Raymarine RAY230E Owner's Handbook Manual - Section 1

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General Description

Section 1

General Description

1.1

Introduction

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” and “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 the US version provides

reception on 10 separate weather channels. More importantly, the RAY230/

RAY230E has built-in Digital Selective Calling (DSC) for sending and

receiving DSC Distress, Routine, Safety, and Urgency calls.

1.2

Equipment Features

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

• Multi-handset (up to 3) operation

• All Scan and Memory Scan features

• Dual/Tri-Watch Monitor modes

• Hailer function

• Intercom operation between handsets

• Distant/local mode

• Optional DTMF interface