Individual Call; Setting Up The Individual / Position Call Directory - Standard Horizon Quest-X GX1500S Owner's Manual

11.5 INDIVIDUAL CALL

This feature allows the GX1500S to contact another vessel with a DSC VHF
radio and automatically switch the receiving radio to a desired communications
channel. This feature is similar to calling a vessel on CH16 and requesting to
go to another channel (switching to the channel is private between the two
stations).

11.5.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory

The GX1500S has a DSC directory that allows you to store a vessel or person's
name and the MMSI number associated with vessels you wish to transmit Indi-
vidual calls, Position Requests and Position Send transmissions.
To transmit an Individual call you must program this directory with information
of the persons you wish to call, similar to a cellular phones telephone directory.
1. Press and hold down the [ CALL ( MENU )] key until
"Radio Setup" menu appears.
2. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to select "DSC
Setup" menu.
3. Press the [ ENT ] key, then select "INDIV DIR" with the
CHANNEL selector knob.
4. Press the [ ENT ] key, then select "Add" with the CHAN-
NEL selector knob.
5. Press the [ ENT ] key.
6. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to scroll through
the first letter of the name of the vessel or person
you want to reference in the directory.
7. Press the [ ENT ] key to store the first letter in the name
and step to the next letter to the right.
8. Repeat step 6 and 7 until the name is complete. The
name can consist of up to eleven characters, if you
do not use all eleven characters press the [ ENT ] key
to move to the next space. This method can also be
used to enter a blank space in the name. To clear the
previous letter, press the [ CLR ] key.
9. After the eleventh letter or space has been entered,
press and hold the [ ENT ] key to advance to the MMSI
Maritime Mobile Service Identity Number number en-
try.
10. Turn the CHANNEL selector knob to scroll through numbers, 0-9. To enter
the desired number and move one space to the right press the [ ENT ] key.
Repeat this procedure until all nine space of the MMSI number are entered.
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