Manual Entry Of Own Ship's Position And Time - Furuno FM-8700 Operator's Manual

3.2 Manual Entry of Ship's Position and Time
* VHF call message *
Format: DISTRESS
Press [ENT], [ENT]
[SELECT] in this order.
Position <
NORTH=
Enter
latitude.
To move blinking cursor from NORTH
position to SOUTH, press the [s] key.
Entering data manually
If automatic position input is lost for one minute the message "EPFS
error" appears. In this case, enter position manually as below.
To enter data manually
from the Distress Alert
message, press [ENT]
and select call type
Distress.
>
S E=
Enter
longitude.
Note: If the manually entered position is not updated within four
hours the buzzer sounds and the message "Warning: Update posi-
tion!" appears on the screen. And if not updated within 23.5 hours
the position entered is erased. Once automatic input of position is
restored, cancel manually entered position as below.
Confirming Ship's Position and Time
Press and hold down the [1] (POSITION) key, ship's position and
time are shown while the key is pressed.
Canceling manually entered data
To cancel the manually entered data, enter 9999 for the time and
press the [ENT] key.
Note: Above procedure may also be used when you do not know
your ship's position. This data is input as NO INFORMATION in
POS&TIME in the DISTRESS ALERT MESSAGE.
(Normal display)
Watch VHF CH70
Press the [SELECT] key
followed by the [1] key.
W UTC= :
Enter time
(UTC).
Press the [ENT] key.
(Returns to normal
display.)
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