Furuno FM-8700 Manual Entry of Ship’s Position and Time, Entering data manually

3.2 Manual Entry of Ship’s Position and Time

Entering data manually

If automatic position input is lost for one minute the message "EPFS error" appears. In this case, enter position manually as below.

* VHF call message * Format: DISTRESS

To enter data manually from the Distress Alert message, press [ENT] and select call type Distress.

Press [ENT], [ENT] [SELECT] in this order.

(Normal display)

Watch VHF CH70

Press the [SELECT] key followed by the [1] key.

Position	<		>
NORTH=	°	S	E=	°	W	UTC=	:
Enter				Enter			Enter time
latitude.				longitude.			(UTC).

To move blinking cursor from NORTH	Press the [ENT] key.
	(Returns to normal
position to SOUTH, press the [s] key.
	display.)

Note: If the manually entered position is not updated within four

hours the buzzer sounds and the message "Warning: Update posi- tion!" appears on the screen. And if not updated within 23.5 hours the position entered is erased. Once automatic input of position is restored, cancel manually entered position as below.

Confirming Ship's Position and Time

Press and hold down the [1] (POSITION) key, ship's position and time are shown while the key is pressed.

Canceling manually entered data

To cancel the manually entered data, enter 9999 for the time and press the [ENT] key.

Note: Above procedure may also be used when you do not know your ship's position. This data is input as NO INFORMATION in POS&TIME in the DISTRESS ALERT MESSAGE.

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