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DSC OPERATION
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Position and time programming
A distress call should include the ship’s position and time
data. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Uni-
versal Time Coordinated) time should be input manually.
They are included automatically when a GPS receiver
(NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.
q
Push
[MENU]
to enter the DSC menu.
w
Rotate
[DIAL]
to select “
Position Input
,” and push
[DIAL•ENTER]
.
e
The position information appears. Set your position (lati-
tude and longitude) data by rotating
[DIAL]
.
• Push
[16•9]
or
[CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C]
to move the cursor for-
ward or backward, respectively.
• Rotate
[DIAL]
to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude when
the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West longitude or
E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ position.
• Push
[CLR]
for 1 sec. to clear the latitude/longitude data.
• Push
[CLR]
to cancel and return to the DSC menu.
r
After setting the position data, push
[DIAL•ENTER]
to set
the current UTC time. Set the current UTC time by rotat-
ing
[DIAL]
, then push
[DIAL•ENTER]
.
• Push
[16•9]
or
[CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C]
to move the cursor for-
ward or backward, respectively.
• Push
[CLR]
for 1 sec. to clear the UTC time data.
• Push
[CLR]
to cancel and return to the DSC menu.
t
Push
[CLR]
or rotate
[DIAL]
to select “
Exit
,” push
[DIAL•ENTER]
.
• Returns to the DSC menu.
• Repeat again to return to the normal operation condition.
Manually programmed position data will be held for
23.5 hours only.
--DSC Menu--
Select Item
˘Position Input
Individual Call
Group Call
All Ships Call
Position Request
Position Report
--DSC Menu--
Input Position
Latitude
__°__.___N
Null
Longitude
__°__.___W
Null
<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT
˘OK>
--DSC Menu--
Input UTC Time
__:__
Null
<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT
˘OK>
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