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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................... 4
1 GENERAL INFORMATION .....................................................................5
2 PACKING LIST .......................................................................................5
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ...................................................................5
4 ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION
(in USA or Canada only) .......................................................................6
5 GETTING STARTED...............................................................................7
5.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS .............................................7
5.2 ABOUT VHF RADIO ....................................................................7
5.3 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .........................................................7
5.4 COAXIAL CABLE .........................................................................8
5.5 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ............................................8
5.6 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)..................9
5.7 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ..................................................10
5.8 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .................................10
5.9 AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK SERVICE ...............................10
6 INSTALLATION ....................................................................................12
6.1 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION .......................................12
6.2 LOCATION .................................................................................12
6.3 MOUNTING THE RADIO ........................................................... 13
6.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket ..............................................13
6.3.2 Optional MMB-97 Flush Mount Bracket ...........................14
6.4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .................................................15
6.5 ACCESSORY CABLE ................................................................16
6.5.1 GX1700 Internal GPS (DSC Output to a Chart Plotter)
(RS422 Connections) ....................................................17
6.5.2 GX1600 and GX1700 Connection to External GPS or Chart
Plotter (for GPS) (RS422 Connections) ......................... 17
6.6 CHECKING GPS STATUS .........................................................20
6.7 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .....................................................21
6.8 CHANGING THE TIME AREA....................................................22
6.9 CHANGING THE TIME DISPLAY ..............................................22
6.10 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ..........................23
6.11 OPTIONAL RAM3 (CMP30) INSTALLATION ............................23
6.11.1 Connecting an External Speaker to the RAM3 Mic
Cable .............................................................................25
6.11.2 External Speaker AF Selection ......................................25
7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ..........................................................26
7.1 FRONT PANEL ..........................................................................26
7.2 REAR PANEL .............................................................................28
7.3 MICROPHONE ..........................................................................29
8 BASIC OPERATION .............................................................................30
8.1 RECEPTION ..............................................................................30
8.2 TRANSMISSION ........................................................................ 30
8.3 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) ......................................30
8.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE ..........................................31
8.5 DISPLAY TYPE ..........................................................................31
8.6 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE ........................32
8.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ..................................................32
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................32
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert Testing ............................................33
8.8 DUAL WATCH (TO CHANNEL 16) ............................................33
8.9 SCANNING ................................................................................34
8.9.1 Scan Type Selection ........................................................34
8.9.2 Scan and P-Scan Memory Programming ........................34
8.9.3 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ..........................................35
8.9.4 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................. 35
8.10 PRESET CHANNELS (0 ~ 9): INSTANT ACCESS ...................36
8.10.1 Preset Channel Programming ......................................... 36
8.10.2 Operation ........................................................................36
8.10.3 Deleting a Preset Channel ..............................................36
8.11 INTERCOM OPERATION ..........................................................37
8.11.1 Communication ..............................................................37
8.11.2 Calling ............................................................................37
9 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ..........................................................38
9.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................38
9.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) ....................38
9.2.1 What is an MMSI? ............................................................ 38
9.2.2 Programming the MMSI ....................................................39
9.3 DSC DISTRESS ALERT ............................................................40
9.3.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Alert ....................................40
9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call ........................................43
9.4 ALL SHIPS CALL .......................................................................45
9.4.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call ..........................................45
9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ..............................................46
9.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL .....................................................................47
9.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory ............47
9.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply .................................48
9.5.3 Setting up the Individual Call Acknowledgment ...............49
9.5.4 Transmitting an Individual Call .........................................50
9.5.5 Receiving an Individual Call ............................................. 52
9.5.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer ................................ 53
9.6 GROUP CALL ............................................................................55
9.6.1 Setting up the Group Call ................................................. 55
9.6.2 Transmitting a Group Call ................................................57
9.6.3 Receiving a Group Call ....................................................59
9.6.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer .....................................60
9.7 POSITION REQUEST ...............................................................61
9.7.1 Setting up the Position Reply ........................................... 61
9.7.2 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel .........62
9.7.3 Receiving a Position Request ..........................................64
9.7.4 Setting up the Position Request Ringer ...........................65
9.8 POSITION REPORT ..................................................................66
9.8.1 Transmitting a DSC Position Report Call .........................66
9.8.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ............................. 68
9.8.3 Navigating to a Position Report .......................................68
9.8.4 Stopping Navigation to Position Report ...........................69
9.8.5 Saving a Position Report Call as a Waypoint...................69
9.8.6 Navigating to a Saved Waypoint ......................................69
9.8.7 Stopping Navigation to a Saved Waypoint .......................70
9.8.8 Setting up the Position Report Ringer .............................. 70
9.9 MANUAL INPUTTING A GPS POSITION (LAT/LON) ................ 71
9.10 AUTO POS POLLING ................................................................72
9.10.1 Setting up the Polling Time Interval ...............................72
9.10.2 Selecting Stations to be Automatically Polled (Tracked) 72
9.10.3 Enable/Disable Auto POS Polling .................................73
9.11 DSC TEST CALL .......................................................................74
9.11.1 Programming MMSI into Individual/Position Call
Directory ........................................................................74
9.11.2 DSC Test Call by using Individual/Position Call
Directory ........................................................................74
9.11.3 DSC Test Call by Manually Entering a MMSI .................75
9.12 POLLING CALL..........................................................................76
9.12.1 Transmitting a Polling Call to Another Vessel ................76
9.12.2 Receiving a Polling Call .................................................77
9.13 DSC LOG OPERATION .............................................................78
9.13.1 Reviewing and Resending a Transmitted Logged Call ..78
9.13.2 Reviewing DSC Distress Logged Calls .......................... 79
9.13.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls ......................................79
9.13.4 Deleting a Call from the “DSC LOG” Directory ..............80
10 GENERAL SETUP ................................................................................ 81
10.1 DISPLAY ....................................................................................81
10.2 DIMMER ADJUSTING ...............................................................82
10.3 CONTRAST ...............................................................................82
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