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T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................... 4
1 GENERAL INFORMA TION ..................................................................... 5
2 P ACKING LIST ....................................................................................... 5
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ...................................................................5
4 ON-LINE W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION
(in USA or Canada only) ....................................................................... 6
5 GETTING ST ARTED............................................................................... 7
5.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICA TIONS ............................................. 7
5.2 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................... 7
5.3 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .........................................................7
5.4 COAXIAL CABLE ......................................................................... 8
5.5 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ............................................ 8
5.6 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)..................9
5.7 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ..................................................10
5.8 OPERA TING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ................................. 10
5.9 AUTOMA TED RADIO CHECK SER VICE ............................... 10
6 INST ALLA TION ....................................................................................12
6.1 SAFETY / W ARNING INFORMA TION ....................................... 12
6.2 LOCA TION ................................................................................. 12
6.3 MOUNTING THE RADIO ........................................................... 13
6.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket .............................................. 13
6.3.2 Optional MMB-97 Flush Mount Bracket ........................... 14
6.4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ................................................. 15
6.5 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................ 16
6.5.1 GX1700 Internal GPS (DSC Output to a Chart Plotter)
(RS422 Connections) .................................................... 17
6.5.2 GX1600 and GX1700 Connection to External GPS or Chart
Plotter (for GPS) (RS422 Connections) ......................... 17
6.6 CHECKING GPS ST A TUS ......................................................... 20
6.7 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .....................................................21
6.8 CHANGING THE TIME AREA....................................................22
6.9 CHANGING THE TIME DISPLA Y ..............................................22
6.10 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC .......................... 23
6.1 1 OPTIONAL RAM3
(
CMP30
)
INST ALLA TION ............................ 23
6.1 1.1 Connecting an External Speaker to the RAM3 Mic
Cable ............................................................................. 25
6.1 1.2 External Speaker AF Selection ...................................... 25
7 CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS ..........................................................26
7.1 FRONT P ANEL ..........................................................................26
7.2 REAR P ANEL .............................................................................28
7.3 MICROPHONE ..........................................................................29
8 BASIC OPERA TION ............................................................................. 30
8.1 RECEPTION ..............................................................................30
8.2 TRANSMISSION ........................................................................ 30
8.3 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) ...................................... 30
8.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .......................................... 31
8.5 DISPLA Y TYPE ..........................................................................31
8.6 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNA TIONAL MODE ........................ 32
8.7 NOAA WEA THER CHANNELS .................................................. 32
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................ 32
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert T esting ............................................ 33
8.8 DUAL W A TCH (T O CHANNEL 16) ............................................ 33
8.9 SCANNING ................................................................................34
8.9.1 Scan T ype Selection ........................................................ 34
8.9.2 Scan and P-Scan Memory Programming ........................ 34
8.9.3 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) .......................................... 35
8.9.4 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................. 35
8.10 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INST ANT ACCESS ...................36
8.10.1 Preset Channel Programming ......................................... 36
8.10.2 Operation ........................................................................ 36
8.10.3 Deleting a Preset Channel .............................................. 36
8.1 1 INTERCOM OPERA TION .......................................................... 37
8.1 1.1 Communication .............................................................. 37
8.1 1.2 Calling ............................................................................ 37
9 DIGIT AL SELECTIVE CALLING .......................................................... 38
9.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................38
9.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) .................... 38
9.2.1 What is an MMSI? ............................................................ 38
9.2.2 Programming the MMSI .................................................... 39
9.3 DSC DISTRESS ALER T ............................................................40
9.3.1 T ransmitting a DSC Distress Alert .................................... 40
9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call ........................................ 43
9.4 ALL SHIPS CALL .......................................................................45
9.4.1 T ransmitting an All Ships Call .......................................... 45
9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call .............................................. 46
9.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL .....................................................................47
9.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory ............ 47
9.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply ................................. 48
9.5.3 Setting up the Individual Call Acknowledgment ............... 49
9.5.4 T ransmitting an Individual Call ......................................... 50
9.5.5 Receiving an Individual Call ............................................. 52
9.5.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer ................................ 53
9.6 GROUP CALL ............................................................................55
9.6.1 Setting up the Group Call ................................................. 55
9.6.2 T ransmitting a Group Call ................................................ 57
9.6.3 Receiving a Group Call .................................................... 59
9.6.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer ..................................... 60
9.7 POSITION REQUEST ............................................................... 61
9.7.1 Setting up the Position Reply ........................................... 61
9.7.2 T ransmitting a Position Request to Another V essel ......... 62
9.7.3 Receiving a Position Request .......................................... 64
9.7.4 Setting up the Position Request Ringer ........................... 65
9.8 POSITION REPORT .................................................................. 66
9.8.1 T ransmitting a DSC Position Report Call ......................... 66
9.8.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ............................. 68
9.8.3 Navigating to a Position Report ....................................... 68
9.8.4 Stopping Navigation to Position Report ........................... 69
9.8.5 Saving a Position Report Call as a Waypoint...................69
9.8.6 Navigating to a Saved Waypoint ...................................... 69
9.8.7 Stopping Navigation to a Saved Waypoint ....................... 70
9.8.8 Setting up the Position Report Ringer .............................. 70
9.9 MANUAL INPUTTING A GPS POSITION (LA T/LON) ................ 71
9.10 AUTO POS POLLING ................................................................ 72
9.10.1 Setting up the Polling Time Interval ............................... 72
9.10.2 Selecting Stations to be Automatically Polled (Tracked) 72
9.10.3 Enable/Disable Auto POS Polling ................................. 73
9.1 1 DSC TEST CALL .......................................................................74
9.1 1.1 Programming MMSI into Individual/Position Call
Directory ........................................................................ 74
9.1 1.2 DSC T est Call by using Individual/Position Call
Directory ........................................................................ 74
9.1 1.3 DSC T est Call by Manually Entering a MMSI ................. 75
9.12 POLLING CALL .......................................................................... 76
9.12.1 T ransmitting a Polling Call to Another V essel ................ 76
9.12.2 Receiving a Polling Call ................................................. 77
9.13 DSC LOG OPERA TION ............................................................. 78
9.13.1 Reviewing and Resending a T ransmitted Logged Call .. 78
9.13.2 Reviewing DSC Distress Logged Calls .......................... 79
9.13.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls ...................................... 79
9.13.4 Deleting a Call from the “DSC LOG” Directory .............. 80
10 GENERAL SETUP ................................................................................ 81
10.1 DISPLA Y ....................................................................................81
10.2 DIMMER ADJUSTING ...............................................................82
10.3 CONTRAST ...............................................................................82
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