Icom IC-M505 Instruction Manual

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216DSC OPERATION6■ Position and time programmingA distress call should include the ship’s position and timedata. If no GPS is connected, your position and UTC (Uni-versal Time Coordinated) time should be input manually.They are included automatically when a GPS receiver(NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is connected.q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.w Rotate [CHANNEL] to select “Position Input,” andpush [CHANNEL•ENTER].--DSC Menu--Select Item˘Position InputIndividual CallGroup CallAll Ships CallPosition RequestPosition Reporte The position information appears. Set your position (lati-tude and longitude) data by rotating [CHANNEL].• Push [16•C] or [DIAL•DUAL/GRP] to move the cursor forwardor backward, respectively.• Rotate [CHANNEL] 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] for 1 sec. to clear the latitude/ longitude data.• Push [CLR] to cancel and return to the DSC menu.--DSC Menu--Input PositionLatitude__°__.___N NullLongitude__°__.___W Null 1sec˘Null Data>˘Exit / ENT˘OK>r After setting the position data, push [CHANNEL•ENTER]to set the current UTC time. Set the current UTC time byrotating [CHANNEL], then push [CHANNEL•ENTER].• Push [16•C] or [DIAL•DUAL/GRP] to move the cursor forwardor 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 1sec˘Null Data>˘Exit / ENT˘OK>t Push [CLR] or rotate [CHANNEL] to select “Exit,” push[CHANNEL•ENTER].• Returns to the DSC menu.• Repeat again to return to the normal operation condition.Manually programmed position data will be held for 23.5hours only.