Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon Explorer GX1600 Owner's Manual

25 watt vhf/fm marine transceiver
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Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................................ 4
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ................................................................................ 5
2 PACKING LIST ................................................................................................... 5
3 OPTIONS ............................................................................................................. 5
5 GETTING STARTED .......................................................................................... 7
5.1
PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS .................................................... 7
5.2
ABOUT VHF RADIO .......................................................................... 7
5.3
SELECTING AN ANTENNA ............................................................... 7
5.4
COAXIAL CABLE ................................................................................ 8
5.5
EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ..................................................... 8
5.6
CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ......................... 9
5.7
MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ........................................................ 10
5.8
OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ..................................... 10
5.9
AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK SERVICE ........................................ 10
6 INSTALLATION ................................................................................................. 12
6.1
SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION ............................................... 12
6.2
LOCATION ......................................................................................... 12
6.3
MOUNTING THE RADIO ................................................................. 13
6.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket ................................................. 13
6.3.2 Optional MMB-97 Flush Mount Bracket ............................. 13
6.4
ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ......................................................... 14
6.5
ACCESSORY CABLE ....................................................................... 15
6.6
CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ................................................... 16
6.7
CHANGING THE GPS TIME ........................................................... 16
6.8
CHANGING THE TIME AREA ......................................................... 17
6.9
CHANGING THE TIME DISPLAY .................................................... 17
6.10 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ................................ 18
6.11 OPTIONAL RAM3 (CMP30) INSTALLATION ................................... 18
6.11.2 External Speaker AF Selection ........................................... 20
7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ..................................................................... 22
7.1
FRONT PANEL ................................................................................. 22
7.2
REAR PANEL ................................................................................... 24
7.3
MICROPHONE .................................................................................. 25
8 BASIC OPERATION ......................................................................................... 26
8.1
RECEPTION ...................................................................................... 26
8.2
TRANSMISSION ................................................................................ 26
TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER ( TOT ) ............................................... 26
8.3
8.4
SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ................................................ 27
8.5
DISPLAY TYPE ................................................................................. 27
8.6
USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE ............................... 28
8.7
NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ........................................................ 28
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................... 28
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Testing ....................................................... 29
DUAL WATCH ( TO CHANNEL16 ) ..................................................... 29
8.8
8.9
SCANNING ........................................................................................ 30
8.9.1 Scan Type Selection ........................................................... 30
8.9.2 Scan Memory Programming ............................................... 30
8.9.3 Memory Scanning ( M-SCAN ) ............................................... 31
8.9.4 Priority Scanning ( P-SCAN ) ................................................. 31
8.10.1 Preset Channel Programming ............................................. 32
8.10.2 Operation .............................................................................. 32
8.10.3 Deleting a Preset Channel .................................................. 32
8.11 INTERCOM OPERATION ................................................................. 33
8.11.1 Communication ..................................................................... 33
8.11.2 Calling .................................................................................. 33
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9 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING .................................................................... 34
9.1
GENERAL .......................................................................................... 34
9.2
MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) .......................... 34
9.2.1 What is an MMSI? .............................................................. 34
9.2.2 Programming the MMSI ...................................................... 35
9.3
DSC DISTRESS ALERT .................................................................. 36
9.3.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert ..................................... 36
with Nature of Distress ......................................... 37
by Manually Entering a Position .......................... 38
9.3.1.3 Pausing a DSC Distress Call ............................... 39
9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call .......................................... 39
a. ACCEPT .......................................................................... 39
b. PAUSE ............................................................................ 39
c. QUIT ............................................................................... 39
9.4
ALL SHIPS CALL ............................................................................. 41
9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call ............................................ 41
9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ............................................... 42
9.5
INDIVIDUAL CALL ............................................................................ 43
9.5.1 Individual / Position Call Directory Setup .............................. 43
9.5.2 Individual Reply Setup ........................................................ 44
9.5.3 Individual Acknowledgment Setup ....................................... 44
9.5.4 Individual / Group Call Ringer Setup .................................. 45
9.5.5 Transmitting an Individual Call ........................................... 46
9.5.5 Receiving an Individual Call ............................................... 48
9.6
DSC LOG OPERATION ................................................................... 49
9.6.1 Reviewing a Logged DSC Distress Call ........................... 49
9.7
GROUP CALL ................................................................................... 51
9.7.1 Group Call Setup ................................................................ 51
9.7.2 Transmitting a Group Call .................................................. 52
9.7.3 Receiving a Group Call ...................................................... 54
9.8
POSITION REQUEST ....................................................................... 55
9.8.1 Position Reply Setup ........................................................... 55
9.8.2 Position Request Ringer Setup .......................................... 56
9.8.4 Receiving a Position Request ............................................ 57
9.9
POSITION REPORT ......................................................................... 59
9.9.1 Position Report Ringer Setup ............................................. 59
9.9.2 Transmitting a DSC Position Report Call .......................... 59
using the Individual Directory ............................... 59
by Manually Entering a MMSI .............................. 60
9.9.3 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ............................. 61
9.9.4 Navigating to a Position Report ......................................... 61
9.9.5 Stop Navigating to Position Report .................................... 61
9.9.7 Navigating to a Saved Waypoint ....................................... 62
9.11 AUTO DSC POLLING ...................................................................... 64
9.11.1 Polling Time Interval Setup ................................................ 64
9.11.3 Enable/Disable Auto DSC Polling ....................................... 65
9.12 DSC TEST ........................................................................................ 66

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