Raymarine Ray 53 - 1.3 OPERATING PROCEDURES; 1.3.1 Turning the Power On; 1.3.2 Setting the Volume; 1.3.3. Setting the Power Output

1.3 OPERATING PROCEDURES
1.3.1 Turning the Power On
1) Rotate the VOLUME knob clockwise to turn the radio on.
1.3.2 Setting the Volume
1) Rotate the VOLUME knob for the disired volume level.
1.3.3. Setting the Power Output
1) Simply press the “MON 1/25” key for two seconds to toggle between 1 Watt output
and 25 Watt output. When “1 WATT” is displayed,the output power is 1 Watt.
If “1 WATT” is extinguished, 25watts is being output. The choice of power output is
dependent upon the distance of transmission and transmitting conditions. In certain
US harbors and on certain channels, the FCC requires the power to be limited to
1 Watt. On these “required “ channels,the radio automatically selects 1 Watt power
output when the channel is selected.
1.3.4 Selecting the Channel
1) To select the appropriate channel, rotate CHANNEL SELECTION Knob clockwise /
counterclockwise or also press UP/DOWN key of the microphone.
2) The channels which are not set on the frequency mode are skipped .
3) When UP/DOWN key is continuously pressed for over 0.5 seconds,the channel is
continuously changed(+1 or – 1) every 100msec during pressing UP/DOWN key.
1.3.5 To select the frequency mode
1) The frequency mode(group) can be selected from US mode, International mode and
Canadian Mode.
The frequency mode can be shown on the LCD as follows.
USA frequency mode----------------------------
Æ
“INT” and “CAN” are eliminated
CANADIAN frequency mode------------------
Æ
“CAN” is displayed and “INT” is
eliminated.
INTERNATIONAL frequency mode----------
Æ
“INT” is displayed and “CAN” is
eliminated.