Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon Eclipse GX1300 Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Reference Guide ..............................................................................................5
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ......................................................................................6
2 PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................7
3 OPTIONS .................................................................................................................7
4 ONLINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION(in USA or Canada only) .........................7
5 GETTING STARTED ................................................................................................8
5.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO ........................................................................................8
5.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .............................................................................8
5.2.1 Coaxial Cable ......................................................................................9
5.3 EMERGENCY ( CHANNEL 16 USE ) ..............................................................10
5.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL ( CHANNEL 16 OR 9 ) ...................................10
5.5 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 (USA Channel Group Only) ........11
6 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................12
6.1 LOCATION .....................................................................................................12
6.2 MOUNTING THE RADIO ...............................................................................12
6.2.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket ................................................................12
6.2.2 Optional MMB-84 Flush Mount Bracket .............................................13
6.3 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .....................................................................14
6.4 ACCESSORY CABLE ....................................................................................16
6.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ................................................................17
6.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .........................................................................18
6.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ...............................................................19
6.8 CHANGING THE TIME FORMAT ..................................................................20
7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ............................................................................21
7.1 FRONT PANEL ..............................................................................................21
7.2 REAR PANEL ................................................................................................23
7.3 MICROPHONE ..............................................................................................24
8 BASIC OPERATION ..............................................................................................25
8.1 RECEPTION ..................................................................................................25
8.2 TRANSMISSION ............................................................................................25
8.3 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER ( TOT ) ............................................................25
8.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .............................................................26
8.5 USA, INTERNATIONAL, AND CANADA MODE ............................................26
8.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ......................................................................27
8.6.1 NOAA Weather Alert ..........................................................................27
8.6.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing ..............................................................27
8.7 SCANNING ....................................................................................................28
8.7.1 Selecting the Scan Type ....................................................................28
8.7.2 Scan Memory Programming ..............................................................29
8.7.3 Memory Scanning ( M-SCAN ) ............................................................29
8.7.4 Priority Channel Setting .....................................................................30
8.7.5 Priority Scanning ( P-SCAN ) ...............................................................30
8.8 MULTI WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) ..................................................31
8.8.1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation ................................................31
8.8.2 Starting the Dual Watch .....................................................................32
8.9 PRESET CHANNELS: INSTANT ACCESS ...................................................33
8.9.1 Preset Channel Programming ...........................................................33
8.9.2 Operation ...........................................................................................33
8.9.3 Deleting a Preset Channel .................................................................34
8.10 OPERATION MENU ....................................................................................35
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