Operation Manual

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GX1300
6.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS
After connections have been made between the
GX1300 and the GPS, a small satellite icon will
appear on the top right corner of the display, and
displays your current location (Latitude/Longitude)
on the display
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BUSY
MEM
LOCAM
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USA
25W
123˚56.890W
23˚56.890N 09:56
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NOTE
The GX1300 has a GPS status display which
shows the satellites currently being received, along
with a graphical (bar-graph) representation of the
relative signal strengths from each of the satellites.
(GPS StatuS DISPLay)
GPS STATUS
LOCAM
123˚56.890W
23˚56.890N 09:56
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12
13
15
21
22
25
28
31
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NOTE
1. Turn the transceiver on.
BACK SELECT
2. Press the MENU key to display the menu.
3. Select “
GPS
” with the ▲ / ▼ / ◄ / ► key, then
press the
SELECT
soft key.
The “
GPS STATUS
” screen will appear.
4. Press the CLR key to return to radio operation.
• If there is a problem with the NMEA input from a GPS, the satellite
icon will blink continuously until the connection is corrected.
• If a GPS with NMEA output is not connected to the radio, the
GX1300 will beep 10 minutes after the radio is turned on. After that
the GX1300 will beep every 4 hours alerting to connect a GPS.
For the GX1300 to properly show the GPS status page when an ex-
ternal GPS antenna or a chart plotter is connected it must be setup to
output GSA and GSV NMEA 0183 sentences.