Owner manual

PAGE4 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600D
OPERATION
CONTROLS
Channel Channel LCD Volume
 Down Up Display
Scan
Microphone
Speaker
DSCDistress Channel16 Channel Hi/Low DualWatch/ Squelch
   AMemory Power TripleWatch
USER MMSI
TousetheDSCfeatureyoumustberegisteredwiththe
appropriatelicensingauthority(AMSAinAustralia)who
willissueyouwithyouruniqueuserMMSInumber.Youcan
thenenterthisintoyourGX600DtoenableDSCoperation.
HavingaregistereduserMMSImeansyoucanbeidentied
muchquickerinanemergency.
YourGX600Disshippedfromthefactorywithoutauser
MMSInumber.ItisuptotheusertoobtainavalidMMSI
fromtheappropriatelicensingauthorityandentertheMMSI
intotheradiotoenableDSCoperation.
GROUP MMSI
TheGroupMMSIisusedforDSCGroupCalls.AGroupCall
providesamethodforallvesselswithacommoninterest
(eg:ayachtcluborashingeet)tobecontactedwith
oneDSCcall.GroupMMSI’sareusuallyissuedbyaclub
ororganisationforusebymembersparticipatingingroup
activities(suchasyachtracingetc).
RANGE
TherangeofVHFtransmissionsdependsonantennaheight,
transmitterpowerandtheterrainoverwhichthesignals
pass.Shiptoshipcommunicationsshouldbepossible
overatleast8nauticalmilesanduptoabout27nautical
miles.Shiptoshorerangeswilloftenbegreaterduetothe
increasedheightoftheshoreantennaandcommunications
of25to50nauticalmilesarepossible.
DISPLAY MICROPHONE
Transmit
Indicator
Low
Power
Busy
Indicator
DualWatch
Indicator
Scan
Memory
Channel
Display
DisplayMatrixKeyLock
Channel
Extender
TripleWatch
Indicator
Call
Alphanumeric
Keypad
Menu/
EnterKey
Clearkey
Downkey
Upkey
Keylockkey
PushtoTalk
(Optional MC540)
Call
Clearkey
Downkey
Upkey
PushtoTalk
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