User manual

Chapter 2: Operation
10 General use and navigation
Position and MMSI number
The position and MMSI number for the
SAILOR 6222 VHF DSC radio is always shown
in the DSC window (the lower half of the
radio’s display) in stand-by mode. The
display shows also the current (latest)
position (if a GPS is connected), the UTC and
position type and GPS Status.
Enter position manually (no GPS)
If you need to enter the vessel’s position and UTC of position manually, do
as follows:
1. Press the soft key SETUP. If it is not in the display, press the soft key
MORE until SETUP appears.
2. Press the arrow soft key or to advance to DSC SETUP.
3. Press the selector knob to select Position & MMSI.
4. Enter the current position and UTC time:
• Latitude (LAT),
• Longitude (LON)
• UTC time (POS UTC)
Turn and press the selector knob to select the value you want to
change. Then use the keypad or press and turn the selector knob to
enter the current values for position and UTC time. You can clear all
position data by pressing CLEAR.
5. Having entered the UTC time, the soft key SAVE appears. Press SAVE
and then EXIT to return to normal operation. The display shows Man
in the lower right corner.
6. After you have entered a value manually or overruled the GPS input, a
soft key UseGPS appears in the display if the GPS is available. Press this
soft key if you decide to use the data from the connected GPS.
If the GPS was present and then disappears a warning appears in the display
after 10 minutes, then you can enter the position and UTC time manually
as described above.
SCAN
LOCAL
PHBOOK
MORE
MMSI:123456789
INT
DISTRESS/CALL
N 12°34.5678
E 123°45.6789
22:07
GPS