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GX1700
13 WAYPOINTS
The
GX1700
is capable of storing up to 100 waypoints and navigating to
them using the compass page.
In addition DSC distress calls with position or a position received from a an-
other DSC radio using DSC polling can be navigated to.
13.1 MARKING A POSITION
This feature allows the radio to mark the current position of the vessel.
1. Press and hold down the
key until “
Set-
up Menu
” appears.
2. Press the
/
key to select “
WAY-
POINT SETUP
”.
3. Press the
soft key, then select
“
WAYPOINT DIRECTORY
” with the
/
key.
4. Press the
soft key, then select “
MARK
POSITION
” with the
/
key.
5. Press the
soft key, then enter the Waypoint
Name, by pressing the
/
key to select the
first letter.
6. Press the
soft key to store the first letter
and to move to the second letter in the name.
7. Repeat step 5 and 6 until the name is shown.
Press the
soft key to skip a letter if need-
ed.
8. Press and hold the
soft key two times to
save the waypoint into memory.
9. Press the
soft key several times to return to radio operation.
NOTE
One of the soft keys (refer to section “
10.7 SOFT KEYS
”) may be as-
signed to Mark and when pressed will bring up the menu above.
-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
GPS Setup
MMSI Setup
WAYPOINT SETUP
QUIT
SELECT
QUIT
SELECT
-Waypoint Setup-
WAYPOINT DIRECTORY
Display Range
Direction
QUIT
SELECT
-Waypoint Directry-
MARK POSITION
Add
Edit
Delete
QUIT
ENT
BACK
-Waypoint Input-
Position: -- --.---_
--- --.---_
WPT Name:WPT 001
QUIT
ENT
BACK
-Waypoint Input-
Position: 33 36.520N
118 10.120W
WPT Name:Fishing PT