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CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 3 DSC and GPS ................................................................. 11 CAUTION ........................................................................... 3 User MMSI..................................................................... 11 RF RADIATION INFORMATION ............................................ 3 Distress Calls .................................................................
INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing this GME fully featured VHF marine radio. Your GX850 has been built to offer excellent value by combining advanced features, great design and manufacturing quality. To ensure you are familiar with the operation and features of your radio, and in order to obtain the best performance, please read this manual thoroughly before operation. CAUTION (listed below) regarding human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic energy.
used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
MARINE MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY (MMSI) FEATURES • Waterproof to IP67 The MMSI is a 9-digit number used to identify a radio that is capable of using Digital Selective Calling (DSC). The number is used to selectively call other vessels. To setup and use the DSC feature on your radio: Please refer to the ‘DSC’ section of this manual.
CONTROLS VOLUME ON/ OFF ANTENNA CONNECTOR COVER RUBBER SEAL DISTRESS PTT SQL SCRM/ MOB DISPLAY UP CH / WX CALL / MENU CH 16 HI / LO POWER KEY LOCK DOWN SCAN DUAL WATCH / TRIPLE WATCH MEMORY 6 I N S T RU C T I O N M A N UA L GX850
LCD ICONS HIGH TX POWER DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING SQUELCH LEVEL DATE/ TIME INT DSC BATTERY LEVEL HI SQL :5 16 BAND CHANNEL DISTRESS 22° 32. 3608’ S 113° 57.
The alert should be detected in all the modes of operation including Standby, Dual and Tri-watch and Scan etc. GENERAL OPERATION POWER ON/OFF VOLUME CONTROL Turn the Volume knob clockwise past the ‘click’ to turn the radio ON. Continue turning the knob clockwise to increase the volume. Turn the knob counter-clockwise to reduce the volume. Continue turning the knob counter clockwise past the ‘click’ to turn the radio OFF. SQUELCH To adjust the Squelch, briefly press the SQL key.
Briefly press the key again to return to the last selected or channel or to go to an alternative channel press the keys. • To activate the Scrambler, briefly press the appear on the display. key. SECOND PRIORITY CHANNEL • To disable the Scrambler, briefly press the will disappear from the display. key again.
To activate the Priority scan function, press and hold the key. ‘SCAN’ appears on the display and the channel numbers change rapidly with channel 16 appearing predominantly in the channel display area. To deactivate the Priority scan function, briefly press the key. ‘SCAN’ disappears from the display. User Memory Scan User Memory Scan allows you to program a select group of channels for scanning. To Program User Memory Channels 1. Use the or keys to select the required channel. key.
To use the Triple Watch Function 1. Use the channel. or keys to select your preferred working key to activate Triple Watch. 2. Press and hold the ‘TRIW’ will be displayed and the channel number will quickly switch between 16, the second priority channel and the selected channel.
LIFT COVER PRESS BUTTON HI DSC SQL :5 Exit 16 DISTRESS Resend in 4:09 Pause Send If an acknowledgement is not received, the distress call will be re-sent at around 4 minute intervals for as long as the radio remains in the distress call mode. Select PAUSE to delay the resending of the distress call or SEND to resend the call immediately. To cancel the call select EXIT. 2. Briefly press the DISTRESS button. The display shows the ‘Distress’ Menu list.
DSC Menu Individual Call Position Request All Ship Call Group Call Test Call Receive Call Log Send Call Log Exit To enter the 9 digit User MMSI number issued to you by your local authority: 1. Briefly press the CONTEXT MENU Enter key to enter the DSC menu. key to scroll down the screen until ‘My 2. Press the MMSI ID’ is selected then press Enter. or keys to select the number in the first 3. Use the digit position then press . 4. Repeat step 3 to enter the full 9 digit MMSI number. 5.
on a Group MMSI must use the MID of the host country or country of vessel registration (503 in Australia). The Group ID should be based on a key vessel in the Group, and the recommended system is to drop the last digit of the key vessel’s MMSI and place a zero in front. e.g. a fleet of vessels that has a lead vessel with a DSC self-ID of 503080110 could use the Group MMSI of 050308011. This would then be programmed into all fleet vessels as the special event Group MMSI.
Group List RACE1 RACE2 Exit Enter Exit An All Ships Call allows your radio to establish contact with all the other ships in your area without needing to enter their MMSI. All Ships calls are classified as ROUTINE, SAFETY or URGENCY. URGENCY calls (similar to a PAN PAN call) may be sent when a vessel is not in immediate distress but has a problem that may lead to a distress situation. SAFETY calls (similar to SECURITY calls) may be sent when safety information needs to be transmitted to other vessels.
4. Select the required channel. Individual Call Select Channel: 01 port ops/vts 03 unauthorized 05 port ops/vts 06 inter ship 07 commercial 08 commercial Exit Recieve Call Log Distress call Others call R Exit Enter 5. A summary of your selected call options is displayed. If everything is correct press Call to call or Exit to cancel. All Ship Call To: All Ship Urgency Telephony by Channel 07 Enter Received DSC Distress call Undesignated From: 123456789 GPS POS; Unknown EG: 88UTC Exit Delete 4.
Send Call log Distress Call MOB Call Others Call Exit Buddy List New Entry List Enter Exit PHONE BOOK The Phone Book provides access to your stored MMSI’s. Normal MMSI’s for ships or coast stations can be stored in the Buddy List while Group MMSI’s can be stored in the Group List. To add an MMSI 1. Briefly press the or 2. Press the press Enter. DSC Menu Position Request All Ship Call Group Call Test Call Receive Call Log Send Call Log Phone Exit Enter 4.
Position Input Buddy List New Entry List TES Exit The Position Input allows you to manually enter a position in Latitude and Longitude and a time in UTC. Auto Channel Change The Auto Channel Change option will determine whether your radio will change channels automatically when requested by another radio. Generally this should be set to Automatic as the DSC system is designed to guide to you a specific channel after receiving a DSC call.
VHF OPERATION DSC INT HI Main Menu VHF Operation GPS Setup ATIS Operation DSC Operation System Config P–2nd SQL :5 Exit Exit Enter 16 DISTRESS Resend in 4:09 Pause Send GPS SETUP GPS Setting VHF Operation Channel Band Set Priority 2nd Ch Exit RACE1 Main Menu VHF Operation GPS Setup ATIS Operation DSC Operation System Config Enter Exit Channel Band Set Select ‘Channel band Set’ to set the frequency band for your country of operation.
Time Display Select ‘Enable’ to display the time and date on the LCD. Time Offset The GPS time is normally displayed in UTC (Greenwich Mean Time) by default. To display the time in local time, set the UTC time offset in hours and minutes. e.g. for Sydney Australia set the time offset to UTC +10:00 To set the time, or keys to set the + or – offset then 1. Use the press . Set + for locations that are ahead of UTC (East) or – for locations that are behind UTC (West). or keys to set the hours minutes and 2.
DSC OPERATION DSC Operation My MMSI ID DSC Function Exit DSC Operation Disable Enable System Configuration Systen Config LCDBackLight BackLight Time LCDContrast Key Beep Version Info Factory Reset RACE1 Exit Enter Enter LCD BACKLIGHT RACE1 Select ‘LCD Backlight’ to adjust the brightness of the display backlight. The brightness can be adjusted from 0 (min) to key to increase the brightness or the 9 (max). Use the key to decrease the brightness. Press Enter to accept or Exit to cancel.
Key Beep Off √ Quiet Middle Loud Exit Enter VERSION INFO Select ‘Version Info’ to review the software versions installed inside your radio. FACTORY RESET 3. ROTATE THE COLLAR TO SECURE THE PLUG While the charger is connected the display will show the battery charging state by animating the battery icon. Select Factory Reset to clear any settings you have made to your radio and restore it to the factory defaults. CHARGING THE BATTERY HI The battery is a built-in design and is not user serviceable.
INTERNATIONAL MARINE VHF CHANNEL AND FREQUENCIES CH TX Freq RX Freq 01 156.050 160.650 Simplex Use Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 02 156.100 160.700 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 03 156.150 160.750 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 04 156.200 160.800 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 05 156.250 160.850 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 06 156.300 156.
INTERNATIONAL MARINE VHF CHANNEL AND FREQUENCIES cont. CH TX Freq RX Freq 65 156.275 160.875 Simplex Use Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 66 156.325 160.925 67 156.375 156.375 X Intership, Port Operations and Ship Movement 2 Public Correspondence, Port Operations and Ship Movement 68 156.425 156.425 X Port Operations and Ship Movement 69 156.475 156.475 X Intership, Port Operations and Ship Movement 71 156.575 156.
U.S. MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES CH TX Freq RX Freq 01A 156.050 156.050 Simplex X Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. Use 05A 156.250 156.250 X Port Operations or VTS in the Houston, New Orleans and Seattle areas 06 156.300 156.300 X Intership Safety 07A 156.350 156.350 X Commercial 08 156.400 156.400 X Commercial (Intership only) 09 156.450 156.450 X Boater Calling. Commercial and Non-Commercial 10 156.
U.S. MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. CH TX Freq RX Freq 63A 156.175 156.175 Simplex X Port Operations and Commercial, VTS. Available only in New Orleans / Lower Mississippi area. Use 65A 156.275 156.275 X Port Operations 66A 156.325 156.325 X Port Operations 67 156.375 156.375 X Commercial. Used for Bridge-to-bridge communications in Lower Mississippi River. Intership only. 68 156.425 156.425 X Non-Commercial 69 156.475 156.475 X Non-Commercial 70 156.525 156.
er Additional Information, Frequencies, and Charts. Frequencies are in MHz. Modulation is 16KF3E or 16KG3E. Recreational boaters normally use channels listed as NonCommercial: 68, 69, 71, 72, 78A. Channel 70 is used exclusively for Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and is not available for regular voice communications. Channels 75 and 76 are reserved as guard bands for Channel 16 and are not available for regular voice communications.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC Use Restrictions X PC None X PC None PC None IS, SS, C, S DFO/Canadian Coast Guard only in BCC area. Commercial fishing in EC area. CH TX Freq RX Freq 01 156.050 156.650 02 156.100 160.700 03 156.150 160.750 X 04A 156.200 156.200 X INL PRA X X 05A 156.250 156.250 X X X X X X X 06 156.300 156.300 X X X X X X X 07A 156.350 156.350 X X X X X X 08 156.400 156.400 X 09 156.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC CH TX Freq RX Freq 17 156.850 156.850 X X X X X X X 18A 156.900 156.900 X X X X X X X 19A 156.950 156.950 X X X X X X X 20 157.000 161.600 X X X X X X X 21A 157.050 157.050 X X X X X X X 21B -------- 161.650 X X X X X X X 22A 157.100 157.100 X X X X X X X X X 23 157.150 161.750 23B -------- 161.750 24 157.200 161.800 25 157.250 161.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. CH EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC TX Freq RX Freq 64A 156.225 156.225 X 65A 156.275 156.275 X X X X X X X 66A 156.950 156.950 X X X X X X X 67 156.375 156.375 X X X X X X X 68 156.425 156.425 X X X X X X X 69 156.475 156.475 X X X X X X X 70 156.525 156.525 71 156.575 156.575 X 72 156.625 156.625 X 73 156.675 156.675 X 74 156.725 156.725 X 75 156.775 156.
CANADIAN MARINE VHF CHANNELS AND FREQUENCIES cont. EC NL AC GL WC BCC INL BCC INL PRA Use Restrictions IS, SS, SM, C Simplex port operation, ship movement and navigation related communication only. 1 watt maximum. S, IS, SS, SM, Pilotage – BCC area; 25 watts. Port operations only in the St. Lawrence River/Great Lakes areas with 1 watt maximum power. IS, SS, C Fishing Industry – BCC area SS, IS, Fishing Industry – BCC area CH TX Freq RX Freq 76 156.225 156.225 X 77 156.275 156.
Table Footnotes EC - East Coast (NL, AC, GL, and Eastern Arctic areas) IS Intership NL - Newfoundland and Labrador SS Ship / Shore AC - Atlantic Coast, Gulf and St. Lawrence River to and including C Montreal Commercial GL - Great Lakes including the St.
SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL RECEIVER Frequency Range: 156.025 to 162.
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