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Garmin VHF 100 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual usa distress watch pa scan “‰°Š‹.Œ‘’’ƒ ˆ‰Š°‹Œ.‘’“’† ˆ‰:‹Œpm utc local 25w 16.

  • Page 2: Ce Notification

    © 2009 garmin ltd. Or its subsidiaries garmin international, inc. 1200 east 151st street, olathe, kansas 66062, usa tel. (913) 397.8200 or (800) 800.1020 fax (913) 397.8282 garmin (europe) ltd. Liberty house hounsdown business park, southampton, hampshire, so40 9lr uk tel. +44 (0) 870.8501241 (outsi...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual i introduction introduction the vhf 100 and vhf 200 series radios equip you with the ability to communicate on all international, usa, and canadian marine channels, as well as preset private channels. The usa and canadian frequency bands are not available on the vhf...

  • Page 4: Manual Conventions

    Ii vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual introduction vhf 100 vhf 100i vhf 200 vhf 200i atis support ● ● private channel customization (pre-set by your garmin ® dealer) ● ● multilingual user interface: english, french, italian, german, and spanish ● ● manual conventions in this manual, when you are inst...

  • Page 5: Table of Contents

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual iii introduction table of contents introduction ............................................................................................................... I manual conventions ........................................................................................

  • Page 6

    Iv vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual introduction appendix ................................................................................................................ 35 alarms and messages ....................................................................................................... 3...

  • Page 7: Getting Started

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 getting started getting started transceiver front panel usa 16 distress watch pa scan “‰°Š‹.Œ‘’’ƒ ˆ‰Š°‹Œ.‘’“’† ˆ‰:‹Œpm utc w 25 distress hi/lo dsc menu clear squelch volume pwr or 16/9 channel distress—press to start a dsc distress call if you have programmed your...

  • Page 8

    2 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual getting started microphone and ghs 10 series handsets with the exception of adjusting the volume and the squelch, the handset works the same as the radio. Ptt up arrow 16+ or 16/9 down arrow ptt channel clear dsc 16+ or 16/9 hi/lo menu volume/ squelch usa 16 distr...

  • Page 9

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual getting started transceiver and handset display the home screen is the most-viewed screen in the system. It displays all of your current information, such as the current channel, the frequency band, and the channel name. Frequency band latitude time speed over groun...

  • Page 10: Tips

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual getting started tips keep the following tips in mind when using your radio or handset: press and release the ptt key at any time during a series of steps to return to the home screen. Press the clear key to view the previous screen. Select ok to save your changes an...

  • Page 11: Basic Operation

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation basic operation turning the radio on and off important: to use the dsc capabilities of your radio, you must first enter an mmsi number. See page 15 for more information. To turn on the radio, press and hold the 16/9 key. If you have not entered a mob...

  • Page 12: Ptt

    6 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation transmitting with the radio or the handset 1. Select the appropriate channel. 2. Check to ensure that the channel is clear before transmitting. The federal communications commission (fcc) and international regulations require that you not obstruct ...

  • Page 13: Saving Channels

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation saving channels you can save any channel other than the wx (weather) channels to the transceiver memory. You can scan your saved channels separately from scanning all of the channels that radio receives. There is no limit to the number of channels yo...

  • Page 14: Watch

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation monitoring three channels (tri watch) tri watch allows you to cycle between monitoring the current channel you have selected, channel 16, and your second-priority channel. 1. Select watch . 2. Select tri . “tri watch”, the currently selected channel,...

  • Page 15: 25W

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 9 basic operation when two signals are broadcast on the same frequency, a vhf radio only receives the stronger of the two signals. Other than distress calls, transmit using the lowest power setting that allows you to communicate. This reduces the possibility of your...

  • Page 16: Ptt

    10 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation 4. Release the ptt key and listen for a response. 5. When you and the other party have finished talking, select exit to return to the home screen. Receiving an intercom call 1. The screen indicates which station is calling. Press and release the p...

  • Page 17: Fog

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 11 basic operation similar to the hailer, when you are manually operating the foghorn, sounds received through the horn can be heard through the radio speaker between soundings. Automatically sounding the foghorn 1. Select pa > fog . 2. Select auto from the list. 3....

  • Page 18: Accept

    12 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation 4. Select accept to save your changes and return to the home screen. Select cancel to disregard the changes and return to the previous screen. Listening to noaa weather broadcasts and enabling weather alerts there are 10 wx (weather) channels that...

  • Page 19: Menu

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 basic operation automatic transmitter identification system (atis) atis is a vessel identification system that can be used on certain inland waterways in certain countries throughout europe. Your garmin dealer can program your vhf 100i, vhf 200i, or ghs 10i to use...

  • Page 20: Menu

    1 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual basic operation viewing your atis id number 1. Press the menu key. 2. Select atis > my atis id . 3. Select ok to return to the previous screen, or press the menu key to return to the home screen. Turning atis functionality on and off 1. Press the menu key. 2. Sele...

  • Page 21: Entering Your Mmsi Number

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 digital selective calling digital selective calling (dsc) dsc is a key component of the global maritime distress and safety system (gmdss). Dsc provides vhf radios with the ability to place and receive digital calls directly with other vessels and shore stations, ...

  • Page 22: To Enter Your Mmsi Number:

    16 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling important: use caution when entering your mmsi number, because you can only enter it once. If you need to change your mmsi number after entering it, you must take the radio your garmin dealer for reprogramming. To enter your mmsi number:...

  • Page 23: Ptt

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 digital selective calling 2. The radio automatically sounds an alarm, switches to channel 70, and transmits your call on hi (25 w) power. You can press any key to turn off the alarm sound. 3. After transmitting your distress call, the radio automatically tunes to ...

  • Page 24: Accept

    1 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling receiving a distress call acknowledgement: 1. When the radio receives a distress call acknowledgment, the radio beeps and the screen displays “distress ack”. Press any key to turn off the beeping. 2. Select ] to view additional informatio...

  • Page 25: Recent Calls

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 19 digital selective calling recent calls —a screen is displayed that allows you to select from your recent calls. Select an entry. 4. After you have selected the vessel or entered the mmsi number manually, select the channel on which you want to communicate. The ra...

  • Page 26: Placing All-Ships Calls

    20 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling placing all-ships calls all-ships calls are transmitted to all stations within receiving distance of your radio. You can make two types of all-ships calls: safety calls are used to broadcast significant navigational or weather-related in...

  • Page 27: Receiving Calls

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 21 digital selective calling receiving calls receiving distress calls and distress relay calls the radio sends data relative to the call over the nmea network based on how you have mmsi filtering configured. See page 30 for more information. 1. When receiving a dist...

  • Page 28: Receiving Group Calls

    22 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling receiving position request calls you can configure your radio reply automatically to incoming position requests, to prompt you to review and approve the incoming requests before replying, or to ignore incoming requests (see page 28 for m...

  • Page 29: Dsc

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 2 digital selective calling position data received from stations that respond to position-request calls is sent over the nmea network, so that you can track the vessels using your garmin chartplotter. For more information on nmea 0183 and nmea 2000, see page 29 . Se...

  • Page 30: Dsc

    2 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling call type call log distress ack distress position send position position request position group other all ships other individual other if you have entered the calling station in your directory, the name of the station is displayed in the ...

  • Page 31: Dsc

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 2 digital selective calling placing a call from a call log all calls placed from the call log are individual routine calls. 1. Press the dsc key. 2. Select call log > distress log , position log , or other log . 3. Select the mmsi number or the station name. 4. Sele...

  • Page 32: Using The Directory

    26 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling using the directory viewing the directory 1. Press the dsc key. 2. Select directory . 3. Select a station name in your directory. 4. Press the clear key to return to the previous screen. Press the menu key to return to the home screen. A...

  • Page 33: Accept

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 2 digital selective calling 4. Enter a name. 5. Select accept to save your changes. Select cancel to return to the previous screen without saving the changes. Press the menu key to return to the home screen. Editing a group 1. Press the dsc key. 2. Select group > ed...

  • Page 34: Menu

    2 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual digital selective calling configuring the automatic channel change setting this setting determines whether the radio automatically tunes to channel 16 when receiving the following types of calls: distress distress relay all-ships urgency under certain conditions, ...

  • Page 35: Advanced Operation

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 29 advanced operation advanced operation nmea 0183 and nmea 2000 when you connect your radio to a nmea 0183 network or a nmea 2000 network (vhf 200/200i only), the following data can be transferred: the radio can transfer received dsc distress and position informati...

  • Page 36: Menu

    0 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual advanced operation selecting nmea 0183 or nmea 2000 because only the vhf 200, vhf 200i, ghs 10, and ghs 10i are nmea 2000-compatible, this setting is only available on those units. This setting indicates whether you are connected to a nmea 0183 or nmea 2000 networ...

  • Page 37: Channel

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 advanced operation 3. Turn the channel knob to adjust the backlight or contrast. “max” represents the maximum setting, and the number 1 represents the minimum setting. 4. Select cancel to disregard your changes and return to the previous screen. Select ok to save ...

  • Page 38: Auto

    2 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual advanced operation 3. Select from the following options: auto —cog/sog information is displayed on the home screen. Hide —cog/sog information is not displayed on the home screen. Configuring whether the time is displayed on the home screen you can configure whethe...

  • Page 39: Menu

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual advanced operation modifying the speed unit of measurement you can adjust the unit of measure that is displayed for the speed calculation throughout the radio. The speed over ground (sog) on the home screen will be displayed in the measurement you select here. 1. Pr...

  • Page 40: Language

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual advanced operation 2. Select language . 3. Select the system language. Changing the channel names channel names are displayed on the home screen using nine characters. If the name is longer than nine characters, the full name scrolls across the top of the screen and...

  • Page 41: Appendix

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix appendix alarms and messages the radio may generate the following alarms or system messages. Battery alarm if the radio detects a voltage greater than 15.8 vdc or less than 10 vdc, “high voltage” or “low voltage” is displayed on the screen. Check the wiring...

  • Page 42: Set

    6 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix select set to enter a new position. See page 27 for more information on manually entering position data. Position tracking after five consecutive failed attempts to request position information from a vessel, “no pos for [vessel name]” is displayed on the...

  • Page 43

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz user 11 156.550 156.550 commercial. Vts in selected areas. 12 156.600 156.600 port operations. Vts in selected areas. 13 156.650 156.650 intership navigation safety (bridge-to-bridge). Ships greater than 20 mete...

  • Page 44: Wx (Weather) Channels

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz user 70 156.525 156.525 digital selective calling (voice communications not allowed) 71 156.575 156.575 non-commercial 72 156.625 156.625 non-commercial (intership only) 73 156.675 156.675 port operations 74 156...

  • Page 45: Canadian Channels

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 9 appendix channel frequency (mhz) wx5 162.45 wx6 162.5 wx7 162.525 canadian channels channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz area of operation user 01 156.050 160.650 pc public correspondence 02 156.100 160.700 pc public correspondence 03 156.150 160.750 pc p...

  • Page 46

    0 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz area of operation user 13 156.650 156.650 all areas intership, commercial, non-commercial, and ship movement: exclusively for bridge-to-bridge navigational traffic. Limited to 1 watt maximum power. 14 156.700 ...

  • Page 47

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz area of operation user 25 157.250 161.850 pc ship/shore and public correspondence: also assigned for operations in the lake winnipeg area. 25b - 161.850 ac safety: continuous marine broadcast (cmb) service. 26...

  • Page 48

    2 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz area of operation user 67 156.375 156.375 all areas except ec intership, ship/shore, commercial, non- commercial, and safety: may also be used for communications with aircraft engaged in coordinated search and...

  • Page 49: International Channels

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz area of operation user 81a 157.075 157.075 pc intership, ship/shore, and safety: canadian coast guard antipollution. 82a 157.125 157.125 pc intership, ship/shore, and safety: canadian coast guard use only. 82a 1...

  • Page 50

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz user 07 156.350 160.950 public correspondence, port operations, and ship movement 08 156.400 156.400 intership 09 156.450 156.450 intership, port operations, and ship movement 10 156.500 156.500 intership, port ...

  • Page 51

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz user 62 156.125 160.725 public correspondence, port operations, and ship movement 63 156.175 160.775 public correspondence, port operations, and ship movement 64 156.225 160.825 public correspondence, port opera...

  • Page 52: Specifications

    6 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix channel number transmission mhz receiving mhz user 86 157.325 161.925 public correspondence, port operations, and ship movement 87 157.375 157.375 port operations and ship movement 88 157.425 157.425 port operations and ship movement specifications vhf 10...

  • Page 53: Current Drain:

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix current drain: standby: 350 ma receive: 600 ma transmit: 6.0 a at hi power (25 w); 2.0 a at lo power (1 w) maximum antenna gain: 9 dbi antenna port impedance: 50 Ω audio output power: internal speaker: 1 w (with 4 Ω at 10% distortion) optional external spea...

  • Page 54: Nmea

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual appendix audio distortion: less than 10% squelch sensitivity @ 12db sinad: at tight: less than 1 µv at threshold: less 0.28 µv spurious response: more than 70 db adjacent channel selectivity: more than 70 db adjacent channel rejection: more than 70 db intermodulatio...

  • Page 55: Weight: 12.98 Oz. (368 G)

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 9 appendix ghs 10 and ghs 10i specifications dimensions: 6.34 × 2.82 × 1.69 in. (16.1 × 7.16 × 4.28 cm) weight: 12.98 oz. (368 g) temperature range: from 14ºf to 122ºf (from -10ºc to 50ºc) compass-safe distance: 20 in. (500 mm) waterproof: iec 60529 ipx7 (immersion ...

  • Page 56: Index

    0 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual index index symbols 16/9 mode 8 1 w power transmission 8 25 w power transmission 8 a alarms battery 35 gps data 35 invalid gps data 35 wx (weather alert) 35 atis 13 disabled functions with 13 disabling 14 enabling 14 entering identification number 13 viewing ident...

  • Page 57

    Vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual 1 index f factory settings, restoring 34 features i–ii foghorn 10–12 frequency, adjusting 11 sounding, automatic 11 sounding, manual 11 frequency band, selecting 33 g garmin contact information 49 ghs 10 series handsets controls 2 display 3 groups adding 26 deleting...

  • Page 58

    2 vhf 100/200 series owner’s manual index position information entering manually 27 position replies automatic setting 28 position tracking 22–23 activating calls 23 removing vessels from list 23 selecting vessels 23 power 5 auto power-on 31 battery alarm 35 r radio controls 1 display 3 features i–i...

  • Page 60

    © 2009 garmin ltd. Or its subsidiaries garmin international, inc. 1200 east 151 st street, olathe, kansas 66062, usa garmin (europe) ltd. Liberty house, hounsdown business park, southampton, hampshire, so40 9lr uk garmin corporation no. 68, jangshu 2 nd road, shijr, taipei county, taiwan www.Garmin....