OPERATION
VOLUME ON/OFF
RotatetheVolumecontrolclockwisepastthe‘click’to
turntheGX600AON.Whilereceivingasignal,continueto
rotateclockwisetoincreasethesoundinthespeaker.
Rotatethecontrolfullycounterclockwisepastthe‘click’to
turntheGX600AOFFagain.
NOTE: Atminimumvolumesettingthereisstillsufcient
volumetobeheardinaquietcabinenvironment.
TRANSMITTING
Totransmit,pressthePushtoTalk(PTT)switchon
themicrophone.Holdthemicrophoneabout5–8cm
fromyourfaceandspeakatanormalvoicelevel.The
microphoneisquitesensitivesoitisnotnecessaryto
raiseyourvoiceorshout.ReleasethePTTwhenyou
havefinishedtalking.
Transmissiontimeiscontrolledbyatime-outtimer.Ifthe
PTTisheldformorethan90seconds,alowbeepwill
beheardandthetransmitterwillbedisabledtoprevent
accidentaljammingofthechannelfrequency.Toresetthe
timersimplyreleasethePTT.
NOTE:
ThetransmitterisdisabledonCH70.IfthePTTis
pressedalowbeepwillbeheardandthePTTwill
beignored.
DISPLAY
CHANNEL SELECTION
Standard Marine Channels
Brieflypressthe keytostepupwardsonechannelorthe
keytostepdownwardsonechannel.Ahighbeepwillbe
heardateachpress.
The and keysarealsoduplicatedonthefrontof
themicrophone.
Pressandholdthe or keyfor1.5secondstoscroll
quicklyupwardsordownwardsthroughthechannelsata
rateof10channelspersecond.Whenthekeyisreleased
channelscrollingstops.
Weather Channels
TheUSweatherchannelsareavailableonlywhentheUSA
ChannelSethasbeenselected.Whenavailable,weather
channelsarenumbered01–10andareinsertedintothe
normalchannelsequencebelowmarinechannel01.They
areselectedintheusualwayusing or keys.Weather
channelsareidentifiedbytheWXicononthedisplay.
Private Channels
PrivatechannelscanbeprogrammedintotheGX600A
fororganisationsthathavebeenofficiallyallocated
specialfrequencies.Privatechannelsareprogrammedon
applicationbyyournearestGMEbranchoffice.Allrequests
forPrivatechannelprogrammingmustbesupportedby
ACMAdocumentation.
IfPrivatechannelshavebeeninstalledtheywillappearas
P0–P9aboveCH88.
ADJUSTING THE SQUELCH
ToopentheSquelch,brieflypressthe
SQL
key.Alowbeep
willbeheardandtheSquelchwillopen.Brieflypressthe
SQL
keyagaintoclosetheSquelch.Ahighbeepwillbe
heardandtheSquelchwillberestoredtoitspresetlevel.
Setting the Squelch Preset Level
ThepresetSquelchlevelcanbeadjustedtosuitlocal
conditions.Ifyouareinanelectricallynoisylocationor
unwantedweaksignalskeepopeningtheSquelch,youcan
adjusttheSquelchsettingsothattheGX600Aremains
quiet.NotethatincreasingthepresetSquelchlevelwill
meanthatstrongersignalswillberequiredtoovercome
theSquelchandmayresultinmissedcallsfromweaker
signals.Thebestsettingistheminimumonerequiredto
keepthereceiverquiet.
Channel Transmit Busy Channel Scan Weather
Set Number Memory
Triple Scan Dual ChannelSuffix Low
Watch Watch e.g.CH87A Power
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