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DSC OPERATION
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A Distress call should include the ship’s position and time
data. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Univer-
sal Time Coordinated) time should be input manually. They
are included automatically when a GPS receiver is connected
(NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01).
q
Push
[MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
w
Push
[
s
] or [
t
] to select “POSITION INPUT,” then push
[ENT].
Scrolls
e
Push
[
s
] or [
t
] to enter your latitude data. After entering
the data, push
[ENT] to set your longitude data.
• Push
[CH/WX] or [16] to move the cursor forward or backward.
• Push
[
s
] or [
t
] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude
when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West lon-
gitude or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’
position.
• Push
[CLR] to cancel and exit the programming mode, if de-
sired.
r
After setting the longitude data, push
[ENT] to set the cur-
rent UTC time using
[
s
] or [
t
].
• Push
[CH/WX] or [16] to move the cursor forward or backward.
• Push
[CLR] to cancel and exit the programming, if desired.
t
Push
[ENT] to program and return to normal operation.
Manually programmed position data will be held only for
23.5 hours.
“??” may blink instead of position and time indications
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually
updated after 4 hours.
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Position and time programming
