General Description; Introduction; Equipment Features - Raymarine RAY230E Owner's Handbook Manual

General Description

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Introduction

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Congratulations on your purchase of Raymarine's RAY230 US version or
RAY230E European version fixed-mount marine radiotelephone. In this
document, the terms "RAY230/E" or "RAY230/RAY230E" refer to both
versions of the radiotelephone.
The RAY230/RAY230E is a microprocessor controlled, digitally
synthesized, compact transceiver that provides reliable simplex and semi-
duplex (two-frequency) communications. The RAY230/E provides two-
way communications on Marine channels and reception on 10 separate
weather channels. More importantly, the RAY230/E has built-in full Class
D Digital Selective Calling (DSC) for sending and receiving DSC Distress,
Urgency and Safety calls.
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Equipment Features

Equipment Features
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The RAY230/RAY230E is designed and manufactured to provide ease of
operation with excellent reliability. The important built-in features of the
equipment are listed below.
• Independent, dedicated receiver for the DSC channel (Channel 70)
• Oversized LCD on the Handset
• Waterproof to U.S.C.G. standard CFR-46 for Base Station Transceiver,
Cradle and External Speaker
• Waterproof to JIS-7 standard for Handset
• Dedicated DISTRESS key on back of Handset
• All solid-state circuitry for low current drain and maximum reliability
• Series relay protection on input power circuits to prevent reverse polarity
damage
• High-performance receiver section with optimum selectivity
• All Scan and Memory Scan features
• Dual/Tri-Watch Monitor modes
• Hailer function
• High-performance receiver section with optimum selectivity
• Distant/local mode
Note: The External Speaker operates only when the handset is in the
cradle (on hook) or when sounding an alert (regardless of whether
handset is on hook or off hook).
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