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DSC OPERATION
New2001
When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-
nected, next steps
r
,
t
(Current position/time program-
ming) do not appear. Go to step
y
.
r
The position information appears. Set your latitude data
using
[
▲
]
or
[
▼
]
. After setting the latitude data, push
[ENT]
to set your longitude data.
• Push
[CH•DUAL]
or
[16•C]
to move the cursor forward or back-
ward, respectively.
• Push
[
▲
]
or
[
▼
]
to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude
when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West longi-
tude or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ po-
sition.
• Push
[SCAN•TAG]
to clear the latitude/longitude data.
• Push
[CLR]
to cancel and exit the condition to the DSC menu.
Set the latitude data
Set the longitude data
t
After setting the longitude data, push
[ENT]
to set the cur-
rent UTC time using
[
▲
]
or
[
▼
]
, then push
[ENT]
.
• Push
[CH•DUAL]
or
[16•C]
to move the cursor forward or back-
ward, respectively.
• Push
[SCAN•TAG]
to clear the UTC time data.
• Push
[CLR]
to cancel and exit the condition to the DSC menu.
y
Push
[DISTRESS]
for 5 sec. to transmit the distress call.
• While pushing
[DISTRESS]
, the key backlighting is blinking.
u
After transmitting the distress call, the transceiver waits for
an acknowledgment call on Ch 70.
• The distress call is automatically transmitted every 3.5 to 4.5 min.
• After 2 sec., the transceiver is set to Channel 16 automatically.
Distress Call
TX Completed
Now Waiting for ACK
<CLR˘Cancel>
INT
25W
TAG
Wait ACK
<CLR˘
CALLING
Cancel>
After 2 sec.
--DSC Menu--
Input UTC Time
__:__
Null
<SCAN˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
--DSC Menu--
Input Position
Longitude
___ __.___W
Null
<SCAN˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
--DSC Menu--
Input Position
Latitude
__ __.___N
Null
<SCAN˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
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