Manual Entry of Position and Time | Furuno RC-1500-1T manual

2.10 Manual Entry of Position and Time

If there is no EPFS (Electronic Position-Fixing System) connected to the DSC-60 or the EPFS connected is inoperative, manually enter position and time as follows:

1.At the DSC standby screen, press the [#/SETUP] key to display the Setup menu.

****Setup menu ****

ALARM

AUTO ACK ERASE MESSAGE

SCAN FREQ USER CH VOLUME

POSITION	TEST
PRINT OUT	SYSTEM

2. Select POSITION and press the [ENT] key to display the Position menu.

**	Position setup	**

INPUT TYPE: AUTO

LAT : 34˚ 41 NORTH

LON : 135˚ 30 EAST

TIME: 09: 00 UTC

3. Press the [ENT] key to open the INPUT TYPE menu.

**	Position setup	**

INPUT TYPE:		AUTO
LAT : 34˚	41
		N
LON : 135˚	30	MANUAL
TIME: 09: 00		UTC

Note 1: If, when AUTO is selected, input from the navigator is interrupted the message “EPFS error!” appears. If this occurs check the navigator.

Note 2: If, when MANUAL is selected, the message “Warning: Update position” appears at set intervals to ask you to update position. For further details see page 7-2.

4. Press to select MANUAL and press the [ENT] key.

5. Press the [ENT] key to open the latitude entry window.

**		Position setup		**

INPUT TYPE: MANUAL
	LAT :	34˚ 34 ˚ 41 N
	LON : 135˚		30 EAST

	TIME:	09: 00 UTC

Note: Use 6to switch from North to South and vice versa.

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Furuno RC-1500-1T manual Manual Entry of Position and Time

Models: RC-1500-1T

2.10 Manual Entry of Position and Time

RC-1500-1T specifications