Midland Radio RG2W or RG2B - Manual (Page 2)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 ABOVE ALL... SAFETY!..................................................................4
1.1 Symbols used..............................................................................4
1.2 Warnings.....................................................................................4
1.2. General .............................................................................................4
1.2.a Radio Frequency / Installation..........................................................4
1.2.b Environmental...................................................................................4
1.3 Registration of your Marine Transceiver......................................4
1.4 Assistance...................................................................................5
1.5 Manual
Notes ..............................................................................5
2 DESCRIPTION OF CONTROLS AND CONNECTORS ...................7
2.1 Front panel..................................................................................7
2.2 Back panel (connections) ............................................................8
2.3 Microphone .................................................................................9
3 INSTALLATION .............................................................................10
3.1 Contents of package .................................................................10
3.2 Location for the transceiver .......................................................10
3.3 Mounting the transceiver ...........................................................11
3.4 Adjustment of angle ..................................................................11
3.5 Installation of the antenna/electromagnetic exposure................12
3.6 Mounting of Microphone............................................................12
3.7 Connections ..............................................................................13
3.7.a Power Supply ........................................................................13
3.7.b GPS device ...........................................................................13
Male (Regatta) connector view……………………………………....13
3.7.c Antenna ................................................................................13
4 BASIC OPERATION ......................................................................14
4.1 Turning REGATTA 2 on/off .......................................................14
4.2 Volume regulation .....................................................................14
4.3 Squelch Regulation ...................................................................14
4.4 Selecting an operating channel .................................................14
4.4a. With alphanumeric keypad .............................................................14
4.4.b Using the microphone buttons (UP or DOWN) ..............................14
4.5 Transmission and reception ......................................................14
4.6 Selecting high and low transmission power...............................15
4.7 Instant recall of channel 16 ....................................................... 15
4.8 Display lighting.......................................................................... 15
5 SCANNING FUNCTIONS .............................................................. 16
5.1 Channel scanning ..................................................................... 16
5.2 Dual Watch and Triple Watch ................................................... 16
5.3 Activation of Dual Watch/Triple ................................................. 16
Memory channels (MEM mode) ................................................ 17
5.4. Memory scanning (SCAN MEMORY) ...........................................17
5.4.a Reception/Transmission during SCAN MEMORY .........................17
5.4.b To delete/To jump a pre-selected channel in memory...................17
6 USE WITH GPS ............................................................................. 18
6.1 Function.................................................................................... 18
6.2
GPS information on the display................................................. 18
6.3 Customized setup ..................................................................... 18
7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ........................................ 18
7.1 Introduction............................................................................... 18
7.2
Mobile Marine Identification Service (MMSI)............................. 18
7.3 Navigating the DSC menu ........................................................ 18
7.4 Individual call (Routine To) ....................................................... 18
7.4. Sending an individual call ...............................................................19
7.5 Group calling (Group Call) ........................................................ 19
Sending a group call ...............................................................................19
7.6 General call to all ships (ALL SHIP SAFETY – ALL SHIP
URGENCY) .............................................................................. 20
7.6. Sending a call to all ships ...............................................................20
7.7 DSC DISTRESS call................................................................. 20
7.7.a Sending a DISTRESS call .............................................................20
8 RECEIVING A DSC CALL ............................................................. 22
8.1 Receiving a distress call ........................................................... 22
8.2 General call to all ships............................................................. 22
Individual call ............................................................................ 22
9 CUSTOMIZATION ......................................................................... 23
9.1 Menu settings ........................................................................... 23
9.2 Navigation in the menu of settings ............................................ 23
9.3 List of settings........................................................................... 23