Standard Horizon Gx5500s User Manual

GX5500S

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11.9

POSITION SEND

The feature is similar to Position Request, however instead of requesting a
position of another vessel this function allows you to send your position to
another vessel. Your vessel must have an operating GPS receiver connected
for the GX5500S to send the position.

NOTE

To transmit a Position Send Call, you must setup the GX5500S DSC
Individual / Position Call Directory with the name of the vessel(s) or
person and the MMSI of the DSC radio you wish to send your position
to. To setup this directory refer to section “11.5.1 Setting up the Indi-
vidual / Position Call Directory.”

11.9.1 Setting up a Position Send Ringer

The GX5500S has the capability to turn off the Position Send ringer.

1. Press and hold down the [CALL(MENU)] key

until “

Radio Setup

Radio Setup” menu appears.

2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select

“

DSC Setup

DSC Setup” menu.

3. Press the [ENT] key, then select “

DSC Beep

DSC Beep”

with the CHANNEL selector knob.

4. Press the [ENT] key, then select “

Position Re-

port

port” with the CHANNEL selector knob.

5. Press the [ENT] key, then select “

Off

Off” with the

CHANNEL selector knob.

6. Press the [ENT] key to store the selected set-

ting.

7. Press the [CLR] key twice to return to the “

Radio

Setup

Setup” menu, then press the [CLR] key again to re-
turn to radio operation.

To return to enabling the ringer tone, repeat the above procedure, turning the
CHANNEL selector knob to select “

On” in step “6” above.

11.9.2 Transmitting a DSC Position Send Call

Pre-Programmable Calling
1. Press the [CALL(MENU)] key. The “

DSC Call

Menu” will appear in the display.

2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select the

“

Pos Report

Pos Report.”

3. Press [ENT] key to show the “Position Send Direc-