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DSC OPERATION
D Transmitting a position report call
Transmit a position report call when you want to announce
your own position to a specific ship and to get an answer, etc.
q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
w Rotate [CHANNEL] to select “Position Report,”
push [CHANNEL•ENTER].
--DSC Menu--
Select Item
Position Input
Individual Call
Group Call
All Ships Call
Position Request
˘Position Report
e Rotate [CHANNEL] to select the desired pre-pro-
grammed individual address or “Manual Input,” push
[CHANNEL•ENTER].
•TheIDcodecanbesetinadvance.(p.17)
•
When “Manual Input” is selected, set the 9-digit MMSI
number for the individual you wish to call by rotating [CHANNEL].
--DSC Menu--
Select Address
Manual Input
John
˘Paul
George
Michael
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
Regardless of a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or
3.01) connection, the current position/time information
appears in steps r and t. If the information is not nec-
essary to be changed, push [CHANNEL•ENTER] or
[16•C] several times to skip the data input steps.
r The position information appears. Set your position (lati-
tude and longitude) data by rotating [CHANNEL].
•Push[16•C] or [DIAL•DUAL/GRP] to move the cursor forward
or backward, respectively.
•
Rotate [CHANNEL] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude
when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West longitude
or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ position.
•Push[CLR] for 1 sec. to clear the latitude/
longitude
data.
•Push[CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.
--DSC Menu--
Input Position
Latitude
__°__.___N Null
Longitude
__°__.___W Null
<CLR 1sec
˘
Null Data>
<CLR
˘
Exit / ENT
˘
OK>
t After setting the position data, push [CHANNEL•ENTER]
to set the current UTC time. Set the current UTC time by
rotating [CHANNEL], then push [CHANNEL•ENTER].
•Push[16•C] or [DIAL•DUAL/GRP] to move the cursor forward
or backward, respectively.
•Push[CLR] for 1 sec. to clear the UTC time data.
•Push[CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.