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■ Position/Time indication
When a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-
nected, the transceiver displays the current position and time.
When no GPS receiver is connected, the transceiver displays
the manually entered position and time.
A GPS receiver appropriate for the IC-M502A is not supplied
from Icom. A GPS receiver with NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01
format is required for position indication. Ask your dealer
about suitable GPS receivers.
➥ Push
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DSC/ENT
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]
(
(
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) for 1 sec. to display the current po-
sition and time.
•“MNL” (manual) appears instead of the “GPS” indication when
no GPS is connected and the position/time data is entered man-
ually.
➥ When connecting GPS receiver is compatible several
sentence formatteres, the order of input precedence is
‘RMC,’ ‘GGA,’ ‘GNS’ and ‘GLL.’
➥ When sentence formatter ‘RMC’ is received, time indi-
cation includes a date, and UTC time only.
➥ “??” may blink instead of position and time indications
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually
updated after 4 hours.
