Standard Horizon ECLIPSE DSC+ GX1200E Owner's Manual page 36

After the radio transmits the DSC call, the display of the radio will
show the next time the distress call will be transmitted. The display will
show " TX IN 4:00 " and count down until the distress call is transmit-
ted.
Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert with Manually Entering a Position
When the GX1200E is not connected to a GPS receiver or the GPS is
not operating properly, you may input the latitude/longitude of your vessel
manually and may send a DSC distress alert.
1. Press the
appear.
2. Press the
MSG ", and then press the
cancel, press the
3. The " DISTRESS " menu will appear on the
LCD. Press the
4. Enter UTC time in the 24-hour format and the
latitude/longitude of your vessel. Press the
/ keys to select the number and press the
soft key to move the cursor to the next
character. If you make a mistake, you may
back space the cursor by pressing the
soft key.
5. When you have completed your selection,
press and hold the
seconds to save the setting.
6. Press and hold the [ DISTRESS ] key until a
distress alert is transmitted.
7. Perform the steps 2 through 6 of the basic operation described in the
previous section.
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key. The " D S C M E N U " will
keys to select " DIST ALT
/
soft key.)
soft key.
soft key for two
NOTE
soft key. (To
-DSC MENU-
POS REQUEST
POS REPORT
DIST ALT MSG
!!DISTRESS!!
UNDESIGNATED
33˚37.1N
118˚09.5W
-POS INPUT-
UTC: --:--
LAT: --˚--.-
LON:---˚--.-
-POS INPUT-
UTC: 12:35
LAT: 33˚34.N
LON:118˚08.W
GX1200E