external speaker Compass safe distance: 0.5 m (1.5') Specification are subject to change without notice.
9 of 13 Appendix B – Troubleshooting 1. The transceiver will not power up. A fuse may have blown OR there is no voltage getting to the transceiver. a) Check the power cable for cuts, breaks, or squashed sections. b) After checking the wiring, replace the 7 Amp fuse (1 spare fuse is supplied). c) Check the battery voltage. This must be greater than 10.5V. 2. The transceiver blows the fuse when the power is switched on. The power wires may have been reversed. a) Check that the red wire is connected to the positive battery terminal, and the black wire is connected to the negative battery terminal. 3. The speaker makes popping or whining noises when the engine is running. Electrical noise may be interfering with the transceiver. a) Re-route the power cables away from the engine. b) Add a noise suppressor to the power cable. c) Use resistive spark plug wires and/or use an alternator whine filter 4. No sound from the external speaker. a) Check that the external speaker cable is physically connected. b) Check the soldering of the external speaker cable. 5. Transmissions are always on low power, even when high (HI) power is selected. The antenna may be faulty. a) Test the transceiver with a different antenna. b) Have the antenna checked out. 6. Battery symbol is displayed. The power supply is too low or too high. a) Check the battery voltage. This should be at least 10.5V ± 0.5V DC. b) Check the alternator on the vessel.
10 of 13 Frequency List INT INT FREQUENCY (MHz) FREQUENCY (MHz) CH TX RX MODE REMARK CH TX RX MODE REMARK 1 156.050 160.650 D 60 156.025 160.625 D 2 156.100 160.700 D 61 156.075 160.675 D 3 156.150 160.750 D 62 156.125 160.725 D 4 156.200 160.800 D 63 156.175 160.775 D 5 156.250 160.850 D 64 156.225 160.825 D 6 156.300 156.300 S 65 156.275 160.875 D 7 156.350 160.950 D 66 156.325 160.925 D 8 156.400 156.400 S 67 156.375 156.375 S 9 156.450 156.450 S 68 156.425 156.425 S 10 156.500 156.500 S 69 156.475 156.475 S 11 156.550 156.550 S 70 156.525 156.525 S DSC 12 156.600 156.600 S 71 156.575 156.575 S 13 156.650 156.650 S 72 156.625 156.625 S 14 156.700 156.700 S 73 156.675 156.675 S 15 156.750 156.750 S 1W Only 74 156.725 156.725 S 16 156.800 156.800 S 77 156.875 156.875 S 17 156.850 156.850 S 1W Only 78 156.925 161.525 D 18 156.900 161.500 D 79 156.975 161.575 D 19 156.950 161.550 D 80 157.025 161.625 D 20 157.000 161.600 D 81 157.075 161.675 D 21 157.050 161.650 D 82 157.125 161.725 D 22 157.100 161.700 D 83 157.175 161.775 D 23 157.150 161.750 D 84 157.225 161.825 D 24 157.200 161.800 D 85 157.275 161.875 D 25 157.250 161.850 D 86 157.325 161.925 D 26 157.300 161.900 D 87 157.375 161.975 D 27 157.350 161.950 D 88 157.425 162.025 D 28 157.400 162.000 D
11 of 13 USA USA FREQUENCY (MHz) FREQUENCY (MHz) CH TX RX MODE REMARK CH TX RX MODE REMARK 01A 156.050 156.050 S 61A 156.075 156.075 S 03A 156.150 156.150 S 63A 156.175 156.175 S 05A 156.250 156.250 S 64A 156.225 156.225 S 6 156.300 156.300 S 65A 156.275 156.275 S 07A 156.350 156.350 S 66A 156.325 156.325 S 8 156.400 156.400 S 67 156.375 156.375 S 1W Only, Override 9 156.450 156.450 S 68 156.425 156.425 S 10 156.500 156.500 S 69 156.475 156.475 S 11 156.550 156.550 S 70 156.525 156.525 S DSC 12 156.600 156.600 S 71 156.575 156.575 S 13 156.650 156.650 S 1W Only, Override 72 156.625 156.625 S 14 156.700 156.700 S 73 156.675 156.675 S 15 - 156.750 Rx Only 74 156.725 156.725 S 16 156.800 156.800 S 77 156.875 156.875 S 1W Only 17 156.850 156.850 S 1W Only 78A 156.925 156.925 S 18A 156.900 156.900 S 79A 156.975 156.975 S 19A 156.950 156.950 S 80A 157.025 157.025 S 20 157.000 161.600 D 81A 157.075 157.075 S 20A 157.000 157.000 S 82A 157.125 157.125 S 21A 157.050 157.050 S 83A 157.175 157.175 S 22A 157.100 157.100 S 84 157.225 161.825 D 23A 157.150 157.150 S 85 157.275 161.875 D 24 157.200 161.800 D 86 157.325 161.925 D 25 157.250 161.850 D 87 157.375 161.975 D 26 157.300 161.900 D 88 157.425 162.025 D 27 157.350 161.950 D 88A 157.425 157.425 S 28 157.400 162.000 D
12 of 13 CAN CAN FREQUENCY (MHz) FREQUENCY (MHz) CH TX RX MODE REMARK CH TX RX MODE REMARK 1 156.050 160.650 D 28B - 162.000 Rx Only 2 156.100 160.700 D 60 156.025 160.625 D 3 156.150 160.750 D 61A 156.075 156.075 S 04A 156.200 156.200 S 62A 156.125 156.125 S 05A 156.250 156.250 S 64 156.225 160.825 D 6 156.300 156.300 S 64A 156.225 156.225 S 07A 156.350 156.350 S 65A 156.275 156.275 S 8 156.400 156.400 S 66A 156.325 156.325 S 1W Only 9 156.450 156.450 S 67 156.375 156.375 S 10 156.500 156.500 S 68 156.425 156.425 S 11 156.550 156.550 S 69 156.475 156.475 S 12 156.600 156.600 S 70 156.525 156.525 S DSC 13 156.650 156.650 S 1W Only, Override 71 156.575 156.575 S 14 156.700 156.700 S 72 156.625 156.625 S 15 156.750 156.750 S 1W Only 73 156.675 156.675 S 16 156.800 156.800 S 74 156.725 156.725 S 17 156.850 156.850 S 1W Only 77 156.875 156.875 S 1W Only 18A 156.900 156.900 S 78A 156.925 156.925 S 19A 156.950 156.950 S 79A 156.975 156.975 S 20 157.000 161.600 D 1W Only 80A 157.025 157.025 S 21 157.050 161.650 D 81A 157.075 157.075 S 21A 157.050 157.050 S 82A 157.125 157.125 S 21B - 161.650 Rx Only 83 157.175 161.775 D 22A 157.100 157.100 S 83A 157.175 157.175 S 23 157.150 161.750 D 83B - 161.775 Rx Only 24 157.200 161.800 D 84 157.225 161.825 D 25 157.250 161.850 D 85 157.275 161.875 D 25B - 161.850 Rx Only 86 157.325 161.925 D 26 157.300 161.900 D 87 157.375 161.975 D 27 157.350 161.950 D 88 157.425 162.025 D 28 157.400 162.000 D
13 of 13 WX WX FREQUENCY (MHz) FREQUENCY (MHz) CH TX RX MODE REMARK CH TX RX MODE REMARK WX01 - 162.550 WX06 - 162.500 WX02 - 162.400 WX07 - 162.525 WX03 - 162.475 WX08 - 161.650 WX04 - 162.425 WX09 - 161.775 WX05 - 162.450 WX10 - 163.275

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