User Manual

GX1600/GX1700
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6.6 CHECKING GPS STATUS
After connections have been made between the
GX1600 and the GPS, or when the GX1700 receives
the GPS signal from the internal GPS, or from an
external GPS antenna or chart plotter, a small satel-
lite icon ( )

will appear on the top right corner of the
display and your current location (latitude/longitude) is shown on the display.

: When the GX1700 receives the GPS signal from an external GPS antenna or chart plotter,
the “
IO
” icon will appear instead.
NOTE
If there is a problem with the NMEA connection between the radio
and the GPS, the GPS icon will blink continuously until the connec-
tion is corrected.
The GX1600 and GX1700 have a GPS status display which shows the satel-
lites currently being received, along with a graphical (bar-graph) representa-
tion of the relative signal strengths from the satellites.
NOTE
For the GX1600 and GX1700 to properly show the GPS status page
when an external GPS antenna or a chart plotter is connected it
must be setup to output GSA and GSV NMEA 0183 sentences.
1. Press and hold the key until “
Setup
Menu
” appears, then select “
GENERAL
SETUP
” with the / key.
-Setup Menu-
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
GPS Setup
MMSI Setup
Waypoint Setup
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2. Press the soft key, then select
“
DISPLAY
” with the / key.
3. Press the
soft key, then select “
GPS
STATUS
” with the / key.
4. Press the
soft key to display the
GPS status currently being received.
5. Press any key to return to normal operation.
NOTE (GX1700)
When the GX1700 is first turned on, it may take several minutes
to compute a x of your position. This is normal, as the GX1700 is
downloading “almanac” information from the GPS satellites.
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DISTRESS
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