Chapter 2: Operation
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General use and navigation
Position and MMSI Information
The position and MMSI information for the
SAILOR 6300 MF/HF DSC radio is shown in the
lower part of the radio’s display. The current
(latest) position of the connected GPS, the UTC
and position type, GPS Status and MMSI are
displayed.
Entering the vessel’s position manually
If you need to enter the vessel’s position and UTC of position manually, do as
follows:
1. Press the soft key
SETUP
. If it is not in the display, press the soft key
MORE
until
SETUP
appears.
2. Press the arrow soft key
or
to advance to
DSC SETUP
.
3. Press the selector knob to select
Position & MMSI
.
4. Enter the current position and UTC time:
•
Latitude (LAT),
•
Longitude (LON)
•
UTC time (POS UTC)
Turn and press the selector knob to select the value you want to change.
Then use the keypad or press and turn the selector knob to enter the
current values for position and UTC time.
5. Having entered the UTC time, the soft key
SAVE
appears. If needed, you
can clear all position data by pressing
CLEAR
. Press
SAVE
and then
EXIT
to
return to normal operation. The display shows
Man
in the lower right
corner.
6. After you have entered a value manually or overruled the GPS input, a soft
key
UseGPS
appears in the display if the GPS is available. Press this soft key
if you decide to use the data from the connected GPS.
CALL
ALERT
DROBOS
MORE
MMSI: 123456789
N 12°34.5678
E 123°45.6789
GPS
4357.0
4065.0
SSB 401
SQ
kHz/Tx
kHz/Rx
22:07
