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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4-6-5 Settings: Time format (12 or 24 hour clock)
Use TIME FORMAT to show the time in 12 or 24 hour format, depending on your
preference.
TIME FORMAT
►12 HR
24 HR
12:56 PM LOC
MENU SELECT
BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
►GPS/DATA
GPS/DATA
MANUAL
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SETUP
TIME OFFSET
►TIME FORMAT
TIME DISPLY
1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Move the cursor to TIME FORMAT and press ENTER.
The cursor is at 12 HR (to show the sux: am or pm). If you want to use the 24 Hr
clock, move the cursor to 24 HR.
3. Press ENTER to conrm the selection.
4-6-6 Settings: COG/SOG (Course & speed display options)
If your position and time data is being updated, you can use COG/SOG to choose whether
to show or hide your course over ground (COG) and speed over ground (SOG) data on the
screen.
Note: Despite the COG/SOG setting, if TIME DISPLAY is ON, the course and speed will not
display on screen.
COG/SOG
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OFF
MENU
BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
►GPS/DATA
GPS/DATA
MANUAL
►SETTING
SETUP
TIME DISPLAY
LL DISPLY
►COG/SOG
COAST GUARD
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1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Move the cursor to COG/SOG and push ENTER.
3. Select ON or OFF as desired, In this example, ON has been selected, so the screen
shows the bearing and speed.
If COG/SOG is set on, the time will not display on screen.
4-6-7 GPS alert
You can choose to turn the GPS ALERT on/o.
GPS ALERT
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OFF
MENU SELECT
BUDDY LIST
CONTRAST
►GPS/DATA
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MANUAL
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SETUP
LL DISPLY
COG/SOG
►GPS ALERT
1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Move the cursor to GPS ALERT and press ENTER.
3. Select ON/OFF as desired, in this example, ON has been selected, so if the GPS signal
is lost, then the NO GPS alert will sound.