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OPERATION
VOLUME ON/OFF
RotatetheVolumecontrolclockwisepastthe‘click’to
turntheGX600A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GX600AOFFagain.
NOTE: Atminimumvolumesettingthereisstillsufcient
volumetobeheardinaquietcabinenvironment.
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finishedtalking.
Transmissiontimeiscontrolledbyatime-outtimer.Ifthe
PTTisheldformorethan90seconds,alowbeepwill
beheardandthetransmitterwillbedisabledtoprevent
accidentaljammingofthechannelfrequency.Toresetthe
timersimplyreleasethePTT.
NOTE:
ThetransmitterisdisabledonCH70.IfthePTTis
pressedalowbeepwillbeheardandthePTTwill
beignored.
DISPLAY
CHANNEL SELECTION
Standard Marine Channels
Briefly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 and keysarealsoduplicatedonthefrontof
themicrophone.
Pressandholdthe or key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 or keys.Weather
channelsareidentifiedbytheWXicononthedisplay.
Private Channels
PrivatechannelscanbeprogrammedintotheGX600A
fororganisationsthathavebeenofficiallyallocated
specialfrequencies.Privatechannelsareprogrammedon
applicationbyyournearestGMEbranchoffice.Allrequests
forPrivatechannelprogrammingmustbesupportedby
ACMAdocumentation.
IfPrivatechannelshavebeeninstalledtheywillappearas
P0–P9aboveCH88.
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH
ToopentheSquelch,brieflypressthe
SQL
key.Alowbeep
willbeheardandtheSquelchwillopen.Briefly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GX600Aremains
quiet.NotethatincreasingthepresetSquelchlevelwill
meanthatstrongersignalswillberequiredtoovercome
theSquelchandmayresultinmissedcallsfromweaker
signals.Thebestsettingistheminimumonerequiredto
keepthereceiverquiet.
Channel Transmit Busy Channel Scan Weather
Set Number Memory
Triple Scan Dual ChannelSuffix Low
Watch Watch e.g.CH87A Power
PAGE4 INSTRUCTIONMANUAL GX600A
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