West Marine VHF580 Changing display and sound options, Setting the GPS position manually

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Changing display and sound options

Contrast

Your radio display has 10 levels of contrast. To adjust the contrast, press and hold CALL-MENUwhile the radio is idle. Select System and then Contrast. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to

change the contrast to your desired level.

To restore the default contrast setting, turn the radio off. Press CALL-MENUand hold it in while you turn the radio on.

Lamp adjust

Your radio has 10 brightness levels on the display. To adjust the brightness, press and hold CALL-MENUwhile the radio is idle. Select System and then Lamp Adjust. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to change the brightness to your desired level.

Turning the key beep on and off

Key beep is the tone that sounds when you press a key or a button. To turn off the key beep, press and hold CALL-MENUwhile the radio is idle. Select System and then Key Beep. Choose Off

to turn off the key beep.

Setting the GPS position manually

If the radio is not receiving valid GPS data, the radio displays Input Position. Follow the steps below to manually input your position.

##NOTE: Be certain any manually-entered position is correct. If you enter the wrong position and then make a DSC distress call, you will be telling the arrows to adjust each of the values in turn.

Press and hold -

Setup

Use the up and down arrows to adjust each of the values

				in turn.
GPS Setup				in turn.
GPS Setup


				Position Set
				Position Set


---o		--.- KT 16
--/--		11:22U
35o		0.610 N
35o		0.610 N
139o	46. 564 E

Back[CLR] Forward[ENT]

1.Display the normal menu and choose the Setup sub-menu.

2.Select GPS Setup and then choose Position Set.

3.The GPS manual input screen displays; the fields to be entered blink. The cursor highlights the hour. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to set the displayed hours to match coordinated universal time (UTC, also call Greenwich Mean Time and Zulu Time). When the display matches UTC time, press ENT-1W/25W. If you make a mistake while entering a digit, press CLR-SCANto erase the wrong number and moved the cursor to the left digit.

4.The cursor moves to highlight the minutes. Use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to adjust the minutes and press ENT-1W/25W.

5.The cursor moves to highlight the degrees latitude. As you update each value, the cursor moves to the next value in turn. At each number, use CHANNEL UP and CHANNEL DOWN to adjust the number and press ENT-1W/25W.

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