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NAVICOM RT-650 Owner's Manual

NAVICOM RT-650 Owner's Manual

Vhf marine radio with wireless accessory microphone with integrated ais receiver
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OPERATOR WARNING
Navicom requires the radio operator to meet the requirements for Radio
Frequency Exposure. Unauthorized changes or modifications to this
equipment may void compliance with ETSI Rule. Any changes or
RT-650 VHF Marine Radio
modifications must be approved in writing by Navicom.
This equipment has been tested and licensed to comply with the limits for Class D
With Wireless Accessory Microphone
Digital Marine Devices. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment can generate
With Integrated AIS Receiver
or radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications and human
body. Never transmit before you make sure the antenna is properly installed.
Owner's Manual
This device is only an aid to navigation. Its performance can be affected by many
factors including equipment failure or defects, environmental condition and improper
handling or use. It is the user's responsibility to exercise common prudence and
navigational judgment, and this device should not be relied upon as a substitute for
such prudence and judgment. Your Navicom VHF radio generates and radiates radio
frequency (RF) electromagnetic energy (EME). This equipment must be installed and
operated in accordance with the instructions contained in this handbook. Failure to do
so can result in personal injury and/or product malfunction.
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  • Page 1 It is the user's responsibility to exercise common prudence and navigational judgment, and this device should not be relied upon as a substitute for such prudence and judgment. Your Navicom VHF radio generates and radiates radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic energy (EME). This equipment must be installed and operated in accordance with the instructions contained in this handbook.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.2.8.1 POS REQUEST…………………………………………………27 5.2.8.2 POS REPLY …………………………………………………….28 1. EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION ……………………………………………………….7 5.3 RECEIVING DSC CALL ……………………………………...…………….….28 1.1 INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………...7 5.3.1 DISTRSS CALL ……………………………………..………….28 1.2 ETSI INFORMATION …………………………………………………………7 5.3.2 DISTRSS ACK FROM A COAST STATION …………………..29 2. CONTROLS AND LCD DISPLAY..…….…………….……………….…………….8 5.3.3 DISTRESS RELAY CALL ………………………………...……..29 2.1 BASE STATION PANEL ……………………………………………………..8 5.3.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ……………………………………...…………29...
  • Page 3 7.4.2 AIS DATA DISPLAY …………………………………...…………..……45 7.4.2.1 AIS DATA DISPLAY FORMAT ………………..………………46 7.4.2.2 AIS DATA DISPLAY MODE ………………………..………….46 8.0 RT-650-M WIRELESS MICROPHONE ………………………………..……….48 8.1 LOOK AT THE MICROPHONE ……………………………...……..……48 8.2 LOOK AT THE DISPLAY OF HANDSET ………………………..………50 8.3 SETTING UP MICROPHONE ……………………………………..………..51 8.3.1 INSTALLING THE BATTERY PACK ……………………..……….51...

  • Page 4: Equipment Description

    INTRODUCTION Congratulations on your purchase of Navicom marine band radio. RT-650 is a VHF DSC Base Station Radio with output power of 25/1 watt. It should be powered by a 13.8VDC power supply. The radio can support DSC (Digital Selective Calling) operation with specially designed DSC unit.

  • Page 5: Base Station Panel (Rear)

    ⑥ DSC / Menu Use this knob to enter DSC Call Menu or Setup Menu BASE STATION (REAR) Press to enter DSC Menu, and Hold down to enter the Radio Setup Menu ⑦ HI/LO / MEMO Press button to toggle between 25 watt and 1 watt output.

  • Page 6: Lcd Display Of Base Station

    ① Channel Up/ Press and release to change channel. ④ BUSY/TRANSMIT INDICATOR Down Appears when receiving a signal or when the squelch opens. ② Press and release 16 button to select channel 16 first; Appears while transmitting. Press 16 button to quit all other modes and to into the priority channel.

  • Page 7: Installation

    13) Plain Washer (2 pcs) 14) Spring Washer (2 pcs) When yours marine radio RT-650 is connected to GPS equipment, it can obtain the 15) Nut (2 pcs) information of both its current location (longitude and latitude) and the local GMT.

  • Page 8: Mounting The Radio

    Caution: if you can not reach behind the mounting surface to attach the nut 2(ORANGE) on the bolts, use the supplied self-tapping screws to fasten the bracket. 5(YELLOW) 4(GREEN) Insert the four fixing screws and fasten them with a Philip screw driver with attention not to screw too tightly;...

  • Page 9: Antenna Mouting/The Eme Exposure

    The supplied universal mounting bracket allows you to mount your base station from overhead or on dashboard with a big scope of angle as many as 45 Change the angle after installation: 11. Loosen the mounting knob at the sides of gimbal first. 12.

  • Page 10: Memo (Fav) Mode

    4.2.2 MEMO (FAV) MODE 3) During the SCAN modes: Press and hold the HI/ LO/MEMO button while in normal operation mode to Press SCAN button again will terminate the scan operation and stop at the last used channel. enter Mem mode, icon indicators appear on LCD.

  • Page 11: Digital Selective Calling

    The earliest call stored at the end of the list. There is also 10 calls could be stored. Contact your dealer or NAVICOM The option enables you to request GPS position information from any vessel for which an MMSI number is known, such REQUEST request can pick up from buddy list.

  • Page 12: Send An All Ships Call

    EXIT quit the menu mode. Rotate the CH knob to select: SAFETY, presses the CH knob to enter All Ships Safety send. ALL SHIPS ALL SHIPS 5.2.1 SENDING A DISTRESS CALL PORT OPS/VTS SAFETY SAFETY Note: Only having a MMSI code of your radio and DSC enable, you can 21º22.0012N >SEND? initiate a DSC transmission.

  • Page 13: Make A Routing Call (Individual)

    5.2.4 MAKE A ROUTINE CALL (INDIVIDUAL) 450078964 450078964 PILOTAGE You can make an individual call, either to a ship or to a boast station. INDIVIDUAL SEND AGAIN 21º22.0012N 5.2.4.1 MANUALLY SENDING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL SAFETY >YES 120º40.1001E Press DSC /MENU to DSC mode, then select “NEW CALL”. Press the 10:15 UTC WAITING ACK CH knob The arrow is pointing to <ROUTINE>...

  • Page 14: Pos Request

    Press the DSC / Menu button to enter the DSC mode, select DIST LOG, 5.2.8.2 POS REPLY Rotate the CH button to scroll for previous call. The position relay can to send your position to another radio with Press the CH knob to conform the choice then follow the as the ways to this feature.

  • Page 15: Group Call

    You must continue to monitor channel 16 as a coast station may require RCV: GROUP assistance in any rescue attempt. GP: 012345678 987654321 RCV: DISTRESS SINKING CANCEL->EXIT ACKNOWLEDGE 12: 45 UTC 0084532178 21º09. 1011N 5.3.6 RECEIVING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL CANCEL->EXIT 120º20.

  • Page 16: Set-Up Menu Navigation

    Item Description Press the 16 or CANCEL button or else select the EXIT option from the menu. BUDDY LIST Selects the Buddy List Entry routine to enter 3) Rotate the CH knob to select the Item within the Set-Up Menu list Names and MMSI's for frequently called DSC To confirm a selected item for adjustment, push the CH knob.

  • Page 17: Delete An Entry

    Press the CH knob to save the new edit. The BUDDY list is displayed again. If more changes are required repeat steps from 1 GPS/TIME to 3 otherwise, press cancel to exit. The radio automatically detects NMEA strings and decodes appropriate 6.3.3 DELETE AN ENTRY latitude/longitude position and time.

  • Page 18: Time Display On/Off

    Select ON(on) or OFF(off)as desired, this is example, selected on If the TIME DISPLAY is turn ON, COG/SOG will be turned off and the screen shows the vessel position. automatically since it share the same bottom line for display. COG/SOG DISTRESS SETTINGS POS DISPLY...

  • Page 19: Channel Name Editing

    DSC SETUP The submenu is used to set behavior of the DSC/ATIS function. The following 6 items are available for selection. 6.8.2.2 CHANNEL NAME EDITING User MMSI Select RADIO SETUP then CH NAME, then CH INFO, Select the Group Setup desired channel name by CH knob and then press the CH knob the ATIS MMSI screen shows the channel name and EDIT and DELETE.

  • Page 20: Enter Your Groups

    6.9.2.1 ENTER YOUR GROUPS If the MMSI is blank, a dashes line appear, except for the initial ’9’ 1) Select GROUP SETUP and the cursor is at <MANUAL NEW>. If an Enter ATIS MMSI along the dashed line. Press the CH knob to confirm existing names &...

  • Page 21: Pos Reply

    ATIS ENABLE > MANUAL AUTO CLASSES OF AIS ENABLED Your Navicom radio RT-650 is a receive-only unit that will receive messages >POS REPLAY from vessels carrying Class A or Class B transceivers. 6.10 AIS SETUP Class A AIS setup and display, please ref.

  • Page 22: Static And Dynamic Information

    AIS INFORMATION AND DISPLAY Messages . Alarm NAVICOM radio can display AIS data for navigation on LCD, . Safety As well as output the AIS data to other NMEA compatible multifunction plotter or PC. 7.4.1 AIS DATA OUTPUT TO OTHER DEVICES...

  • Page 23: Ais Data Display

    The default setting is RS232 The output data is a NMEA data sentence (VDM) string at 38.4K baud rate. 2(ORANGE) 5(YELLOW) 4(GREEN) 7.4.2.2 AIS DATA DISPLAY MODE There are 3 mode concerning the AIS information: Plotter mode 3(WHITE) BARE WIRE(GND) List mode Information mode Notes: Press 16, PTT, Distress will return to normal mode in all 3 modes.

  • Page 24: Rt-650-M Wireless Microphone

    Distress calls & auto-retransmission of DISTRESS The optional RT-650-M 2.4GHz wireless Microphone remotely controls the calls. NAVICOM Marine radio and provides an optional intercom function, which is the next generation in wireless handheld microphones, compatible with new ④ DSC / MENU DSC calls Menu / Radio Setup Menu NAVICOM radios.
  • Page 25 ⑥ HI/LO / SCAN Toggle between 25W and 1W output / Hold the button to start SCAN mode; During scan press the button to switch between PSCAN and SCAN mode; Hold the button again to escape from Scan mode. ⑦ 16 Access to priority channel quickly.

  • Page 26: Setting Up Microphone

    Before your first use the remote-control wireless microphone, the microphone microphone then slide it into the suplied cradle. must be subscribed as optional accessory to the NAVICOM marine radio. The following details the subscription between the radio and microphone WARNING!

  • Page 27: Transmission And Reception

    appears “SUBSCRIBING”, indicating the microphone waiting for response level dialogue as the figure shows, press “CH from radio UP/DOWN” to increase or decrease Squelch level. NOTE: Squelch level could be set both by SQL knob on MENU SELECT HS SETING base and wireless handset.

  • Page 28: Scan

    8.4.4. SCAN Please reference to previous description on section 4.8 Scanning is an efficient way to locate signals quickly over a wide frequency range. 8.5 SETTING MENU The transceiver has 4 Scan modes available: All scan, FAV CH scan, SET-UP MENU NAVIGATION Priority scan, and Priority FAV CH scan.

  • Page 29: Dsc Call Menu And Sending And Receiving Dsc Calls

    The baud rate setting should be 4800 and parity MAINTENANCE should be set to NONE Your VHF Marine Radio RT-650 is a marine radio of water proof who can meet the requirement of JIS level 7, gives you a good reliability when using in marine circumstance.

  • Page 30: Specification

    CHANNEL LIST SPECIFICATION ---VHF Radio TX Frequency 156.050 ~ 157.425 MHz RX Frequency 156.025 ~162.025 MHz Channels .55 USA hannels 55 INT Channels Modulation type Antenna impedance .50 Ohm Microphone Condenser type Power supply 13.8 V DC 0.5 μV Sensitivity at 12dB SINAD Adjacent Channel Rejection.
  • Page 32 CE certificate CE certificate...

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