Icom iM504, Instruction Manual

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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 (Univer-
sal 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 “
P Po os si it ti io on n I In np pu ut t
,” 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 forward
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 rotating
[DIAL] , then push [DIAL•ENTER] .
• Push [16•9] or [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to move the cursor forward
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 “
E Ex xi it t
,” 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--
Input UTC Time
__:__ Null
<CLR <CLR 1sec 1sec˘Null Null Data> Data>
<CLR <CLR˘Exit Exit / ENT ENT˘OK> OK>
--DSC Menu--
Input Position
Latitude
__°__.___N Null
Longitude
__°__.___W Null
<CLR <CLR 1sec 1sec˘Null Null Data> Data>
<CLR <CLR˘Exit Exit / ENT ENT˘OK> OK>
--DSC Menu--
Select Item
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Position Input
Individual Call
Group Call
All Ships Call
Position Request
Position Report