Garmin GPSMAP 215 Owner's Manual - Page 3
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Table of Contents
Introduction.....................................................................1
Radio Overview .......................................................................... 1
Handset Overview ...................................................................... 1
Home Screen .............................................................................. 1
System Status Icons .............................................................. 1
Basic Operation .............................................................. 2
Turning On and Off the Device ................................................... 2
Adjusting the Radio Volume ....................................................... 2
Adjusting the Squelch Level ....................................................... 2
Selecting the Frequency Band ................................................... 2
Selecting a Channel .................................................................... 2
Transmitting with the Radio ........................................................ 2
Bypassing the Low Transmission Power Setting ........................ 2
Scanning and Saving Channels ................................................. 2
Scanning All Channels ........................................................... 2
Saving a Channel ................................................................... 2
Removing a Saved Channel .................................................. 2
Scanning Saved Channels .................................................... 2
Monitoring Multiple Channels ................................................. 3
Selecting a Different Second-Priority Channel ........................... 3
Switching to Priority Channels .................................................... 3
Setting the Receiving Sensitivity ................................................. 3
Switching Between 1 W and 25 W Transmitting Modes ............. 3
Using the Hailer .......................................................................... 3
Foghorn ...................................................................................... 4
Sounding the Foghorn Automatically ..................................... 4
Sounding the Foghorn Manually ............................................ 4
Adjusting the Sound Frequency of the Foghorn .................... 4
Entering Text .............................................................................. 4
NOAA® Weather Broadcasts and Alerts ...................... 4
Tuning Weather Broadcasts ....................................................... 4
Enabling and Disabling Weather Alerts ...................................... 4
Digital Selective Calling................................................. 4
Digital Selective Calling .............................................................. 4
Entering Your MMSI Number ...................................................... 5
Viewing Your MMSI Number ...................................................... 5
Distress Calls .............................................................................. 5
Sending an Undesignated Distress Call ................................ 5
Sending a Designated Distress Call ...................................... 5
Distress Call ........................................................................... 5
Stopping Automatic Retransmission of Distress Calls ........... 5
Revoking a Distress Call ........................................................ 5
Placing Calls ............................................................................... 6
Placing Individual Calls .......................................................... 6
Placing Group Calls ............................................................... 6
Individual Call or Group Call Channels .................................. 6
Placing All-Ships Calls ........................................................... 6
Requesting a Vessel's Position .............................................. 6
Receiving Calls ........................................................................... 6
Receiving Distress Calls and Distress Relay Calls ................ 6
Receiving All-Ships Urgency and Safety Calls ...................... 6
Receiving Individual Routine Calls ......................................... 6
Receiving Position Requests ................................................. 7
Receiving Position Calls ........................................................ 7
Receiving Group Calls ........................................................... 7
Position Tracking ........................................................................ 7
Selecting Vessels and Activating Position Tracking .............. 7
List ......................................................................................... 7
Deleting a Vessel From the Position Tracking List ................ 7
Call Log .......................................................................................7
Viewing the Calls in the Call Log ........................................... 7
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Placing a Call from a Call Log ................................................ 7
Log ......................................................................................... 8
Deleting a Call Log Entry ....................................................... 8
Directory ..................................................................................... 8
Viewing Saved Vessels and Stations in the Directory ........... 8
Adding an Entry to the Directory ............................................ 8
Editing an Entry in the Directory ............................................ 8
Deleting an Entry from the Directory ...................................... 8
Adding a Group ...................................................................... 8
Editing a Group ...................................................................... 8
Deleting a Group .................................................................... 8
DSC Settings .............................................................................. 8
Manual Position Information .................................................. 8
Changing the Channel to 16 Automatically ............................ 8
Sending Automatic Replies .................................................... 8
Automatic Transmitter Identification System.............. 8
Entering Your ATIS Identification Number .................................. 9
Turning On and Off ATIS ............................................................ 9
Viewing Your ATIS Identification Number .................................. 9
Automatic Identification System................................... 9
Turning On and Off AIS .............................................................. 9
NMEA 0183 and NMEA 2000® ....................................... 9
Additional Functionality with Other Garmin Devices ................... 9
Communicating Over NMEA 0183 or NMEA 2000 ..................... 9
Configuring DSC NMEA Transmissions ..................................... 9
System Settings........................................................... 10
Number Settings ....................................................................... 10
Units Settings ............................................................................ 10
Configuring the Time Offset ................................................. 10
Selecting the Frequency Band ................................................. 10
Changing a Channel Name ...................................................... 10
Restoring Factory Settings ....................................................... 10
Appendix....................................................................... 10
Alarms and Messages .............................................................. 10
Channel Lists ............................................................................ 10
Specifications ............................................................................ 11
NMEA ....................................................................................... 11
NMEA 0183 Information ....................................................... 11
NMEA 2000 PGN Information .............................................. 11
Cleaning the Outer Casing ....................................................... 11
Index.............................................................................. 12
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