2.1Handbookinformation
Thishandbookcontainsimportantinformationregardingyour
DSCVHFRadio.
Ray260handbooks
ThefollowinghandbooksareapplicabletoyourRay260:
Alldocumentsareavailabletodownloadinpdfformatfromthe
Raymarinewebsitewww.raymarine.com.
Handbooks
DescriptionPartnumber
Mountingandgettingstarted88014
Installationandoperation
instructions
81343
Ray260mountingtemplate87167
Speakermountingtemplate
87168
SeaTalk
ng
handbooks
DescriptionPartnumber
SeaTalk
ng
referencemanual
Planningandconnectionofsystemsbasedaroundthe
SeaTalk
ng
network.
81300
SeaTalk–SeaTalk
ng
converterhandbook
InstallationandconnectionoftheSeaTalk-SeaTalk
ng
converter.
87121
UsermanualsPrintShop
RaymarineprovidesaPrintShopservice,enablingyouto
purchaseahigh-quality,professionally-printedmanualforyour
Raymarineproduct.
Printedmanualsareidealforkeepingonboardyourvessel,asa
usefulsourceofreferencewheneveryouneedassistancewith
yourRaymarineproduct.
Visithttp://www.raymarine.co.uk/view/?id=5175toordera
printedmanual,delivereddirectlytoyourdoor.
ForfurtherinformationaboutthePrintShop,pleasevisitthePrint
ShopFAQpages:http://www.raymarine.co.uk/view/?id=5751.
Note:
•Acceptedmethodsofpaymentforprintedmanualsare
creditcardsandPayPal.
•Printedmanualscanbeshippedworldwide.
•FurthermanualswillbeaddedtothePrintShopoverthe
comingmonthsforbothnewandlegacyproducts.
•Raymarineusermanualsarealsoavailabletodownload
free-of-chargefromtheRaymarinewebsite,inthepopular
PDFformat.ThesePDFlescanbeviewedonaPC/
laptop,tablet,smartphone,oronthelatestgenerationof
Raymarinemultifunctiondisplays.
2.2Productinformation
TheRay260isaClassDDigitalSelectiveCalling(DSC)VHF
radio.DSCenablesyoutomakeaselectivecalltoaspecic
radio,andtotransmitandreceivepositioninformationtoand
fromtheselectedradio.DSCalsoallowstransmissionof
adistressalerttoallradioswithinrangeatthetouchofa
button.OnceaDSCrequestissentandacknowledgedvoice
communicationiscarriedoutonthechannelchosenbythe
caller.TheradiocantransmitandreceiveonallavailableUS,
CanadianandinternationalandprivatemarineVHFchannels.
YourproductincludestheRay260basestation,ahandsetand
eitherapassiveorandactivespeaker(dependingonvariant).
Extrahandsets,activeandpassivespeakerscanbeaddedto
thestandardRay260providingupto3fullyfunctionalstations.
Withanoptionalloudhailerconnectedtheradiocanalsobe
usedasafoghornorloudpublicaddress(PA)system.
TheRay260isavailableinthefollowingvariants:
VariantDescription
Speaker
typePartnumber
Ray260
US/Canadianvariant
PassiveE70087
Ray260
AIS
US/Canadianvariant
withbuiltinAIS
receiver
PassiveE70088
Ray260EEuropeanvariantPassiveE70089
Ray260EEuropeanvariantActiveE70253
Ray260E
AIS
Europeanvariantwith
builtinAISreceiver
PassiveE70090
Passiveandactivespeakers
Theproductcanbesuppliedwitheitherapassiveoranactive
speaker.