Position And Time Programming - Icom IC-M504A Instruction Manual

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DSC OPERATION

Position and time programming

A Distress Call should include the ship's position and time
data. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Univer-
sal Time Coordinated) time should be manually input. They
are automatically included when a GPS receiver (NMEA0183
ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.
(NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.
only 23.5 hours.
q Enter "Position Input" in the DSC menu.
DSC Menu
(Push [MENU])
w Edit your position (latitude and longitude) data by rotating
[DIAL].
to move the cursor forward, or
I/C] to move it backward.
[DIAL] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude when
the cursor is on the 'N' or 'S' position.
[DIAL] to edit W; West longitude or E; East longitude
when the cursor is on the 'W' or 'E' position.
[CLR] for 1 second to clear the latitude/longitude
data.
[CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.
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Position Input
(Rotate [DIAL], then push
Input Position
Latitude
__°__.___N
Longitude
__°__.___W
<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT ˘ OK>
e After editing the position data, push
gram. Rotate [DIAL] to edit the current UTC time, then
push
to move the cursor forward, or
I/C] to move it backward.
[CLR] for 1 second to clear the UTC time data.
.)
[CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.
Input UTC Time
__:__
<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>
<CLR˘Exit / ENT ˘ OK>
r Push [CLR], or rotate [DIAL] to select "Exit" then push
to returns to the DSC menu.
r again to return to the normal operating mode.
--DSC Menu--
Null
Null
.
--DSC Menu--
Null
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