GX1700
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9.10 MANUAL INPUTTING A GPS POSITION
(
LAT/LON
)
This selection allows the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel to be manually
entered so DSC Distress or a Position Report call will contain position infor-
mation. This feature maybe useful when the
GX1700
is located in an area
where GPS reception is limited.
1. Press and hold down the
key until “
Setup
Menu
” appears, then select “
GPS SETUP
” with the
/
key.
2. Press the
soft key, then select “
POSITION
INPUT
” with the
/
key.
3. Press the
soft key. The transceiver will
beep, and the display will be as shown in the illus-
tration on the right.
4. Enter the latitude/longitude of your vessel and your
local UTC time in the 24-hour notation by the
/
key. Press the
/
key to select the
number and press the
soft key to move the
cursor to the next character. You may backspace
the cursor by pressing the
soft key, if you
make a mistake.
5. To store the data entered, press and hold the
soft key.
6. Press the
soft key several times to return
to radio operation.
-Setup Menu-
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
GPS Setup
MMSI Setup
Waypoint Setup
GENERAL SETUP
QUIT
SELECT
General Setup
-Setup Menu-
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
Waypoint Setup
MMSI Setup
GPS SETUP
QUIT
SELECT
QUIT
SELECT
-GPS Setup-
POSITION INPUT
Pinning
Time Offset
Time Area
Time Display
Magnetic
QUIT
ENT
BACK
-POS/POS Time Input-
Position:
-- --.---_
POS Time:--:--[UTC]
-
-- --.---_
QUIT
ENT
BACK
-POS/POS Time Input-
Position:
POS Time:10:00[UTC]
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33 33.120
118 06.230