User Manual

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GX1600/GX1700
13 WAYPOINTS
The GX1600 and GX1700 are capable of storing up to 100 waypoints and
navigating to them using the compass page.
In addition DSC distress calls with position or a position received from anoth-
er DSC radio using DSC polling can be navigated to.
13.1 MARKING A POSITION
This feature allows the radio to mark the current position of the vessel.
1. Press and hold the
key until “
Setup
Menu
” appears.
-Setup Menu-
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
GPS Setup
MMSI Setup
Waypoint Setup
GENERAL SETUP
QUIT
SELECT
General Setup
-Setup Menu-
CH Function Setup
DSC Setup
GPS Setup
MMSI Setup
WAYPOINT SETUP
QUIT
SELECT
QUIT
SELECT
-Waypoint Setup-
WAYPOINT DIRECTORY
Display Range
Direction
QUIT
SELECT
-Waypoint Directry-
MARK POSITION
Add
Edit
Delete
QUIT
ENT BACK
-Waypoint Input-
Position: -- --.---_
--- --.---_
WPT Name:WPT 001
QUIT
ENT BACK
-Waypoint Input-
Position: 33 36.520N
118 10.120W
WPT Name:Fishing PT
2. Press the / key to select “
WAYPOINT
SETUP
”.
3. Press the
soft key, then select
“
WAYPOINT DIRECTORY
” with the /
key.
4. Press the
soft key, then select “
MARK
POSITION
” with the / key.
5. Press the
soft key, then enter the
waypoint name, by pressing the /
key to select the rst letter.
Note: The GX1600 and GX1700 assign a
name of the waypoint with “
WPT xxx
” auto-
matically.
6. Press the
soft key to store the rst
letter and to move to the second letter in the
name.
7. Repeat step 5 and 6 until the name is
shown. Press the
soft key to skip a
letter if needed.
8. Press and hold the
soft key twice to
save the waypoint into memory.
9. Press the
soft key three times to return to radio operation.
NOTE
One of the soft keys (refer to section “10.8 SOFT KEYS”) may be
assigned to
and when pressed will bring up the menu above.