Owner manual

 iii.Manuallyenterthevessel’sMMSIasfollows;
  a.PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoenterthe
EDITmode.
 b.Usethe or keystoentertherstdigit
ofthevessel’sMMSInumber.
 c.PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenext
digitposition.Repeatuntilall9digitshave
beenentered.
NOTE:Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALL
buttonrepeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontothe
incorrectdigitthenusethe or keystochangethedigit
atthatlocation.
4.OncethecorrectMMSIhasbeenenteredorselected,
press the CALLbutton.‘SENDCALL’isdisplayed.
5.PresstheCALLbuttontosend.
Position Request Responses
If NO acknowledgement is received:
Itislikelythatthevesselyoucalledisswitchedofforout
ofrange.Ifnoresponseisreceivedwithin5secondsthe
radiodisplays:
Press the –key orwaitafurther5secondsfortheradioto
returntoNormalmode.
If an acknowledgement is received:
Thedisplaywillalternatebetweenpositionandtimeas
shownbelow.ThepositionisdisplayedontheLCDas
Lat/LonginDegrees,MinutesandDecimalMinutes.Ifa
Chartplotterisattached,thepositionisalsosenttothe
ChartplotterandappearsontheChartplotter’sdisplay.
NOTE: IftheradioyouarecallingdoesnothaveaGPS
connectedortheGPSsignalisnotvalid,theGPSposition
datawillbeinvalid.Inthatcase,thepositionusedwillbe
themanuallysetposition.Ifthemanualpositionhasnot
beensetorhasn’tbeenupdatedwithin23hours,then
positiondataissentas:‘N99`99E999’99’toindicate
positiondataisinvalid.Whenthisisreceivedonthe
GX600Ditwillbedisplayedas:
Press the –key(orwait5seconds)fortheradiotoreturnto
Normalmode.
The called radio cannot comply:
Thecalledvessel’sradiohasreceivedyourrequest,butcould
notsendit’sposition.Thiscouldmeanthecalledvessel’s
radioisconguredformanualreply,orisinamodewhere
PositionRequestsaredenied(see‘PositionReply’settingon
page17intheCongurationMenu).
Press the –
keyorwaitafurther5secondsfortheradioto
returntoNormalmode.
Position Send
‘PositionSend’isusedtomanuallysendYOURpositionto
anothervessel.Forexample,anothershipmayrequestyour
positionusingvoicecommunications.Insteadofspeaking
thelatitudeandlongitudeoveravoicechannel,youcan
sendyourpositionviaDSCwhichcanthenbedisplayed
ontheothership’sradioordirectlyontotheirchartplotter’s
screen.
To send a ‘Position Send’ Call:
1. PresstheCALLbutton
2. Select‘POSSEND’thenpresstheCALLbutton
3. EnterthevesselsMMSI.
Youcaneither;
 i.Pressthe keytoretrievethelastcalledMMSI
or
 ii.Pressthe keytoselectavessel’sMMSIfromthe
AddressBook
or
iii.Manuallyenterthevessel’sMMSIasfollows;
 a.PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoenterthe
EDITmode.
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