Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon QUEST-X GX1500E Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................................................... 4
2 PACKING LIST ....................................................................................................................... 4
3 OPTIONS ................................................................................................................................ 4
4 INSTALLATION NOTE ........................................................................................................... 5
5 GETTING STARTED ............................................................................................................... 6
5.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................................................... 6
5.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ......................................................................................... 6
5.3 COAXIAL CABLE .......................................................................................................... 7
6 INSTALLATION ....................................................................................................................... 8
6.1 LOCATION ..................................................................................................................... 8
6.2 MOUNTING THE RADIO ............................................................................................. 8
6.2.1 Supplied Universal Mounting Bracket .................................................................... 8
6.2.2 Optional MMB-84 Flash Mount Bracket ............................................................. 9
6.3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .................................................................................. 10
6.4 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................................................. 11
6.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ........................................................................... 12
6.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .................................................................................... 12
6.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ......................................................................... 13
6.8 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ........................................................ 13
6.9 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC
AND/OR VH-310 HANDSET INSTALLATION ............................................................ 14
7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .......................................................................................... 16
8 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................................................. 22
8.1 RECEPTION ................................................................................................................ 22
8.2 TRANSMISSION .......................................................................................................... 22
8.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ....................................................................... 22
8.4 SIMPLEX / DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ....................................................................... 23
8.5 INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA MODE ..................................................... 23
8.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ................................................................................. 23
8.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert .......................................................................................... 23
8.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing ............................................................................. 24
8.7 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ......................................................................... 24
8.8 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ............................................ 25
8.9 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ............................................................................... 25
8.10 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ............................................................. 26
8.11 DUAL WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) ................................................................ 26
8.12 SCANNING .................................................................................................................. 27
8.12.1 Selecting the Scan Type ..................................................................................... 27
8.12.2 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ............................................................................. 27
8.12.3 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................................................... 28
8.13 NAVIGATION INDICATION ...................................................................................... 28
8.14 INTERCOM OPERATION ........................................................................................ 29
8.14.1 Communication .................................................................................................. 29
8.14.2 Calling ................................................................................................................. 29
9 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING .......................................................................................... 30
9.1 GENERAL .................................................................................................................... 30
9.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ..................................................... 30
9.2.1 What is an MMSI? ............................................................................................... 30
9.2.2 Programming the MMSI .................................................................................... 31
9.3 DISTRESS ALERT ...................................................................................................... 32
9.3.1 Tansmitting a Distress Alert ............................................................................. 32
9.3.2 Receiving a Distress Alert ................................................................................ 34
9.3.3 Distress Relay .................................................................................................... 34
9.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ....................................................................................................... 35
9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call ......................................................................... 35
9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ............................................................................. 36
9.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL ...................................................................................................... 37
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