Owner manual

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE17
Position Reply
ThePositionReplyfunctiondetermineswhetheryour
radiowillautomaticallysenditsGPSpositiontoanother
vesselwheneveraPositionRequestisreceived.(Touse
thisfeatureyourGX600DmusthaveaGPSconnectedora
manualGPSpositionmusthavebeenentered).
1. Select‘POSREPLY’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe
CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselect‘Auto’or‘Manual’.
 –Select‘Auto’toallowyourpositiontobesent
automaticallywhenrequestedbyanincoming
DSCcall.
 –Select‘Manual’todisableautomaticpositionsending.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionandreturn
tothe‘SETUP’Menu
Individual Reply
TheIndividualReplyfunctiondetermineswhetheryourradio
willautomaticallyacknowledgeanincomingIndividualCall.
1. Select‘INDVREPLY’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe
CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselectMANUALorAUTO.
 –Select‘AUTO’toallowyourradiotoautomatically
sendanacknowledgewhenanIndividualDSCCallis
receivedfromanotherstation.
 –Select‘MANUAL’topromptyoutorespondmanually
toanIndividualDSCCall.Inthismodeyourradiowill
display‘REPLYOK?’andawaityourresponse.
3.PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionandreturn
tothe‘SETUP’Menu.
UIC (USA/International/Canadian)
Selectstheradiofrequencychannelsetusedbythe
GX600D.Becausechannelallocationsvarybetween
countriesyoushouldusethechannelsetforthecountry
youareoperatingwithin.TheradiosupportsInternational,
USAandCanadianchannelsets.Thedefaultsettingis
International.
1. Select‘UIC’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe
CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselect‘CAN’(Canada),‘USA’
or‘INTL’(International).
3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionand
returntonormaloperation.
WhenevertheChannelSetischanged,theGX600Dwill
switchtoCH16.
NOTE: WhentheUSAChannelSetisselected,weather
channelswillbeaccessiblebelowChannel01.
Channel Name
UsetheChannelnamefunctiontoapplyusefulnames
tochannelstohelpidentifytheirusage(e.g.aclub/
workingchannel).
1. Select‘CHNLNAME’fromtheSetupmenuthen
|press the CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselecttherstcharacterof
yourchannelname.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenext
characterposition.
4. Repeatuntilallrequiredcharacters(upto11)
havebeenentered.
NOTE: Tocorrectanerrorwhileenteringthechannelname,
press the CALLbuttonrepeatedlytomovethecursortothe
requiredcharacterposition,thenusethe or keysto
correctthecharacterinthatposition.
5. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbutton
toconrm.
NMEA-1 Baud/NMEA-2 Baud
Usethisoptiontoadjustthebaudrate(data
communicationsspeed)oftheGX600D’sNMEAserialdata
ports.TheGX600DhastwoserialportslabelledNMEA-1
andNMEA-2.TheBaudratesofeachportcanbeset
independently.Notethatthebaudrateyouchoosemust
matchthatofthedevice/syouareconnecting.
1. Select‘NMEA-1Baud’or‘NMEA-2Baud’fromtheSetup
menuthenpresstheCALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselectfrom4800,9600,19200
or38400baud.
3. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto
conrmandreturntonormaloperation.
GPS Setup
TheGPSsetupallowsyoutomanuallysetGPSposition
coordinatesandtimeparametersforsituationswhereyour
GX600DdoesnothaveaGPSconnectedandcannot
obtainthisinformationautomatically.Youcanalso
congureGPSdisplayandalerts.Thefollowingmenuis
displayedinGPSSetup.
• Position
• UTCTime
• TimeOffset
• GPSDisplay
• GPSAlert