GME GX600D User manual

Brand: GME

Model: GX600D

Category: Radios

Type: User manual

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

VHF MARINE RADIO

GX600D

PRINTED IN ENGLISH

INTERNATIONAL:

USA : FCC ID : TXJGX600D

CANADA : IC 7332A-GX600D

AUSTRALIA:

0168 !

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WARNING: SAFETY INFORMATION

The GX600D is a radio transmitting device.

 • Whentransmitting,keepanypartofyour

headorbodymorethan1.5mfrom

theantenna.

 • Donottransmitnearelectricalblasting

equipmentorinexplosiveatmospheres.

 • Donotallowchildrentooperatearadio

transmitterunsupervised.

INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS

Localrequirementswillvarythroughouttheworldwith

regardtooperatorqualication,DSCregistrationand

MMSIallocations.

Internationalcustomersshouldrefertothismanualfor

contactdetailstoobtainspecicrequirementsforyour

country.

OPERATING RULES

Priorities

•Readallrulesandregulationspertainingtoprioritiesand

keepanup-to-datecopyhandy.Safetyanddistresscalls

takepriorityoverallothers.

•  YoumustmonitorChannel16whenyouarenot

operatingonanotherchannel.

•Falseorfraudulentdistresscallsareprohibitedunderlaw.

Privacy

•Informationoverheardbutnotintendedforyoucannot

lawfullybeusedinanyway.

•Indecentorprofanelanguageisprohibited.

Radio Licenses

Ship Station License

WhenyourcraftisequippedwithaVHFFMradio,youmust

haveacurrentradiostationlicencebeforeusingtheradio.

Itisunlawfultooperateashipstationwhichisnotlicensed.

Inquirethroughyourdealerortheappropriategovernment

agencyforaShip-Radiotelephonelicense.Thislicense

includesthecallsignwhichisyourcraft’sidenticationfor

radiopurposes.

Operators License

ArestrictedRadiotelephoneOperatorPermitisthelicense

mostoftenheldbysmallvesselradiooperatorswhena

radioisnotrequiredforsafetypurposes.

TherestrictedRadiotelephoneOperatorPermitmustbe

postedneartheradioorbekeptwiththeoperator.Onlya

licensedradiooperatormayoperatearadio.

However,non-licensedindividualsmaytalkoveraradioifa

licensedoperatorstarts,supervises,endsthecallandmakes

thenecessarylogentries.

Acurrentcopyoftheapplicablegovernmentrulesand

regulationsisonlyrequiredtobeonhandforvesselsin

whicharadiotelephoneiscompulsory.However,even

ifyouarenotrequiredtohavetheseonhanditisyour

responsibilitytobethoroughlyacquaintedwithallpertinent

rulesandregulations.

SAFETYINFORMATION..........................................................2

INTERNATIONALCUSTOMERS..............................................2

OPERATINGRULES...............................................................2

INTRODUCTION...................................................................3

FEATURES............................................................................3

OPERATORQUALIFICATIONS................................................ 3

DIGITALSELECTIVECALLING................................................3

MARINEMOBILESERVICEIDENTITY.....................................3

RANGE................................................................................4

OPERATION.........................................................................4

DIGITALSELECTIVECALLING(DSC)......................................8

CONFIGURATIONMENU...............................................14-19

CONNECTINGAGPSRECEIVER..........................................19

INSTALLATION...................................................................20

SPECIFICATIONS................................................................. 22

WARRANTY........................................................................ 23

CONTENTS

PAGE2 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600D

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE3

INTRODUCTION

Congratulations.Youhavejustpurchasedoneofthemost

technicallyadvancedVHFmarineradiosintheworld.

The GME GX600D is a VHF FM radio designed to

operate in the 156 - 163 MHz marine band.

TheGX600Dhasanumberofenhancedfeaturesincluding

fullyuserprogrammableChannelScanning,DualWatch

andTripleWatchfunctions,aprogrammable‘Instant’

channelmemoryandadjustablebacklighting.Inadditionit

incorporatesDigitalSelectiveCallingandsupportsposition

reportingwhenconnectedtoaGPSreceiver.

WithitscompactsizeandIP67designitcaneasilybe

installedintoalmostanypanelmountinglocationinyoury

bridgeorcabin.

TheGX600DistotallydesignedatourGladesvillefacility.

Precisionrobotsandtheverylatestmanufacturing

techniquesensureaconsistentlyhighqualityismaintained

resultinginacommunicationssystemofextremereliability

andperformance.

Pleasereadthismanualthoroughlytoensureyougetthe

bestfromtheGX600D’sfeatures.

FEATURES

• CompactIP67Design

• SelectableInternational,USA,andCanadianChannelSets

• GPSpositiondisplaywhenconnectedtoaGPS

• FullyCompliantClass‘D’DigitalSelectiveCalling

• SeparateDSCReceiver

• SelectableUSAWeatherChannels

• DualWatchandTripleWatchwithProgrammable

PriorityChannel.

• 10PrivateChannelsavailable

• ProgrammableChannelScanning

• SelectablePower25/1Watt

• WorkingChannelMemory

• AdjustableDigitalSquelchsetting

operatorsmaychoosetoobtainaMarineRadioOperators

CerticateofProciency(MROCP),whichcoversthe

operationofbothVHFandMF/HFequipment.

ManyTAFEsandmarineorganisationsoffercoursesleading

toexaminationfortheMROVCPandMROCPalthough

suchcoursesarenotcompulsory.Personswishingtoobtain

theMROVCPorMROCPshouldrstpurchaseacopyof

theMaritimeRadioOperatorHandbookwhichisessential

readingforeveryboatownerinAustralia.

TheAustralianMaritimeCollege(AMC)providesthemarine

examinationandcerticateserviceonbehalfoftheACA.

TheAMCcanprovidethedetailsoforganisationsand

individualsofferingcoursesandorconductingexams.

Forfurtherinformationvisit:www.amc.edu.au

DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC)

TheDigitalSelectiveCalling(DSC)featureonyourGX600D

usespreformatteddigitaldatamessagesinsteadofvoiceto

transmiturgentorimportantinformationtoanotherradio.

DSCalertsallradioswithinrangetoadistressmessage

evenwhenalisteningwatchisnotbeingmaintained.

Thisincreasesthechancesofyoursignalbeingheard.

DSCispartoftheGlobalMaritimeDistressandSafety

System(GMDSS)whichisexpectedtoeventuallyreplace

listeningwatchesondistressfrequenciesandwillbe

usedtoannounceallroutineandurgentmaritimesafety

informationbroadcasts.

DSC AND GPS

DSCoperationisenhancedbytheadditionofaGPS

receiverorchartplotterconnectedtoyourGX600D.

WhenaGPSisconnected,yourdistresscallcan

automaticallyincludeyourcurrentpositionandtime,while

achartplotterwillallowyoutodisplaythepositionof

anothervessel.IfaGPSisnotconnected,DSCcallscanstill

besentandreceivedtoalerttheoperatorofanothervessel

forsubsequentvoicecommunication.

MARINE MOBILE SERVICE IDENTITY

(MMSI)

TheMMSIisa9-digitnumberusedtoidentifyaradiothat

iscapableofusingDSC.Thenumberisusedtoselectively

callothervessels.

TosetupandusetheDSCfeatureonyourradio:

Pleaserefertothe‘DigitalSelectiveCalling’sectionon

page8ofthismanual.

NOTE: Youcanstillreceivedistresscallswithouta

userMMSI.

OPERATOR QUALIFICATIONS

AnypersoninAustraliaoperatingaVHFmarineradio

shouldpossessatleastaMarineRadioOperatorsVHF

CerticateofProciency(MROVCP).Alternatively,

PAGE4 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600D

OPERATION

CONTROLS

Channel Channel LCD Volume

 Down Up Display

Scan

Microphone

Speaker

DSCDistress Channel16 Channel Hi/Low DualWatch/ Squelch

   AMemory Power TripleWatch

USER MMSI

TousetheDSCfeatureyoumustberegisteredwiththe

appropriatelicensingauthority(AMSAinAustralia)who

willissueyouwithyouruniqueuserMMSInumber.Youcan

thenenterthisintoyourGX600DtoenableDSCoperation.

HavingaregistereduserMMSImeansyoucanbeidentied

muchquickerinanemergency.

YourGX600Disshippedfromthefactorywithoutauser

MMSInumber.ItisuptotheusertoobtainavalidMMSI

fromtheappropriatelicensingauthorityandentertheMMSI

intotheradiotoenableDSCoperation.

GROUP MMSI

TheGroupMMSIisusedforDSCGroupCalls.AGroupCall

providesamethodforallvesselswithacommoninterest

(eg:ayachtcluborashingeet)tobecontactedwith

oneDSCcall.GroupMMSI’sareusuallyissuedbyaclub

ororganisationforusebymembersparticipatingingroup

activities(suchasyachtracingetc).

RANGE

TherangeofVHFtransmissionsdependsonantennaheight,

transmitterpowerandtheterrainoverwhichthesignals

pass.Shiptoshipcommunicationsshouldbepossible

overatleast8nauticalmilesanduptoabout27nautical

miles.Shiptoshorerangeswilloftenbegreaterduetothe

increasedheightoftheshoreantennaandcommunications

of25to50nauticalmilesarepossible.

DISPLAY MICROPHONE

Transmit

Indicator Low

Power

Busy

Indicator

DualWatch

Indicator

Scan

Memory

Channel

Display

DisplayMatrixKeyLock

Channel

Extender

TripleWatch

Indicator

Call

Alphanumeric

Keypad

Menu/

EnterKey

Clearkey

Downkey

Upkey

Keylockkey

PushtoTalk

(Optional MC540)

Call

Clearkey

Downkey

Upkey

PushtoTalk

MC516

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE5

VOLUME ON/OFF

Rotatethevolumecontrolclockwisepastthe‘click’toturn

theGX600DON.YouruserMMSIisdisplayedmomentarily

atswitch-on.Whilereceivingasignal,continuetorotate

clockwisetoincreasethesoundinthespeaker.Rotatethe

controlfullycounterclockwisepastthe‘click’toturnthe

GX600DOFF.

NOTE: Atminimumvolumesettingthereisstillsufcient

volumetobeheardinaquietcabinenvironment.

CHANNEL SELECTION

Standard Marine Channels

Brieypressthe keytostepupwardsonechannelorthe

keytostepdownwardsonechannel.Ahighbeepwillbe

heardateachpress.The or keysarealsoduplicated

onthefrontofthemicrophone.

Press and hold the or keysfor1.5secondstoscroll

quicklyupwardsordownwardsthroughthechannelsat

arateof10channelspersecond.Whenthekeyisreleased

channelscrollingstops.

Weather Channels

TheUSweatherchannelsareavailableonlywhenthe

USAChannelSethasbeenselected.Whenavailable,

weatherchannelsarenumbered01–10andareinserted

intothenormalchannelsequencebelowmarinechannel

01.Theyareselectedintheusualwayusingthe or

keys.WeatherchannelsareidentiedbytheWXiconon

thedisplay.

Private Channels

Upto20privatechannelscanbeprogrammedinto

theGX600Dfororganisationsthathavebeenofcially

allocatedspecialfrequencies.Privatechannelsare

programmedonapplicationbyyournearestGMEbranch

ofce.Allrequestsforprivatechannelprogrammingmust

besupportedbyACMA(AustralianCommunicationsand

MediaAuthority)documentation.

Ifprivatechannelshavebeeninstalledtheywillappearas

A0–A9andB0–B9aboveCH88.

SQUELCH

To open the squelch:

BrieypresstheSQLkey.Alowbeepwillbeheardandthe

squelchwillopen.BrieypresstheSQLkeyagaintoclose

thesquelch.Ahighbeepwillbeheardandthesquelchwill

berestoredtoitspresetlevel.

Setting the Squelch Preset Level:

Thepresetsquelchlevelcanbeadjustedtosuitlocal

conditions.Ifyouareinanelectricallynoisylocationor

unwantedweaksignalskeepopeningthesquelch,you

canadjustthesquelchsettingsothattheGX600D

remainsquiet.Notethatincreasingthepresetsquelch

levelwillmeanthatstrongersignalswillberequiredto

overcomethesquelchandmayresultinmissedcalls

fromweakersignals.

Thebestsettingistheminimumonerequiredtokeepthe

receiverquiet.

To enter the Squelch setting mode:

Press and hold the SQLkeyfor1.5secondsuntilahigh

beepisheard.Thepresentsquelchsettingwillbedisplayed

indigitsfrom-1to-9with-1beingminimumand-9being

maximumsquelch.Thedefaultsettingis-2.Whileinthis

mode,brieypressthe or keystoincreaseordecrease

thesquelchlevelrespectivelyasrequired.Brieypressthe

SQLkeyagaintoexitthesquelchsettingmodeorwait

5secondsanditwillexitautomatically.Alowbeepwill

beheard.

Keylock (Optional MC540 microphone only)

Tolockthekeypadpressandholdthe keyonthe

MC540microphone.Ahighbeepwillbeheardandthe

symbolwillbedisplayed.Pressandholdthe

keyagaintocancelthekeylockfunction.

Whilekeylockisenabled,onlythePTT, ,SQL,

16 and DISTRESSkeysareaccessible.Allotherkeys

arelocked.

Pressing 16willcancelthekeylockandreverttoChannel

16onhighpower.

Pressing DISTRESSwillcancelthekeylockandactivate

thedistressmenu.

TRANSMITTING

To Transmit:

Press the Push to Talk (PTT)switchonthemicrophone.

Holdthemicrophoneabout5-8cmfromyourfaceand

speakatanormalvoicelevel.Themicrophoneisquite

sensitivesoitisnotnecessarytoraiseyourvoiceorshout.

ReleasethePTTwhenyouhavenishedtalking.

NOTE: PTTtransmissionsaredisabledonChannel70.

Time-out Timer

Excessivetransmissiontimeiscontrolledbyatime-out

timer.IfthePTTisheldformorethan5minutes,the

transmitterwillbetemporarilydisabledtoprevent

accidentaljammingofthechannelfrequency.Tenseconds

beforethetimeoutoccurs,the‘TX’iconwillashanda

lowwarningbeepwillsoundtonotifyyouoftheimpending

timeout.Oncethetimeoutoccurs,boththebacklightand

the‘TX’iconwillashandanotherlowwarningbeepwill

beheard.Atthistimethetransmitterisdisabled.

To reset the timer and re-enable the transmitter:

ReleasethePTTswitchandwait10seconds.Duringthis

timetheradiowilldisplay‘TXINHIBITEDFOR10SECS’.

NOTE: EvenifthePTTswitchisreleasedduringthe10

secondwarningperiod,thePTTwillstillbeinhibitedfor

10 seconds after the PTTisreleased.

CHANNEL 16

Brieypressthe16keytoswitchstraighttoChannel16.

Allpreviouscontrolsettings(suchasscanningorlow

transmitterpower)willbecancelledandtheradiowill

be restored to normal operation with high transmit

powerselected.

SELECTING CHANNEL SETS

TheGX600DisprogrammedwiththreeChannelSets

-International,USAandCanada.TheseChannelSets

supportvariouschannelandfrequencyallocationsforother

partsoftheworld.Onceyouhaveselectedtherequired

ChannelSetforyourlocation,youshouldnotneedto

changeitagainunlessyouhavemovedtoanothercountry.

When using the GX600D in Australia:

TheInternationalChannelSetshouldbeselected.

To change the Channel Set:

PleaserefertotheCongurationMenuSetuponpage17

ofthismanual.

DISPLAY BACKLIGHTING/ CONTRAST

TheLCDdisplayisbacklitforeasyviewingatnight.The

brightnessandcontrastofthebacklightingcanbeadjusted.

Backlightsettingsareaccessedthroughthemenu.For

detailsonsettingthedisplaybrightnessorcontrastplease

refer to the CongurationMenuSetuponpage16ofthis

manual.

TRANSMIT POWER

TheGX600DhasbothHigh(25Watt)andLow(1Watt)

transmitterpowersettings.Forlongrangetransmissionsthe

powershouldbesetto25Watts.Forlocaltransmissionsa

1Wattsettingwillconservepowerandreduceinterference

tonearbyradios.Thedefaultsettingis25Watts.

To switch between High and Low transmitter

power:

Brieypressthe25/1Wkey.AhighbeepindicatesHigh

power is selected while a low beep indicates Low power

isselected.WhenLowpowerisselected‘LO’isdisplayed.

NOTE: TheradioalwaysdefaultstoHighpowerwhen

Channel16isselected.

• SelectingChannel16usingthe16keywillresetALL

channelstoHighpower.

• SelectingChannel16usingthe or keysresetsonly

channel16toHighPowerbutretainsanyLowpower

settingontheotherchannels.

• TospecicallyuseLowpoweronChannel16,select

channel16thenbrieypressthe25/1Wkeytoselect

lowpower.‘LO’willbedisplayed.

WORKING CHANNEL MEMORY

TheGX600Dhasadedicated‘workingchannel’memory

calledChannelAwhichallowsyoutostoreandrecallan

often-usedworkingchannel.Thememoryisaccessedusing

the CHAN Akey.ChannelAisalsousedasthepriority

channelfortheTripleWatchfunction(seepage7).

To Store a Frequency into Channel A:

Selecttherequiredchannelusingthe or keys,

then press and hold the CHAN Akeyfor1.5seconds.

Thechannelnumberwillashthenahighbeepwill

beheardasthechannelisstored.

To Recall Channel A:

BrieypresstheCHAN Akeytoswitchimmediatelytothe

channelstoredinthatmemory.Iftheradiowasscanning

thescanwillbecancelled.

DUAL WATCH KEY (DW)

TheDualWatchfunctionisa2channelscanfeaturewhere

theGX600DswitchesbetweenChannel16andanyother

selectedchannel.Thisallowsyoutomonitoraworking

orclubchannelwhilestillbeingabletoreceiveimportant

broadcastsonChannel16.

To use the Dual Watch function:

Selectyourpreferredworkingchannel-eitherwiththe

or keysorbyselectingtheCHAN Amemory-then

brieypresstheDWkey.Ahighbeepwillbeheardand

both‘DW’and‘CH16’willappearonthedisplaytoindicate

youareDualWatchingtheselectedchannelwithChannel

16.TheGX600Dwillnowmonitortheselectedchannel

ANDChannel16byalternatingequallybetweenthem.

Duringthistimethechanneldisplaywillremainonthe

selectedchannel.

To cancel Dual Watching:

BrieypresstheDWkeyagain.

DUAL WATCH FEATURES

If a signal appears on Channel 16:

TheradiowillswitchimmediatelytoChannel16and‘16’

willbedisplayed.Atthispointtheselectedchannelisno

longerbeingmonitoredbecauseChannel16haspriority.

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DuringthistimethePTTmaybepressedfornormal

transmissionsonChannel16.Oncechannel16hasbecome

inactivefor5secondstheDualWatchfunctionwillresume.

If a signal appears on the selected channel:

ScanningwillpauseontheselectedchannelBUTChannel

16willcontinuetobemonitoredevery2seconds.During

this time the PTTmaybepressedfornormaltransmissions

ontheselectedchannel(notethatmonitoringofChannel

16ceaseswhiletransmitting).Oncetheselectedchannel

hasbecomeinactivefor5secondstheDualWatchfunction

willresume.

To Transmit on the selected Channel while

Dual Watching:

SimplypressthePTT.TheDualWatchfunctionwillpause

ontheselectedchannelduringthetransmissionandremain

pauseduntil5secondsafterallactivityhasceasedonthe

channel.DualWatchwillthenresume.

To Transmit on Channel 16 while Dual Watching:

Press the 16keytoselectChannel16.Dualwatchwillbe

cancelledandtheradiowillswitchstraighttoChannel16.

NowpressthePTTandtransmitintheusualway.

Whenyourconversationhasended,presstheDWkey

toresumeDualWatching.

To change the selected Channel while

Dual Watching:

Simplyselectanotherchannelusingthe or keys.Dual

Watchingcontinuesonthenewlyselectedchannel.

TRIPLE WATCH KEY (TW)

TheTripleWatchfunctionisanextensionoftheDual

Watchfeature.ItallowstheGX600DtomonitorChannel

16,aselectedchannelANDaprioritychannel.Each

channelisscannedequallyforsignalswithprioritygiven

rsttoCH16,thenthePrioritychannelandlastlythe

selectedchannel.

WhenTripleWatchisselectedthe‘TW’iconisdisplayed

alongwithChannel16,theselectedChannelandthe

PriorityChannel.The‘Priority’Channelistheonestored

intheCHANAmemory.

To use the Triple Watch mode:

Firstprogramyourprioritychannel(thedefaultpriority

channelis9)intotheCHANAmemory,thenselectyour

preferredworkingchannelusingthe or keys.

NowpressandholdtheTWkeyfor1.5secondsuntil

ahighbeepisheard.‘TW’andtheselectedchannel

willbedisplayedalongwithCH16andthePriority

Channelnumber.

To change the selected channel at any time:

Press the or keys.

To cancel Triple Watch

BrieypresstheTWkeytoswitchtoDualWatchmode.

A high beep will be heard

Press and hold the TWkeytoreturntonormaloperation.

Alowbeepwillbeheard.

TRIPLE WATCH FEATURES

If a signal appears on Channel 16:

TheradiowillswitchimmediatelytoChannel16and

‘CH16’willbedisplayed.Atthispointtheselected

channelandthePrioritychannelarenolongerbeing

monitoredbecauseChannel16hashighestpriority.During

this time the PTTmaybepressedfornormaltransmissions

onChannel16.OnceChannel16hasbecomeinactivefor

5secondstheTripleWatchfunctionwillresume.

If a signal appears on the Priority channel:

ScanningwillpauseonthePrioritychannelBUTChannel16

willcontinuetobemonitoredevery2seconds(theselected

channelisnotmonitored).DuringthistimethePTTmay

bepressedfornormaltransmissionsonthePrioritychannel

(monitoringofChannel16ceaseswhiletransmitting).Once

thePrioritychannelhasbecomeinactivefor5seconds

TripleWatchwillresume.

If a signal appears on the selected Channel:

ScanningwillpauseontheselectedchannelBUTchannel

16andthePrioritychannelwillcontinuetobemonitored

every2seconds.DuringthistimethePTTmaybe

pressed for normal transmissions on the selected channel

(monitoringofchannel16andthePrioritychannelceases

whiletransmitting).Oncetheselectedchannelhasbecome

inactivefor5secondstheTripleWatchwillresume.

To Transmit on the selected Channel

while Triple Watching:

SimplypressthePTT.TheTripleWatchfunctionwillpause

duringthetransmissionandremainpauseduntil5seconds

afterallactivityhasceasedonthechannel.TripleWatchwill

thenresume.

To Transmit on the Priority channel

while Triple Watching:

Brieypressthe CHAN A.TripleWatchiscancelledand

thePrioritychannelwillbecometheselectedchannel.Now

press the PTTandtransmitintheusualway.Whenyour

conversationhasended,re-selectyourselectedchannel.

To Transmit on Channel 16 while Triple Watching:

Press the 16key.TripleWatchwillbecancelledand

theradiowillswitchstraighttoChannel16.Nowpressthe

PTTandtransmitintheusualway.Whenyourconversation

hasended,pressandholdtheTWkeytoresumeTriple

Watching.

SCANNING

TheScanfunctionallowstheGX600Dtoscanthrough

aseriesofuserselectedchannelslookingforactivity.

Scanningisdoneinanascendingsequenceatarate

of10channelspersecond.

Channels can be selected and stored for scanning from

anyoftheavailablechannels,includingweatherchannels

(iftheUSAchannelsetisselected)andprivatechannels

(iftheyareenabled).

NOTE: Thetransmitterisdisabledwhilescanning.Ifthe

PTTispressed,alowbeepwillbeheardandthePTTis

ignored.

To store Channels for Scanning:

Selecttherequiredchannelusingthe or keys,then

press and hold the SCANkeyfor1.5seconds.Ahigh

beepwithbeheardand‘M’willappearnexttothe

channelnumber.

Repeattheprocesstoremoveapreviouslystoredchannel

fromthescanlist.Whenachannelisremovedalowbeepis

heardand‘M’disappearsfromthedisplayonthatchannel.

To begin Scanning:

BrieypresstheSCANkey.TheGX600Dwillscanupwards

throughthestoredchannelsat10channelspersecondand

thedisplaywillshowrapidlychangingchannelnumbers.

Ifasignalislocated,scanningwillpauseonthatchannel

andwillremainfor5secondsafterthesignalhasgone.

Scanningwillthenresume.

To Stop the Scan:

BrieypresstheSCANkeyagain.Theradiowillreturnto

thelastselectedchannel.

SCANNING FEATURES

If the scan is paused on a busy channel

and you wish to remain on that channel:

BrieypresstheSCANkey.Scanningwillbecancelledand

theradiowillremainonthatchannel.Toresumescanning,

brieypresstheSCANkeyagain.

If the scan is paused on a busy channel and you

wish to skip over that channel:

BrieypresstheSCANkeytwice.Scanningwillresume

withthenextchannelinsequence.

If the scan is paused on a busy channel

and you wish to transmit on that channel:

SimplypressthePTTswitch.Scanningwillbecancelled

andtheradiowillremainonthatchannel.

NOTE: ifthePTTispressedatanyothertimewhile

scanning,alowbeepwillbeheardandthePTTwill

beignored.

To switch immediately to Channel 16:

Brieypressthe16key.Channel16willbeselected,

scanning will be cancelled and the radio will be restored

tonormaloperationwithhightransmitterpowerselected.

To switch immediately to the stored working

channel (CHAN A):

BrieypresstheCHAN Akey.Scanningwillbecancelled

and the radio will switch to the channel stored in the

CHANAmemory.

Scanning Notes:

1.Eachchannelsethasitsownindependentscanmemory.

E.g.ScanchannelsstoredundertheInternational

channeldonotaffectthosestoredundertheUSA

channelset.

2.Aminimumof2channelsisrequiredinthescanmemory

beforescanningisallowed.Iftherearelessthat2

channels,pressingtheScankeywillgivealowbeep

andthescanwillbeignored.

3.Thefollowingkeys/functionsaredisabledwhile

scanning:

•PTT

•25/1W

•Scanmemorystorage

• and keys

Scanning with Dual Watch:

IfDualWatchisselectedwhilescanning,Channel16

willbeinsertedintothescaneveryfthchannel.

Scanning with Triple Watch:

IfTripleWatchisselectedwhilescanning,Channel16and

theprioritychannel(storedintheCHANAmemory)will

bothbeinsertedintothescaneveryfthchannel.

DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC)

DigitalSelectiveCalling(DSC)usesdigitaldatatoprovide

automaticdistressalertingandpositionreportingbetween

DSCequippedradios.Usingpresetfunctionsbuiltinto

theradio,youcanmakearangeofautomateddigitalcalls

includingDistressCalls,AllShipsandGroupCallsaswell

ascallstoindividualradios.WiththeadditionofaGPSyou

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canalsosendyourpositiontoanothervesselorrequest

theirposition.DSChasanumberofadvantagesover

voicecallsincludingtheabilitytohandleincreasedradio

trafcandtheautomaticidenticationofyourshipandits

positionintheeventofanemergency.

DSCispartoftheGlobalMaritimeDistressandSafety

System(GMDSS)andwilleventuallyreplaceaudible

listening-watchesondistressfrequencies.Itwillalsobe

usedtoannounceroutineandurgentmaritimesafety

informationbroadcaststoothershipsinthearea.

DSCcallsaresentandreceivedonCH70.TheGX600D

hastworeceivers,oneofwhichisdedicatedtoCH70.

Therefore,regardlessofwhichchannelyouareoperating

on,theGX600DwillnotmissaDSCcall.

USER MMSI (MARINE MOBILE SERVICE

IDENTITY)

AUserMMSIisa9-digitnumberusedtoidentifyaDSC

capableRadio.Thenumberisusedtoselectivelycallother

vesselsandisissuedbyyourlocalMaritimeAuthority

(AMSAinAustralia).

NOTE: BeforeyoucanuseDSC,youmusthaveentered

yourUserMMSInumberintoyourGX600D.Ifyoudon’tyet

haveaUserMMSI,pleaseregisterwithyourlocalMaritime

AuthoritywhowillthenissueauniqueMMSInumber.

PleaserefertotheUserMMSIsectionoftheConguration

Menuonpage19ofthismanualforinstructionson

enteringyourUserMMSI.

DISTRESS CALLS

To make a DSC Distress Call:

AlwaysusetheRedDISTRESSbuttonontheGX600D’s

frontpanel.TomakeanyotherDSCcall,usetheCALL

buttononthemicrophone.

MAKING A DISTRESS CALL:

1.OpentheRedDISTRESScover.

2.BrieypresstheDISTRESSkey.Thedisplayshowsthe

‘Natureofdistress’Menulist.

3.Usethe or keystoselectthenatureofthedistress.

Thelistincludes:Undened,Fire,Flooding,Collision,

Grounding,Listing,Sinking,Disabled,Abandoning,

PiracyandManOverboard.

4.Withthecorrectdistressitemselected,pressandhold

the DISTRESSkeyfor5seconds.Thedisplaywillash

andtheradiowillcountfrom5downto1,beepingat

eachcount.

NOTE:Tocancelthedistresscall,releasetheDISTRESS

keybeforethecountdowniscompleted.Theradiowill

returntonormaloperationonCH16.

5.Whenthecountdowniscomplete,theDISTRESScallwill

besentonChannel70(whetherCH70isbusyornot).

Afterthedistresscallissent,theradioswitchestoCH16

andthedisplayshows‘DISTRESS’and‘WaitAck…’to

indicate it is now in the distress mode and is waiting for

anacknowledgementfromanotherradio.

Whileindistresscallmode,theGX600DissetonCH16

andtheusercannotchangechannels.Thekeysonthe

microphonearedisabledandallfrontpanelkeysexceptfor

SQLaredisabled.IfthePTTispressed,theradiotransmits

onCH16onHIpower.

Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceived,thedistresscall

willberesentataround4minuteintervals(whetherCH70

isbusyornot)–foraslongastheradioremainsinthe

distresscallmode.

NOTE: A distresscallcanalsoberesentimmediatelyatany

timebyholdingtheDISTRESSkeyagainfor5seconds.

ThedistresscallmodeiscancelledwhenaDISTRESS

ACKNOWLEDGEisreceivedorthe16keyispressed.

TheradiothenreturnstonormaloperationonCH16.

NOTE: ADistressAcknowledgeresponseisgenerallysent

byacoastalbasestation.

RECEIVING A DISTRESS CALL

When a Distress Call is received:

IfAutochannelintheSetupMenuistoONtheGX600D

switchestoCH16andgeneratesanaudibleDistressAlert

alarm.

IfAutoChannelissettoofftheGX600Dwillask“setto

CH16?”presstheCALLbuttontoacceptandswitchto

CH16orpressthe– keytostopthealarmandremainon

thecurrentchannel.

Theradio’sdisplaythenalternatesbetweenthenameand

positionofthevesselindistressandthetimeandnature

oftheemergencyat3secondintervals:

Press the –keytocancelthealarmbutcontinuedisplaying

theemergencyinformation.

DISTRESS:

WAIT ACK . . .

DISTRESS:

SIRIUS

S 45° 23.48’

E 151°21.14’

Name & Position

of Vessel

DISTRESS:

LISTING

05:32 UTC

Nature of Distress

& Time

Press the –keyagaintoreturntoNormaloperatingmode

onCH16.

MAKING ALL OTHER DSC CALLS

AllotherDSCcalls-apartfromdistresscalls-aremade

usingtheCALLbuttononthemicrophone.

DSC MENU NAVIGATION

To access the DSC Call menu:

Press the CALLbuttononthemicrophone.The‘CALL’Menu

willbedisplayedprovidingarangeofDSCcalloptions.

To navigate the Call Menu:

Press the or keystomoveupordownthroughthe

availablemenuoptions.

Press the CALL buttontoselectthecurrentmenuselection.

Press the –keytoquitthecurrentmenuselection.

Press the –keyagaintoexitthe‘CALL’menuandreturn

tonormaloperation.

NOTE: AtanytimeinDSCmode,includingDistressCalls,

pressthe16keytocancelDSCmodeentirelyandreturn

theradiotonormalmodeonHIpower.

DSC CALL MENU OPTIONS

Individual Calls:

Usethe‘IndividualCall’optiontoalertaspecicvesselthat

youwishtocommunicatewiththemonaspeciedchannel.

Ifthecalledvessel’sradioisonadifferentchannel,their

radiowillchangetothechannelyouspecify.

NOTE:TomakeanindividualDSCcallyoumustknowthe

MMSIofthevesselyouarecalling.

To make an Individual Call:

1. PresstheCALL button.TheDSCCallmenuwillbe

displayed.

2. Select‘INDIVIDUAL’andpresstheCALL button.The

MMSInumbereldwillbedisplayed.

3. Enterthevessel’sMMSInumber

Youcaneither;

 i.Pressthe keytoretrievethelastcalledMMSI

 ii.Pressthe keytoselectavessel’sMMSIfromthe

AddressBook

 iii.Manuallyenterthevessel’sMMSIasfollows;

 a.PressandholdtheCALL buttontoentertheEDIT

mode.

 b.Usethe or keystoentertherstdigitofthe

UserMMSInumber.

 c.PresstheCALL buttontomovetothenextdigit

position.Repeatuntilall9digitshavebeenentered.

NOTE: Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALL

buttonrepeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontothe

incorrectdigitthenusethe or keystochangethedigit

atthatlocation.

4. OncethecorrectMMSIhasbeenenteredorselected,

press the CALL button.‘SELECTCHNL’isdisplayed.

5. Selectthechanneltobeusedforvoicecommunication

usingthe or keysthenpresstheCALL button.

6. ‘SENDCALL’isdisplayed.PresstheCALL button

tosend.

NOTE: IfyouarecallingaCoastStationyouwillnotbe

askedtoselectachannel.InsteadtheCoastStationwill

decidethechanneltobeused.

Oncethecallhasbeensent,theradiowillwaitforan

acknowledgement.Ifanacknowledgementisreceivedthe

radiodisplays.

Press the –key(orwaitafurther5seconds)fortheradio

toreturntoNormalmode.Youcannowhavenormalvoice

communicationsontheselectedchannel.

If NO Acknowledgement is received:

Itislikelythatthevesselyoucalledisswitchedofforoutof

range.Ifnoresponseisreceivedwithin5secondstheradio

displays:

Press the –key(orwaitafurther5seconds)fortheradioto

returntoNormalmode.

PAGE10 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600D

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

ACKNOWLEDGE

CALLING . . .

SIRIUS

NO REPLY

CALL

> INDIVIDUAL

ALL SHIPS

GROUP

SEND CALL

MMSI:

SEND CALL?

SIRIUS

CALL

SIRIUS:

SELECT CHNL

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE11

If an acknowledgment is received but the other

radio is unable to comply:

Thisindicatesthecalledvessel’sradiohasreceivedand

acknowledgedyourcall,butcouldnotchangetothe

requestedchannel.Thiscouldmeanthecalledvessel’sradio

isconguredformanualreplyorisinamodewherethe

operatordoesnotwantthechanneltochange.

Theradiodisplays:

Press the –key(orwaitafurther5seconds)forradioto

returntoNormalmode.

ALL-SHIPS CALL

AnAll-ShipscallisaDSCbroadcasttoalertallshipsin

thearea.ItistheequivalenttosendingaPAN-PANor

SECURITEvoicecall.SincethecallistoAllShipsandnotto

anindividualvessel,acallingMMSIisnotrequired.Ships

receivinganAll-ShipscallwillchangetoCH16.

To make an All Ships call:

1. PresstheCALL button.

2. Select‘ALLSHIPS’andpresstheCALL button.

3. Select‘URGENCY’or‘SAFETY’asappropriateandpress

the CALL button.

4. Theradiowilldisplaythe‘SELECTCHNL’optionbutwill

defaulttoChannel16automatically.

5. Ifanotherchannelisrequiredusethe or keysto

selectanalternatechannel,otherwisepresstheCALL

buttontouseChannel16.

6. ‘SENDCALL?’‘ALLSHIPS’willbedisplayed.

7. PresstheCALL buttontosendthecall.

TheradioreturnstoNormalmodeonChannel16(oryour

alternativeselectedchannel)assoonasthecallhasbeen

sent.

NOTE: ThereisnoDSCacknowledgetoanAllShipscall.

GROUP CALL

AGroupCallisusedtocontactallshipsthathavethesame

GroupMMSI.AllshipsreceivingaGroupcallwillchangeto

thespeciedchannel.Forexamplethiscouldbeused

toalertallyachtsinaracetoannounceachangeinthe

raceconditions.

To make a Group Call:

1.PresstheCALLbutton

2.Select‘GROUP’andpresstheCALLbuttonagain.The

GroupMMSIusedistheoneprogrammedintoyour

radio(seeCongurationMenu).

3.Selectchanneltobeusedforsubsequent

communicationsthenpressCALL.

4.‘SendCALL?Group’isdisplayed

5.PressCALL again to send the call

TheradioreturnstoNormalmodeontheselectedchannel

assoonasthecallhasbeensent.

NOTE:ThereisnoDSCacknowledgetoaGroupcall.

POSITION REQUEST

APositionRequestisusedtoobtainthepositionof

anothervessel.Theothervessel’spositionisdisplayedon

yourradio’sLCD.Ifyouhaveachartplotterconnectedto

theGX600D,thepositionoftheothervesselcanalsobe

displayedonthechartplotter’sscreen.

To make a Position Request:

1. PresstheCALLbutton

2. Select‘POS REQUEST’ then press the CALLbutton

3. EnterthevesselsMMSI.

Youcaneither;

 i.Press the keytoretrievethelastcalledMMSI

 ii.Press the keytoselectavessel’sMMSIfromthe

AddressBook

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

ACKNOWLEDGE

NOT COMPLY

CALL

INDIVIDUAL

ALL SHIPS

> GROUP

CALL

GROUP

SELECT CHNL

CALLING . . .

GROUP

SEND CALL?

GROUP

CALL

INDIVIDUAL

> ALL SHIPS

GROUP

ALL SHIPS

> URGENCY

SAFETY

CALL

ALL SHIPS

SELECT CHNL

SEND CALL?

ALL SHIPS

 iii.Manuallyenterthevessel’sMMSIasfollows;

  a.PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoenterthe

EDITmode.

 b.Usethe or keystoentertherstdigit

ofthevessel’sMMSInumber.

 c.PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenext

digitposition.Repeatuntilall9digitshave

beenentered.

NOTE:Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALL

buttonrepeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontothe

incorrectdigitthenusethe or keystochangethedigit

atthatlocation.

4.OncethecorrectMMSIhasbeenenteredorselected,

press the CALLbutton.‘SENDCALL’isdisplayed.

5.PresstheCALLbuttontosend.

Position Request Responses

If NO acknowledgement is received:

Itislikelythatthevesselyoucalledisswitchedofforout

ofrange.Ifnoresponseisreceivedwithin5secondsthe

radiodisplays:

Press the –key orwaitafurther5secondsfortheradioto

returntoNormalmode.

If an acknowledgement is received:

Thedisplaywillalternatebetweenpositionandtimeas

shownbelow.ThepositionisdisplayedontheLCDas

Lat/LonginDegrees,MinutesandDecimalMinutes.Ifa

Chartplotterisattached,thepositionisalsosenttothe

ChartplotterandappearsontheChartplotter’sdisplay.

NOTE: IftheradioyouarecallingdoesnothaveaGPS

connectedortheGPSsignalisnotvalid,theGPSposition

datawillbeinvalid.Inthatcase,thepositionusedwillbe

themanuallysetposition.Ifthemanualpositionhasnot

beensetorhasn’tbeenupdatedwithin23hours,then

positiondataissentas:‘N99`99E999’99’toindicate

positiondataisinvalid.Whenthisisreceivedonthe

GX600Ditwillbedisplayedas:

Press the –key(orwait5seconds)fortheradiotoreturnto

Normalmode.

The called radio cannot comply:

Thecalledvessel’sradiohasreceivedyourrequest,butcould

notsendit’sposition.Thiscouldmeanthecalledvessel’s

radioisconguredformanualreply,orisinamodewhere

PositionRequestsaredenied(see‘PositionReply’settingon

page17intheCongurationMenu).

Press the –keyorwaitafurther5secondsfortheradioto

returntoNormalmode.

Position Send

‘PositionSend’isusedtomanuallysendYOURpositionto

anothervessel.Forexample,anothershipmayrequestyour

positionusingvoicecommunications.Insteadofspeaking

thelatitudeandlongitudeoveravoicechannel,youcan

sendyourpositionviaDSCwhichcanthenbedisplayed

ontheothership’sradioordirectlyontotheirchartplotter’s

screen.

To send a ‘Position Send’ Call:

1. PresstheCALLbutton

2. Select‘POSSEND’thenpresstheCALLbutton

3. EnterthevesselsMMSI.

Youcaneither;

 i.Pressthe keytoretrievethelastcalledMMSI

 ii.Pressthe keytoselectavessel’sMMSIfromthe

AddressBook

iii.Manuallyenterthevessel’sMMSIasfollows;

 a.PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoenterthe

EDITmode.

PAGE12 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600D

CALLING . . .

SIRIUS

NO REPLY

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

POSITION

01:35 UTC

Displays time in UTC

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

S 33° 49.30’

E 151° 07.15’

Displays Position

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

POSITION

_ _:_ _ UTC

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

S _ _° _ _._ _’

E _ _ _° _ _. _ _’

CALL

ALL SHIPS

GROUP

> POS REQUEST

SEND CALL

MMSI:

CALLING . . .

SIRIUS

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  b.Usethe or keystoentertherstdigit

ofthevessel’sMMSInumber.

  c.PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenext

digitposition.Repeatuntilall9digitshave

beenentered.

NOTE: Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALL

buttonrepeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontothe

incorrectdigitthenusethe or keystochangethedigit

atthatlocation.

4. OncethecorrectMMSIhasbeenenteredorselected,

press the CALLbutton.‘SENDCALL’isdisplayed.

5. PresstheCALLbuttontosend.

TheradioreturnstoNormalmodeonthecurrentchannel

assoonasthecallhasbeensent.

NOTE: ThereisnoDSCacknowledgementofa‘Position

Send’call.

RECEIVING DSC CALLS

WhenaDSCcallisreceived,theGX600Dautomatically

respondsdependingonthetypeofcall.IfaGPSis

connectedtothecaller’sradioandisreceivingavalidsignal

thentheirGPStimeisusedtodisplaythetimeofthecallon

yourGX600D’sdisplay.

ReceivedcallsaresavedtotheCallLog.ReceivedDSC

Acknowledgecallsarenotsavedinthecalllog.

Receiving an Individual Call

Whenan‘Individual’callisreceived,theGX600Dchanges

totherequestedchannel(if‘AutoCHNL’ison)and

generatesanaudible‘IndividualCall’alarm.Thedisplay

thenshows:

YourGX600DautomaticallytransmitsaDSCacknowledge

backtothecaller.

NOTE: IftheGX600DisconguredforManualTXtheradio

willnotchangechannelandtheacknowledgecallwillbe

‘Unabletocomply’.

Tocancelthealarm,pressanykey.Theradioreturnsto

‘Normal’modeonthecurrentchannel.

Receiving an All Ships Call

WhenanAllShipscallisreceived,theGX600Dswitchesto

CH16andgeneratesanaudibleAll-ShipsUrgency/Safety

alarm.TheDisplayshows:

Pressanykeytocancelthealarm.Theradioreturnsto

NormalmodeonCH16.

Receiving a Group Call

WhenaGroupCallisreceived,theGX600Dchangesto

therequestedchannel(if‘AutoCHNL’ison)andgenerates

anaudibleGroupCallalarm.

Thedisplayshows:

Pressanykeytocancelthealarm.Theradioreturnsto

Normalmodeonthecurrentchannel.

Receiving a Position Request

WhenaPositionRequestisreceived,yourGX600D

generatesaDSCPositionReplymessagethendisplays

thefollowing:

Pressanykeytoclearthedisplay.Theradioreturnsto

Normalmodeonthecurrentchannel.

Receiving a Position Send

WhenaPositionSendisreceived,yourGX600Ddisplays

alternatinginformationevery3secondstoindicatethe

GPStimeandthepositionofthecallingvessel:

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

ROUTINE

CH12

GROUP CALL:

SIRIUS

CH12

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

POSITION REQ

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

POSITION

01:35 UTC

GPS Time of

Calling Vessel

CALL FROM:

SIRIUS

S 33° 49.30’

E 151° 07.15’

Position of

Calling Vessel

CALL

INDIVIDUAL

POS REQUEST

> POS SEND

SEND CALL

MMSI:

CALLING . . .

SIRIUS

ALL SHIPS:

SIRIUS

URGENCY

IfachartplotterisconnectedtoyourGX600D,theposition

ofthecallingshipisdisplayedonthechartplotter.

Pressanykeytoclearthedisplay.Theradioreturnsto

Normalmodeonthecurrentchannel.

CONFIGURATION MENU

TheGX600Diseasilyconguredusingamenusystem.The

menuallowsaccesstothefollowingoptions:

• Address Book:Add,EditandErasefrequentlycalled

stationsinyouraddressbook

• Call Log:Keeptrackofincomingcallsandreturncalls

recordedinthelog.Callsarecategorisedseparatelyas

RoutineorDistressforeasyidentication.

• Display:Changeyourdisplay’sbrightnessandcontrast.

• Setup:Adjustkeybeepsandalarmvolumesettings,

selectthechannelband,addnamestochannels,

congureDSCresponseparametersandselectNMEA

baudrates.

• GPS Setup:EnterLat/Long,UTCtimeandtimeoffset

andcongureGPSdisplayandalertstatus.

• MMSI:EnteryourUserandGroupMMSIcodes.

USING THE MENU

NOTE: ThefollowingdescriptionappliestotheMC516

microphonesuppliedwithyourGX600D.Ifusingthe

optionalMC540keypadmicrophonepleaseusethe

alternativekeysasshowninthetablebelow.

For all menu items,rstpresstheVolumeknobto

accessthemainmenu.Onceyouareinthemainmenu,

mostfunctionscanbeaccessedfromthemicrophone.

• Usethe or keysonthemicrophone(orradio)to

scrollthroughthevariousmenuoptions.Selectedmenu

itemsareprexedwith‘>’.

• PresstheCALLbuttononthemicrophone(orthe

Volumeknobontheradio)toacceptyourselection.

• Pressthe–keyonthemicrophonetoquitthe

currentselectionorpressrepeatedlytoexitthemenu

completely.

• Whenenteringcharactersusethe or keystoselect

the character then press the CALLbuttontomovetothe

nextcharacterposition.

MENU OPTIONS

ADDRESS BOOK

Theaddressbookisusedtostorethenamesanduser

MMSI’sofothervessels.Thismakesiteasytoidentify

incomingDSCcallsandtomakeDSCcallstothosestations.

To select the Address Book:

1. Fromthemainmenu,pressthe or keystoselect

‘ADDBOOK’

2. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccept.

ThefollowingAddressBookoptionsareavailable

• ADD

• EDIT

• ERASE

To ADD a contact to the Address Book:

1. Select‘ADD’fromtheAddressBookmenuandpressthe

CALLbutton.‘Name’isdisplayed.

2. Usethe or keystoselecttherstcharacterofyour

contact’sname.PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothe

nextcharacterposition.

3. Repeatstep2untilallrequiredcharactershavebeen

entered.Upto11charactersareavailable.

4. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto

conrm.‘MMSI’isthendisplayed.

5. Usethe or keystoentertherstdigitofyour

contact’sMMSInumber.PresstheCALLbuttontomove

tothenextdigitposition.

6. Repeatstep5untilalldigitshavebeenentered.

7. PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoconrmandstorethe

contactintotheaddressbook.

NOTE: TocorrectanerrorwhileenteringanameorMMSI:

1. BrieypresstheCALLbuttonrepeatedlytomovethe

cursortothecharacteryouwishtoedit.Thecharacterat

thecursorpositionwillash.

2. Tochangethecharacteratthecursorposition,pressthe

or keys.

3. Todeleteacharactertotheleftofthecursorposition,

press the –key.

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FUNCTION MC516 MC540

Select/Enter Call/Volume Menu/Enter

Clear/Quit –Clear

Down

EnterCharacters or Alpha/numeric

keypad

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To EDIT a contact stored in the Address Book:

1. Select‘EDIT’fromtheAddressBookmenuandpressthe

CALLbutton.Alistofstorednamesisdisplayed.

2. Pressthe or keystoscrolltothedesirednamethen

press the CALLbuttontoselectit.TheNameandMMSI

oftheselecteditemisdisplayedwiththeashingcursor

positionedontherstcharacter.

3. ToedittheName,brieypresstheCALLbutton

repeatedlytomovethecursortothecharacterthat

requiresediting.Thecharacterwillash.

4. Pressthe or keystochangethecharacterin

thatposition.

5. Todeleteacharacterimmediatelytotheleftofthe

cursorposition,pressthe–key.

6. ToedittheMMSInumber,pressandholdtheCALL

button.ThecursorwillmovetotheMMSInumber.

7. RepeattheprocessabovetoedittheMMSInumber

asrequired.

8. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttontosave

theentryandreturntotheAddressBookmenu.

ERASING CONTACTS

To ERASE a single contact from the Address Book:

1. Select‘ERASE’fromtheAddressBookmenuandpress

the CALLbutton.

2. Select‘One-By-One’andpresstheCALLbutton.

3. Usethe or keystoselecttherequirednamethen

press the CALLbutton.‘EraseEntry?’isdisplayedalong

withthenameandMMSIofthecontact.

4. PresstheCALLbuttontoconrmdeletionorpressthe–

keytocancel.

To ERASE ALL contacts from the Address Book:

1. Select‘ERASE’fromtheAddressBookmenuandpress

the CALLbutton.

2. Select‘AllEntries’andpresstheCALLbutton.

3. ‘EraseAllAddBook?’isdisplayed.PresstheCALL

buttontoconrmorpressthe–keytocancel.

CALL LOGS

ThecalllogkeepstrackoftheDSCcallsyouhavereceived.

DSCcallsareloggedaseitherRoutineorDistress.Upto

10callscanbeloggedineachcategory.Loggedcallsare

numbered1–10withcall1beingthemostrecent.Ifmore

than10callshavebeenloggedtheoldestcallisdiscarded

whenanewcallislogged.

Viewing the Call Logs:

1. Select‘CALLLOG’fromthemainmenuandpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Selecteither‘ROUTINE’or‘DISTRESS’fromtheCallLog

menuandpresstheCALLbutton.

3. Themostrecentlyloggedcallwillbedisplayedas

‘RECEIVED:1’alongwiththeMMSIofthecaller

anddetailsofthecall.Ifthecallerisinyouraddress

book,theirnamewillbedisplayedinplaceofthe

MMSInumber.

4. Pressthe or keystoviewadditionalloggedcalls.

To call a station listed in the Call Log:

1. Whentherequiredloggedcallisdisplayed,brieypress

the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselecttherequiredchannelif

prompted.

3. PresstheCALLbutton.‘SendCall?’Isdisplayed.

4. PresstheCALLbuttonagaintosendthecall.

NOTE: Youcanalsocallstationsfromthecalllogusingthe

‘Call’optioninthesubmenu(describedbelow).

CALL LOG SUBMENU

Whiledisplayingthedetailsofaloggedcall,brieypress

the Volumeknobtoaccessadditionalsubmenuoptions

relatingtothedisplayedcall.Thefollowingsubmenu

optionsareavailable

• Call

• AddADDR

• Erase

To Call a station listed in the Call Log (alternate

method):

1. Whentherequiredloggedcallisdisplayed,pressthe

Volumeknobtoaccessthesubmenu.

2. Select‘Call’thenpresstheCALLbutton.

3. Usethe or keystoselecttherequiredchannelif

prompted.

4. PresstheCALLbutton.‘SendCall?’Isdisplayed

5. PresstheCALLbuttonagaintosendthecall.

To Add the listed caller to your Address Book:

1. Select‘ADDADDR’fromtheAddressbookmenuand

press the CALLbutton.Youwillbepromptedtoentera

nameforthisentry.

2. Enterthenameusingthe or keystoselecteach

character then press the CALLbuttontomovetothe

nextcharacterposition.

3. WhennishedpressandholdtheCALLbutton.The

MMSIwillbeautomaticallytransferredfromthecalllist

totheAddressEntrypage.

4. PressandholdtheCALLbuttonagaintoconrmand

storethenewcontactintheaddressbook.‘Saving’will

bedisplayedastheaddressisstored.

To Erase The Displayed Entry From The Call Log:

1. Select‘Erase’fromtheAddressbookmenuandpressthe

CALLbutton.‘EraseEntry?’isdisplayed

2. PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoconrm.

To Erase all Logged Calls:

1. Select‘EraseLogs’fromtheAddressbookmenuand

press the CALLbutton.‘EraseAll?’isdisplayed.

2. PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoconrm.

DISPLAY

Tocongurethedisplay,selectthe‘DISPLAY’optionfrom

themainmenu.ThefollowingDisplayoptionsareavailable

• Backlight

• Contrast

Backlight Adjustment

1. Toadjustthedisplay’sbacklighting,select‘Backlight’

fromtheDisplaymenuthenpresstheCALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselect‘OFF’,‘DIM’or‘BRIGHT’.

Thedisplaychangesimmediatelywitheachselection.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselection.

Contrast

1. Toadjustthedisplay’scontrast,select‘Contrast’fromthe

DisplaymenuthenpresstheCALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoadjustthecontrastsothatthe

displayiseasilyreadable.Thecontrastwillchangewith

eachkeypressandareferencevaluefrom-20to+20

willbedisplayed.Thecontrastsettingisdependenton

yourviewinganglesowerecommendyouadjustthe

contrastfromyournormalviewingposition.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselection.

SETUP

TheSetupmenuconguresthegeneraloperationofthe

radio.ThefollowingmenuisdisplayedinSetup

• KeyBeep

• AlarmBeep

• AutoChannel

• PosReply

• IndivReply

• UIC

• ChnlName

• NMEA-1

• NMEA-2

Key Beep

Changesthevolumeofthebeepsthatareheardwhenthe

keysarepressed.

Tochangethekeybeepvolume;

1. Select‘KEYBEEP’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystosettheBeepvolumeto‘HI’,

‘MED’,‘LOW’or‘OFF’.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionandreturn

tothe‘SETUP’Menu.

Alarm Beep

ChangesthevolumeoftheAlarmbeeps.

Tochangethealarmvolume;

1. Select‘ALARMBEEP’fromtheSetupmenuthenpress

the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystosettheAlarmBeepvolumeto

‘HI’,‘MED’or‘LOW’.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionandreturn

tothe‘SETUP’Menu.

NOTE: TheEmergencyAlarmvolumeisalwayssettoHigh

andisnotaffectedbythisadjustment.

Auto Channel

AutoChanneldeneswhetheryourradiowillchange

channelsautomaticallywhenrequestedbyanothervessel’s

DSCcall.

1. Select‘AUTOCHNL’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystosettheAutoChannelfeatureto

ONorOFF.

 –Select‘ON’toallowyourradiotochangechannels

whenrequestedbyanincomingDSCcall.

 –SelectOFFtoignoreincomingchannelchangerequests

fromDSCcallsandremainontheselectedchannel.

3.PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionand

returntothe‘SETUP’Menu.

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GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE17

Position Reply

ThePositionReplyfunctiondetermineswhetheryour

radiowillautomaticallysenditsGPSpositiontoanother

vesselwheneveraPositionRequestisreceived.(Touse

thisfeatureyourGX600DmusthaveaGPSconnectedora

manualGPSpositionmusthavebeenentered).

1. Select‘POSREPLY’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselect‘Auto’or‘Manual’.

 –Select‘Auto’toallowyourpositiontobesent

automaticallywhenrequestedbyanincoming

DSCcall.

 –Select‘Manual’todisableautomaticpositionsending.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionandreturn

tothe‘SETUP’Menu

Individual Reply

TheIndividualReplyfunctiondetermineswhetheryourradio

willautomaticallyacknowledgeanincomingIndividualCall.

1. Select‘INDVREPLY’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselectMANUALorAUTO.

 –Select‘AUTO’toallowyourradiotoautomatically

sendanacknowledgewhenanIndividualDSCCallis

receivedfromanotherstation.

 –Select‘MANUAL’topromptyoutorespondmanually

toanIndividualDSCCall.Inthismodeyourradiowill

display‘REPLYOK?’andawaityourresponse.

3.PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionandreturn

tothe‘SETUP’Menu.

UIC (USA/International/Canadian)

Selectstheradiofrequencychannelsetusedbythe

GX600D.Becausechannelallocationsvarybetween

countriesyoushouldusethechannelsetforthecountry

youareoperatingwithin.TheradiosupportsInternational,

USAandCanadianchannelsets.Thedefaultsettingis

International.

1. Select‘UIC’fromtheSetupmenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselect‘CAN’(Canada),‘USA’

or‘INTL’(International).

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoaccepttheselectionand

returntonormaloperation.

WhenevertheChannelSetischanged,theGX600Dwill

switchtoCH16.

NOTE: WhentheUSAChannelSetisselected,weather

channelswillbeaccessiblebelowChannel01.

Channel Name

UsetheChannelnamefunctiontoapplyusefulnames

tochannelstohelpidentifytheirusage(e.g.aclub/

workingchannel).

1. Select‘CHNLNAME’fromtheSetupmenuthen

|press the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselecttherstcharacterof

yourchannelname.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenext

characterposition.

4. Repeatuntilallrequiredcharacters(upto11)

havebeenentered.

NOTE: Tocorrectanerrorwhileenteringthechannelname,

press the CALLbuttonrepeatedlytomovethecursortothe

requiredcharacterposition,thenusethe or keysto

correctthecharacterinthatposition.

5. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbutton

toconrm.

NMEA-1 Baud/NMEA-2 Baud

Usethisoptiontoadjustthebaudrate(data

communicationsspeed)oftheGX600D’sNMEAserialdata

ports.TheGX600DhastwoserialportslabelledNMEA-1

andNMEA-2.TheBaudratesofeachportcanbeset

independently.Notethatthebaudrateyouchoosemust

matchthatofthedevice/syouareconnecting.

1. Select‘NMEA-1Baud’or‘NMEA-2Baud’fromtheSetup

menuthenpresstheCALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselectfrom4800,9600,19200

or38400baud.

3. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto

conrmandreturntonormaloperation.

GPS Setup

TheGPSsetupallowsyoutomanuallysetGPSposition

coordinatesandtimeparametersforsituationswhereyour

GX600DdoesnothaveaGPSconnectedandcannot

obtainthisinformationautomatically.Youcanalso

congureGPSdisplayandalerts.Thefollowingmenuis

displayedinGPSSetup.

• Position

• UTCTime

• TimeOffset

• GPSDisplay

• GPSAlert

POSITION

Allowsmanualentryofthelatitudeandlongitudeofyour

vessel’slocation.ThisallowstheDSCfunctiontotransmit

yourpositioncoordinatesinanemergency.Theposition

mustbeenteredinDegrees,MinutesandDecimal/Minutes

(DMM).

To enter your position

1. Select‘POSITION’fromtheGPSMenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselect‘N’(North)or‘S’(South).

3. PressandholdtheCALLbutton.Thecursormovestothe

rstdigitpositionoftheLatitudeeld.

4. Usethe or keystoselecttherstdigitofthe

LatitudethenbrieypresstheCALLbuttontomoveto

thenextdigitposition.

5. Repeatuntilalldigitshavebeenentered.

6. PressandholdtheCALLbuttontoconrmandstorethe

Latitude.ThecursorwillmovetotheLongitudeeld.

7. Usethe or keystoselect‘E’(East)or‘W’(West)

then press and hold the CALLbutton.Thecursormoves

totherstdigitpositionoftheLongitudeeld.

8. Usethe or keystoselecttherstdigitofthe

LongitudethenbrieypresstheCALLbuttontomoveto

thenextdigitposition.

9. Repeatuntilalldigitshavebeenentered.

10.Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto

conrmandstoretheposition.

NOTE: Thepositionwillbeerasedafter23hoursorwhen

theradioisswitchedoff.

UTC TIME

LetsyoumanuallysetthetimeinUTC(GreenwichMean

Time).ThetimeisenteredasHours:Minutes:Secondsin24

hourtimeformat.

TO ENTER THE TIME IN UTC:

1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘UTCTIME’then

press the CALLbutton.TheHourscursorwillbeashing.

2. Usethe or keystoselectthehoursthenpressthe

CALLbutton.TheMinutescursorwillash.

3. Usethe or keystoselecttheminutesthenpress

the CALLbutton.TheSecondscursorwillash.

4. Usethe or keystosetthesecondsthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

Theradioreturnstothe‘SETUP’Menu.

NOTE: Thetimewillbeerasedafter23hoursorwhenthe

radioisswitchedoff.

TIME OFFSET

LetsyousetthetimedifferencebetweenUTCtimeandyour

localtime.Thiswillallowtheradiotodisplaylocaltime.A

listofTimeoffsetsisinthebackofthismanual.

To set the Time Offset:

1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘TIMEOFFSET’then

press the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystosetthetimeoffsetfrom

-12:00hrsto+13:00hrsin30minutesegments.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoacceptandreturntothe‘GPS

SETUP’Menu.

GPS DISPLAY

SelectswhetherornottodisplayyourGPSpositiononthe

LCD.IftheGPSdisplayin‘ON’butaGPSreceiverisnot

connected,‘NOGPS’isdisplayedinstead.

1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘GPSDISPLAY’then

press the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselect‘OFF’or‘ON’.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoacceptandreturntothe‘GPS

SETUP’Menu.

GPS ALERT

TheGX600DmonitorstheNMEAportsforGPSdataand

cansoundanalarmiftheGPSpositiondataislostoris

disconnected.TheGPSAlertoptionhasthreesettings–OFF,

ONandAUTO.

OFF–TheGPSAlarmisturnedoff.ValidGPSpositiondata

appliedtotheNMEAportswillbeusedbytheGX600D

butyouwillnotbealertedifthepositiondataislost.

ON–TheGPSalarmwillsoundiftherehasbeenno

validGPSpositionfor30seconds.EithertheGPSposition

hasbeenlostoryourGPSdeviceisnotconnectedor

switchedon.

AUTO–TheGX600Dwillautomaticallydetermineifa

GPSdatasourceisconnectedandwillonlysoundthe

alarmifvalidGPSdatawasdetectedthenlost.Thisisthe

recommended(default)setting.

ToselecttheGPSAlertsetting

1. Fromthe‘GPSSETUP’menu,select‘GPSAlert’then

press the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoselect‘OFF’,‘AUTO’or‘ON’.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontoacceptandreturntothe‘GPS

SETUP’Menu.

PAGE18 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600D

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE19

GROUP MMSI

AGroupCallprovidesamethodforcontactingmultiple

vesselswithacommoninterestbyusingoneDSCcall.

Thereisnolimitonthenumberoftimesyoucanchangethe

GroupMMSI.

To enter the Group MMSI

1. Select‘GROUPMMSI’fromtheMainMenuthenpress

the CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoentertherstdigitofthe

‘GROUPMMSI’number.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenextdigitposition.

4. Repeatuntilall9digitshavebeenentered.

5. Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALLbutton

repeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontotheincorrect

digitthenusethe or keystochangethedigitat

thatlocation.

6. Whennished,pressandholdtheCALLbuttonto

conrmandreturntothemainmenu.

NOTE: IftheGroupMMSIeldalreadyhasanMMSI

number,pressandholdthe–keytocleartheMMSIeld.

YoucanthenenteranewGroupMMSInumber.

USER MMSI

TheUserMMSIisuniquetoeachradioandmustbeentered

toenablenormalDSCoperation-exceptforthereception

ofdistresscallswhichdonotrequireauserMMSI.

TheGX600DisshippedfromthefactorywiththeuserMMSI

‘un-programmed’.ItisuptotheusertoobtainavalidMMSI

fromtheappropriatelicensingauthorityandentertheMMSI

intotheradiotoenableDSCoperation.

IMPORTANT: Itisarequirementoftheregulationsthatthe

UserMMSIcanonlybeenteredONCE.Ifthereisaneedto

changetheMMSImorethanonceyouwillneedtocontact

yourauthorizedGMEservicecentreforadvice.Forthis

reasontakespecialcarewhenenteringyourUserMMSI

numbertoensureitisenteredcorrectlybeforesavingit.

To enter the 9 digit User MMSI number issued to

you by your local authority:

1. Select‘USERMMSI’fromtheMainMenuthenpressthe

CALLbutton.

2. Usethe or keystoentertherstdigitoftheUser

MMSInumber.

3. PresstheCALLbuttontomovetothenextdigitposition.

4. Repeatuntilall9digitshavebeenentered.

5. Tocorrectanerrorduringentry,presstheCALLbutton

repeatedlytomovethecursorpositiontotheincorrect

digitthenusethe or keystochangethedigitat

thatlocation.

6. Oncethe9digitUserMMSIhasbeenentered,

double

checktoensurethatthenumberiscorrect

then press

and hold the CALLbuttontostoreit.Theradiowill

returntothemainmenu.

CONNECTING A GPS RECEIVER OR

PLOTTER

YoucanconnectaGPSreceiverorGPSPlottertoyour

GX600D.AGPSreceiverwillprovideyourradiowithGPS

positionandtimereporting.ConnectingaGPSplotterwill

allowDSCpositionsofshipstobedisplayeddirectlyonyour

plotter.GPSconnectionsaremadethroughtheNMEAports

onyourradio.

NMEA PORTS

TheGX600DfeaturestwoNMEAportslabelledNMEA1

andNMEA2.Theseareavailableontherearpanel.NMEA

sentencesgeneratedbytheGX600Dwillappearonthe

outputofbothports.Inaddition,anyNMEAsentences

receivedattheinputofoneportwillbemirroredatthe

outputoftheotherport.

TheNMEABaudrateofeachportcanbesetseparately

fromwithintheSetupmenu.AvailableBaudratesare4800,

9600,19200and38400bps.

NMEA 0183 DATA

TheGX600DrecognisesthefollowingstandardNMEA

sentences.YoumayneedtoselectNMEA0183Input/

OutputusingtheinterfacesettingsonyourGPS,Plotteror

connecteddevice.

NMEAInputfromGPS:GPGLL,GPGAA,GPRMC,

GPGNS(v2.x)

NMEAOutputtoplotter:GPDSC(v2.x)GPDSE(v3.x)

Yellow

Blue

Black

NMEAOut

NMEAIn

Common(Gnd)

GX600D INSTRUCTIONMANUAL PAGE20

INSTALLATION

NOTE: YourGX600Disdesignedforconnectiontonegative

earthelectricalsystemsonly.

Selecting a location

Itisadvisabletospendalittletimeselectingthebest

locationforyourGX600D.Themountingbracketcanbe

rotatedabove,beloworbehindtheradioenablingtheradio

tobemountedinawiderangeoflocations.Inaddition,

usingtheoptionalushmountingkits(MK600,MK001,

MK002)theGX600Dcanbemounteddirectlyinapanelor

dashboard.Theushmountingkitsallowforinstallationor

replacementofanyexistingVHFradio.

UPRIGHT OR OVERHEAD MOUNTING

Keepthefollowingpointsinmindwhenchoosingalocation.

• TheGX600DisdesignedtomeettheIP67specication

whichallowsfordirectwaterspray.However,we

recommendyouselectalocationthatwillminimise

excessiveexposuretowatersplashesorcontinuousrain.

• Selectalocationthatwon’texposeyourradioto

continuousdirectsunlightwhichcouldcauseoverheating

orUVdegradation.

• Ensurethatthelocationallowsafreeowofairaround

theheatsinkonthebackoftheradio.

• Themicrophoneandallcontrolsshouldbereadily

accessibleandtheloudspeakereasilyheardfromthe

normalsteeringposition.Anextensionspeaker(SPK600)

canbeinstalledifrequired.

• Forbestresultsconnectthebatteryleadsdirectlytothe

vessel’sbattery.Ifyouneedtoextendthepowerleadsto

reachthebatteryuseheavyinsulatedautomotivewireof

atleast#10gauge.

• Componentsandcurrentsintheradiocreatemagnetic

elds.Toavoidinterferencetoshipscompassesor

autopilotsensors,theGX600Dshouldbemountedat

least300mmfromsuchequipment.

INSTALLING THE UNIT

Afterchoosingyourlocation,holdtheunitwiththe

mountingbracketattachedintothedesiredpositionand

markthelocationwithapencil.Removethemounting

bracketfromtheradioanddrillthemountingholes.Boltor

screwthebracketinplaceusinghardwaresuitableforthe

mountingsurface.Theunitissuppliedwithstainlesssteel

screws;however,ifthemountingsurfaceisunsuitablefor

screwsyoumayneedtoreplacethesewithstainlesssteel

bolts.Rememberthexingsforoverheadmountedunits

mayhavetowithstandheavypoundingwhenthevesselis

inroughwaterorbeingtowedonatrailer.

 Panel Overhead Upright

 Mounting Mounting Mounting

FlushMounting(OptionalMK600,MK001,

MK002ushmountingkitsavailable)

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