INTREPID + GX1270S 25 Watt VHF/FM Marine Transceiver Owner's Manual Submersible One-Button DSC Distress Call Automatically Sends Latitude & Longitude and Vessel ID Noise Canceling "Clear Voice" Speaker Microphone Latitude & Longitude & Speed Over Ground & Course Over Ground Shown On Display When Connected To GPS Programmable Scan & Priority Ch16 Scan NOAA Weather Alert Backlit LCD & Keys 16/9 /PWR VOL + EPID INTR NAV N SCA RESS DIST OPEN PULL L SQ 16/9 WX L CAL ET /S H/L TABLE OF CONTENTS FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ...... 1 STATION LICENSE ..................................... 1 RADIO CALL SIGN ...................................... 1 CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING .... 1 FCC NOTICE ................................................ 2 1 GENERAL INFORMATION ................. 3 6 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING ....... 19 6.1 GENERAL .......................................... 19 6.1.1 Digital Selective Calling (DSC) ... 19 6.1.2 Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) ........................................ 19 6.2 SENDING A DISTRESS CALL .......... 20 6.2.1 S e n d i n g a D i s t r e s s C a l l Automatically ............................... 20 6.2.2 Sending a Distress Call and Manually Inputting a Position ..... 21 6.3 SENDING AN INDIVIDUAL CALL ..... 22 6.4 SENDING A GROUP CALL ............... 23 4 INSTALLATION ................................. 10 6.5 SENDING AN ALL SHIPS CALL ....... 24 6.6 SENDING A DSC TELEPHONE CALL .. 25 6.6.1 Operation of Telephone Call ...... 25 6.6.2 Resend Telephone Call Signal ... 26 6.6.3 Resend Telephone Call When Receive Busy Signal ................... 26 6.7 DSC STANDBY ................................. 27 6.8 CALL WAITING DIRECTORY ........... 27 6.8.1 Operation of Distress Call Waiting ... 28 6.7.2 Operation of Individual Call Waiting .. 28 6.9 POSITION REQUEST ....................... 29 6.10 POSITION SEND ............................... 30 6.11 RECEIVING DSC CALLS .................. 31 6.11.1 Receiving a distress call ............. 31 6.11.2 Receiving a distress relay call .... 32 6.11.3 Receiving an all ships call .......... 32 6.11.4 Receiving a geographical area call .. 32 6.11.5 Receiving an individual call ........ 33 6.11.6 Receiving a position request ...... 33 4.1 LOCATION ......................................... 10 4.2 ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS ......... 10 4.3 ACCESSORY CABLE ....................... 11 4.3.1 Cable pin number and signal ..... 11 4.4 OPTIONAL CMB16 FLUSH MOUNT INSTALLATION ................................. 12 5 BASIC OPERATION .......................... 13 5.8 MEMORY SCANNING (M-SCAN) ..... 16 5.9 PRIORITY SCANNING (P-SCAN) .... 16 5.10 NAVIGATION INDICATION ............... 17 5.11 VOICE SCRAMBLER ........................ 18 5.11.1 Operation with voice scrambler .. 18 5.12 RESETTING THE TRANSCEIVER'S MICROPROCESSOR ........................ 18 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................. 3 1.2 F C C / I N D U S T R Y C A N A D A INFORMATION .................................... 3 2 ACCESSORIES .................................... 4 2.1 PACKING LIST .................................... 4 2.2 OPTIONS ............................................. 4 3 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS ......... 5 3.1 CONTROLS AND CONNECTIONS .... 5 5.1 RECEPTION ...................................... 13 5.2 TRANSMISSION ................................ 13 5.3 TRANSMIT TIME - OUT TIMER (TOT) .. 14 5.4 SIMPLEX/DUPLEX CHANNEL USE . 14 5.5 USA, CANADA, AND INTERNATIONAL MODE ................................................ 14 5.6 NOAA WEATHER CHANNELS ......... 15 5.7 NOAA WEATHER ALERT ................. 15 7. DSC / RADIO SETUP MODE ............ 34 7.1 SETUP ............................................... 34 7.2 LAMP ADJUSTING ............................ 34 7.3 LCD CONTRAST ............................... 34 7.4 CH NAMING ...................................... 35 7.5 INDIVIDUAL DIRECTORY SETUP (DSC) ................................................. 36 7.6 DSC TELEPHONE DIRECTORY ID INPUT ................................................ 37 7.7 POSITION REQUEST REPLY TYPE 38 7.8 VOICE SCRAMBLER ........................ 39 7.9 KEY BEEP (ON OR OFF) ................. 40 7.10 INDIVIDUAL RING ............................. 40 7.11 TIME OFFSET ................................... 41 7.12 USER MMSI INPUT ........................... 42 7.13 GROUP MMSI INPUT ....................... 43 7.14 DSC SCANNING ............................... 44 TO CHANGE DSC SCAN METHOD: ..... 44 8 RAM MIC OPERATION ..................... 45 9.8 M A R I T I M E M O B I L E S E R V I C E IDENTITY (MMSI) .............................. 52 9.8.1 What is a MMSI? ........................ 52 9.9 USING DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING FEATURES ........................................ 52 9.9.1 Distress Call ................................ 52 9.9.2 Individual Call ............................. 52 9.9.3 Group Call ................................... 53 9.9.4 Urgency Call ............................... 53 9.9.5 Safety Call ................................... 53 9.9.6 Position request .......................... 53 9.9.7 Telephone Call ............................ 53 9.10 ADDITIONAL DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING INFORMATION ................. 53 9.11 ABOUT VHF RADIO .......................... 53 9.12 SELECTING AN ANTENNA .............. 54 9.13 COAXIAL CABLE .............................. 54 10 MAINTENANCE ................................. 55 10.1 REPLACEMENT PARTS ................... 55 10.2 FACTORY SERVICE ......................... 56 10.3 TROUBLESHOOTING CHART ......... 57 10.4 CONNECTION OF GPS WITH NMEA OUTPUT ............................................ 58 11. CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS .............. 59 12. WARRANTY ....................................... 63 13 SPECIFICATIONS ............................. 66 10.1 GENERAL .......................................... 66 10.2 TRANSMITTER ................................. 66 10.3 RECEIVER ......................................... 66 8.1 R A M M I C C O N T R O L S A N D CONNECTIONS ................................ 45 8.2 INDICATORS ..................................... 47 8.3 INTERCOM OPERATION .................... 48 8.3.1 Communication ........................... 48 8.3.2 Calling ......................................... 48 9 OPERATING PRACTICES ................ 49 9.1 EMERGENCY (CHANNEL 16 USE) ... 49 9.2 C A L L I N G A N O T H E R V E S S E L (CHANNEL 16 OR 9) ......................... 49 9.3 MAKING TELEPHONE CALLS ......... 50 9.4 OPERATING ON CHANNELS 13 AND 67 ....................................................... 51 9.5 PROHIBITED COMMUNICATIONS .. 51 9.6 NOAA WEATHER ALERT TESTING ... 51 9.7 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ... 52 9.7.1 USCG DSC Watch ...................... 52 ON-LINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION Please visit www.standardhorizon.com to register the INTREPID+ Marine VHF. It should be noted that visiting the Web site from time to time may be beneficial to you, as new products are released they will appear on the STANDARD HORIZON Web site. Also a statement regarding product support should be added to the manual. PRODUCT SUPPORT INQUIRIES If you have any questions or comments regarding the use of the INTREPID+, you can visit the STANDARD HORIZON Web site to send an E-Mail or contact the Product Support team at 562/404-2700 M-F 7:00-5:00PST. FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION Standard Horizon radios comply with the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) requirements that regulate the Maritime Radio Service. STATION LICENSE An FCC ship station license is no longer required for any vessel traveling in U.S. waters which uses a VHF marine radio, RADAR or EPIRB, and which is not required to carry radio equipment. However, any vessel required to carry a marine radio on an international voyage, carrying a HF single side band radiotelephone or marine satellite terminal. FCC license forms, including applications for ship (506) and land station licenses can be downloaded via the Internet at www.fcc.gov/forms. To obtain a form from the FCC, call (888) 225-5322. RADIO CALL SIGN Currently the FCC does not require recreational boaters to have a Ship Radio Station License. The USCG recommends the boats registration number and the state to be used. CANADIAN SHIP STATION LICENSING You do not need a license if your vessel is not operated in sovereign waters of a country other than Canada or the U.S.A. If you do need a license contact their nearest field office or regional office or write: Industry Canada Radio Regulatory Branch Attn: DOSP 300 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada, KIA 0C8 page 1 Owner's Manual GX1270S FCC NOTICE NOTICE Unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment may void compliance with FCC Rules. Any change or modification must be approved in writing by STANDARD HORIZON. NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: -- -- -- -- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. GX1270S Owner's Manual page 2 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 INTRODUCTION The STANDARD HORIZON GX1270S is a VHF/FM transceiver designed for use in the frequency range of 156.025 to 163.275 MHz. The GX1270S requires 13.8V for operation and has a switchable RF output power of 1 watt or 25 watts. The transceiver is capable of RTCM SC101 DSC (Digital Selective Calling) operation and intercom operation with the use of an optional RAM mic (CMP23) (remote-control speaker/microphone with display). The transceiver operates on all currently-allocated marine channels which are switchable for use with either USA, International, or Canadian regulations. It has an emergency channel 16 which can be immediately selected from any channel by pressing the red 16/9 key. NOAA Weather channels can also be accessed immediately by pressing the WX key with channel selection. Other features of the transceiver include: scanning, priority scanning, submersible noise-canceling speaker mic, high and low voltage warning, and GPS repeatability. 1.2 FCC/ INDUSTRY CANADA INFORMATION The following data pertaining to the transceiver is necessary to fill out the license application. Type Acceptance ................................................................... FCC Part 80 Output Power .......................................... 1 Watt (low) and 25 Watts (high) Emission ..................................................................... 16K0F3E, 16K0G3E Frequency Range ............................................... 156.025 to 163.275 MHz FCC Type Number ............................................................... K66GX1270S Industry Canada Type Approval ................................................ PENDING Additional FCC and Industry Canada data, including licensing requirements, are contained in the companion document titled OWNER'S MANUAL SUPPLEMENT. The document also contains charts for VHF channel assignments, transceiver procedures, maintenance, factory service information, and warranty data. page 3 Owner's Manual GX1270S 2 2.1 PACKING LIST ACCESSORIES When the package containing the transceiver is first opened, please check it for the following contents: · GX1270S INTREPID+ Transceiver (White/Black) · CMP351W/CMP351B (White/Black Microphone attached to the transceiver) and hanger kit · Mounting Bracket and attaching hardware · Spare Fuse (6 A, 250 V ) · Owner's Manual · Owner's Manual Supplement · Quick-Reference Card · Accessory Cable · Power Cord · Dust Cover 2.2 OPTIONS CMB16 ...................................................................... Flush-Mount Bracket CMP23 ........................................ Remote-Access Microphone (RAM Mic) CAW23 ............................................ 10-foot Extension Cable for RAM Mic 101S ...................................................................... Mini Extension Speaker 201S ............................................................................. Extension Speaker 201SZ ...................................................... Flush Mount Extension Speaker CVS2500 ............................................. ...