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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4-6-8 Turn GPS ENABLE on/off
You can choose to turn the built in GPS function on/o.
SETUP
COG/SOG
GPS ALERT
►GPS ENABLED
GPS ENABLED
►ON
OFF
1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Move the cursor to GPS ENABLED and press ENTER.
3. Select ON/OFF as desired, in this example, ON has been selected, so the built in GPS
is turned ON.
4-6-9 Set Magnetic Variation (MAG VAR)
SETUP
GPS ALERT
GPS ENABLED
►MAG VAR
MAG VAR
00.0
°W AUTO
MAG VARIATION
XX.X
°W (OR E)
SAVE
►YES
NO
AUTO
1. In the radio setup MENU, select GPS/DATA, then SETUP.
2. Select MAG VAR.
3. Press ENTER to select the rst digit to adjust. Use CH / to adjust the MAGNETIC
dierence between true and variation, then press ENTER to conrm selection.
4. Select YES to save your changes.
Note: AUTO MAG VAR default is 00.0 for TRUE.
Note: W is the default and tenths of a degree is required.
4-7 Radio setup
The RADIO SETUP submenu is used to set up functions of the radio.
MENU SELECT
CONTRAST
GPS/DATA
►RADIO SETUP
4-7-1 Channel Bank selection (UIC)
Non-EU models only
You can select the: USA, International, or Canadian channel band. The channel bands are
listed in the appendix sections.
RADIO SETUP
►UIC
CH NAME
RING VOLUME
UIC
►USA
INT’L
CANADA
1. In the radio setup MENU, select RADIO SETUP.
2. The cursor is at UIC, press ENTER.
3. The cursor is at USA. If you want to select the International channel band, move the
cursor to INT’L. If you want to select the Canadian channel band, move the cursor to
CANADA.
4. Press ENTER to conrm your choice.
5. The new channel band is selected. Depending on your choice, the USA, INT’L, or
CAN icon is shown on the screen.
4-7-2 Channel name editing (CH NAME)
To setup the channel name to ON or to blank the rst line.
1. Select RADIO SETUP, CH NAME, and then press ENTER. Then select the desired
channel name by using the CH / . Press ENTER then the screen will show the
channel name, EDIT and DELETE (Maximum of 12 characters).
2. Select EDIT and press ENTER to edit the existing name tag. Input the new name over
the existing one and press ENTER to display the YES/NO conrmation.
To delete the channel name, just select DELETE then press ENTER.
3. Press ENTER to conrm the new channel name and then press cancel to return to the
menu.