Icom IC-M504 instruction manual Position and time programming, Dsc Operation

■Position and time programming

A distress call should include the ship’s position and time data. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Univer- sal Time Coordinated) time should be input manually. They are included automatically when a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.

qPush [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.

wRotate [DIAL] to select “Position Input,” and push [DIAL•ENTER].

--DSC Menu--

Select Item

˘Position Input

Individual Call

Group Call

All Ships Call

Position Request

Position Report

eThe position information appears. Set your position (lati- tude and longitude) data by rotating [DIAL].

•Push [16•9] or [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to move the cursor forward or backward, respectively.

•Rotate [DIAL] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitude when the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West longitude or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’ position.

•Push [CLR] for 1 sec. to clear the latitude/longitude data.

•Push [CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.

DSC OPERATION 6

--DSC Menu--

Input Position

Latitude

__°__.___N Null

Longitude

__°__.___W Null

<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>

<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK> 6

rAfter setting the position data, push [DIAL•ENTER] to set the current UTC time. Set the current UTC time by rotating [DIAL], then push [DIAL•ENTER].

•Push [16•9] or [CH/WX•DUAL•U/I/C] to move the cursor forward or backward, respectively.

•Push [CLR] for 1 sec. to clear the UTC time data.

•Push [CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.

--DSC Menu--

Input UTC Time

__:__Null

<CLR 1sec˘Null Data>

<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>

tPush [CLR] or rotate [DIAL] to select “Exit,” push [DIAL•ENTER].

•Returns to the DSC menu.

•Repeat again to return to the normal operation condition.

Manually programmed position data will be held for 23.5 hours only.

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