Raymarine AIS650 - AIS Overview

Productdisposal
DisposeofthisproductinaccordancewiththeWEEEDirective.
TheWasteElectricalandElectronicEquipment(WEEE)
Directiverequirestherecyclingofwasteelectricalandelectronic
equipment.WhilsttheWEEEDirectivedoesnotapplytosome
Raymarineproducts,wesupportitspolicyandaskyoutobeaware
ofhowtodisposeofthisproduct.
Warrantyregistration
ToregisteryourRaymarineproductownership,pleasevisit
www.raymarine.comandregisteronline.
Itisimportantthatyouregisteryourproducttoreceivefullwarranty
benets.Yourunitpackageincludesabarcodelabelindicatingthe
serialnumberoftheunit.Youwillneedthisserialnumberwhen
registeringyourproductonline.Youshouldretainthelabelforfuture
reference.
IMOandSOLAS
Theequipmentdescribedwithinthisdocumentisintendedforuse
onleisuremarineboatsandworkboatsnotcoveredbyInternational
MaritimeOrganization(IMO)andSafetyofLifeatSea(SOLAS)
CarriageRegulations.
Technicalaccuracy
Tothebestofourknowledge,theinformationinthisdocumentwas
correctatthetimeitwasproduced.However,Raymarinecannot
acceptliabilityforanyinaccuraciesoromissionsitmaycontain.In
addition,ourpolicyofcontinuousproductimprovementmaychange
specicationswithoutnotice.Asaresult,Raymarinecannotaccept
liabilityforanydifferencesbetweentheproductandthisdocument.
AISdisclaimer
AllinformationpresentedbytheRaymarineAISdeviceisadvisory
only,asthereisariskofincompleteanderroneousinformation.By
placingthisproductintoserviceyouacknowledgethisandassume
completeresponsibilityforanyassociatedrisks,andaccordingly
releaseRaymarineandSRTMarineTechnologyLtdfromanyand
allclaimsarisingfromtheuseoftheAISservice.
Installationguide
Informationscope
Thisdocumentgivesintroductory,installationandtroubleshooting
informationforyourRaymarineAutomaticIdenticationSystem
(AIS)device.
RefertotheproAIS2UserManualandtheoperatingmanualfor
yourRaymarineMultifunctionDisplay,forinstructionsonhowto
congureandoperateyourAISsystem.
AlldocumentsareavailabletodownloadasPDFsfrom
www.raymarine.com
AISoverview
YourAISdeviceusesdigitalradiosignalstoexchange’real-time’
informationbetweenvessels,shorebasedstations,oraidsto
navigation(AToNs)ondedicatedVHFfrequencies.Thisinformation
isusedtoidentifyandtrackvesselsinthesurroundingareaandto
providefast,automaticandaccuratecollisionavoidancedata.
AlthoughAISaugmentsyourradarapplicationbyoperatinginradar
blindspotsanddetectingsmallerAIS-ttedvessels,itdoesnot
replaceradar,asitreliesonreceivingtransmittedAISinformation
andthereforecannotdetectobjectssuchaslandmassesand
navigationalbeacons.
NEVERassumethatAISisdisplayinginformationfromallvessels
inthearea,because:
Importantinformation
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