entering ATIS number into my raymarine 24e problem

[sealine]

hi
having got my ATIS number which is adding a 9 to the front of my MMSI number, making 10 didgets in all, but the radio will only allow 9 didgets, contacted raymarine about the problem, the email response was (The first digit is already pre entered in the unit, you just need to enter the last 9 digits) but its the first didget that needs to be a 9? am i missiong something.

 

[neale]

Do you mean a 240e radio? If so, Raymarine told us we would have to have a visit from their engineer to set up ATIS. Have you had that visit? If not, there may be some confusion between ATIS and MMSI numbers.

 

[[2068]]

Rather strangely, at the beginning of the season, I powered up my 240E and it got confused: a load of extra (dealer) menus appeared, so I enabled ATIS sharpish before turning it off again.

Now I have the option to enter an ATIS number /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

(will need a dealer handset to turn it off again, unless I can pull off the same trick in reverse)

 

[timbartlett]

If your (9-digit) MMSI is 232######, then your (10-digit) ATIS number is 9232######

But all ATIS numbers begin with 9, so Raymarine have saved you the trouble of keying it in: just key in the 232###### -- pressing "menu" after each digit and "menu" twice at the end -- just as you did for the MMSI number. But don't press menu twice unless you're sure it's right, because you only get one go at it!

 

[timbartlett]

If you've got a 240E radio, then the instructions for entering the ATIS number are on page 54 of the users manual -- in Raymarine's usual cryptic pictograms and with the obligatory piece of vital information missing. Briefly:
(1)Press <menu> to get into the main menu, and use the channel key to scroll down to "settings"
(2) Press <menu> to get into the settings menu, and use the channel key to scroll down to "ATIS"
(3) Press <menu> to get into the ATIS menu: it should say "ATIS undefined"
(4) Press <menu> followed by the second digit of your 10-digit ATIS number (the one immediately after the leading 9 !)
(5) Press <menu> followed by the next number
(6) Repeat step five till you get to the end
(7) Press <menu> twice.

I think I've got this right. If not, please accept my apologies, and bear in mind that I don't get paid to write Raymarine manuals -- unlike whoever did!