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VHF Radio

Owner’s Manual

Table of Contents

DW SQL

MEM UIC

MIC

Introduction........................................2

Service...............................................2

Licensing............................................2

LCD Description.................................3

Turning the Radio On ........................3

Adjusting the Volume.........................3

Receive Mode....................................4

Squelch Control.................................4

Changing Channels...........................4

Changing Between USA,

International and Canadian Modes....5

Transmitting a Signal.........................6

Selecting the Transmit Power............6

Battery Level Display.........................7

Listening to the Weather....................7

Channel 16/19 Key............................8

Dual Watch Mode..............................8

Scanning Channels............................9

Auto Back-Light................................11

Keypad Lock....................................11

Restoring Factory Settings ..............12

Battery Options for the V5...............12

Maintenance ....................................12

Troubleshooting Guide.....................13

USA Frequency Chart......................14

International Frequency Chart.........15

Canadian Frequency Chart .............16

WX Frequency Chart.......................17

Accessories and Parts.....................17

Specifications...................................17

Warnings and Safety Precautions ...18

2Seafit V5 Radio Owner’s Manual

Welcome!

Thank you for purchasing the Seafit V5.

This product was designed and built for

boaters to use in the harsh marine envi-

ronment. With proper care this product

should provide you with years of trouble-

free operation.

Your satisfaction with this product is

backed by the entire West Marine organi-

zation worldwide.

Remember:

•Safety and distress calls take priority

over all others.

•You must monitor Channel 16 when

you are not operating on another

channel.

•False or fraudulent distress calls are

prohibited under law.

•Information overheard but not intend-

ed for you cannot lawfully be used in

any way.

•Indecent or profane language is pro-

hibited.

Service:

In the event that the radio fails to per-

form, or needs servicing, please send

directly to West Marine's Electronics

Repair Center in Hollister, CA. Be sure to

include your return mailing information

and a detailed accounting of the problems

experienced and/or the service requested.

West Marine

Electronics Repair Center

2395 Bert Court

Hollister, CA 95023

[email protected]

831-761-4205

Radio Licenses:

1. Ship Station License

An FCC ship station license is no longer

required for any vessel traveling in US

waters which uses a VHF marine radio,

RADAR, EPIRB, and which is not

required to carry radio equipment. A

license is necessary however for a DSC

MMSI number, or for any vessel required

to carry a marine radio on an international

voyage, carrying a HF single side band

radiotelephone or marine satellite termi-

nal. For more information, see the FCC’s

Fact Sheet PR 5000 #14. FCC license

forms, including applications for ship

(506) and land station licenses can be

downloaded via the Internet at

www.fcc.gov/forms. To obtain a form

from the FCC, call (888) 225-5322.

2. Radio Call Sign

Currently the FCC does not require recre-

ational boaters to have a Ship Radio

Station License. The USCG recommends

that the boat’s registration number and the

state to be used.

3. Canadian Ship Station

Licensing

You do not need a license if your vessel is

not operated in sovereign waters of a

country other than Canada or the USA. If

you do need a license, contact their near-

est field office or regional office or write:

Industry Canada

Radio Regulatory Branch

Attn: DOSP

300 Slater Street

Ottawa, Ontario

Canada, K1A OCA

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LCD Description

USA/INTERNATIONAL/

CANADIAN (UIC) Mode

indicator

Current

channel

indicator

Battery level indicator;

more bars indicate the bat-

tery is more fully charged

HL Transmit power indicator:

L=Low, H=High

SCAN Indicates that the radio is in

Memory Scan or Priority Scan

Mode

MEM Indicates that the channel is

entered into the Scan Memory

WX Indicates that the radio is in

Weather Mode

DW Indicates that the radio is in Dual

Watch Mode

TX Shown when transmitting

BUSY Shown when receiving

LOCK Shown when keypad is locked

Fig. 1: Volume Display

1. Turning the Radio On

Press and hold the PWR key for over two

seconds to turn the V5 on. The radio will

power up in the same condition as it was

last used. The last Channel Mode

(USA/INT/CAN), Channel, TX Power,

Key Lock, Squelch Level, Volume Level,

etc. are restored.

2. Adjusting the Volume

Press the VOL key briefly to enter the

Volume Control Mode. VOL will appear

on the display (Fig. 1). Press the ▲or ▼

keys to increase or decrease the volume

level bar. Three seconds after the last key

stroke, the Volume Display will show the

volume. The radio will automatically

return to Channel Selection Mode. If the

VOL key is pressed and released when in

Volume Control Mode, the radio will

return to Channel Selection Mode.

Volume

indicator

Fig. 3 Squelch Display

Fig. 2: Busy Indicator

3. Receive Mode

When the radio is receiving a signal, the

BUSY indicator will be displayed (Fig. 2).

This indicates that you should not trans-

mit until the BUSY indicator is no longer

displayed.

4. Squelch Control

The Squelch Control reduces the static

and noise heard on the radio, but allows

strong signals to be heard clearly. To

adjust the squelch setting, press the

SQL/HL key briefly. The radio’s display

will show SQL (Fig. 3). Press the ▲or ▼

keys to increase or decrease the squelch

level bar. Three seconds after the last key

stroke, the Squelch Display will show the

squelch. The radio will automatically

return to Channel Selection Mode. If the

VOL key is pressed and released when in

Squelch Control Mode, the radio will

return to Channel Selection Mode.

•Higher settings allow only strong sig-

nals to be heard.

•Lower settings allow weak signals to

be heard, and possibly static.

•Generally, the squelch control should

be set for the lowest setting that elim-

inates unwanted static.

•The lowest setting allows all signals

to be heard.

5. Changing Channels

To change channels, press the ▲or ▼

keys.

•If the ▲or ▼keys are pressed for

more than one second, the channel

will change rapidly.

•The radio displays the channel num-

ber, memory status (MEM) and TX

power status of the channel as you

change the channels (Fig. 4).

Fig. 4 Channel Display

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Fig. 5a: USA Mode Display

Fig. 5b: International Mode Display

Fig. 5c: Canadian Mode Display

6. Changing Between

USA, International,

and Canadian Modes

Different areas of the world use different

VHF frequencies, although the channel

designation (1–88) may be the same.

There are three modes: USA, Interna-

tional, and Canadian. Press and hold the

VOL/UIC key for two seconds change

from USA to International; to change

from International to Canadian; and to

change from Canadian to USA (Fig. 5a-

5c). Three seconds after the last key

stroke, the Country Mode Display will

stop blinking and show the Country

Mode. The radio will automatically return

to Channel Selection Mode. If the

VOL/UIC key is pressed and released

when in Country Selection Mode, the

radio will return to Channel Selection

Mode.

•When Country Mode is changed,

Channel 16 is automatically selected,

not the last channel used.

•If for some reason you find that you

cannot communicate with another

radio on a predetermined channel,

insure that both radios are set the cor-

rect Channel Mode. This can be con-

fusing if different modes are being

used.

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Fig. 6a: TX indicator

Fig. 6b: Receive-Only Channel Display

Fig. 7a: Hi Transmit Power Display

7. Transmitting a Signal

To transmit a signal, press the Push-To-

Talk (PTT) key on the side of the radio.

While transmitting, the TX indicator will

appear (Fig. 6a). When the PTT key is

released, the radio will return to Receive

Mode.

•You cannot transmit on receive-only

channels like the Weather Channels

or Channels 15 and 70. If you try, an

error tone will sound, the Channel

Number and TX indicators will blink

three times, and then go back to the

normal display (Fig. 6b).

•If the PTT key is pressed when the

battery condition is low, one last

transmission will be allowed, then an

error tone will sound with BAT LO

displayed. No further transmission

will be allowed.

8. Selecting the Transmit

Power

To change the transmit power, press and

hold the H/L key for over two seconds

(Fig. 7a, 7b).

Restricted Channels

Certain channels are limited by law to 1

watt transmit power (USA Mode Channel

12, 17, 67, 77; INT Mode Channel 15, 17,

CAN Mode Channel 12, 15, 17, 20, 66,

77). These channels will always transmit

on low (1 watt) power.

•You cannot change the transmit

power setting on receive-only chan-

nels (all weather channels, USA

Mode Channel 15, 70, INT Mode

Channel 70, CAN Mode Channel 70)

•If you press the H/L key while scan-

ning or while on a receive-only chan-

nel, the error tone will sound and the

transmit power setting will not

change.

Blinking

Fig. 7b: Lo Transmit Power Display

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9. Battery Level and Low

Battery Displays

The Battery Level is shown using the

Battery Level Indicator (1–3 bars). More

bars mean more battery capacity is left.

When the battery condition is very low,

the entire Battery Level Indicator will

blink.

•The BAT LO message will show when

the battery condition is very low (Fig.

8).

•If the battery condition is very low

and the PTT key is pressed, the radio

will sound the error tone and allow

one final transmission.

10. Listening to the

Weather

To listen to the weather channels, press

the Weather (WX) key. Press the ▲or ▼

keys to select the weather channel of

interest for your area (generally Channel

01, 02, or 03) (Fig. 9a). To return to

Marine Channel (normal) Mode, press the

WX key again.

•Pressing several keys (SCAN, MEM,

H/L, and UIC) while in the Weather

Mode won’t have any effect, but will

cause the error tone to sound.

•Pressing the 16 key will cause the

radio to monitor Channel 16 and the

WX indicator will blink (Fig. 9b, 9c).

A second press will monitor Channel

9. A third press will return to Weather

Mode.

Fig. 9a: Weather Mode Display

Fig. 9b: Marine Mode Display

Fig. 9c: WX Mode Temporarily Stopped Display

Fig. 8: Low Battery Display

Blinking

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11. Channel 16/9 Key

Each time the 16/9 key is briefly pressed,

the radio will change from Channel 16 to

Channel 9 and back to the starting chan-

nel (Fig. 10a, 10b). For example, if the

starting channel is Channel 61, pressing

the 16/9 key will change the channel from

61 to 16 to 9 and back to 61.

•If the radio is scanning, it will change

to Channel 16 after the first press,

Channel 9 after the second press, and

will continue scanning after the third

press.

•If the radio is in Dual Watch Mode, it

will switch to Channel 16, then

Channel 9, then return to Dual Watch

after the third press.

12. Dual Watch Mode

Dual Watch Mode allows you to monitor

a desired channel (e.g. Channel 61) as

well as Channel 16. To activate Dual

Watch Mode, first select the channel

you’d like to monitor using the ▲or ▼

keys, and then press and hold WX/DW

key for two seconds. The DW indicator

will be displayed (Fig. 11a, 11b). Every

two seconds, the radio will check Channel

16 for traffic. If the radio detects traffic, it

will remain on Channel 16 for three sec-

onds after the last transmission (called the

Dual Watch Delay), then return to

Channel 61.

Dual Watch Mode also operates when

you’re listening to a weather channel.

Every two seconds, the radio will briefly

check Channel 16 for traffic, then return

to the Weather Channel (Fig. 11c).

Fig. 10a: Channel 16 Display

Fig. 10b: Channel 9 Display

Fig. 11a: Main Channel Display

Fig. 11b: Dual Watch Channel 16 Display

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13. Scanning Channels

Scanning allows you to monitor the traffic

or conversations on several channels in

quick succession. This can be helpful if

you’re trying to listen to fishing traffic on

several channels, or need to monitor Race

Committee traffic on Channels 68, 69,

and 71.

As the radio detects traffic on any channel

in its scan list, it will pause until three

seconds after the last transmission, then

continue scanning.

Before you can scan channels, you need

to place two or more channels into the

radio’s scan memory.

Adding and removing chan-

nels from memory

To enter the displayed channel into Scan

Memory, press and hold the SCAN/MEM

key for two seconds. To remove the dis-

played channel from Scan Memory, press

and hold the SCAN/MEM key for two

seconds. If the displayed channel is in

scan memory, the MEM indicator will be

shown (Fig. 12a, 12b).

•Pressing the SCAN/MEM key in WX

Mode doesn’t store the Weather

Channel in memory and will result in

the error tone.

•Pressing the SCAN/MEM key while

scanning will stop scanning.

Scan Mode

Scan Mode scans the memorized chan-

nels in ascending (or descending) order.

Press andrelease the SCAN key. If

Channels 6, 12,68, 69 and 72 have been

entered intomemory, the scan sequence

will go from Channel 6 to 12 to 68 to 69

to 72 to 6 to 12 and so on. The SCAN

indicator will be shown (Fig 12c).

Notes on Scanning

Fig. 12a: Channel in Scan Memory

Fig. 12b: Channel not in Scan Memory

Fig. 11c: Dual Watch/Weather Mode Display

Fig. 12c: Normal Scan Display

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Fig. 12d: Normal Scan Display

Blinking

•Pressing the SCAN/MEM key while

scanning will stop scanning and

revert to the Start Channel. This is

defined as the channel which was

shown on the radio’s display prior to

pressing the SCAN/MEM key.

•You cannot scan channels while in

Weather Mode.

•If you have not entered any channels

into scan memory, the radio will

sound the error tome when the

SCAN/MEM key is pressed.

•If there is only one channel in scan

memory, the radio will sound the

error tone and change to that channel.

•If the PTT key is pressed while in

Scanning Mode and while the radio

is stopped to receive traffic, the radio

will transmit on the current channel

before continuing to scan.

•If the PTT key is pressed while scan-

ning and the radio is not stopped for

traffic, the radio will transmit on the

Start Channel.

•The SCAN indicator will blink when

the radio is either receiving or paus-

ing before continuing to scan

(Fig. 12d).

•You can change the order in which

the channels are scanned (increasing

or decreasing) by pressing the ▲or

▼keys.

•If the 16/9 key is pressed briefly (less

than one second), the radio will

switch from Channel 16 to Channel 9

and back to Scan Mode in turn. If the

▲or ▼keys are pressed while on

Channel 16 or Channel 9, the radio

will continue to scan in ascending or

descending order.

•Pressing the WX key while scanning

will change to Weather Mode.

•Pressing the SQL/HL key briefly

(less than one second) while scan-

ning, will change to Squelch Change

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