Dgps; Using The Dgps; Setting The Beacon Station - Icom FP-561 Instruction Manual

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r PLOTTER MODE q DGPS

(12)-1 DGPS

(12)-2 Using the DGPS

5
GPS 34゚ 18. 000N 135゚ 01. 000E
DGPS
USING DGPS
BEACON FREQUENCY
283.5kHz AUTO
BEACON BAUD RATE
SEL
CANC
CLR
(12)-3 Setting the beacon
station
5
GPS 34゚ 18. 000N 135゚ 01. 000E
DGPS
USING DGPS
BEACON FREQUENCY
283.5kHz
BEACON BAUD RATE
ADJ
CANC
CLR
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The DGPS is a newly established system intended to improve the positioning
precision of the GPS. (Optional RD-200 is needed to use the DGPS).
This chapter describes how to correct the positioning data using DGPS data, select
the beacon station, and set the baud rate.
Using the DGPS data allows correction of the positioning data received by
the supplied GPS receiver.
q Press the [MENU] key.
The Main Menu screen will appear.
0
w Select "Positioning Menu" using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET]
ON
OFF
key.
10
The Positioning Menu screen will appear.
100
200
e Select "DGPS" using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET] key.
20
The DGPS screen will appear.
r Select "Using DGPS" using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET] key.
30
The selected item turns blue.
t Select "ON" using the [LEFT] or [RIGHT] key and press the [SET] key.
40
The selection is now saved.
H
SET
SET
80.0FT
y When you finish setting, press the [MENU] key.
You will return to the previous screen.
To set the beacon station, proceed as follows.
q Press the [MENU] key.
The Main Menu screen will appear.
w Select "Positioning Menu" using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET]
key.
0
The Positioning Menu screen will appear.
ON
OFF
e Select "DGPS" using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET] key.
10
AUTO
The DGPS screen will appear.
100
200
r Select "Beacon Frequency" using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET]
20
key.
The selected item turns blue.
30
t Select the frequency field or "Auto".
When you select the frequency field, proceed with step y.
40
When you select "Auto", press the [SET] key.
SEL
H
SET
SET
80.0FT
When "Auto" is selected, a beacon station having the highest signal intensity is
automatically selected. If the system fails to synchronize with this beacon sta-
tion for one minute, it automatically selects a beacon station having the second
highest signal intensity.
y Set the frequency using the [UP] or [DOWN] key and press the [SET] key.
* Set the frequency of the beacon station nearest to the current ship position.
u When you finish setting the beacon station, press the [MENU] key.
You will return to the previous screen.

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