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10 manual inputting gps location (lat/lon) – Standard Horizon MATRIX GX3000S User Manual

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GX3000S

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11.10 MANUAL INPUTTING GPS LOCATION (LAT/LON)

You may send the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel manually even if the
GX3000S is not connected the GPS receiver unit.

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

Radio Setup

” menu appears.

2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select “

DSC

Setup

” menu.

3. Press the [ENT] key, then select “

POS Input

” with

the CHANNEL selector knob.

4. Press the [ENT] key. The transceiver will beep, and

the display will be as shown in the illustration on the
right.

5. Enter the your local time by the 24-hour system on

the UTC time. Use the [ENT] and [H/L(NAV)] key to
navigate to each column of the time, then use the
CHANNEL selector knob to select the desired num-
bers in each colum. Repeat for each column, to com-
plete the time.

6. Enter the Latitude/Longitude of your vessel location

with the same procedure as description above.

7. To store the data entered, press the [ENT] key. To

exit this menu and return to radio mode press the
[16/9] key.