Icom ID-31A

5
GPS/GPS-A OPERATION
5-22
Transmitting GPS-A data ■ (Continued)
Comment programming8.
Program your comment and transmit it with the GPS-A
position data.
The number of characters you can enter differs, de-
pending on the settings of data extension
(p. 5-19) and
altitude (p. 5-20).
!8 Push D-pad() and D-pad(Ent) to select “Com-
ment .”
D-pad
(�)
(Ent)
!9 Push .
@0 Push D-pad() to select “ Edit,” then push D-
pad(Ent), and then the comment editing screen ap-
pears.
@1 Rotate [DIAL] to select the first character.
• The selected character blinks.
• Push D-pad() to move the cursor right or left.
• While selecting a character, push
to change the
character to a upper case or lower case letter.
• While selecting a digit, push
to open the input mode
selection window.
Push D-pad() to select the desired modes to Upper
case letters, Lower case letters, Numbers and Symbols.
To enter symbols, select “!”#,” and then push D-pad(Ent)
to display the symbol character selection window. And
rotate [DIAL] to select the desired symbol character, and
then push D-pad(Ent).
• A space can be selected, even for any input mode se-
lected.
• Push D-pad(") to enter a space to the right of the last
character.
To insert a space to the left of any selected character,
rotate [DIAL] to select a space to insert it.
• Push [CLR]
to erase the selected character, or hold
down [CLR]
to continuously erase the characters
after the cursor.
• A character after
“ ” would not be transmitted.
@2 After entering the comment, push D-pad(Ent).
@3 Push [MENU] to cancel the Menu screen.
Ending icon (Up to 28 characters
can be input)
Data Extension Altitude The number of characters
OFF OFF less than 43 (Default)
OFF ON less than 35
Course/Speed OFF less than 36
Course/Speed ON less than 28
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