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Soft Keys
The 3 soft keys functions can be customized by the Setup Menu mode
section “
10.12 SOFT KEYS ”. When one of the soft keys is pressed briefly,
the functions will appear above each key on the display.
[
AIS
] Key
Press the [ AIS
] key to display the AIS (Automatic Identification System)
targets information on the display. Refer to section “ 13.7 AIS OPERATION ”
for details.
Note : For this key to operate on the GX2000E an optional AIS receiver or
transponder and GPS must be connected to show AIS targets on the ra-
dios display. On the
GX2100E a GPS must be connected to the radio to
show AIS targets on the radios display.
[
CLR
(
WX
)] Key
Press the [ CLR
(
WX
)] key briefly to cancel a selection the “Setup Menu”
and “DSC Menu”.
[
CALL
(
MENU
)] Key
Press the [ CALL
(
MENU
)] key to access the “DSC MENU”.
S
ECONDARY USE
Press and hold the [ CALL
(
MENU
)] key to access the “SETUP MENU”.
[
H/L
] Key
Press the [ H/L
] key to toggle between 25 W (High) and 1 W (Low) power.
When the TX output power is set to “Low” while the transceiver is on chan-
nel 13 or 67, the output power will temporarily switch from “Low” to “High”
power until the
PTT is released. The [ H/L
] key does not function on trans-
mit inhibited and low power only channels.
S
ECONDARY USE
When the Normal (Radio display) is selected, push and hold this key to
show or hide SOG and COG on the display.
[
16/9
] Key
Press the [ 16/9
] key briefly to recall channel 16 from any channel location.
Press and hold the [ CLR
(
WX
)] key to recall channel 9. Pressing the [
16/9
]
key again reverts to the previous selected working channel.
Channel 9 is used in some parts of the world as an alternative calling
channel to Channel 16.
[
DISTRESS
] Key
Used to send a DSC Distress Call. To send the distress call refer to section
“
9.3.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Call .”