Setting GPS Antenna Position and Ship’s Type

4.2Setting GPS Antenna Position and Ship’s Type

1.In the INIT SETTING sub-menu, press the [6] key to open the SET ANTENNA POS window.

SET ANTENNA POS

1 INTERNAL ANT POS

2 EXTERNAL ANT POS

SET ANTENNA POS window

2.With 1 selected, press the [ENT] key. The 1 is for entering internal GPS antenna position and 2 is for external GPS which is connected to the AIS.

[INTERNAL ANT POS]

		A: 000 m
	B	B: 000 m
		C:	00 m

		D:	00 m
C D

INTERNAL ANT POS window

3.Enter locations of GPS antenna, by using the numeric keys and the [NEXT] key, and finally press the [ENT] key.

A:Distance from bow to GPS antenna position

B:Distance from stern to GPS antenna position

C:Distance from port to GPS antenna position

D:Distance from starboard to GPS antenna position

4.Enter external GPS antenna position similar to how you entered internal GPS antenna position.

5.Press the [MENU] key to return to the INIT SETTINGS sub-menu.

6.Press the [4] key to display the SET TYPE&CREW window.

[SET TYPE&CREW]
	CREW		: 0012
	TYPE CLASS : A			TYPE CLASS cannot
	TYPE NO.		: 0	be changed.
	TYPE NO.		: 0	be changed.
		TYPE NAME		(A = IMO type)

SET TYPE&CREW window

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