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Position and time programming

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DSC OPERATION 7 ■■Position and time programming 1 2 A Distress call should include the ship's position and time. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Universal 3 Time Coordinated) time should be manually input. They are automatically included when a GPS receiver compatible with 4 the NMEA 0183 (ver. 2.0 or later) or NMEA 2000* format is 5 connected. *Some versions of IC-M506 do not have a NMEA 2000 connector. 6 • Manual programming is disabled when a GPS receiver is connected. • Manually programmed position and time will be held for only 23.5 hours. q Enter "POSITION INPUT" in the DSC SETTINGS menu. MENU ➪ DSC SET ➪ Position Input (Push [MENU]) (Select icon) (Rotate dial, then push [ENT].) 7 eeAfter entering the position, push [ENT] to program it. 8 rrThe UTC time programming screen is displayed, enter the 9 UTC time in the following way: • Select a desired number using [Y]/[Z 10 • Push [ENT] or dial to set it. 11 • T o move the cursor, rotate dial or select either arrow, "←" or "→," then push [ENT] or dial. 12 wwEdit your latitude and longitude position using dial, or [Y]/ 13 [Z • Select a desired number using [Y]/[Z 14 • Push [ENT] or dial to set it. • T o move the cursor, rotate dial or select either arrow, "←" or "→," 15 then push [ENT] or dial. • Select N (North latitude) or S (South latitude) when the cursor is 16 on the 'N' or 'S' position. • Select W (West longitude) or E (East longitude) when the cursor is on the 'W' or 'E' position. ttPush [ENT] or dial to program your position and time. • Return to the "DSC SETTINGS" screen. 22

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A Distress call should include the ship’s position and time.
If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Universal
Time Coordinated) time should be manually input. They are
automatically included when a GPS receiver compatible with
the NMEA 0183 (ver. 2.0 or later) or NMEA 2000* format is
connected.
*Some versions of IC-M506 do not have a NMEA 2000 connector.
• Manual programming is disabled when a GPS receiver is
connected.
• Manually programmed position and time will be held for
only 23.5 hours.
q
Enter “POSITION INPUT” in the DSC SETTINGS menu.
Edit your latitude and longitude position using dial, or [
w
Y
]/
[
Z
]/[
Ω
]/[
≈
].
• Select a desired number using [
Y
]/[
Z
]/[
Ω
]/[
≈
].
• Push [ENT] or dial to set it.
• To move the cursor, rotate dial or select either arrow, “
←
” or “
→
,”
then push [ENT] or dial.
• Select N (North latitude) or S (South latitude) when the cursor is
on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position.
• Select W (West longitude) or E (East longitude) when the cursor
is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ position.
After entering the position, push [ENT] to program it.
e
The UTC time programming screen is displayed, enter the
r
UTC time in the following way:
• Select a desired number using [
Y
]/[
Z
]/[
Ω
]/[
≈
].
• Push [ENT] or dial to set it.
• To move the cursor, rotate dial or select either arrow, “
←
” or “
→
,”
then push [ENT] or dial.
Push [ENT] or dial to program your position and time.
t
• Return to the “DSC SETTINGS” screen.
Position and time programming
■
MENU
➪
DSC SET
➪
Position Input
(Push [MENU])
(Select icon)
(Rotate dial, then push [ENT].)