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GME G-COM+ GX850 Instruction Manual

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  • Page 1 I N S T R U C T I O N M A N U A L G X 8 5 0 i n s t r u c t i o n m a n u a l...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS introDuction ..............3 Dsc and GPs ..............11 caution ................3 user mmsi ..............11 rF raDiation inFormation ..........3 Distress calls ..............11 oPEratinG rulEs ............. 4 Dsc mEnu ..............12 radio licences ..............4 my mmsi iD setup ............13 ranGE ................

  • Page 3: Introduction

    GmE fully featured VhF and icnirP exposure limits for occupational/controlled rF marine radio. Your GX850 has been built to offer excellent exposure environment at operating duty factors of up to 50% value by combining advanced features, great design and transmitting and is authorised by the Fcc for occupational manufacturing quality.

  • Page 4: Operating Rules

    Radio liCenCeS used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. however, there is no Ship Station license guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular when your craft is equipped with a VhF Fm radio, you must installation.

  • Page 5: Marine Mobile Service Identity (Mmsi)

    GX850 to enable • integrated 1700 mah lithium Polymer Battery Dsc operation.

  • Page 6: Controls

    CONTROLS VolumE antEnna on/ oFF connEctor coVEr ruBBEr sEal DistrEss scrm/ moB DisPlaY call / mEnu ch / wX hi / lo PowEr ch 16 KEY locK Down scan Dual watch / mEmorY triPlE watch i n s t r u c t i o n m a n u a l G X 8 5 0...

  • Page 7: Lcd Icons

    LCD ICONS BanD BattErY lEVEl hiGh tX PowEr channEl SQL :5 DiGital sElEctiVE DISTRESS callinG 22° 32. 3608’ S DistrEss moDE sQuElch lEVEl 113° 57. 0323’ E GPs Position 24 OCT 03 : 39 UTC DatE/ timE kEY FUNCTIONS ShoRt PReSS lonG PReSS hi/lo [locK] transmit Power hi/low...

  • Page 8: General Operation

    You 16 Key cannot transmit on the weather channels. the GX850 supports two priority channels. Weather alert operation (Wat) (uSa & Canada) Priority Channel 16 when a weather warning is issued in your area the noaa Briefly press the key to switch to channel 16.

  • Page 9: Second Priority Channel

    Distress button. changed. Water activated Backlight alert hi/lo PoWeR if the GX850 is immersed in water, sensors built into the case will cause the backlight to flash urgently. this feature is Briefly press the key to toggle high or low transmitter designed to make it easier to locate and recover your radio if power.

  • Page 10: Dual Watch

    memory scan channels. only channels stored in memory to activate the Priority scan function, press and hold the scan will be displayed. key. ‘scan’ appears on the display and the channel numbers change rapidly with channel 16 appearing predominantly in 3.

  • Page 11: Time Out Timer

    Dsc calls are automatically sent and received on ch70. the limits transmissions to a maximum of 5 minutes of GX850 has two receivers, one of which is dedicated to ch70. continuous operation. this feature is required to prevent therefore, regardless of which channel you are operating on, accidental blocking of the frequency should your Ptt become the GX850 will not miss a Dsc call.

  • Page 12: Dsc Menu

    Distress call is received an audible Distress alert Fire, Explosion alarm will be generated and, if the auto channel change in Flooding Collision the Dsc setup menu set to automatic, the GX850 will switch Grounding to ch16. Capsizing Sinking...

  • Page 13: My Mmsi Id Setup

    (due to an entry error or after purchasing a second in a race to announce a change in the race conditions. any hand GX850) please contact GmE to arrange for the mmsi number with a leading zero can be used as a Group mmsi, code to be reset.
  • Page 14 on a Group mmsi must use the miD of the host country or Input Address country of vessel registration (503 in australia). the Group Input 9 digits iD should be based on a key vessel in the Group, and the recommended system is to drop the last digit of the key 00000000 vessel’s mmsi and place a zero in front.

  • Page 15: All Ships Call

    Group List Individual Call GrouP RACE1 To: 100000000 call RACE2 Safety Telephony by Channel 01 Exit Enter Exit Call all ShiPS Call tEst Buddy List an all ships call allows your radio to establish contact with Bluewave call all the other ships in your area without needing to enter their Seadog mmsi.

  • Page 16: Receive Call Log

    4. select the required channel. Recieve Call Log Distress call Individual Call Select Channel: Others call 01 port ops/vts 03 unauthorized 05 port ops/vts 06 inter ship 07 commercial Exit Enter 08 commercial Exit Enter Received DSC Distress call 5. a summary of your selected call options is displayed. if Undesignated everything is correct press Call to call or exit to cancel.

  • Page 17: Phone Book

    Send Call log Buddy List Distress Call New Entry MOB Call List Others Call Exit Enter Exit Enter 4. select ‘new Entry’ to add a new mmsi (or select ‘list’ Phone BooK to see your current list of stored mmsi’s). the Phone Book provides access to your stored mmsi’s.

  • Page 18: Dsc Setup

    Position input Buddy List the Position input allows you to manually enter a position in New Entry List latitude and longitude and a time in utc. auto Channel Change the auto channel change option will determine whether your radio will change channels automatically when requested by another radio.

  • Page 19: Vhf Operation

    vhF oPeRation DSC INT Main Menu VHF Operation P–2nd GPS Setup SQL :5 DISTRESS ATIS Operation Resend in 4:09 DSC Operation System Config Exit Pause Send Exit Enter GPS SetuP GPS Setting VHF Operation RACE1 Channel Band Set Main Menu Priority 2nd Ch VHF Operation GPS Setup...

  • Page 20: My Atis Id

    time display ATIS Operation RACE1 select ‘Enable’ to display the time and date on the lcD. My ATIS ID ATIS Function time offset the GPs time is normally displayed in utc (Greenwich mean time) by default. to display the time in local time, set the utc time offset in hours and minutes.

  • Page 21: Dsc Operation

    Either option can be used to set the user mmsi in the decrease the time. GX850. lCd ContRaSt dSC Function select ‘lcD contrast’ to adjust the contrast of the display.

  • Page 22: Version Info

    SQL :5 to GmE for service to ensure the waterproof integrity of the radio is maintained. 08 : 15 : 59...

  • Page 23: International Marine Vhf Channel And Frequencies

    inteRnational MaRine vhF Channel and FReQuenCieS tX Freq RX Freq Simplex 156.050 160.650 Public correspondence, Port operations and ship movement 156.100 160.700 Public correspondence, Port operations and ship movement 156.150 160.750 Public correspondence, Port operations and ship movement 156.200 160.800 Public correspondence, Port operations and ship movement 156.250 160.850...
  • Page 24 inteRnational MaRine vhF Channel and FReQuenCieS cont. tX Freq RX Freq Simplex 156.275 160.875 Public correspondence, Port operations and ship movement 156.325 160.925 Public correspondence, Port operations and ship movement 156.375 156.375 intership, Port operations and ship movement 2 156.425 156.425 Port operations and ship movement 156.475...

  • Page 25: Marine Vhf Channel Frequencies

    u.S. MaRine vhF ChannelS and FReQuenCieS tX Freq RX Freq Simplex 156.050 156.050 Port operations and commercial, Vts. available only in new orleans / lower mississippi area. 156.250 156.250 Port operations or Vts in the houston, new orleans and seattle areas 156.300 156.300...
  • Page 26 u.S. MaRine vhF ChannelS and FReQuenCieS cont. tX Freq RX Freq Simplex 156.175 156.175 Port operations and commercial, Vts. available only in new orleans / lower mississippi area. 156.275 156.275 Port operations 156.325 156.325 Port operations 156.375 156.375 commercial. used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in lower mississippi river.
  • Page 27 additional information, Frequencies, and Charts. some VhF transceivers are equipped with an international – u.s. switch for that purpose. a channels are generally only Frequencies are in mhz. modulation is 16KF3E or 16KG3E. used in the united states, and use is normally not recognized recreational boaters normally use channels listed as non- or allowed outside the u.s.

  • Page 28: Canadian Marine Vhf Channel And Frequencies

    Canadian MaRine vhF ChannelS and FReQuenCieS eC nl aC WC BCC inl tX Freq RX Freq Restrictions 156.050 156.650 none 156.100 160.700 none 156.150 160.750 none 04a 156.200 156.200 is, ss, DFo/canadian coast Guard only in Bcc area. commercial fishing in Ec area. c, s 05a 156.250 156.250...
  • Page 29 Canadian MaRine vhF ChannelS and FReQuenCieS cont. eC nl aC Gl WC BCC inl tX Freq RX Freq Restrictions 156.850 156.850 is, ss, Port operations and ship movement – Bcc area. all operations limited to c, nc, 1 watt maximum power. may also be used for on board communications.
  • Page 30 Canadian MaRine vhF ChannelS and FReQuenCieS cont. eC nl aC Gl WC BCC inl tX Freq RX Freq Restrictions 64a 156.225 156.225 commercial fishing only ss, c 65a 156.275 156.275 s, is, search and rescue and antipollution ss, c, operations on the Great lakes. towing on the Pacific coast.
  • Page 31 Canadian MaRine vhF ChannelS and FReQuenCieS cont. eC nl aC Gl WC BCC inl tX Freq RX Freq Restrictions 156.225 156.225 is, ss, simplex port operation, ship movement sm, c and navigation related communication only. 1 watt maximum. 156.275 156.275 s, is, Pilotage –...
  • Page 32 table Footnotes - East coast (nl, ac, Gl, and Eastern arctic areas) intership - newfoundland and labrador ship / shore - atlantic coast, Gulf and st. lawrence river to and including commercial montreal - Great lakes including the st. lawrence above montreal non-commercial - west coast (Bcc, western arctic, and athabasca-mackenzie safety...

  • Page 33: Specifications

    SPeCiFiCationS GeneRal ReCeiveR Frequency Range: 156.025 to 162.425 mhz Sensitivity (12dB Sinad): -119 dBm number of Channels: 56 international Squelch: threshold: -119 dBm 52 usa tight: -113 dBm to -107 dBm 59 canadian hysteresis: 3~6 dB 10 weather attack time: <50 ms Delay time: <250 ms oscillator: Pll Rated audio output @5%...

  • Page 34: Sc Contract Warranty Against Defects

    (i) the replacement of the goods or the supply of communications Pty ltd acn 000 346 814 (we, us, our equivalent goods; or GmE). our contact details are set out in clause 2.7. this (ii) the repair of the goods; warranty statement only applies to products purchased in (iii) the cost of repairing the goods or of acquiring australia.
  • Page 35 (f) goods where the serial number has been removed or made illegal. 4. Warranty period 4.1 we provide the following warranty on GmE and Kingray products. no repair or replacement during the warranty period will renew or extend the warranty period past the period from original date of purchase.
  • Page 36 Pty ltd. head office: Po Box 96, winston hills, nsw 2153, australia. new Zealand (09) 274 0955 all other international enquiries email: export@gme.net.au Part number: 310616 Drawing number: 47025-2...

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