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GX6500E/GX6000E
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
Quick Reference Guide ............................................................................... 4
1 GENERAL INFORMA TION ..................................................................... 5
2 P ACKING LIST ....................................................................................... 6
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES ...................................................................6
4 GETTING ST ARTED............................................................................... 7
4.1 PROHIBITED COMMUNICA TIONS ............................................. 7
4.2 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................................... 7
4.3 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .........................................................7
4.4 COAXIAL CABLE ......................................................................... 8
4.5 DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16) .................................. 8
4.6 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9).................. 9
4.7 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ..................................................10
4.8 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .............................................. 10
4.9 AUTOMA TED RADIO CHECK SERVICE ..................................11
4.10 WHA T IS THE RANGE FOR AIS RECEIVERS? ....................... 12
5 INST ALLA TION ....................................................................................13
5.1 SAFETY / W ARNING INFORMA TION ....................................... 13
5.2 LOCA TION ................................................................................. 13
5.3 MOUNTING THE RADIO ........................................................... 14
5.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket........................................... 14
5.3.2 Optional MMB-84 Flush Mount Bracket........................ 15
5.4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ................................................. 16
5.5 REAR P ANEL ............................................................................. 17
5.6 CONNECTION OF EXTERNAL DEVICES TO THE RADIO ...... 19
5.6.1 Connecting the SCU-31 External GPS Antenna to the
Radio ............................................................................ 19
5.6.2 Connecting the NMEA 0183/NMEA 0183-HS to the Radio
19
5.6.3 Accessory Cables and NMEA 0183 Cables ................. 20
5.6.4 NMEA 0813/NMEA 0183-HS to Chart Plotter ............... 21
5.6.5 Connection to External GPS or Chart Plotter ............... 23
5.6.6 Connection to External P A/HAIL Speaker .................... 25
5.6.7 Rear Microphone Installation ........................................ 26
5.6.8 Optional SSM-70H (RAM4) Installation ........................ 26
5.7 INITIAL SETUP REQUIRED WHEN TURNING ON THE POWER
FOR THE FIRST TIME ..............................................................29
5.7.1 Setting the Welcome Screen and Region ..................... 29
5.7.2 Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) ...................... 29
5.8 CHECKING GPS SIGNAL (GPS ST A TUS DISPLA Y) ................ 30
5.9 GPS CONFIGURA TION.............................................................32
5.9.1 Changing the Gps Time ................................................ 32
5.9.2 Changing the Time Area ............................................... 33
5.9.3 Changing the Time Format ........................................... 33
5.9.4 Changing Cog to True or Magnetic...............................34
6 CONTROLS AND INDICA TORS ..........................................................35
6.1 FRONT P ANEL ..........................................................................35
6.2 MICROPHONE ..........................................................................37
7 BASIC OPERA TION ............................................................................. 39
7.1 TURNING ON AND OFF THE TRANSCEIVER .........................39
7.2 RECEPTION ..............................................................................39
7.3 TRANSMISSION ........................................................................ 39
7.3.1 Transmit Power ............................................................ 40
7.4 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ........................................40
7.5 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .......................................... 40
7.6 INTERNA TIONAL, USA AND CANADA MODE ......................... 41
7.7 MUL TI WA TCH (T O PRIORITY CHANNEL) .............................. 42
7.7.1 Setting up the Multi Watch Operation ........................... 42
7.7.2 Starting the Dual Watch ................................................ 43
7.8 SCANNING ................................................................................43
7.8.1 Selecting the Scan Type ............................................... 43
7.8.2 Programming Scan Memory ......................................... 44
7.8.3 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ....................................... 45
7.8.4 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) ......................................... 45
7.9 PRESET CHANNELS: INST ANT ACCESS ............................... 46
7.9.1 Programming ................................................................46
7.9.2 Operation ...................................................................... 47
7.9.3 Deletion ........................................................................47
7.10 MOB OPERA TION ..................................................................... 47
7.1 1 P A/FOG OPERA TION ................................................................ 48
7.1 1.1 Operating the P A HAIL mode........................................ 49
7.1 1.2 Operating the FOG HORN mode ................................. 50
7.1 1.3 Fog Signal Timing Chart ............................................... 51
7.1 1.4 Operating the HORN mode .......................................... 52
7.12 INTERCOM OPERA TION .......................................................... 52
7.12.1 Communication.............................................................52
7.12.2 Calling...........................................................................53
7.13 VOICE SCRAMBLER ................................................................ 53
7.14 DEMO MODE ............................................................................ 54
7.15 OPERA TION MENU .................................................................. 55
8 GPS OPERA TION................................................................................. 57
8.1 DISPLA YING POSITION INFORMA TION .................................. 57
8.1.1 GPS Information Numerical Display ............................. 57
8.1.2 GPS Information Compass Display .............................. 57
8.2 CHECKING GPS ST A TUS ......................................................... 58
8.3 GPS LOGGER OPERA TION ..................................................... 59
9 DIGIT AL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ............................................... 60
9.1 GENERAL ..................................................................................60
9.2 DSC DISTRESS ALEART ..........................................................61
9.2.1 Transmitting a DSC Distress Aleart .............................. 61
9.2.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Aleart .................................. 64
9.3 ALL SHIPS CALL .......................................................................66
9.3.1 Transmitting an All Ships Call ....................................... 66
9.3.2 Receiving an All Ships Call ........................................... 67
9.4 INDIVIDUAL CALL .....................................................................68
9.4.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory ......... 68
9.4.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply .............................. 70
9.4.3 Enabling the Individual Call Acknowledgment .............. 70
9.4.4 Transmitting an Individual Call ..................................... 71
9.4.5 Receiving an Individual Call ......................................... 73
9.4.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer ............................ 75
9.5 GROUP CALL ............................................................................77
9.5.1 Setting up a Group Call ................................................ 77
9.5.2 Transmitting a Group Call ............................................. 79
9.5.3 Receiving a Group Call................................................. 82
9.5.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer.................................. 83
9.6 POSITION REQUEST ............................................................... 84
9.6.1 Setting up a Position Request Reply ........................... 84
9.6.2 Transmitting a Position Request to Another Vessel ...... 85
9.6.3 Receiving a Position Request....................................... 87
9.6.4 Manual Input of Position Information ............................ 88
9.6.5 Setting up a Position Request Ringer........................... 89
9.7 POSITION REPORT .................................................................. 90
9.7.1 Transmitting a DSC Position Report Call......................90
9.7.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call ......................... 92
9.7.3 Navigating to the Reported Position ............................. 92
9.7.4 Saving the Reported Position as a Waypoint ............... 93
9.7.5 Setting up a Position Report Ringer ............................. 94
9.8 POLLING CALL .......................................................................... 95
9.8.1 Transmitting a Polling Call to a V essel ......................... 95
9.8.2 Receiving a Polling Call ................................................ 97
9.9 AUTO POSITION POLLING ...................................................... 97
9.9.1 Setting up the Polling Operation ................................... 97
9.9.2 Setting up the Polling Time Interval .............................. 98
9.9.3 Selecting Vessels to be Automatically Polled ............... 98
9.9.4 Enabling/Disabling Auto POS Polling ........................... 99
9.10 DSC TEST ...............................................................................100
9.10.1 Programming MMSI into Individual Directory ............. 100
9.10.2 Transmitting a DSC T est to Another V essel ................ 100
9.10.3 Receiving a DSC T est Call ......................................... 102
9.1 1 DSC LOG OPERA TION ........................................................... 102
9.1 1.1 Reviewing and Resending a Transmitted Logged Call 102
9.1 1.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC RX Distress Call ............... 103
9.1 1.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls ................................... 104
9.1 1.4 Deleting Logged Calls from the DSC Log Directory ... 105
9.12 DSC LOOP BACK OPERA TION .............................................. 106
10 NA VIGA TION ......................................................................................107