Position Request Ringer Setup; Transmitting A Position Request To Another Vessel; Position Request Using The Individual Directory - Standard Horizon Explorer GPS GX1700 Owner's Manual

9.8.2 Position Request Ringer Setup

The GX1700 has the capability to turn off the Position Request ringer.
1. Press and hold down the
up Menu " appears.
2. Press the
SETUP " menu.
3. Press the
BEEP " with the
4. Press the
Request " with the
5. Press the
with the
6. Press the
lected setting.
7. Press the
to radio operation.
To re-enable the ringer tone, repeat the above procedure, pressing the
/ key to select " On " in step "5" above.

9.8.3 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel

9.8.3.1 Position Request using the Individual Directory

1. Press the
appear.
2. Press the
REQUEST ", then press the
3. Press the
that was stored in the Individual DSC direc-
tory, then press the
4. Press the
ture of call (" ROUTINE " or " SAFETY "), then
press the
5. Press the
Position Request DSC call.
6. When the GX1700 receives the position
from the polled vessel it is shown on the radio dis-
play and also transferred to a GPS Chart plotter
with NMEA DSC and DSE sentences.
7. Press the
tion.
GX1700
/ key to select " DSC
soft key, then select " DSC
/ key.
soft key, then select " POS
/ key.
soft key, then select " Off "
/ key.
soft key to store the se-
soft key several times to return
key. The " DSC Menu " will
/ key to select " POS
/ key to select a name
soft key.
/ key to select the na-
soft key.
soft key to transmit the
soft key to return to radio opera-
key until " Set-
SELECT
SELECT
INDIVIDUAL
Group
All Ships
POS Request
POS Report
Auto POS Polling
soft key.
SELECT
SELECT
-Setup Menu-
GENERAL SETUP
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
Waypoint Setup
-Setup Menu-
GPS Setup
General Setup
MMSI Setup
CH Function Setup
QUIT
DSC SETUP
Waypoint Setup
GPS Setup
-DSC Setup-
MMSI Setup
Individual Ack
Individual Ring SELECT
Group Directory
Position Reply
Auto POS Interval
DSC BEEP
QUIT
-DSC Beep-
Select Call
Group
Beep
On
-DSC Beep-
Select Call
Group
ENT QUIT
Beep
Off
ENT
-DSC Menu-
-DSC Menu-
Individual
Group
QUIT
All Ships
POS REQUEST
POS Report
Auto POS Polling
-POS Request Call-
SELECT
HORIZON
Vertex
Standard
Sun Light
-Category-
Bob
ROUTINE
Safety
NEW ID QUIT
-POS Request Call-
Name:Horizon
ID:234567890
SELECT
Category:Routine
-POS Request Call-
Name:Horizon
Transmit?
ID:234567890
YES QUIT
Category:Routine
Transmiting
-POS Request Call-
Name:Horizon
ID:234567890
Category:Routine
Since: 00:25
Waiting for ACK
QUIT
QUIT
QUIT
QUIT
QUIT
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