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9.9 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. Press the
MENU
key to display the menu.
BACK
SELECT
OK
POS/TM
MMSI/POS INFO
ID: 366901234
POS: --°--.----
---°--.----
TIME: --:--UTC
BACK
SELECT
MMSI/POS INPUT
POS:
2
-°--.----
---°--.----
TIME: --:--UTC
FINISH
BACK
SELECT
MMSI/POS INPUT
POS:
2
3°56.890N
123°56.890W
TIME: 12:56UTC
FINISH
OK
POS/TM
MMSI/POS INFO
ID: 366901234
POS: 23°56.890N
123°56.890W
TIME: 12:56UTC
2. Press the ▲ / ▼ key to select “
MMSI/POS
INFO
”.
3. Press the
SELECT
soft key. (To cancel, press
the
BACK
soft key.)
4. Press the
P O S / T M
soft key to display the
position input screen.
5. Press the ▲ / ▼ key to select the first digit of
your latitude, then press the
SELECT
soft key
to step to the next digit.
6. Repeat step 5 to enter your latitude and longi-
tude.
7. Enter UTC time in the 24-hour format with the
same procedure in step 5.
8. If a mistake was made entering in the position
and time, press the ◄ / ► key until the wrong
letter is highlighted, then press the ▲ / ▼ key
to correct the entry and press the
SELECT
soft
key.
9. When finished programming the position infor-
mation, press the
FINISH
soft key.
10. Press the
OK
soft key to return to the menu screen.
Press the
POS/TM
soft key to display the position input screen again.
11. Press the
16/S
key or press the
BACK
soft key to return to radio opera-
tion mode.