Nexus 21 NX2000 manual

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    Installation and Operation Manual English - Marine VHF Radio - Installation and Operation Manual English NX2000[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 1[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 2 Contents 1 OPERA TION RULES .........................................................................................4 1.1 Prioriti es .........................................................................................................4 1.2 Privac y ..........................................................................[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 3 10.3 Set Manual Posi tion/UT C............................................................................. 28 10.4 Set Work Channel ........................................................................................ 29 10.5 Set The Dir ectory ................................................................................[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 4 1 OPERATION RULES 1.1 Priorities • Read all rules and regulations pertaining to priorities and keep an up-to-date copy handy. Safety and distress calls take priority over all others. • You must monitor Channel 16 when y ou are not operating on another channel. • False or fraudulent distress ca lls are prohibited under law[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 5 2 INTRODUCTION The NX2000 is a Class-D Digital Sel ective Calling (DSC) VHF marine transceiver. Comprised of a VHF marine Radio an d a DSC controller, it is very convenient and easy to use. The transceiver is a 1/25-watt, frequency modulated waterproof tr ansmitter/receiver for operations on all currently allocated marine chann[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 6 3 PANEL DESCRIPTION 3.1 Front panel 1. POWER SWITCH (ON) Press the (ON) button once to switch on the NX2000. To switch off, press the (ON) button again. 2. HIGH/LOW POWER KEY (H/L) Select an output power of RF. 3. CLEA R KEY (CLR) Stops current task and returns to the main screen. 4. SQUELCH MODE SELECTION KEY (SQ) 5. VOLUME CO[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 7 Selects the desired channel, squelch control level or volume control level. Each press selects the next higher channel, number or level. Hold dow n this key to scroll upward through all selectable channels. LIQUID CRYSTA L DISPLAY (LCD) Dot Matrix display, giving up to 8 lines of information. 11. SPEA KER 12. DISTRESS CA LL BUT[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 8 3.3 LCD Display GROUP 1 VL Volume control activated, the Bar indicates the volume level. Sq Squelch control activated, t he Bar indicates the squelch level. Mu Appears when the squelch opens. RX The Radio is in receptive st ate (RX) and when receiving a signal. TX The Radio is transmitting (TX). GROUP 2 Hi Indicates Transmitter[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 9 4 FIST MICROPHONE/CONTROLLER The fist microphone/controller has the microphone, Push to Talk (PT T) switch and soft keypad as illustrated below : 4.1 Soft Keypad (0 - 9) The telephone style keypad ITU 0 – 9 / A - Z is used for entering numeric data. When required, the keys will automat ically switch to character mode allow in[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 10 ENTER KEY (ENT) Confirms the action. CLEA R KEY (CLR) Stop tasks and returns to main screen or returns to the last screen. ◄ / ► Key Used to select stored numbers and names as marked by the cursor, or to select through the call log. ▲ / ▼ KEY Use to select working channel (Up or Dow n). Can also be used to select store[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 11 5 GENERAL OPERATION The NX2000 is switched on by pressing the (ON) key once. If a GPS receiver has been connected to the NX2000, the MAIN screen will be as below : Press the (F) key on the front panel once to enter the Function Selection mode. The FUNCTION SELECTION screen will be displayed as below : Press the ▲ or ▼ key [...]

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    English VHF NX2000 12 5.2 Full Scan (FS) This function scans through each channel s equentially until a signal is detected above the squelch level set. Once the signal ends or drops below the squelch level, the Radio will continue scanning. Alternatively , you can instruct the NX 2000 to continue scanning even if a signal has been detected on any p[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 13 Then use ▲ and ▼ key on the front panel to adjust the receiver muting threshold (squelch) level. To cut out weaker signals, press ▲ key to increase the squelch until the background interference noise disappears. To receive weaker signals press ▼ key to decrease the squelch. 5.6 Volume Control (VOL) Press the (VOL) key [...]

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    English VHF NX2000 14 5.9 HIGH / LOW Pow er Selection (H/L) Press (H/L) key to select high or low output power of RF. A “Hi” or “Lo” indicator w ill appear on bottom of LCD. 5.10 Time Out Timer A time out timer is provided to prevent continuous transmissions for periods greater than 5 minutes. In the event that the radio will be needed to t[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 15 6 RECEIVING A DSC CALL When a DSC call is received, the Radio will sw itch to the call log screen to display the details of the call and ring or sound the alarm depending on t he nature of the call. The procedures hereunder describe how to handle the types of calls that can be received. 6.1 Routine Call When a Routine Call is [...]

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    English VHF NX2000 16 Press (ENT) key to stop the ringing, then list en for the voice message or begin speaking. 6.4 Distress Alert If a Distress Alert or a Distress Relay is received from another vessel, an alarm w ill sound and the Radio will sw itch to channel 16. The screen will show the details of the Distress Alert or Distress Relay, the MMSI[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 17 7 SENDING A DSC CALL Making a DSC Call is very simple. First choose the call type (Routine, Safety, Urgency , Group or Distress Alert). If required, enter the destination and working channel and then send the call by pressing (ENT) key on the fist microphone/cont roller. The digital signal will be sent out in under a second, c[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 18 3. The time (from NMEA or Manual input); 4. The nature of the distress. After the Distress Alert has been sent, the Radio w ill automatically tune to channel 16 and the Radio will repeat the Alert approximately every f our minutes until either an acknowledgement is received, or (CLR) key is pressed (it is not recommended that [...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 19 When a reply is received, the Radio will s ound a tone and automatica lly switch to the specified working channel. A voice call can then be made in the normal w ay. Note. If you have made a directory of stored MMSI numbers , you can only s end a Routine Call to someone from the Directory . 7.3 Urgency A nd Safety Call Press (C[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 20 Press the (ENT) key again to make the call, or press (CLR) to cancel. When the call is sent, the Radio will be set to the w orking channel 16. 7.4 Group Call If a group ID has been set up for the called Radio. A call can be made to other members of the group. Press the (CA LL) key on the keypad to select the GROUP CALL screen [...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 21 8 LOG REVIEW There are 2 kinds of logs, they are DI STRESS LOGS and ROUTINE LOGS. T o view the logs, press (MENU) key on the fist microphone/c ontroller keypad, the MENU SELECTION screen will appear on the display as follow s: Press ▲ or ▼ key to move the symbol ► on the MENU SELECTION screen to front of LOG VIEW, then p[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 22 If there are any distress calls in the distress log screen, press the ◄ or ► key to move back and forth through the DISTRESS L OG screen. T he DISTRESS LOG screen as below: Press (CLR) key to exit the call log screen. 8.2 Review Routine Log The routine log can be used to look ba ck through the last 20 calls that have been [...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 23 If there are any general calls in the routine log press the ◄ or ► key to move back and forth through the log, the ROUTINE LOG screen as below: If there is a “*” symbol on the screen, you can press (ENT) KEY to send an acknowledgement directly to the caller. After acknow ledgement, the “*” symbol w ill disappear. P[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 24 9 RADIO SETTINGS Use the instruction listed below to set up user environment. To enter Radio settings, press MENU followed by ENT 9.1 Backlight adju stment Press “ ▲ ”“ ▼ ” on the fist microphone/controller to select BACKLIGHT option and press (ENT) to obtain the following screen. Then, press “ ▲ ”“ ▼ ”[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 25 9.3 Speaker selecting Using “ ▲ ”“ ▼ ” on the fist microphone/controller to select SPEAKER and press (ENT) to obtain the following screen. Then, press “ ▲ ”“ ▼ ” to select internal, exter nal or both speaker. Press (ENT) for confirmation and exit. 9.4 Beep sound selecting Using “ ▲ ”“ ▼ ” to[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 26 9.5 Set Date And TimE Press ▲ or ▼ key to move the cursor on the RA DIO SETTING screen to the front of DATE/TIME, then press (ENT) key, the SET DATE/T IME screen will appear. Use the numeric keys to enter numbers, then press (ENT) key to accept the date and time. Note that the time should be entered in 24 hour clock format[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 27 10 DSC Setting 10.1 Enter and view MMSI If a MMSI No. has not been entered into the NX2000, the MMSI SET screen will appear on the display every time w hen the unit is switched on, as below: If you do not have a MMSI-number, you can st ill use the unit, but t he DSC function can not be used, and every time when the NX2000 is s[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 28 Press (CLR) key to go back to the main screen. To change the MMSI number after it has been programmed, the unit must be returned to an authorized dealer to erase the existing number. 10.2 Set Group Id To enter a Group ID (if for example, the vessel is part of a flotilla or fishing fleet etc), press (MENU) key to select the GRO[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 29 Press (MENU) key to select the “POSITION/UTC” screen as below: Use the numeric key to enter the required dat a, then press (ENT) key to accept the position and time entered. After 23 hours, if the Radio has not received any position data either manually or from the NMEA input, then the posit ion data will disappear from th[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 30 Press ◄ or ► key to select “ADD” from t he WORK CHANNEL screen, then press (ENT) key to enter, as below : Press ▲ or ▼ key to change the selected channel, and press (ENT) key to accept. Then press ◄ or ► key to enter the next channel. To delete a Work Channel, press ◄ or ► key to move the cursor on the WORK[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 31 To access a new entry , press ▲ or ▼ to move the cursor in front of “ADD”, then press (ENT) key to enter DIRECTORY-ADD screen as below: Use the keypad to move backwards and forw ards along the line to enter a name. Then move the cursor with ► until it jumps to the second row and enter the MMSI number, press (ENT) key[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 32 To delete an entry, press ◄ or ► key to move the cursor in front of “DEL”, then press (ENT) key to enter DIRECTORY-DEL screen as below: Use the ◄ or ► key to select the number y ou wish to delete, then press (ENT) key to delete the entry.[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 33 11 EXPANSION CHANNELS Authorized users can have up to 10 expans ion channels activated on their Nexus NX2000 units. Nexus Marine AB Service Division 12 ATIS FUNCTION The ATIS function is a mandatory technical requirement according to Automatic Transmitter Identification System (ATIS) used in some countries. NX2000 can work on [...]

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    English VHF NX2000 34 13 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply DC 12 V +30/-10% Channel Capability 57 international channels UKM1/M2 and includes 10 expansion channels Frequency Resolution 25KHz Method of Frequency Gener ation synthesizer Dimension 175(W) × 79(H) ×130(D) mm Weight 1175 grams 13.1 Receiver Multi Channel Receiver 1. The receiver in[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 35 13.2 Channel 70 Monitor Gene ral Specification 1.Frequency CH70 (156.525MHz) 2.Sensitivity ≤ 6dB μ EMF for 20dB SINAD 3.Bandwidth 16KHz 4. First IF Frequency Used 17.9MHz 5. Second IF Frequency Used 455KHz 6. Adjacent Channel Selectivity ≥ 70dB 7. Spurious Response Rejection ≥ 70dB 8. Inter-Modulation Rejection ≥ 68 d[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 36 14 INTERNATIONAL VHF MARINE CHANNEL CHART Channel Transmitter Frequency Receiver Frequency Mode S/D Channel Assignm ent 1 156.050 160.650 D Public Correspondence 2 156.100 160.700 D Public Correspondence 3 156.150 160.750 D Public Correspondence 4 156.200 160.800 D Public Correspondence 5 156.250 160.850 D Public Correspondenc[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 37 ATIS CHANNEL CHART Channel Transmitter Frequency Receiver Frequency Mode S/D Channel Assignment 01 156.050 160.650 D Public Corres p ondence 02 156.100 160.700 D Public Corres p ondence 03 156.150 160.750 D Public Corres p ondence 04 156.200 160.800 D Public Corres p ondence 05 156.250 160.850 D Public Corres p ondence 06 156.[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 38 ATIS/SEA Channel Chart Channel Transmitter Frequency Receiver Frequency Mode S/D Channel Assignment 01 156.050 160.650 D Public Corres p ondence 02 156.100 160.700 D Public Corres p ondence 03 156.150 160.750 D Public Corres p ondence 04 156.200 160.800 D Public Corres p ondence 05 156.250 160.850 D Public Corres p ondence 06 [...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 39 15 INSTALLATION 15.1 Unit Installation The NX2000 should be sited so that engine noise and vibration or other background noises do not make it difficult for the operator to hear. It is recommended not to install the unit wher e it will be exposed to continuous direct sunlight as this will eventually damage the LCD display. As [...]

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    English VHF NX2000 40 Fig D The NX2000 requires a 12v DC supply to operat e. This lead should be connected to the vessel’s power supply (the red wire is positiv e, black is negative), and the cable kept as short as possible. Although the Radio draws ve ry little current when receiving, a heavier current is drawn w hen transmitting which may re su[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 41 The most popular antenna for marine use are 1m (3ft 3in) long. On sail boats these are usually mounted at the masthead, w here the length of the antenna keeps it clear from the navigation lights and wind vanes etc. This type of antenna can also be mounted on the cabin roof or radar arch on powerboats. Longer whip antenna are r[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 42 16 SUPPLIED PARTS 1. Mounting Bracket 1 7. Power Cord 1 2. Microphone Hanger 1 8. M ounting Bracket Washer 4 3. Bracket Knob Washer 2 9. Hanger Spring Washer 2 4. Mounting Bracket Knob 2 10. GPS/Speaker Plug Cord 1 5. Mounting Bracket Screw 4 11. Thermoshrink Tube Ф 2 5 6. Mic Hanger Screw 2 12. Thermo shrink Tube Ф 3 5 1 2 [...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 43 17 WARRANTY[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 45 18 DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY[...]

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    English VHF NX2000 46[...]

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    VHF NX2000 English 47 Copyright ©: Nexus Marine AB Kuskvägen 4, 191 62 Sollentuna, Sweden Tel: +46 -(0) 8 – 506 939 00. Fax: +46 -(0) 8 -506 939 01 www.n e xu s ma r i ne . s e 28321-1 Edition 2[...]