Uniden MYSTIC - Marine GPS Receiver, Operating Manual

Page 1: ...Operating Guide Mystic OMc book Page 1 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 2: ...ed use in the United States The channel assignments include frequencies assigned for exclusive use of the U S Coast Guard use in Canada and use in international waters Operation in these frequencies without proper authorization is strictly forbidden For frequencies channels that are currently for use in the U S without an individual license please contact the FCC Call Center at 1 888 CALL FCC Myst...

Page 3: ...Using GOTO Routes 19 Creating a GOTO Route 20 Navigating on a GOTO Route 21 Digital Selective Calling DSC 23 Advanced VHF Radio Operations 23 Modifying a Waypoint with a Custom Icon and Name 28 Adding a Message to a Waypoint 28 GPS Advanced Operations 28 Navigational Screens 32 Using the Mystic keys 40 NAV Units 40 Entering Channel numbers into Memory Scan 40 Mystic Setup 40 FIPS 41 VHF FM Marine ...

Page 4: ...ny of these items are missing or damaged contact Pictures and descriptions of items included with Maystic Included with your Mystic VHF GPS Marine Radio Mystic OMc book Page 2 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 5: ...annels Press and hold to turn Weather Alert On or Off 6 Cursor keys pqtu Press to move cursor up or down on screens and maps 7 1W 5W LOCK Press to change between 1 Watt and 5 Watt transmit power Press and hold to 8 OUT Press to zoom out on a Navigation Map 9 ENTER Press to accept selection in any Menu screen 10 MENU Press to access Mystic Menu screens 11 SCAN MEMORY Press to scan Channels stored i...

Page 6: ...k On VHF radio mode indicates the mode the radio is in TX WX ALERT etc GPS information displays the date and time and GPS information such as satellite being acquired computing fixes and Estimated Position Error EPE This information is explained in the Basic GPS Operation Section page Customizable data fields These fields can be set to display data from 13 different options such as bearing distanc...

Page 7: ...g Guide thoroughly This guide contains information about your radio and the GPS mapping capbilities If this is the first time you are using this Mystic complete all the steps in the Setup section page before attempting communications or GPS usage l JIS7 Submersible l Full Screen Mapping GPS l Triple Watch Plus l Large Data display Screens l Memory Scan l Full Navigation Screens l DSC Digital Selec...

Page 8: ...e to a comfortable level When you turn the unit On you will hear a beep and the following message appears and remains on the display for 7 seconds After 7 seconds the display changes to the Warning message Basic VHF Radio Operation Mystic OMc book Page 6 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 9: ...ave the GPS available when you proceed to the Channel and Navigation screen The message will read GPS Unavailable Squelch The SQUELCH control allows you to set the threshhold at which signals can be heard This allows you to determine how strong a signal must be before it breaks squelch That is how strong it must be before you can hear it This keeps static and unwanted weak or distant signals from ...

Page 10: ... the SQUELCH control fully counterclockwise until you hear a hiss This lowers the Squelch Gate so that everything gets through noise weak signals and strong signals 3 Turn the SQUELCH control back clockwise just until the hiss stops Now the Squelch Gate allows only signals of the desired strength through Mystic OMc book Page 8 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 11: ...select a different Weather Channel To exit from Weather channels press any of these keys DISTRESS SCAN MEMORY or WX ALERT The radio returns to the previous Marine channel Instant Channel 16 channel 9 Communications To access instant Channel 16 or Channel 9 communications press the 16 9 TRIPLE key You can access Channel 16 instantly while tuned to another channel Press the 16 9 TRIPLE key again to ...

Page 12: ... any of the following keys DISTRESS p q SCAN MEMORY or 16 9 TRIPLE Triple Watch Triple Watch monitors Channel 16 Channel 9 and the current Marine Channel or Weather Channel To activate Triple Watch press and hold the 16 9 TRIPLE key for 2 seconds TRIPLE appears on the display indicating the Triple Watch mode is in effect Mystic OMc book Page 10 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 13: ... the Triple Watch mode press and hold the 16 9 TRIPLE key for 2 seconds Transmitting The Mystic transmits on fifty five marine frequencies and receives on eighty marine frequencies Channel 70 of the USA International and Canadian frequencies and channel 15 of the USA frequencies and WX CH are for receiving only The Mystic transmits on channel 70 when sending DSC information Your radio will not tra...

Page 14: ...nd 20 for the CAN channels When the channel is set as a LO power channel you can transmit at 5 watts HI by pressing and holding the 1W 5WLOCK key during the call Marine Distress Procedure Speak slowly clearly calmly 1 Make sure your radio is On 2 Tune to Channel 16 3 Press the PTT button on the radio and say MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY 4 Give your ship ID 5 Say MAYDAY your ship name 6 Give your location ...

Page 15: ...MSI 1 To transmit a Distress call press and hold DISTRESS for 5 seconds When the Distress screen appears press p or q to select Yes or No If you select No the radio returns to the channel display screen 2 To transmit the call select yes and press ENTER to send 3 The Distress call is transmitted and it waits for about 210 270 seconds This is continued internally After the Distress call has been sen...

Page 16: ...ew of the sky is poor due to large cliffs mooring roofs buildings heavy foliage or other obstructions the satellite signals can be blocked and the GPS receiver may take longer to compute a position fix You will observe the acquisition of the satellites and other important information on the default Channel and Navigation Screen that appears after the power up sequence The GPS Information display w...

Page 17: ... which enables you to view how well the MYSTIC is receiving satellite information These screens will be described briefly here More detailed information on the different screens can be found in the Reference chapter of the User Manual l Map Screen The Map screen has two modes Position or Cursor Position Mode In the position mode your present position is indicated by the large arrow icon in the cen...

Page 18: ...ar centered on the map l Compass Screen The Compass Screen is a handy to have at your fingertips while you are navigating It is totally customizable to display the information that is useful to you The lower portion of the Compass screen not only displays your heading in a graphical manner but also displays the relationship of the sun moon and your destination if navigating on a route to your head...

Page 19: ...lling on a road When you need to make a turn the road will graphically display the turn and the direction Waypoint and destination icons will be displayed relative to your position as they come into view Above the road is a compass that displays your heading and above that are four customizable data fields l Data Screen The Data screen provides you with six data fields and an active compass that i...

Page 20: ...relative signal strength being received for each satellite At the bottom of the display is a battery indicator that displays the remaining battery life Accessing the Navigation Screens The NAV key and the ESC key are used to step through the various navigation screens If you are viewing one of the Navigation screens pressing NAV will take you to the next Navigation screen in the list and pressing ...

Page 21: ... The Save button is highlighted and you can press ENTER to save the waypoint using the default name and icon This will save your present position using a default name WPTxxx into memory where xxx is a sequential number To give more meaning to your waypoints you can change the name and icon for each one You can also add a text message to a waypoint These procedures are covered in the GPS Advanced O...

Page 22: ...list of waypoint categories The first category in the list is User These are all the waypoints you have already entered into your MYSTIC The remaining categories are ones that have waypoints which have been preloaded into your MYSTIC and are stored in permanent memory 3 Select Find By There are two options of Find By Alphabetical and Nearest To Selecting Alphabetical will display all the waypoints...

Page 23: ... all of the navigational information is displayed to provide you with the necessary details to get you to your destination Note You can select a GOTO Destination Waypoint from the other Categories This is covered in the GPS Advanced Operation Section page Navigating on a GOTO Route The MYSTIC has the tools you ll need to navigate to your destination You have the choice of three customizable screen...

Page 24: ...on a GOTO route and you need to turn the MYSTIC off you will need to re enter the GOTO However Routes are stored in memory If you need a GOTO but expect to turn the MYSTIC off before arriving you might consider making a 1 leg Route using the Route menu This is covered in the GPS Advanced Operation Section starting on page28 Mystic OMc book Page 22 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 25: ... can make Individual Call Group Call All Ships Call Position Request Position Send Standby and Call Wait They are described in the paragraphs below Individual Call 1 Select an open unused working Channel 2 Press CALL LIGHT 3 At the D S CM e n u use p and q to select I n d i v i d u a lC a l l Press ENTER 4 At the I n d i v i d u a lC a l lscreen use p and q to select the individual from the Direct...

Page 26: ...S h i p sC a l lmenu use p and q to select U r g e n c y S a f e t y or R o u t i n e 5 Press ENTER You will see the A t t e n t i o nscreen Use t or u to select Y e sand press ENTER to make the call Or select N oand press ENTER to cancel the call Note R O U T I N Ecalls tune to the previously selected channel When sending either an U R G E N C Yor S A F E T Ymessage all radios will automatically ...

Page 27: ...ty to send the position of your vessel to another vessel using a VHF marine radio equipped with DSC 1 Press CALL LIGHT 2 At the D S CM e n u use p and q to select P o s i t i o nS e n d Press ENTER 3 At theP o s i t i o nS e n dscreen use p and q to select the individual from the Directory you want to send your position to Note You must have entries in your directory to make an Individual Call See...

Page 28: ...not be recorded When a call is recorded a message appears 1 Press CALL LIGHT 2 At the D S CM e n u use p and q to select C a l lW a i t i n g Press ENTER 3 At the C a l lW a i tL o g use p and q to select D i s t r e s sor I n d i v i d u a l Press ENTER 4 Depending on your choice in Step 3 you will see the recorded calls in the C a l lW a i tD s t r s list or the C a l lW a i tI n d i v list 5 To...

Page 29: ... the electric wave transmitted towards the ship that is present in the domain specified from the call side It also indicates the time when the geographical call is received Mystic OMc book Page 27 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 30: ...he cursor is now highlighting the Waypoint Name field With the Name field highlighted press ENTER The input keyboard is displayed The very top of the keyboard window shows you what field you are changing in this case the Name field You can now use the arrow keypad to select the character you wish to enter With the character highlighted press ENTER and the character is appended to the name you are ...

Page 31: ...ct in alphabetic order Nearest To will display a list of the 20 waypoints nearest to your position or waypoint you select in order of their distance away This could be used to display the waypoints that are closest to your present position or display the airports that are closest to any city you select For the purpose of this basic opera tion only Alphabetical will be used For details on Nearest T...

Page 32: ...cal in the Find By field press ENTER This is a slight variation of the keyboard you have already used This time the shift and backspace keys have been replaced with move cursor left and move cursor right What you want to do here is to begin typing the name of the city you are looking for For example suppose your destination was to be Los Angeles Use the keypad to highlight the letter L and press E...

Page 33: ...a or Map screen For you the Map screen may have all the information you ll ever require Press NAV until the navigation screen you want is displayed If you selected the Map screen you will see your position icon in the center of the screen with a line drawn for you on the map graphically displaying the GOTO route Note that this route is line of sight LOS or as the crow flies The Meridian does not c...

Page 34: ...map The number displayed represents approximately 1 4 of the screen s width Scale can be changed with the IN and OUT buttons Track History Dotted line on the map displays the history of where you have travelled since the last time you cleared the Track History see Clear Memory in the Reference Chapter Data Flelds These fields display navigational information for viewing on the Map screen They are ...

Page 35: ...an select what is being displayed on the map as well as what additional data will be presented at the bottom of the screen Customization is broken into two parts what items are displayed on the map and what data fields if any are displayed at the bottom of the screen Selecting Map Items Turning On Off Display Waypoints Turns on or off the waypoints on the Map screen Default is On Turning On Off Tr...

Page 36: ...it is to see what cursor is displayed an arrow indicates Position and a crosshair indicates Cursor If you press the ESC key and the display changes to another NAV Screen you were in the Position Mode and you can press NAV to return to the map Turning Map Info On Off This option allows you to turn on or off the information field that is displayed on the Map screen Turning this off allows for more o...

Page 37: ...ly sets the display orientation to track up and works only in the Position Mode Changing to the Cursor Mode will replace the horizontal profile with the cursor data Terrain Projection Available only with MapSend Topographic data loaded into the Meridian This displays an information box which graphically depicts the terrain in front of you The displayed terrain is approximately from your present po...

Page 38: ...wing the horizontal profile If you change Orientation to something other then Track Up while viewing the Horizontal Profile the default Two Data Fields is displayed Changing the Orientation back to Track Up will revert back to the Horizontal Profile Available Data Options Bearing This is the direction to your destination from your present position in degrees from North Distance This is distance me...

Page 39: ...as you zoom in to 0 80 miles and below Terrain Projection Description This feature allows you to view the terrain directly ahead of you graphically It is computed from your present position and extends in a straight line to the top of your display This provides you with instantaneous information on what terrain elevations are directly in front of you Your present position and elevation are indicat...

Page 40: ...rable to reverse the display showing water as white and land as dark gray This will make reading some of the data information on the water easier Selecting Track Mode Allows you to set how often the Meridian stores track points Setting the mode to OFF stops the Meridian from saving any new track points In Auto or Auto Detailed mode the Meridian uses a method for track point storage that maximizes ...

Page 41: ...ws a more detailed track then Auto to be taken while at the same time saving memory over a fixed rate The following is an overly simplified diagram of the three track rate options In most cases Auto should meet all of your requirements but if you want more detail on turns and still not clutter memory with excessive track points select Auto Detailed Mystic OMc book Page 39 Wednesday August 13 2003 ...

Page 42: ...ct itmes in the Menu screens The MENU key isused to access the Menu screen When you are at the Menu screen use pqtu to select the next Menu and press ENTER That will take you to the next Menu or the next selection to modify To stop from selecting any item press ESC NAV Units You can select the units of measure that Meridian will use Miles Yards MPH Miles Feet MPH default Nautical Miles Feet Knots ...

Page 43: ...ea To obtain the FIPS code for a particular area contact the NWS toll free at 1 888 NWR SAME 1 888 697 7263 Or visit their website http www nws noaa gov nwr indexnw htm A list of event codes are located on page 70 To set FIPS code 1 Press ENTER for 2 seconds 2 Press ENTER at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Press ENTER 1 Press ENTER for 2 seconds 2 Press ENTER at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Pre...

Page 44: ...lete 5 Press ENTER at DELETE the following screen appears 6 Press ENTER and the MYSTIC returns to the following screen USER MMSI Federal MMSI s are issued by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Non Federal MMSI s are issued by the Federal Communications Commission FCC You will need to obtain a nine digit MMSI number and program it into the MYSTIC The information obtained...

Page 45: ...econds 2 Press ENTER at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Press t to select MMSI press t to select Group and press ENTER 4 Press ENTER and the following screen appears 5 You can now enter the GROUP MMSI code Press s to increase and press t to decrease The number will be entered when ENTER is pressed and the blinking digit moves to the right 6 After the final digit is entered a confirmation screen ap...

Page 46: ...ER at DIRECTORY the DIRECTORY menu appears NEW If you select NEW 1 Press ENTER for 2 seconds 2 Press ENTER at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Press ENTER at DIRECTORY the DIRECTORY menu appears 4 Press ENTER at NEW the following screen appears 5 You can now enter the person s name Press s or t and press ENTER to choose the alphabet The character will be entered when ENTER is pressed 6 After you en...

Page 47: ...appears 9 Press ENTER knob and the MYSTIC returns to the following screen DELETE If you select DELETE 1 Press ENTER for 2 seconds 2 Press ENTER at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Press ENTER at DIRECTORY the DIRECTORY menu appears 4 Press ENTER at the individual you want to delete 5 Press ENTER at DELETE the following screen appears 6 Press ENTER 7 The MYSTIC returns to the following screen AUTO C...

Page 48: ...at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Press t to select Position Reply 4 Press ENTER and the following screen appears 5 Press t to make your selection Example AUTO When the MYSTIC receives a position request the following screen appears Example MANUAL When the MYSTIC receives a position request the following screen appears Press t to make your selection 6 Press ENTER and the MYSTIC returns to the fol...

Page 49: ... can edit the name Press s or t to select the alphabet numeric or symbols The character will be entered when ENTER is pressed and the blinking digit moves to the right 7 Press ENTER 8 The MYSTIC returns to the following screen DELETE If you select DELETE 1 Press ENTER for 2 seconds 2 Press ENTER at VHF Menu the VHF menu appears 3 Press t to select U I C and press one of the selection to edit the C...

Page 50: ...uard Yes Yes USCG 23 157 150 157 150 Coast Guard Yes Yes USCG 24 157 200 161 800 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 25 157 250 161 850 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 26 157 300 161 900 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 27 157 350 161 950 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 28 157 400 162 000 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 60 61 156 075 156 075 CCG 62 63 156 175 156 175 ...

Page 51: ...ard Duplex Yes Yes INTL 23 157 150 161 750 Coast Guard Duplex Yes Yes INTL 24 157 200 161 800 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 25 157 250 161 850 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 26 157 300 161 900 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 27 157 350 161 950 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 28 157 400 162 000 Public Corresp Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 60 156 025 160 625 Duplex TELEPHONE...

Page 52: ...000 161 600 Duplex 1W Yes Yes PORT OPR 21 157 050 157 050 Yes Yes CCG 22 157 100 157 100 Yes Yes USCG 23 157 150 161 750 Duplex Yes Yes INTL 24 157 200 161 800 Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 25 157 250 161 850 Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 26 157 300 161 900 Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 27 157 350 161 950 Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 28 157 400 162 000 Duplex No Yes TELEPHONE 60 156 025 160 625 Duplex TELEPHONE 61 156 0...

Page 53: ...e Warning AVW 0 AVALANCHE Volcano Warning VOW 0 VOLCANO Shelter In Place Warning SPW 0 SHELTER Civil Danger Watch CDA 0 CIVIL DANGER Radiological Hazard Watch RHA 0 RADIOLOGICAL Hazardous Material Watch HMA 0 HAZARDOUS Winter Storm Watch WSA 0 WINTER STORM High Wind Dust Storm Watch HWA 0 HIGH WIND Tornado Watch TOA 0 TORNADO Severe Thunderstorm Watch SVA 0 THUNDERSTORM Flash Flood Watch FFA 0 FLA...

Page 54: ...ntenna Impedance 50Ω Housing JIS7 Waterproof Operating Temperature Range Operating 14 F to 140 F 10 C to 60 C Storage 4 F to 158 F 20 C to 70 C Power Source LiON Alkaline batteris Receiver Type Dual Conversion Superheterodyne Signal to Noise Ratioj 40 dB Nominal Frequency Range 156 164 MHz Receiver Sensitivity 0 25 µv at 12 dB SINAD Audio Output Power 1 Watt Frequency Range 156 158 MHz Frequency S...

Page 55: ...click but no audio is heard Bad microphone element Send the radio in for repair While scanning the radio stops on a particular channel all the time A source of noise may nearby Eliminate the source of the noise or delete the channel from the scan memory There is noise on the receiver that the squelch will not eliminate An external noise is being generated by some device nearby Either turn off the ...

Page 56: ...bserved l If the antenna has been damaged you should not transmit except in the case of an emergency A defective antenna may cause damage to your radio l You are responsible for continued FCC technical compliance of your radio l You are urged to arrange for periodic performance checks with your Uniden Marine dealer Care and Maintenance Mystic OMc book Page 54 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...

Page 57: ...ns or attachments could impair call quality damage the radio or result in violation of FCC regulations Do not use the radio with a damaged antenna If a damaged antenna comes into contact with the skin a minor burn may result Please contact your local dealer for a replacement antenna Body worn Operation This device was tested for typical body worn operations using the supplied belt clip which typic...

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Page 59: ...tor or its representatives in connection with the performance of this warranty THE LIMITED WARRANTY SET FORTH ABOVE IS THE SOLE AND ENTIRE WARRANTY PERTAINING TO THE PRODUCT AND IS IN LIEU OF AND EXCLUDES ALL OTHER WARRANTIES OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER WHETHER EXPRESS IMPLIED OR ARISING BY OPERATION OF LAW INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTIC...

Page 60: ...Covered under one or more of thefollowing U S patents 2003 Uniden America Corporation All reights reserved Printed in Mystic OMc book Page 2 Wednesday August 13 2003 5 26 PM ...