Military Grid Reference System (Mgrs) Coordinates; Accessing The Outdoor Location Feature - Motorola APX 7000XE User Manual

• Lat/Long(DDM)
• Lat/Long(DMS)
• UTM/UCS
• SLD99
• MGRS
NOTICE: When you send your location to another radio, the receiving radio displays the
location in its selected format.
2.19.5

Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinates

This feature can only be enabled through CPS configuration. When the MGRS coordinate is enabled,
all location coordinates are displayed in MGRS format, including the editable locations in GPS.
2.19.6

Accessing the Outdoor Location Feature

When and where to use:
NOTICE: An ON radio menu may be present on the Location menu screen if it is
preprogrammed by the dealer or system administrator.
Press the preprogrammed GPS button to toggle the Outdoor Location feature to on or follow the
following procedure to access this feature using the radio menu.
Procedure:
1 or to Loc.
2 Press the Menu Select button directly below Loc.
The display shows Location off.
3 Perform one of the following actions.
• To obtain a location fix, press the Menu Select button directly below On .
• Press the Menu Select button directly below Optn.
Menu Select button directly below Sel.
The front display shows the MGRS or latitude/longitude location, time, and date of the last
successful location fix.
4 To obtain a new location fix, press the Menu Select button directly below Rfsh.
The top line temporarily displays Please wait while the new location is being determined.
While the new location is being determined, the location signal can be a solid or blinking icon.
Once the location coordinates are fixed, the display shows the current location along with the
UTC (Zulu) time and date that the location fix was obtained.
The location coordinates are updated automatically every 5 seconds while the location signal is
present.
If the radio fails to get a location fix, the display shows No service and returns to the previous
display.
5 To return to the Home screen, press
the Menu Select button directly below Exit.
or to Turn On GPS and press the
, the PTT button, the preprogrammed GPS button or
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