Receiving A Dsc Position Send Call; Manual Inputting Of The Gps Location (Lat/Lon) - Standard Horizon Quantum GX5000S Owner's Manual

11.9.3 Receiving a DSC Position Send Call

When another vessel transmits their vessels location to the GX5000S the fol-
lowing will happen:
1. A ringing sound will be produced when the call is received.
2. Press the any key to stop ringing.
3. The position from the vessel sending it's position
will be shown on the display of the radio and also
transferred to any Standard Horizon GPS Chart plot-
ter if connected.
11.10 MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCATION ( LAT/LON )
You may send the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel manually even if the
GX5000S is not connected the GPS receiver unit.
After the position is entered, transmitting a DSC Distress, Position Request, or
Position Send will contain the manually entered position.
1. Press and hold down the [ CALL ( MENU )] key
until "Radio Setup Radio Setup" menu appears.
Radio Setup Radio Setup
Radio Setup
2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select
"DSC Setup DSC Setup" menu.
DSC Setup DSC Setup
DSC Setup
3. Press the [ ENT ] key, then select "Position In-
put" with the CHANNEL selector knob.
put put
put put
4. Press the [ ENT ] key. The transceiver will beep,
and the display will be as shown in the illustra-
tion on the right.
5. Enter the your local time by the 24-hour system on
the UTC time. Use the [ ENT ] and [ H/L ( NAV )] key to
navigate to each column of the time, then use the
CHANNEL selector knob to select the desired num-
bers in each column. Repeat for each column, to
complete the time.
6. Enter the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel location
with the same procedure as description above.
7. To store the data entered, press and hold the [ ENT ]
key.
8. Press the [ CLR ] key twice to return to the "Radio Setup
the [ CLR ] key again to return to radio operation.
GX5000S
Position In- Position In- Position In-
Position In-
Radio Setup" menu, then press
Radio Setup Radio Setup
Radio Setup
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