Icom IC-M412 Instruction Manual

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176DSC OPERATION6A Distress call should include the ship’s position and timedata. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Univer-sal Time Coordinated) time should be input manually. Theyare included automatically when a GPS receiver is connected(NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01).q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.w Push [s] or [t] to select “POSITION INPUT,” then push[ENT].Scrollse Push [s] or [t] to enter your latitude data. After enteringthe data, push [ENT] to set your longitude data.• Push [CH/WX] or [16] to move the cursor forward or backward.• Push [s] or [t] to edit N; North latitude or S; South latitudewhen the cursor is on the ‘N’ or ‘S’ position, and W; West lon-gitude or E; East longitude when the cursor is on the ‘W’ or ‘E’position.• Push [CLR] to cancel and exit the programming mode, if de-sired.r After setting the longitude data, push [ENT] to set the cur-rent UTC time using [s] or [t].• Push [CH/WX] or [16] to move the cursor forward or backward.• Push [CLR] to cancel and exit the programming, if desired.t Push [ENT] to program and return to normal operation.Manually programmed position data will be held only for23.5 hours.“??” may blink instead of position and time indicationswhen the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manuallyupdated after 4 hours.n Position and time programming