User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety and operational information
- Section 1 - General information
- Section 2 - Controls and keys
- Section 3 - Operating the radio
- Section 4 - Advanced setup
- 4-1 Waypoint
- 4-2 Backlight adjustment
- 4-3 Lamp timer
- 4-4 Buddy list (Manage your buddy list)
- 4-5 Contrast adjustment
- 4-6 GPS/DATA
- 4-6-1 Manual (Manually enter your position and UTC time)
- 4-6-2 Settings: LL display (Show or hide your position)
- 4-6-3 Settings: Time display (Show or hide the time)
- 4-6-4 Time offset (Local time)
- 4-6-5 Settings: Time format (12 or 24 hour clock)
- 4-6-6 Settings: COG/SOG (Course & speed display options)
- 4-6-7 GPS alert
- 4-6-8 Turn GPS ENABLE on/off
- 4-6-9 Set Magnetic Variation (MAG VAR)
- 4-7 Radio setup
- 4-7-1 Channel Bank selection (UIC)
- 4-7-2 Channel name editing (CH NAME)
- 4-7-3 Ring volume adjustment (RING VOLUME)
- 4-7-4 Beep volume adjustment (KEY BEEP)
- 4-7-5 Select unit (UNITS)
- 4-7-6 Set the Priority channel (WATCH MODE)
- 4-7-7 Weather alerts (WX ALERT)
- 4-7-8 Set NMEA output (NMEA OUT)
- 4-7-9 Favourite Channel Setup (FAV CH SETUP)
- 4-8 DSC setup
- 4-8-1 Enter or check your user MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-8-2 Maintain groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-8-3 Response to individual calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-8-4 Enable DSC functionality (DSC SELECT)
- 4-8-5 Response type to LL polling calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8-6 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-8-7 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-8-8 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-9 ATIS SETUP (EU only)
- 4-10 Get Buddy
- 4-11 Track log
- 4-12 Erase track
- 4-13 Reset (Reset to factory defaults)
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 DSC call types
- 5-3 Send an Individual call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-4 Reply to the Last Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-5 Send a Group call (GROUP)
- 5-6 Send an All Ships call (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-7 Reply to a call in your Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-8 Reply to a call in your Distress Log (DISTRESS LOG)
- 5-9 Request the LL position of a buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-10 Track your buddy request (TRACK BUDDY)
- 5-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-12 View User MMSI and GPS information
- 5-14 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-15 Receiving an All Ships Call (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-16 Receiving an Individual Call (INDIV)
- 5-17 Receiving a Group Call (GROUP)
- 5-18 Receiving a Geographic Area Call (GEOGRAPH)
- 5-19 Receiving a Polled Position Call (POSITION)
- Section 6 - Distress calls
- Section 7 - Installation Instructions
- Appendix A - Technical specifications
- Appendix B - Frequency charts
- Appendix C - EU inland waterway channels
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4-6-1 Manual (Manually enter your position and UTC time)
Use the GPS/DATA menu to manually enter your latitude and longitude and the UTC (time
data).
If GPS receives data automatically - all manual entries will be erased.
MANUAL L/L
27
°
45.210’N
112
°
36.567’W
12:56 UTC
LOCAL/DST
BACKLIGHT
CONTRAST
►GPS/TIME
GPS/DATA
►MANUAL L/L
SETUP
MANUAL L/L
_° _ . _ _ _N
_ _° _ . _ _ _W
_ _:_ _UTC
1. Select GPS/DATA in radio setup MENU.
2. The cursor is at MANUAL. Push ENTER.
3. The cursor is at the rst latitude position.
4. Use the CH / to enter the latitude one number at a time. Press ENTER to move
cursor to the longitude line.
5. Use the CH / to enter the longitude coordinates one number at a time. Press
ENTER to move cursor to the UTC line.
6. Use the CH / to enter the UTC one number at a time then press ENTER.
7. After you enter the last number of the UTC, a new screen appears automatically to
show the position and time data. The prex M indicates a manual entry. If you made
a mistake, repeat these steps to enter the correct data.
4-6-2 Settings: LL display (Show or hide your position)
If your position and time data is being updated automatically, you can use LL DISPLAY to
choose whether to show or hide your position on the screen.
LL DISPLAY
►ON
OFF
MENU SELECT
BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
►GPS/DATA
GPS/DATA
MANUAL
►SETUP
SETUP
TIME FORMAT
TIME DISPLAY
►LL DISPLAY
1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Move the cursor to LL Display and press ENTER.
3. The cursor is at ON (to show your position).
If you want to hide your position, move the cursor to OFF. Press ENTER to conrm your
selection.
4-6-3 Settings: Time display (Show or hide the time)
If your position and time data is being updated, you can use TIME DISPLAY to choose
whether to show or to hide the time on the screen.
TIME DISPLY
►ON
OFF
MENU SELECT
BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
►GPS/DATA
GPS/DATA
MANUAL
►SETUP
SETUP
TIME OFFSET
TIME FORMAT
►TIME DISPLY
1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Move the cursor to TIME DISPLAY and press ENTER.
3. The cursor is at ON (to show the time).
If you want to hide the time, move the cursor to OFF.
4. Press ENTER to conrm the selection.
4-6-4 Time offset (Local time)
If your position and time data is being updated, you can use TIME OFFSET to enter the
time dierence between UTC and local time - so your local time is displayed on the
screen.
TIME OFFSET
+ 03.30
12:56 PM LOC
MENU SELECT
BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
►GPS/DATA
GPS/DATA
MANUAL
►SETUP
SETUP
►TIME OFFSET
TIME FORMAT
TIME DISPLY
1. Work out the time dierence between UTC and your local time.
2. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
3. The cursor is at TIME OFFSET and press ENTER.
4. Enter + or – followed by the time dierence between UTC and your local time. Half
hour increments can be used (as in this example). Local time is shown with the sux
LOC.
5. Press ENTER to conrm the selection.