Receiving A Position Request; Manual Input Of Position Information - Standard Horizon HX870 Owner's Manual

10.7.2 Receiving a Position Request

1. When a position request call is received
from another vessel, a ringing sound will be
produced, and the display will be as shown
in the illustration at the right.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. To send your vessel's position to the request-
ing vessel, press the [REPLY] soft key.
Or to exit from position request display, press
the [QUIT] soft key.
4. Press the [QUIT] soft key to return to the channel display.
When there is an unread position request call, "
on the display. You may review the unread individual call from the DSC
log, refer to the section "10.13.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls".

10.7.3 Manual Input of Position Information

If the HX870 is located in an area where GPS reception is limited when you are
going to reply to the received position request, you may manually input your
location (latitude and longitude) and time to be sent.
1. Press the MENU key to display "MENU".
2. Press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key to select
"MMSI/POS INFO", then press the [SELECT]
soft key.
3. Press the [POS/TM] soft key.
4. Press the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key to select
the first number of latitude, then press
the [SELECT] soft key to step to the next
number.
5. Repeat step 4 to set the position and time.
If a mistake was made, press the CH▼/
CH▲/◄/► key to select "←" or "→", press
the [SELECT] soft key until the wrong char-
acter is selected, then perform step 4.
6. When finished programming the position and time, press the [FINISH] soft
key. The display will return to the previous screen.
HX870
RX POS REQUEST
CATEG:
SINCE:
RX POS REQUEST
CATEG:
NOTE
MMSI/POS INFO
POSITION/TIME
Lat
Lon
UTC
1 2
BACK
366901235
Yaesu
SAFETY
00:15
RX POS REQUEST
366901235
CATEG:
STOP ALARM
SINCE:
366901234
Horizon
SAFETY
REPLY
Transmitted
QUIT
" icon will appear
MMSI/POS INFO
POS:
POS TM:
--˚--.---
-
OK
---˚--.---
-
MMSI/POS INFO
--:--
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 S N
Delete
FINISH SELECT
POS:
POS TM:
OK
Yaesu
SAFETY
00:15
QUIT
MMSI
366900001
POS INFO
-- ° --.---
-
--- ° --.---
-
--:--
POS/TM
MMSI
366900001
POS INFO
24 ° 25.975
N
118 ° 59.456
E
12:56
UTC
POS/TM
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