Standard Horizon GX2360S owner manual

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QUANTUM GX2360S

25 Watt VHF/FM

Marine Transceiver

Owner's Manual

Oversized alphanumeric LCD, knobs and keys

Large 2.8 inch internal loudspeaker producing louder audio

30 W Loud Hailer with listen back and 4 fog horns, Bells & Whistles

Removable ClearVoice speaker microphone with 16/9 key and channel

selection

Display shows channel names, and repeats GPS information8

Capable of connecting 2 optional enhanced RAM+ second station re-

mote microphones

DSC distress call automatically broadcasts lat/long and vessel ID8

DSC position request function and NMEA data input/output to connect to

GPS Plotter8

Versatile user-programmable Scanning, Priority Scan and Dual Watch

NOAA Weather channels and Alert

One-button access to Channel 16 and 9

One-button access to user selectable preset channels

Access to all US, Canadian and International channels

8with GPS attached

Contents

Main QUANTUM GX2360S 25 Watt VHF/FM Marine Transceiver Owner's Manual GX2360SPage 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 3GX2360S SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION Antenna Installation: ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION STATION LICENSE RADIO CALL SIGN CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING FCC / INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATION FCC NOTICE GETTING STARTED ABOUT VHF RADIO SELECTING AN ANTENNA COAXIAL CABLE 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 PACKING LIST 3 OPTIONS 4 INSTALLATION 4.1 LOCATION Figure 1. General Installation 4.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS 4.3 ACCESSORY CABLE 4.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT 4.5 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS 4.6 CHANGING THE GPS TIME 4.7 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC 4.8 OPTIONAL MMB-84 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION Figure 2. MMB-84 Flush Mount Instllation 4.9 OPTIONAL ENHANCED RAM+ SECOND STATION MIC INSTALLATION Figure 3. Enhanced RAM+ MIC Instllation 5 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS 5.1 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS QUANTUM GX2360S Figure 4. Controls and Connectors Page Page Page 6 BASIC OPERATION 6.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS 6.2 RECEPTION 6.3 TRANSMISSION 6.4 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) 6.5 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE 6.6 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE 6.7 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS 6.8 NOAA WEATHER ALERT 6.9 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING 6.10 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) 6.11 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) 6.12 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS 6.13 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 6.14 DUAL WATCH (TO CH16) 6.15 MEMORY SCANNING (M-SCAN) 6.16 PRIORITY SCANNING (P-SCAN) 6.17 CHANNEL A /B PRESET CHANNELS 6.17.1 Storing a new A/B channel 6.17.2 Changing the stored A/B channel 6.17.3 Operating the channel A/B 6.18 PA/FOG OPERATION PA HAIL mode: FOG HORN mode: 6.18.1 Operating the PA HAIL mode 6.18.2 Operating the FOG HORN mode 6.19 KEYPAD LOCKING 6.20 NAVIGATION INDICATION GX2360SPage 32 6.21 INTERCOM OPERATION RAM 1 QUANTAM RAM 1 RAM 2 6.22.1 Communication 6.22.2 Calling 6.22 VOICE SCRAMBLER 6.23 RESETTING THE TRANSCEIVERS MICROPROCESSOR 7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING 7.1 GENERAL 7.2 USCG DSC WATCH 7.2.1 Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) 7.2.2 Programming the MMSI 7.3 DSC SCAN 7.4 ADDITIONAL DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING INFORMATION 7.5 DSC DISTRESS CALL 7.5.1 Transmitting A DSC Distress Call 7.5.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call 7.6 ALL SHIPS CALL 7.6.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call 7.6.2 Receiving an All Ships Call 7.7 INDIVIDUAL CALL 7.7.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory 7.7.2 Setting up Individual Reply 7.7.3 Setting up Individual Call Ringer 7.7.4 Transmitting an Individual Call 7.7.5 Receiving an Individual Call 7.7.6 Setting Up the Call Waiting Function 7.8 ADVANCED DSC CALLS 7.8.1 Group Call Page 7.8.2 Position Request Page Page 7.8.3 Position Send 8 RADIO SETUP 8.1 LAMP ADJUSTING 8.2 LCD CONTRAST 8.3 TIME OFFSET 8.4 KEY BEEP (ON/OFF) 8.5 WX ALERT (ON/OFF) 8.6 VOICE SCRAMBLER (Operates only when the optional CVS2500 is installed) 8.7 CHANNEL NAMING 8.8 TRUE MAGNETIC CHANGE (NAV display) 8.9 FOG ALERT TONE FREQUENCY 9 ENHANCED RAM+ MIC OPERATION 9.1 RAM+ MIC CONTROLS Page Page 9.2 INTERCOM OPERATION 9.2.1 Communication 9.2.2 Calling 9.3 DSC/RADIO SETUP MODE 10 MAINTENANCE 10.1 REPLACEMENT PARTS 10.2 FACTORY SERVICE 10.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART 11. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS 6. Marine vessels equipped with VHF radios are required to monitor Channel 16. Page Page Page Page 12. WARRANTY Page ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION 13 SPECIFICATIONS