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DSC OPERATION
A Distress call should include the ship’s position and time
data. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Uni
-
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.
• This manual programming is not available when a GPS
receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.
• Manually programmed position/time data will be held for
23.5 hours only.
q Enter “Position Input” in DSC menu.
DSC Menu ➪ Position Input
(Push [MENU]) (Rotate [SELECTOR], then push [ENT].)
w Edit your position (latitude and longitude) data directly
with the keypad.
• Push [6•MNO] to edit N; North latitude or [7•PRS] to edit
S; South latitude.
• Push [3•DEF] to edit E; East longitude or [9•WXY] to edit
W; West longitude.
• Rotate [SELECTOR] to move the cursor backward or forward.
• Push [CE] to clear the position data.
• Push [CLR] to cancel and exit the condition.
--DSC Menu--
Input Position
Latitude
__°__.___N Null
Longitude
__°__.___W Null
<CE˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
e After editing the position data, push [ENT] to set. Then
edit the current UTC time with the keypad.
• Rotate [SELECTOR] to move the cursor backward or forward.
• Push [CE] to clear the time.
• Push [CLR] to cancel and exit the condition.
--DSC Menu--
Input UTC Time
__:__ Null
<CE˘Null Data>
<CLR
˘Exit
/ ENT˘OK>
r Push [ENT] to set the time and return to the DSC menu.
t Push [CLR] or rotate [SELECTOR] to select “Exit,”
push [ENT] to return to the normal operation condition.
■ Position and Time programming
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