GME GX600DB - Manual (Page 17)

GX600D INSTRUCTION MANUAL PAGE 17
Position Reply
The Position Reply function determines whether your
radio will automatically send its GPS position to another
vessel whenever a Position Request is received. (To use
this feature your GX600D must have a GPS connected or a
manual GPS position must have been entered).
1. Select ‘POS REPLY’ from the Setup menu then press the
CALL button.
2. Use the or keys to select ‘Auto’ or ‘Manual’.
– Select ‘Auto’ to allow your position to be sent
automatically when requested by an incoming
DSC call.
– Select ‘Manual’ to disable automatic position sending.
3. Press the CALL button to accept the selection and return
to the ‘SETUP’ Menu
Individual Reply
The Individual Reply function determines whether your radio
will automatically acknowledge an incoming Individual Call.
1. Select ‘INDV REPLY’ from the Setup menu then press the
CALL button.
2. Use the or keys to select MANUAL or AUTO.
– Select ‘AUTO’ to allow your radio to automatically
send an acknowledge when an Individual DSC Call is
received from another station.
– Select ‘MANUAL’ to prompt you to respond manually
to an Individual DSC Call. In this mode your radio will
display ‘REPLY OK?’ and await your response.
3. Press the CALL button to accept the selection and return
to the ‘SETUP’ Menu.
UIC (USA/International/Canadian)
Selects the radio frequency channel set used by the
GX600D. Because channel allocations vary between
countries you should use the channel set for the country
you are operating within. The radio supports International,
USA and Canadian channel sets. The default setting is
International.
1. Select ‘UIC’ from the Setup menu then press the
CALL button.
2. Use the or keys to select ‘CAN’ (Canada), ‘USA’
or ‘INTL’ (International).
3. Press the CALL button to accept the selection and
return to normal operation.
Whenever the Channel Set is changed, the GX600D will
switch to CH 16.
NOTE: When the USA Channel Set is selected, weather
channels will be accessible below Channel 01.
Channel Name
Use the Channel name function to apply useful names
to channels to help identify their usage (e.g. a club/
working channel).
1. Select ‘CHNL NAME’ from the Setup menu then
|press the CALL button.
2. Use the or keys to select the first character of
your channel name.
3. Press the CALL button to move to the next
character position.
4. Repeat until all required characters (up to 11)
have been entered.
NOTE: To correct an error while entering the channel name,
press the CALL button repeatedly to move the cursor to the
required character position, then use the or keys to
correct the character in that position.
5. When finished, press and hold the CALL button
to confirm.
NMEA-1 Baud/NMEA-2 Baud
Use this option to adjust the baud rate (data
communications speed) of the GX600D’s NMEA serial data
ports. The GX600D has two serial ports labelled NMEA- 1
and NMEA-2. The Baud rates of each port can be set
independently. Note that the baud rate you choose must
match that of the device/s you are connecting.
1. Select ‘NMEA-1 Baud’ or ‘NMEA-2 Baud’ from the Setup
menu then press the CALL button.
2. Use the or keys to select from 4800, 9600, 19200
or 38400 baud.
3. When finished, press and hold the CALL button to
confirm and return to normal operation.
GPS Setup
The GPS setup allows you to manually set GPS position
coordinates and time parameters for situations where your
GX600D does not have a GPS connected and cannot
obtain this information automatically. You can also
configure GPS display and alerts. The following menu is
displayed in GPS Setup.
• Position
• UTC Time
• Time Offset
• GPS Display
• GPS Alert