Icom IC-M411 - Position and Time Programming

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n Position and time programming
A distress call should include the ship’s position and time
data. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Uni
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versal Time Coordinated) time should be input manually.
They are included automatically when a GPS receiver
(NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.
q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
w Push [s] or [t] to select “POSITION INPUT,” and push
[ENT].
Scrolls
e The position information appears. Set your latitude data
using
[s] or [t]. After setting the latitude data, push
[ENT] to set your longitude data .
• Push [CH•DUAL] or [16•C] to move the cursor forward or back-
ward, respectively.
• Push [s] or [t] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude
when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West lon-
gitude or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’
position.
• Push [CLR] to cancel and exit the condition.
r After setting the longitude data, push [ENT] to set the
current UTC time using
[s] or [t].
• Push [CH•DUAL] or [16•C] to move the cursor forward or back-
ward, respectively.
• Push [CLR] to cancel and exit the condition.
t Push [ENT] to program and returns to the normal opera-
tion.
Manually programmed position data will be held for 23.5
hours only.
“??” may blink instead of position and time indications
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually
updated after 4 hours.