Standard Horizon HX-870 - Manual (Page 19)

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6.4 CHECKING GPS SIGNAL (GPS STATUS DISPLAY)
When the HX870 receives the GPS signal, a small satellite icon “ ” will
appear on the display and your current location (latitude/longitude) is shown
on the display.
The
HX870 has a GPS status display which shows the
satellites currently being received, along with a graphi-
cal (bar-graph) representation of the relative signal
strengths from the satellites.
(GPS S
tatuS
D
iSPlay moDe
)
HI USA
LAT/LON
23°56.890 E
123°56.890 W
Oct/25 09:56 AM DATE
STATUS
FIX 3D
65
A
BUSY
1. Press and hold the POWER key on the left
side of the transceiver to turn it on.
GPS INFO
COMPASS
ENTER
GPS
GPS STATUS
BACK
HI USA
LAT/LON
23°56.890 S
123°56.890 W
LOC 09:56 AM TIME
STATUS
SEARCH
65
A
BUSY
2. Press the MENU key to display “MENU”, then
select “GPS” with the CH▼/CH▲/◄/► key.
3. Press the [SELECT] soft key, then select
“GPS STATUS” with the CH▼/CH▲ key.
4. Press the [ENTER] soft key to display the
GPS status currently being received.
5. Press the CLR key to return to radio opera-
tion.
NOTE
• When the HX870 is first turned on, it may take several minutes to
compute a fix of your position. This is normal, as the HX870 is down-
loading “almanac” information from the GPS satellites.
• When using the HX870 inside of a cabin where GPS reception is limited,
choose a place where GPS satellite reception is good enough referring
to the GPS status display.