West Marine VHF460 Marine Radio User Manual


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Enabling Automac Posion Reply
If you want the radio to automatically transmit your current position whenever it receives a
position request, you can enable automatic position reply. Most boaters activate automatic
position reply for safety reasons or because they subscribe to a marine towing service.
Sometimes—for example, in some competitive situations--you may not want other stations
to get your position without your manual conrmation
1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the
Call
menu.
2. Select
DSC Setup
and then
Position Reply
.
3. Choose
Auto
and press GPS/ENT H/M/L. The radio will automatically transmit your
position when it receives a position request.
4. To disable automatic position reply, repeat the steps above and select
Manual
.
POS Request
Any time you need to know where another boat currently is—to nd your boating partners,
to respond to a request for assistance, etc.—you can send a position request to their radio:
1. Press and hold MENU/CALL to display the
Call
menu.
2. Select
POS Request
and press GPS/ENT H/M/L.
3. The radio displays the names listed in your directory; use Channel Up and Channel
Down to choose the directory entry you want to contact and press GPS/ENT H/M/L.
If you want to contact a station that is not in your directory, select
Manual
. The radio
prompts you to enter the MMSI number you want to call. Enter the MMSI number the
same way you enter directory entries (see page 22). Enter all nine digits and press
GPS/ENT H/M/L.
4. The radio displays the MMSI number you are about to contact and asks you to
conrm. If you want to request the position of the displayed MMSI number, select
Send
. To cancel the request, select
Exit
.
5. When the other station responds, the radio displays the MMSI number, the longitude,
and the latitude of the other station. If your radio is connected to a chartplotter
through the NMEA OUT connection (see page 34), the position information will also
be displayed on the plotter screen.
6. If the other station does not have valid GPS data, the radio displays
No Position
.
Posion Reply
When another station requests your current position, different screens display depending on
whether you set
Position Reply
to
Auto
or
Manual.
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Position Request
[Manual]
Norwester
Harris
Back
[MENU]
Exit
[CLR]
Select
[ENT]
Call Menu/
POS Request
Press and hold
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