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GX2200
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................... 4
1 GENERAL INFORMA TION ..................................................................... 5
2 P ACKING LIST ....................................................................................... 6
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ...................................................................6
4 ONLINE W ARRANTY REGISTRA TION (in USA or Canada only) ....... 6
5 GETTING ST ARTED............................................................................... 7
5.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICA TIONS ............................................. 7
5.2 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................... 7
5.3 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .........................................................7
5.4 COAXIAL CABLE ......................................................................... 8
5.5 DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16) .................................. 8
5.6 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)..................9
5.7 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ..................................................10
5.8 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .............................................. 10
5.9 AUTOMA TED RADIO CHECK SERVICE ............................... 11
5.10 WHA T IS THE RANGE FOR AIS RECEIVERS? ....................... 12
6 INST ALLA TION ....................................................................................13
6.1 SAFETY / W ARNING INFORMA TION ....................................... 13
6.2 LOCA TION ................................................................................. 13
6.3 MOUNTING THE RADIO ........................................................... 14
6.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket .............................................. 14
6.3.2 Optional MMB-84 Flush Mount Bracket ........................... 15
6.4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ................................................. 16
6.5 ACCESSORY CABLES ............................................................. 17
6.5.1 Internal GPS (DSC Output) to Chart Plotter .................... 18
6.5.2 Connection to External GPS or Chart Plotter ................... 20
6.6 CHECKING GPS CONNECTIONS ............................................ 23
6.7 CHANGING THE GPS TIME .....................................................24
6.8 CHANGING THE TIME LOCATION ...........................................25
6.9 CHANGING THE TIME FORMAT ..............................................26
6.10 CHANGING COG TO TRUE OR MAGNETIC ........................... 26
6.1 1 OPTIONAL CMP30
(
RAM3
)
INST ALLATION ............................ 27
6.1 1.1 Connecting an External Speaker to the RAM3 Mic
Cable ............................................................................. 29
6.1 1.2 External Speaker AF Selection ...................................... 29
7 CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS ..........................................................30
7.1 FRONT P ANEL .......................................................................... 30
7.2 REAR P ANEL ............................................................................. 32
7.3 MICROPHONE ..........................................................................33
8 BASIC OPERA TION ............................................................................. 35
8.1 RECEPTION ..............................................................................35
8.2 TRANSMISSION ........................................................................ 35
8.3 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) ...................................... 35
8.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .......................................... 36
8.5 DISPLA Y TYPE ..........................................................................36
8.6 USA, INTERNA TIONAL, AND CANADA MODE ........................ 37
8.7 NOAA WEA THER CHANNELS .................................................. 37
8.7.1 NOAA Weather Alert ........................................................ 37
8.7.2 NOAA Weather Alert T esting ............................................ 38
8.8 DUAL W ATCH (T O CHANNEL 16) ............................................ 38
8.9 SCANNING ................................................................................39
8.9.1 Selecting the Scan T ype .................................................. 39
8.9.2 Programming Scan Memory ............................................ 40
8.9.3 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) .......................................... 40
8.9.4 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ............................................. 41
8.10 PRESET CHANNELS
(
0 ~ 9
)
: INST ANT ACCESS ...................41
8.10.1 Programming ................................................................. 41
8.10.2 Operation ....................................................................... 42
8.10.3 Deletion .......................................................................... 42
8.1 1 P A/FOG OPERATION ................................................................ 43
8.1 1.1 Operating the PA HAIL mode ......................................... 43
8.1 1.2 Operating the FOG HORN mode ................................... 44
8.1 1.3 Fog Signal Timing Chart ................................................. 45
8.12 INTERCOM OPERA TION .......................................................... 46
8.12.1 Communication .............................................................. 46
8.12.2 Calling ............................................................................ 46
8.13 VOICE SCRAMBLER ................................................................ 47
8.14 DEMO MODE ............................................................................ 48
9 DIGIT AL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ............................................... 49
9.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................49
9.2 MARITIME MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) .................... 49
9.2.1 What is an MMSI? ............................................................ 49
9.2.2 Programming the MMSI .................................................... 50
9.3 DSC DISTRESS CALL...............................................................51
9.3.1 T ransmitting a DSC Distress Call ..................................... 51
9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Call ........................................ 54
9.4 ALL SHIPS CALL ............................................... ........................56
9.4.1 T ransmitting an All Ships Call .......................................... 56
9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call .............................................. 57
9.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL .....................................................................58
9.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory ............ 58
9.5.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply ................................. 59
9.5.3 Enabling the Individual Call Acknowledgment ................. 60
9.5.4 T ransmitting an Individual Call ......................................... 60
9.5.5 Receiving an Individual Call ............................................. 62
9.5.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer ................................ 63
9.6 GROUP CALL ............................................................................65
9.6.1 Setting up a Group Call .................................................... 65
9.6.2 T ransmitting a Group Call ................................................ 67
9.6.3 Receiving a Group Call .................................................... 69
9.6.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer ..................................... 70
9.7 POSITION REQUEST ............................................................... 71
9.7.1 Setting up a Position Request Reply .............................. 71
9.7.2 T ransmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel ......... 72
9.7.3 Receiving a Position Request .......................................... 73
9.7.4 Setting up a Position Request Ringer .............................. 74
9.8 POSITION REPORT .................................................................. 75
9.8.1 T ransmitting a DSC Position Report Call ......................... 75
9.8.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ............................. 76
9.8.3 Navigating to a Position Report ....................................... 77
9.8.4 Stopping Navigation to a Position Report ........................ 77
9.8.5 Saving a Position Report as a Waypoint .......................... 77
9.8.6 Navigating to a Saved Waypoint ...................................... 78
9.8.7 Setting up a Position Report Ringer ................................. 79
9.9 MANUAL INPUT OF A GPS LOCA TION (LA T/LON) .................. 80
9.10 AUTO POS POLLING ................................................................ 81
9.10.1 Setting up the Polling Time Interval ............................... 81
9.10.2 Selecting Stations to be Automatically Polled
(Tracked) ....................................................................... 81
9.10.3 Enabling/Disabling Auto POS Polling ............................ 82
9.1 1 DSC TEST .................................................................................83
9.1 1.1 Programming MMSI into Individual Directory ................. 83
9.1 1.2 DSC T est call by using Individual/Position Directory ...... 83
9.1 1.3 DSC T est Call by Manually Entering an MMSI ............... 84
9.12 POLLING CALL .......................................................................... 85
9.12.1 T ransmitting a Polling Call to Another Vessel ................ 85
9.12.2 Receiving a Polling Call ................................................. 86
9.13 DSC LOG OPERA TION ............................................................. 87
9.13.1 Reviewing and Resending a T ransmitted Logged
Call ................................................................................ 87
9.13.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC Distress Call ......................... 88
9.13.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls ...................................... 89
9.13.4 Deleting a Call from the DSC Log Directory .................. 89
10 GENERAL SETUP ................................................................................91