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14.4 MANUAL INPUTTING OF THE GPS LOCATION
(
LAT/LON
)
You may send the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel manually from the VH-
310 Handset when the GX5500S is not connected the GPS receiver.
After the position is entered, transmitting a DSC Distress, Position Request, or
Position Send will contain the manually entered position.
1. Press and hold down the
[
CALL
(
MENU
)]
key until “
RadioRadio
RadioRadio
Radio
SetupSetup
SetupSetup
Setup” menu appears.
2. Press the
[
T
]
key to select “
DSC SETUPDSC SETUP
DSC SETUPDSC SETUP
DSC SETUP” menu.
3. Press the
[
ENT
]
key, then select “
POS INPUTPOS INPUT
POS INPUTPOS INPUT
POS INPUT” with the
[
S
]
/
[
T
]
key.
4. Press the
[
ENT
]
key then, enter the your local time from
the keypad by the 24-hour system on the UTC time.
5. Enter the Latitude of your vessel location (xx.xx.xx) by the
keypad, then press the
[
6
(
NAV
)]
key to select North (N), or
[
7
(
SCRM
)]
key to select South (S).
6. Enter the Longitude of your vessel location (xxx.xx.xx) by
the keypad, then press the
[
3
(
SCAN
)]
to select East (E), or
[
9
(
FOG
)]
key to select West (W).
7. If a number was entered by mistake, press the H/L key
repeatedly to select the number. Press the
[
S
]
/
[
T
]
key to
select the desired number.
8. Press and hold in the
[
ENT
]
key to store the data entered,
then press the
[
16/9
]
key to exit this menu and return to
radio operation mode.