Table Of Contents - Standard Horizon QUANTUM AIS GX6000E Owner's Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Quick Reference Guide ...................................... 2
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................ 3
2 PACKING LIST ............................................... 4
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES .......................... 4
4 Safety Precautions (Be Sure to Read) ........ 5
5 GETTING STARTED ...................................... 7
5.1 ABOUT VHF RADIO .................................................... 7
5.2 SELECTING AN ANTENNA ......................................... 7
5.3 COAXIAL CABLE ......................................................... 8
5.4 DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16) .................. 8
5.5 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ... 9
5.6 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS .................................. 10
5.7 BRIDGE CHANNELS 13 AND 67 .............................. 10
5.8 AUTOMATED RADIO CHECK SERVICE .................. 10
5.9 WHAT IS THE RANGE FOR AIS RECEIVERS? ........ 11
5.10 Accuracy of COG* ...................................................... 11
6 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .................. 12
6.1 FRONT PANEL .......................................................... 12
6.2 MICROPHONE .......................................................... 14
6.3 REAR PANEL ............................................................. 16
7 INSTALLATION ............................................ 18
7.1 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION ....................... 18
7.2 LOCATION ................................................................. 18
7.3 MOUNTING THE RADIO ........................................... 18
7.4 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS .................................. 20
7.5 CONNECTION OF EXTERNAL DEVICES
7.6 INITIAL SETUP REQUIRED WHEN TURNING
ON THE POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME ... 28
7.7 CHECKING GPS SIGNAL (GPS STATUS DISPLAY) ... 30
7.8 GPS CONFIGURATION ............................................. 31
8 BASIC OPERATION ..................................... 34
8.1 TURNING ON AND OFF THE TRANSCEIVER ......... 34
8.2 RECEPTION .............................................................. 34
8.3 TRANSMISSION ........................................................ 34
8.4 BASIC OPERATION OF THE MENU MODE ............. 35
8.5 TRANSMIT TIME-OUT TIMER (TOT) ........................ 36
8.6 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE .......................... 36
8.7 INTERNATIONAL, USA, AND CANADA MODE ........ 37
8.8 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS .................................. 37
8.9 MULTI WATCH (TO PRIORITY CHANNEL) .............. 39
8.10 SCANNING ................................................................ 40
8.11 PRESET CHANNELS: INSTANT ACCESS ................ 42
8.12 MOB OPERATION ..................................................... 43
8.13 PA/FOG OPERATION ................................................ 44
8.14 INTERCOM OPERATION .......................................... 47
8.15 VOICE SCRAMBLER ................................................. 48
8.16 DEMO MODE ............................................................. 48
9 GPS OPERATION ........................................ 50
9.1 DISPLAYING POSITION INFORMATION .................. 50
9.2
9.3
10 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ....... 52
10.1 GENERAL .................................................................. 52
10.2 DSC DISTRESS ALERT ............................................ 53
10.3 ALL SHIPS CALL ....................................................... 57
10.4 INDIVIDUAL CALL ..................................................... 59
10.5 GROUP CALL ............................................................ 65
10.6 POSITION REQUEST ................................................ 70
10.7 POSITION REPORT .................................................. 74
10.8 POLLING CALL .......................................................... 78
10.9 AUTO POSITION POLLING ...................................... 80
10.10 DSC TEST .................................................................. 82
10.11 DSC LOG OPERATION ............................................. 84
10.12 DSC LOOP BACK OPERATION ................................ 86
11 NAVIGATION ................................................ 87
11.1 WAYPOINT OPERATION ........................................... 87
11.2 ROUTING OPERATION ............................................. 91
12 GM OPERATION .......................................... 95
12.1 SETTING UP GM OPERATION ................................. 95
12.2 STARTING GM OPERATION ..................................... 97
13 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) ... 99
13.1 GENERAL .................................................................. 99
13.2 AIS OPERATION ..................................................... 100
13.3 AIS SETUP .............................................................. 103
14 NMEA 2000 SETUP ................................... 106
14.1 SELECT DEVICE ..................................................... 106
TO THE RADIO ... 22
14.2 DEVICE NUMBER ................................................... 106
14.3 SYSTEM NUMBER .................................................. 107
14.4 SUMMARY OF THE NMEA 2000 SETUP ................ 107
14.5 COMPATIBLE NMEA 2000 PGN LIST ..................... 107
15 CONFIGURATION SETUP ......................... 109
15.1 DISPLAY MODE ....................................................... 109
15.2 DIMMER ADJUSTMENT .......................................... 109
15.3 DISPLAY CONTRAST .............................................. 109
15.4 KEY BEEP ................................................................ 110
15.5 FOG ALERT TONE FREQUENCY ........................... 110
15.6 LISTEN BACK .......................................................... 110
15.7 STATION NAME ....................................................... 111
15.8 SOFT KEYS ............................................................. 112
15.9 MODE/STATUS LED DIMMER ................................ 114
15.10 RESET ..................................................................... 114
15.11 SUMMARY OF THE CONFIGURATION SETUP ..... 115
16 CHANNEL FUNCTION SETUP .................. 116
16.1 CHANNEL GROUP .................................................. 116
16.2 WEATHER ALERT ................................................... 116
16.3 SCAN MEMORY ...................................................... 116
16.4 SCAN TYPE ............................................................. 116
16.5 SCAN RESUME ....................................................... 116
16.6 MULTI WATCH ......................................................... 117
CHECKING GPS STATUS ......................................... 50
GPS LOGGER OPERATION ..................................... 51