Position Request - Standard Horizon HX851 Owner's Manual

7.8 POSITION REQUEST

Advancements in DSC have made it possible to poll the location of another
vessel and show the position of that vessel on the display of the HX851.
Standard Horizon has taken this feature one step. After receiving a position
from another vessel, the HX851 can navigate to the location of the polled ves-
sel. This is a great feature for a person on a small craft wanting to get back to
the main ship or to navigate to a location of your buddy in a kayak. If any
Standard Horizon GPS chart plotter is connected to the HX851 through the
CD-38, the polled position of the vessel is shown on the display of the GPS
chart plotter making it easy to navigate to the location of the polled vessel. This
is a great feature for anyone wanting to know the position of another vessel.
For example your buddy that is catching fish, or finding the location of a person
you are cruising with.
The other vessel must have an operating GPS receiver connected to its
DSC transceiver and must not have its transceiver set to deny position
requests. (Refer the section "7.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL" to enter informa-
tion into the Individual Directory).
7.8.1 SETTING UP POSITION REPLY
The HX851 can be set up to "automatically" or "manually" send your position
to another vessel. This selection is important if you are concerned about some-
one polling the position of your vessel that you may not want to. In the "Manual"
mode you will see the MMSI or persons name shown on the display allowing
you to choose to send your position to the requesting vessel.
1. Press and hold the
appears.
2. Press the
3. Press the
with the
4. Press the
5. Press the
"Manual Manual". In "Automatic
Manual Manual
Manual
quest is received, the radio will automatically transmit
your vessels position. In "Manual
the HX851 will show who is requesting the position.
6. Press the
7. Press the
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key until "Setup Menu
key to select "DSC Setup DSC Setup" menu.
DSC Setup DSC Setup
DSC Setup
key, then select "Position Reply
/ key.
key.
/ key to select "Automatic
Automatic" mode, after a DSC POS Re-
Automatic Automatic
Automatic
Manual" mode, the display of
Manual Manual
Manual
key to store the selected setting.
key twice to return to radio operation.
NOTE
Setup Menu" Setup Menu Setup Menu Setup Menu
Position Reply" Position Reply Position Reply Position Reply
Automatic" or
Automatic Automatic Automatic
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