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VHF 7200 US
AND 7200 EU
Operation Manual
Navman VHF 7200 US
Navman VHF 7200 EU
NAVMAN
www.navman.com
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FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide a reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
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Contents Chapter 1 - General Information...............................................................6 1.1 Features .................................................................................................... 6 1.2 Customizing your Navman VHF Radio ..................................................... 7 1.3 How to display and navigate menus ......................................................... 7 1.4 How to Enter Alphanumeric Data ....................................................
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3.8.1 Customize the Barometric Units ........................................................ 23 3.8.2 Switch the Barometric Screen Display ON or OFF............................ 24 3.8.3 Calibrate the Barometric Sensor........................................................ 24 3.9 Temperature Display (TEMP).................................................................. 24 Chapter 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)......................................... 26 4.1 DSC Setup - Menu Options...........
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Appendix A - Technical Specifi cations................................................. 42 Appendix B - Troubleshooting .............................................................. 44 Appendix C - VHF Marine Channel Charts........................................... 45 Appendix D - MMSID & License Information........................................ 57 Appendix E - How to Contact Us........................................................... 58 VHF 7200 US and 7200 EU Operation Manual 5 NAVMAN
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Chapter 1 - General Information 1.1 Features Congratulations on your purchase of a Navman VHF 7200 US, or 7200 EU marine band VHF radio. All of these models provide the following useful features: • Prominent Channel Display and Rotary Channel Selector knob with PRESS TO ENTER function • Local/Distance Mode to eliminate noise in high traffi c urban areas • Adjustable Contrast Settings for the screen • Adjustable Keypad Backlighting for easy night-time use • Waterproof and submersible to comply w
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1.2 Customizing your Navman VHF Radio You can customize the radio to suit your individual preferences. Some preferences can be set directly through the keys as explained in this chapter. Other preferences are set up through the built-in menus and these are explained in the other chapters. 1.3 How to display and navigate menus 1. Hold down CALL/MENU. Note that only four menu items can be displayed at any one time on the screen. 2. Press + CH - to scroll up and down the menu until the cursor is
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1.5 LCD Symbols and Meanings This simulation shows the locations of all the following information symbols: Symbol Meaning TX Transmitting. HI LO Transmission power. High (HI) 25W or Low (LO) 1W. WX Weather channel. WX ALT Weather Alert. Alarm beeps will sound. 7200 US only. CH1 CH2 CH3 Shows which of the 3 favorite channels, if any, are selected. Otherwise blank. D Duplex operation. Otherwise, blank for Simplex operation. ATIS Enabled for use in European inland waterways. Otherwise blank.
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B A Channel suffi x, if applicable. LOCAL Local calling is selected. Otherwise, blank for distance calling. DSC DSC capability is available. ACK A message acknowledging your DSC call is being displayed. Happy Fish symbol with four indicator levels. It shows the probability of good fi shing at your current location, based upon barometric pressure and air temperature. High pressure trends are associated with stable conditions and calm seas. Research indicates that best fi shing occurs when ba
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1.6 Basic Operation and Key Functions All possible keys and their functions are listed. Note that some of the keys are not available, depending on your radio model and type of microphone. 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. Tu
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To scan only one of your favorite channels, press 3CH then immediately press and release SCAN. If you want to scan all three favorite channels, press 3CH then immediately press and hold SCAN. To add a favorite channel for the fi rst time, select that channel then hold 3CH to store it in the CH1 location. Repeat the procedure to store two more favorite channels in the CH2 and CH3 locations respectively. If you try and add another favorite channel it will overwrite the existing CH3. CH1
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Some channels allow only low power transmissions intially, but can be changed to high power by holding down H/L and PTT at the same time. See Appendix C for a complete listing of channel charts. UIC Channel Bank. 7200 US only. Press to toggle between USA, International or Canadian channel banks. The selected channel bank is displayed on the screen along with the last used channel. All the channel charts are shown in Appendix C. CALL/MENU Radio Setup Menu, DSC Setup Menu and DSC Call Men
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Chapter 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU) 2.1 Radio Menu Options (Menu) The following options are available through CALL/MENU: Maintain your buddy list. BUDDY LIST See Section 2.2. Set radio sensitivity. LOCAL/DIST See Section 2.3. Set backlight level. See Section 2.4. BACKLIGHT CONTRAST Set contrast level. See Section 2.4. Set position & UTC manually. MANUAL GPS/DATA See Section 2.5. SETTING Set local time and time format. See Section 2.5. USER MMSID DSC SETUP GROUP SETUP DSC Setup Menu. See C
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2.2 Maintain Your Buddy List (BUDDY LIST) Use the Buddy List to store the names and associated MMSIDs of 20 MENU SELECT favorite people. Names are stored in the order of entry, with the most >BUDDY LIST recent entry shown fi rst. LOCAL/DIST The following sections show to use BUDDY LIST to add, edit, and BACKLIGHT delete entries on your buddy list. Chapter 3 explains how to call a buddy. 2.2.1 Add an Entry BUDDY LIST ENTER NAME ENTER NAME BOB >MANUAL NEW –––––––––––– BOB 123456789 ALEX ENTER
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2.2.3 Delete an Entry BUDDY LIST BUDDY LIST TOM DELETE BUDDY >MANUAL NEW MANUAL NEW EDIT TOM ALEX ALEX >DELETE >YES TOM >TOM NO 1. Select BUDDY LIST. Press ENT to display the list of entries. 2. Scroll down (if required) to the entry you want to delete and press ENT. 3. Select DELETE then select YES. 4. The entry is deleted immediately and the buddy list is displayed again. 2.3 Local or Distance Sensitivity (LOCAL/DIST) Use LOCAL/DIST to improve the sensitivity of the receiver either MENU SE
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2.4.1 Set the Backlighting Level 1. Select BACKLIGHT. BACKLIGHT 2. Select a comfortable backlight level using + or - to change the setting. LO HI 3. Press ENT to enable the setting and return to the menu. Note that the DISTRESS key backlighting cannot be switched off. 2.4.2 Set the Contrast Level 1. Select CONTRAST. CONTRAST 2. Select a comfortable contrast level using + or - to change the setting. LO HI 3. Press ENT to enable the setting and return to the menu. 2.5 GPS DATA and T
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2.5.2 Local Time (TIME OFFSET) The local time can be set by entering the time offset between UTC and local time as follows. GPS/DATA GPS/DATA TIME OFFSET MANUAL >TIME OFFSET >+01:30 >SETTING TIME FORMAT TIME DISPLY 02:30PM LOC 1. Select GPS/DATA, then SETTING. 2. Select TIME OFFSET to enter the difference between UTC and local time. Half hour increments can be used with a maximum offset of ±13 hours. In this example, a difference of +1.5 hours has been entered and the local time is display
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2.5.4 Time Display Options (TIME DISPLAY) If you have entered the time manually as described in the previous sections, the time is always shown on the screen with the prefi x M. However, if the vessel position is being updated through a GPS navigation receiver, you can switch the time display on the screen ON or OFF as follows: 1. Select GPS/DATA, then SETTING. GPS/DATA TIME DISPLY TIME OFFSET ON 2. Select TIME DISPLAY. TIME FORMAT >OFF 3. Select ON (on) or OFF (off) as desired. >TIME DISPL
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1. Select GPS/DATA, then SETTING. GPS/DATA GPS ALERT LL DISPLY >ON 2. Select GPS ALERT. COG/SOG OFF 3. Select ON (on) or OFF (off) as desired. >GPS ALERT 2.6 GPS Simulator (SIMULATOR) The GPS Simulator is set to OFF whenever the radio is turned ON or whenever real GPS data is available through the COM port. However, if you want to test it, turn it on. 1. Select GPS SIM, then select ON (on) or OFF (off) as desired. MENU SELECT Whenever the GPS Simulator is turned ON (on), simulated Sp
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Chapter 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP) 3.1 Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP) and change data. Edit or delete channel names. CH NAME See Section 3.2. Set the volume level of the incoming call notifi cation beeps. See section RING VOLUME 3.3. Set the volume level of the beeps. BEEP VOLUME See section 3.3. Switch on/off (ON/OFF) the radio’s internal speakers. See section INT SPEAKER 3.4. Selects the operation of Dual or Tri watch scanning. WATCH MODE See section 3.5. Set the WX Alert scanni
