226 DSC OPERATION Position/Time indicationWhen a GPS receiver (NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01) is con-nected, the transceiver displays the current position and time.When no GPS receiver is connected, the transceiver displaysthe manually entered position and time.A GPS receiver appropriate for the IC-M602 is not suppliedfrom Icom. A GPS receiver with NMEA0183 ver. 2.0 or 3.01format is required for position/time indication. Ask your dealerabout suitable GPS receivers.➥ A GPS receiver is compatible with several sentence for-matters. The order of input precedence is ‘RMC,’ ‘GGA,’‘GNS’ and ‘GLL.’➥ When sentence formatter ‘RMC’ is received, time indi-cation includes a date, and UTC time only.➥ “??” may blink instead of position and time indicationswhen the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manuallyupdated after 4 hours.BUSY-25W---INT---CALLLOCAL--DUPSCRAM--TAGNORMAL-SCAN-34°34.506N123°23.236WMAR15-19:10--CALLING• Sentence formatter ‘RMC’BUSY-25W---INT---CALLLOCAL--DUPSCRAM--TAGNORMAL-SCAN-34°34.506N123°23.236W--UTC-19:10--CALLING• Sentence formatteres ‘GGA,’ ‘GNS,’ ‘GLL’No offset timeBUSY-25W-LLOCAL--DUPSCRAM--TAGNORMAL-SCAN-34°34.506N123°23.236WLocal--9:10Offset time is–10 hours. (p. 44)BUSY-25W---INT---CALLLOCAL--DUPSCRAM--TAGNORMAL-SCAN-34°34.506N123°23.236W--UTC-19:10--CALLING