Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon HX890E Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

QUICK REFERENCE ........................................... 2
1. GENERAL INFORMATION .............................. 3
1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................. 3
2. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................ 4
3. ONLINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION .......... 5
4. ABOUT THIS RADIO ....................................... 5
4.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS
4.2 ABOUT VHF RADIO ........................................ 5
4.3 DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16) ...... 5
4.4 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL
4.5 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ........................ 7
4.6 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .................... 7
4.7 AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK SERVICE
4.8 RADIO CARE ................................................... 8
4.9 NOTES TO ASSURE
WATERPROOF INTEGRITY ........... 9
5. PACKING LIST .............................................. 10
5.1 PACKING LIST ............................................... 10
5.2 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES .......................... 10
6. GETTING STARTED ....................................... 11
6.1 BATTERIES AND CHARGERS ..................... 11
6.2 BELT CLIP INSTALLATION / REMOVAL ....... 15
6.3 ATTACHING AN ANTENNA ........................... 16
6.4 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE
6.4.1 What is an MMSI? .................................... 16
6.4.2 Programming the MMSI ........................... 16
6.5 CHECKING GPS SIGNAL
(GPS STATUS DISPLAY) ..... 17
6.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME ......................... 18
6.7 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ............... 18
6.8 CHANGING THE TIME FORMAT .................. 18
7. CONTROLS AND SWITCHES ...................... 19
8. BASIC OPERATION ...................................... 22
8.1 TURNING THE TRANSCEIVER ON AND OFF ... 22
8.2 RECEPTION .................................................. 22
8.3 TRANSMISSION ............................................ 22
8.4 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ............ 23
8.5 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ............. 23
8.6 SELECTING THE CHANNEL GROUP .......... 24
8.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS
(In USA and Canada only) ... 24
8.8 MULTI WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) ... 25
8.9 SCANNING .................................................... 26
8.10 PRESET CHANNELS: INSTANT ACCESS ... 28
8.10.1 Programming .......................................... 29
8.10.2 Operation ................................................ 29
8.10.3 Deletion .................................................. 29
8.11 Listening to the FM Broadcast Radio ............. 30
8.11.1 FM broadcast Frequency sweep operation ... 30
8.11.2 Store the FM frequency .......................... 30
8.11.3 Memory Frequency Recall ...................... 30
8.12 MOB OPERATION ......................................... 31
(in USA or Canada only) ...... 5
(CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ...... 6
(in the USA only) ... 7
IDENTITY (MMSI) ..... 16
8.13 VOX OPERATION ......................................... 31
8.14 VOICE SCRAMBLER .................................... 31
8.15 OPERATION MENU ...................................... 32
9. GPS OPERATION .......................................... 33
9.1 DISPLAYING POSITION INFORMATION ...... 33
9.1.1 GPS Information Compass Display .......... 33
9.1.2 GPS Information Numerical Display ......... 33
9.2 CHECKING GPS STATUS ............................. 33
9.3 GPS LOGGER OPERATION ......................... 34
10. DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ....... 35
10.1 GENERAL ...................................................... 35
10.2 DSC DISTRESS ALERT ................................ 35
10.2.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert .......... 35
10.2.2 Receiving the Distress Alert ................... 38
10.3 ALL SHIPS CALL ........................................... 39
10.3.1 Receiving an All Ships Call ..................... 39
10.4 INDIVIDUAL CALL ......................................... 40
10.4.1 Setting up the Individual Call Directory ... 40
10.4.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply ........ 41
10.4.3 Enabling the Individual Call
10.4.4 Transmitting an Individual Call ............... 42
10.4.5 Receiving an Individual Call ................... 44
10.4.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer ...... 45
10.5 GROUP CALL ................................................ 46
10.5.1 Setting up a Group Call .......................... 46
10.5.2 Transmitting a Group Call ....................... 48
10.5.3 Receiving a Group Call .......................... 49
10.5.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer ........... 50
10.6 POSITION REQUEST ................................... 51
10.6.1 Receiving a Position Request ................ 51
10.6.2 Manual Input of Position Information ...... 52
10.6.3 Setting up Position Reply ....................... 52
10.6.4 Setting up a Position Request Ringer .... 53
10.7 POSITION REPORT ...................................... 53
10.7.1 Transmitting a DSC Position Report Call .... 53
10.7.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ... 54
10.7.3 Navigating to the Reported Position ....... 55
10.7.4 Saving the Reported Position as a Waypoint .... 55
10.7.5 Setting up a Position Report Ringer ....... 56
10.8 AUTO POS POLLING .................................... 56
10.8.1 Setting up the Polling Time Interval ........ 56
10.8.2 Selecting Vessels to be
10.8.3 Enabling/Disabling Auto POS Polling ..... 57
10.9 DSC TEST ..................................................... 58
10.10 DSC LOG OPERATION ............................... 59
10.11 DSC LOOP BACK OPERATION ................. 62
11. NAVIGATION ................................................ 63
11.1 WAYPOINT OPERATION .............................. 63
11.1.1 Starting and Stopping Navigation ........... 63
11.1.2 Setting Up Waypoint Directory ................ 64
11.1.3 Selecting the Display Range ................... 67
11.1.4 Selecting the Arrival Range .................... 67
11.2 ROUTING OPERATION ................................ 67
11.2.1 Setting Up Routing Directory .................. 68
11.2.2 Starting and Stopping Route Navigation ... 70
11.2.3 Changing the Destination ....................... 70
11.2.4 Selecting Automatic or Manual Routing ... 70
Acknowledgment ... 41
Automatically Polled ..... 56