Raymarine Ray260 - MMSI and ATIS System Information; EMC Installation and Antenna Safety; Product Declarations and Warranty

ModulationFM
Frequencyrange155.000MHzto165.000MHz
MaritimeMobileServiceIdentity(MMSI)
Thisproductisaclass“D”DigitalSelectiveCalling(DSC)device.
A9digitMMSInumberisrequiredtooperateDSCequipment.
Insomeareas,aradiooperatorlicenseisrequiredbeforean
MMSInumbercanbeissued.
Note:YoucanrequestanMMSInumberfromthesame
agencythatissuesradioorshipradiolicensesinyourarea.
Onceobtained,youcanprogramtheMMSInumberintoyour
productbyfollowingtheinstructionsuppliedwiththeproduct.
Onceobtained,youcanprogramtheMMSInumberintoyour
productusingtheinstructionsprovidedinthishandbook.
Ifregulationsinyourareadonotpermityoutoprogramthe
MMSInumberyourself,yourRaymarinedealercanprogram
thenumberforyou.
ObtaininganMMSInumberintheUnitedStates
YoucanrequestanMMSInumberfromtheFCCwhenyou
applyforaStationLicense.Ifyourvesseldoesnotrequire
alicense,youmayobtainanMMSIbycontactingBoatUS
www.boatus.com.
ObtaininganMMSInumberinCanada
YoucanobtainanMMSInumberfromyournearestIndustry
CanadaOfce.
ObtaininganMMSInumberinEuropeandrestofworld
AmMMSInumbershouldberequestedfromthesameagency
thatissuesradiooperatorlicensesinyourarea.
AutomaticTransmitterIdenticationSystem
(ATIS)
YourproductincludesATISfunctionalityforuseontheinland
waterwaysofcontractinggovernmentsofthe“Regional
ArrangementConcerningtheRadiotelephoneServiceonInland
Waterways”—alsoknownasthe“BaselAgreement”.
ATISaddsdataattheendofradiotransmissionsthatidenties
yourstation.ATISoperationcanbeturnedonoroffasneeded
viatheradio’smenu.
AnATISnumbercanbeobtainedfromthesameagencythat
issuesradiooperatorlicensesinyourarea.
YourATISIDnumberisderivedfromyourvessel’scallsign.
Ifyourcallsignissuitable,yourauthorizedRaymarinedealer
canassistyouindecodingyourATISIDnumber,whichyoucan
thenprogramintoyourproductusingtheinstructionsprovided
inthishandbook.
Note:TheBaselAgreementincludes:Germany,Austria,
Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,France,Hungary,Luxembourg,
Moldova,theNetherlands,Poland,Romania,Russian
Federation,theSlovakRepublic,Switzerland,theCzech
Republic,UkraineandtheFederalRepublicofYugoslavia.
Note:WhenATISisenabled,certainprogrammingsteps
havebeenimplementedtoprotecttheintegrityoftheBasel
agreement,includingtheblockingofDSCfunctionswhen
ATISisactive.
EMCinstallationguidelines
Raymarineequipmentandaccessoriesconformtothe
appropriateElectromagneticCompatibility(EMC)regulations,
tominimizeelectromagneticinterferencebetweenequipment
andminimizetheeffectsuchinterferencecouldhaveonthe
performanceofyoursystem
CorrectinstallationisrequiredtoensurethatEMCperformance
isnotcompromised.
ForoptimumEMCperformancewerecommendthatwherever
possible:
•Raymarineequipmentandcablesconnectedtoitare:
–Atleast1m(3ft)fromanyequipmenttransmittingor
cablescarryingradiosignalse.g.VHFradios,cablesand
antennas.InthecaseofSSBradios,thedistanceshould
beincreasedto7ft(2m).
–Morethan2m(7ft)fromthepathofaradarbeam.A
radarbeamcannormallybeassumedtospread20degrees
aboveandbelowtheradiatingelement.
•Theproductissuppliedfromaseparatebatteryfromthatused
forenginestart.Thisisimportanttopreventerraticbehavior
anddatalosswhichcanoccuriftheenginestartdoesnot
haveaseparatebattery.
•Raymarinespeciedcablesareused.
•Cablesarenotcutorextended,unlessdoingsoisdetailedin
theinstallationmanual.
Note:Whereconstraintsontheinstallationprevent
anyoftheaboverecommendations,alwaysensurethe
maximumpossibleseparationbetweendifferentitemsof
electricalequipment,toprovidethebestconditionsforEMC
performancethroughouttheinstallation
AntennamountingandEMEexposure
Ensurethattheantennaisconnectedtotheradiobefore
transmission.
RaymarinedeclaresaMaximumPermissibleExposure(MPE)
radiusof1.5metres(4.9ft)(perOETBulletin65)forthissystem,
assuming25wattsoutputtoanomnidirectionalantennaof3dBi
gainorless.
Forwatercraftwithsuitablestructures,theantennabasemust
beatleast3.5metres(11.5ft)abovethemaindecktomeet
theMPEforpersonsupto2metres(6.6ft)tall.Forwatercraft
withoutsuchstructures,theantennamustbemountedsothat
itsbaseisaminimumof1.5metres(4.9ft)verticallyfromheads
ofallpersons.
Theantennamustbeisolatedfromthevessel’smetalworkusing
aninsulated(e.g.plastic)mountingbracket.
Connectionstootherequipment
Requirementforferritesonnon-Raymarinecables
IfyourRaymarineequipmentistobeconnectedtoother
equipmentusingacablenotsuppliedbyRaymarine,a
suppressionferriteMUSTalwaysbeattachedtothecablenear
theRaymarineunit.
Declarationofconformity
RaymarineUKLtd.declaresthatthisproductiscompliantwith
theessentialrequirementsofR&TTEdirective1999/5/EC.
TheoriginalDeclarationofConformitycerticatemaybeviewed
ontherelevantproductpageatwww.raymarine.com.
Productdisposal
DisposeofthisproductinaccordancewiththeWEEEDirective.
TheWasteElectricalandElectronicEquipment(WEEE)
Directiverequirestherecyclingofwasteelectricalandelectronic
equipment.WhilsttheWEEEDirectivedoesnotapplytosome
Raymarineproducts,wesupportitspolicyandaskyoutobe
awareofhowtodisposeofthisproduct.
Warrantyregistration
ToregisteryourRaymarineproductownership,pleasevisit
www.raymarine.comandregisteronline.
Itisimportantthatyouregisteryourproducttoreceivefull
warrantybenets.Yourunitpackageincludesabarcodelabel
indicatingtheserialnumberoftheunit.Youwillneedthisserial
numberwhenregisteringyourproductonline.Youshouldretain
thelabelforfuturereference.
Importantinformation
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