Standard Horizon Eclipse GX1400, Owner'S Manual

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10.7.3 Setting up a Position Report Ringer
The transceiver has the capability to turn off the position report ringer.
1. [
]

“ SETUP ”

“ DSC SETUP ”

“ DSC BEEP ”
2. Select “ POS REPORT ” with the [▲] or [▼] key,
then press the [
SELECT
] soft key.
BACK SELECT
DSC BEEP
GROUP
ALL SHIPS
POS REQUEST
POS REPORT
ON
ON
OFF
OFF
3. Press the [▲] or [▼] key to select “ OFF ”, then
press the [ ENTER ] soft key.
BACK ENTER
POS REPORT
OFF
ON
4. Press the [ 16/S ] key or press the [ CLR ] soft key to return to radio opera -
tion mode.
To enable the position report ringer, repeat the above procedure, pressing the
[▲] or [▼] key to select “ ON ” in step 3 above.
10.8 MANUAL INPUT OF THE GPS LOCATION
(
LAT/LON
)
You may send the latitude and longitude of your vessel manually when a GPS
receiver is not connected or is not functioning.
After the position is entered, transmitting a DSC distress or position report will
contain the manually entered position.
1. [
]

“ DSC ”

“ MMSI/POS INFO ”
2. Press the [ POS/TM ] soft key to display the position
input screen.
OK POS/TM
MMSI/POS INFO
ID: 366901234
POS: --°--.----
---°--.----
TIME: --:--UTC
3. Press the [▲] or [▼] key to select the first digit of
your latitude, then press the [ SELECT ] soft key to
step to the next digit.
4. Repeat step 3 to enter your latitude and longitude.
BACK SELECT
MMSI/POS INPUT
POS: 2 -°--.----
---°--.----
TIME: --:--UTC
FINISH
5. Enter UTC time in the 24-hour format with the
same procedure in step 3.