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Position and Time indication
When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-
nected, the transceiver displays the current position and time.
When no GPS receiver is connected, the transceiver displays
the manually entered position and time.
A GPS receiver appropriate for the IC-M603 is not supplied
from Icom. A GPS receiver with NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01
format is required for position and time indication. Ask your
dealer about suitable GPS receivers.
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When the connecting GPS receiver is compatible with
several sentence formatters, the order of input prece-
dence is ‘RMC,’ ‘GGA,’ ‘GNS’ and ‘GLL.’
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When sentence formatter ‘RMC’ is received, time indi-
cation includes a date. Thus, the “UTC” or “Local” indi-
cation is not displayed.
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“
??
” 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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GPS information indication
When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-
nected, the transceiver displays the GPS information after
pushing and holding
[ENT]
for 1 sec.
When connecting GPS receiver is compatible with several
sentence formatters, the order of input precedence is
‘RMC,’ ‘GGA,’ ‘GNS’, ‘GLL’ and ‘VTG.’
--GPS Info--
DATE
: JUN/16/2006
UTC
: 12:00
POS
:
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
COURSE: 261°M
SPEED : 18.5kt
Push
for 1 sec.
25W
INT
TAG
34°34.506N
123°23.236W
UTC 12:00
CALLING
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