Owner manual

POSITION
Allowsmanualentryofthelatitudeandlongitudeofyour
vessel’slocation.ThisallowstheDSCfunctiontotransmit
yourpositioncoordinatesinanemergency.Theposition
mustbeenteredinDegrees,MinutesandDecimal/Minutes
(DMM).
To enter your position
1. Select‘POSITION’fromtheGPSMenuthenpressthe
CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselect‘N’(North)or‘S’(South).
3. PressandholdtheCALLbutton.Thecursormovestothe
rstdigitpositionoftheLatitudeeld.
4. Usethe or keystoselecttherstdigitofthe
LatitudethenbrieypresstheCALLbuttontomoveto
thenextdigitposition.
5. Repeatuntilalldigitshavebeenentered.
6. PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoconrmandstorethe
Latitude.ThecursorwillmovetotheLongitudeeld.
7. Usethe or keystoselect‘E’(East)or‘W’(West)
then press and hold the CALLbutton.Thecursormoves
totherstdigitpositionoftheLongitudeeld.
8. Usethe or keystoselecttherstdigitofthe
LongitudethenbrieypresstheCALLbuttontomoveto
thenextdigitposition.
9. Repeatuntilalldigitshavebeenentered.
10.Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto
conrmandstoretheposition.
NOTE: Thepositionwillbeerasedafter23hoursorwhen
theradioisswitchedoff.
UTC TIME
LetsyoumanuallysetthetimeinUTC(GreenwichMean
Time).ThetimeisenteredasHours:Minutes:Secondsin24
hourtimeformat.
TO ENTER THE TIME IN UTC:
1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘UTCTIME’then
press the CALLbutton.TheHourscursorwillbeashing.
2. Usethe or keystoselectthehoursthenpressthe
CALLbutton.TheMinutescursorwillash.
3. Usethe or keystoselecttheminutesthenpress
the CALLbutton.TheSecondscursorwillash.
4. Usethe or keystosetthesecondsthenpressthe
CALLbutton.
Theradioreturnstothe‘SETUP’Menu.
NOTE: Thetimewillbeerasedafter23hoursorwhenthe
radioisswitchedoff.
TIME OFFSET
LetsyousetthetimedifferencebetweenUTCtimeandyour
localtime.Thiswillallowtheradiotodisplaylocaltime.A
listofTimeoffsetsisinthebackofthismanual.
To set the Time Offset:
1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘TIMEOFFSET’then
press the CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystosetthetimeoffsetfrom
-12:00hrsto+13:00hrsin30minutesegments.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontoacceptandreturntothe‘GPS
SETUP’Menu.
GPS DISPLAY
SelectswhetherornottodisplayyourGPSpositiononthe
LCD.IftheGPSdisplayin‘ON’butaGPSreceiverisnot
connected,‘NOGPS’isdisplayedinstead.
1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘GPSDISPLAY’then
press the CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselect‘OFF’or‘ON’.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontoacceptandreturntothe‘GPS
SETUP’Menu.
GPS ALERT
TheGX600DmonitorstheNMEAportsforGPSdataand
cansoundanalarmiftheGPSpositiondataislostoris
disconnected.TheGPSAlertoptionhasthreesettings–OFF,
ONandAUTO.
OFF–TheGPSAlarmisturnedoff.ValidGPSpositiondata
appliedtotheNMEAportswillbeusedbytheGX600D
butyouwillnotbealertedifthepositiondataislost.
ON–TheGPSalarmwillsoundiftherehasbeenno
validGPSpositionfor30seconds.EithertheGPSposition
hasbeenlostoryourGPSdeviceisnotconnectedor
switchedon.
AUTO–TheGX600Dwillautomaticallydetermineifa
GPSdatasourceisconnectedandwillonlysoundthe
alarmifvalidGPSdatawasdetectedthenlost.Thisisthe
recommended(default)setting.
ToselecttheGPSAlertsetting
1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘GPSAlert’then
press the CALLbutton.
2. Usethe or keystoselect‘OFF’,‘AUTO’or‘ON’.
3. PresstheCALLbuttontoacceptandreturntothe‘GPS
SETUP’Menu.
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