9.18 Switching between high and low transmit power
You can switch transmit power using the HI/LO button on the Handset / Fistmic.
The transmit power can also be changed from the Set-up menu: Menu > Set-up
1. Select Power output.
Selecting the Power output option will switch between High (25 watt) and Low (1 watt) power
output.
9.19 GNSS (GPS) set up
If your radio has a GNSS (GPS) position fix then the following information can be displayed:
• latitude
• longitude
• UTC time
• COG and SOG
When position data is available the satellite icon is displayed onscreen.
If no position data is available then the latitude, longitude and time can be entered manually so that it
can be included in DSC distress transmissions.
Position data received from other vessels can be displayed on a connected Raymarine® multifunction
display.
Enabling and disabling the internal GNSS (GPS)
From the GPS set-up menu: Menu > Set-up > GPS set-up
1. Select Integrated GPS.
Selecting Integrated GPS will switch the radio's internal GNSS receiver On and Off.
Switching between internal and external antenna
Your radio's built-in GNSS (GPS) receiver includes and internal antenna, to improve performance you
can connect an external antenna. You must select which antenna you are using.
From the GPS set-up menu: Menu > Set-up > GPS set-up
1. Select GPS antenna.
Selecting GPS antenna will switch between the internal antenna and external antenna.
No position data
If no position data is available or position data becomes unavailable; after 10 minutes an audible
warning is sounded, the GNSS (GPS) icon flashes and the No position data message is displayed.
Once the warning has been acknowledged the GNSS (GPS) icon will continue to flash. The No
position data warning is repeated every 4 hours if position data is still unavailable, has not been
entered manually or has been entered manually but over 23.5 hours ago.
If position data has been entered manually the display alternates between displaying the manual
position and time and the Manual Position message. if the manually entered position has not been
updated in the last 4 hours the GNSS (GPS) icon flashes and an audible warning is sounded. This
warning will be repeated every 4 hours until position is manually updated or position data becomes
available.
Where no position data is available or has not been manually updated for 23.5 hours then position
data will change to '9's and time will change to '8's.
Entering position manually
If GPS position data is not available it can be entered manually.
From the GPS set-up menu: Menu > Set-up > GPS set-up.
1. Select Set manual position.
The Manual position screen requires you to input latitude, longitude and UTC time.
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