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MATRIX NMEA2000 GPS
GX2400GPS
GX2400GPS/E
(European Version)
Owner’s Manual
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK REFERENCE ........................................... 2
1 GENERAL INFORMATION ............................ 3
2 PACKING LIST ............................................... 4
3 OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES .......................... 4
4 ONLINE WARRANTY REGISTRATION ......... 4
5 Safety Precautions (Be Sure to Read) ........ 5
6 GETTING STARTED ...................................... 7
6.1 ABOUTVHF RADIO ................................................................... 7
6.2 SELECTINGANANTENNA ....................................................... 7
6.3 COAXIALCABLE ........................................................................ 7
6.4 DISTRESSANDHAILING (CHANNEL16) ............................... 8
6.5 CALLINGANOTHERVESSEL(CHANNEL16 OR 9) ............. 9
6.6 WHATIS THERANGE FORAIS RECEIVERS? .................... 10
6.7 AccuracyofCOG ....................................................................... 10
7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS .................. 11
7.1 FRONTPANEL .......................................................................... 11
7.2 MICROPHONE.......................................................................... 13
7.3 REARPANEL ............................................................................ 14
8 INSTALLATION ............................................ 16
8.1 SAFETY/ WARNINGINFORMATION .................................... 16
8.2 LOCATION ................................................................................. 16
8.3 MOUNTINGTHE RADIO ......................................................... 16
8.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket ...................................... 16
8.3.2 Optional MMB-84 Flush Mount Bracket ................... 17
8.4 ELECTRICALCONNECTIONS ............................................... 18
8.5
CONNECTIONOF EXTERNALDEVICESTOTHE RADIO ... 19
8.5.1 ConnectingtheNMEA0183/NMEA0183-HStothe Radio ... 19
8.5.2 Accessory Cables .................................................... 19
8.5.3 Internal GPS (DSC Output) to Chart Plotter ............ 20
8.5.4 Connection to External GPS or Chart Plotter .......... 20
8.5.5 Connection to External PA/HAILSpeaker ............... 21
8.5.6 Connecting optional SCU-38 External GPSAntenna ... 21
8.5.7 Connecting optional SCU-31 External GPSAntenna ... 21
8.5.8 Optional SSM-70H (RAM4) Microphone ................. 22
8.5.9 Optional SCU-30 WirelessAccess Point Installation ... 24
8.6 INITIALSETUPREQUIRED WHENTURNING ON
THEPOWERFORTHEFIRSTTIME ... 24
8.6.1 Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) ................. 24
8.7 CONFIRMINGGPSSIGNAL(GPS STATUSDISPLAY) ....... 26
8.8 GPSCONFIGURATION ........................................................... 27
8.8.1 Setting the GPS Time .............................................. 27
8.8.2 Setting the TimeArea .............................................. 27
8.8.3 Setting the Time Format .......................................... 28
8.8.4 Setting COG to True or Magnetic ............................ 28
9 BASIC OPERATION ..................................... 29
9.1 TURNINGTHETRANSCEIVERONANDOFF ..................... 29
9.2 RECEPTION .............................................................................. 29
9.3 TRANSMISSION ....................................................................... 29
9.3.1 Transmit Power ........................................................ 30
9.4 BASICOPERATION OFTHE SETUPMENU ........................ 30
9.5 TRANSMITTIME-OUTTIMER (TOT) ..................................... 31
9.6 SIMPLEX/DUPLEXCHANNELUSE ....................................... 31
9.7 CHANNELGROUP ................................................................... 31
9.8 NOAAWEATHER CHANNELS (in USAand Canada only) ... 32
9.8.1 NOAA WeatherAlert (USA version only) ................. 32
9.8.2 NOAA WeatherAlert Testing .................................... 33
9.9 MULTIWATCH (TOPRIORITY CHANNEL) ........................... 33
9.9.1 Setup the Multi Watch Operation ............................. 33
9.9.2 Starting Dual Watch ................................................. 33
9.10 SCANNING ............................................................................. 34
9.10.1 Selecting ScanType ............................................. 34
9.10.2 Programming Scan Memory ................................. 34
9.10.3 Memory Scanning (M-SCAN) ............................... 35
9.10.4 Priority Scanning (P-SCAN) .................................. 35
9.11 PRESETCHANNELS: INSTANTACCESS ......................... 36
9.11.1 Programming ........................................................ 36
9.11.2 Operation .............................................................. 36
9.11.3 Deletion ................................................................. 37
9.12 MOBOPERATION ................................................................. 37
9.13 PA/FOGOPERATION ........................................................... 38
9.13.1 Operating the PA HAILmode ................................ 38
9.13.2 Operating the FOG HORN mode .......................... 39
9.13.3 Fog SignalTiming Chart ....................................... 39
9.14 INTERCOMOPERATION ..................................................... 40
9.14.1 Communication ..................................................... 40
9.14.2 Calling ................................................................... 41
9.15 INTERCOMOPERATION ..................................................... 41
9.15.1 Communication ..................................................... 41
9.15.2 Calling ................................................................... 42
9.16 VOICESCRAMBLER ............................................................ 42
9.17 DEMOMODE ......................................................................... 42
10 GPS OPERATION ........................................ 44
10.1 DISPLAYINGPOSITIONINFORMATION ........................... 44
10.1.1 GPS Information Numerical Display ..................... 44
10.1.2 GPS Information Compass Display ...................... 44
10.2 CHECKINGGPSSTATUS .................................................... 44
10.3 GPSLOGGEROPERATION ................................................ 45
11 DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) ....... 46
11.1 GENERAL............................................................................... 46
11.2 DISTRESSALERT ................................................................. 46
11.2.1 Transmitting a DistressAlert ................................. 46
11.2.2 Receiving a DistressAlert ..................................... 49
11.3 ALLSHIPSCALL ................................................................... 50
11.3.1 Transmitting anAll Ships Call ............................... 50
11.3.2 Receiving anAll Ships Call ................................... 51
11.4 INDIVIDUALCALL ................................................................. 52
11.4.1 Setting up the Individual / Position Call Directory ... 52
11.4.2 Setting up the Individual Call Reply ...................... 53
11.4.3 Enabling the Individual CallAcknowledgment ...... 54
11.4.4 Transmitting an Individual Call .............................. 54
11.4.5 Receiving an Individual Call .................................. 56
11.4.6 Setting up the Individual Call Ringer ..................... 57
11.5 GROUPCALL ........................................................................ 58
11.5.1 Setting up a Group Call......................................... 58
11.5.2 Transmitting a Group Call ..................................... 60
11.5.3 Receiving a Group Call ......................................... 61
11.5.4 Setting up the Group Call Ringer .......................... 62
11.6 POSITIONREQUEST ........................................................... 62
11.6.1 Setting up a Position Request Reply ................... 63
11.6.2 Transmitting a Position Request toAnother Vessel ... 63
11.6.3 Receiving a Position Request ............................... 65
11.6.4 Manual Input of Position Information .................... 65
11.6.5 Setting up a Position Request Ringer ................... 66
11.7 POSITIONREPORT .............................................................. 66
11.7.1 Transmitting a DSC Position Report Call .............. 66
11.7.2 Receiving a DSC Position Report Call .................. 68
11.7.3 Navigating to the Reported Position ..................... 68
11.7.4 Saving the Reported Position as a Waypoint ........ 69
11.7.5 Setting up a Position Report Ringer ...................... 69
11.8 AUTOPOSITIONPOLLING ................................................. 70
11.8.1 Setting up the Polling Operation ........................... 70
11.8.2 Setting up the PollingTime Interval ...................... 70
11.8.3 Selecting Vessels to be Automatically Polled ........ 70
11.8.4 Enabling/DisablingAuto POS Polling .................... 71
11.9 DSCTEST .............................................................................. 71
11.9.1 Programming MMSI into Individual Directory ........ 71
11.9.2 Transmitting a DSC Test to Another Vessel .......... 72
11.9.3 Receiving a DSCTest Call .................................... 73
11.10 DSC LOGOPERATION ........................................................ 73
11.10.1 ReviewingandResending a TransmittedLoggedCall ... 73
11.10.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC RX DistressAlert
and acknowledgement ... 74
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11.10.3 Reviewing Other Logged Calls ............................ 74
11.10.4 Deleting Logged Calls from the DSC Log Directory ... 75
11.11 DSCLOOPBACKOPERATION .......................................... 75
12 NAVIGATION ................................................ 76
12.1 WAYPOINT OPERATION ...................................................... 76
12.1.1 Starting and Stopping Navigation ......................... 76
12.1.2 Setting Up Waypoint Directory .............................. 77
12.1.3 Selecting the Display Range ................................. 79
12.1.4 Selecting theArrival Range ................................... 79
12.2 ROUTINGOPERATION ........................................................ 80
12.2.1 Setting Up Routing Directory ................................ 80
12.2.2 Starting and Stopping Route Navigation ............... 82
12.2.3 Changing the Destination ...................................... 82
12.2.4 SelectingAutomatic or Manual Routing ................ 82
13 GM OPERATION .......................................... 83
13.1 SETTINGUPGMOPERATION ........................................... 83
13.1.1 Setting Up GM Group Directory ............................ 83
13.1.2 Setting Up the PollingTime Interval ...................... 84
13.1.3 Enabling/Disabling Transmission
during GM Operation ....... 84
13.2 STARTINGGM OPERATION ............................................... 85
13.2.1 Changing the GM Group Being Monitored ............ 85
13.2.2 Transmitting a DSC Call to a Group Member ....... 86
13.2.3 Starting Navigation to a Group Member ............... 86
14 AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM (AIS) .... 87
14.1 GENERAL ............................................................................... 87
14.2 AISOPERATION .................................................................... 87
14.2.1 Displaying theAIS Target Information Screen ...... 88
14.2.2 Changing theAIS Range ...................................... 89
14.2.3 Transmitting an Individual Call to an AIS Ship ...... 89
14.2.4 CPA/TCPAAlarm Functions .................................. 90
14.2.5 Changing the Compass Display ............................ 91
14.3 AISSETUP ............................................................................. 91
14.3.1 CPA ....................................................................... 91
14.3.2 TCPA ..................................................................... 91
14.3.3 CPA/TCPAAlarm .................................................. 92
14.3.4 IGNORE VESSELS .............................................. 92
15 NMEA 2000 SETUP ..................................... 94
15.1 SELECTDEVICE ................................................................... 94
15.2 DEVICENUMBER ................................................................. 94
15.3 SYSTEMNUMBER ............................................................... 95
15.4 SUMMARYOFTHE NMEA2000SETUP ........................... 95
15.5 COMPATIBLE NMEA2000 PGN LIST ................................. 95
16 CONFIGURATION SETUP ........................... 97
16.1 DISPLAYMODE ..................................................................... 97
16.2 DIMMERADJUSTMENT ....................................................... 97
16.3 DISPLAYCONTRAST ........................................................... 97
16.4 KEYBEEP .............................................................................. 98
16.5 FOGALERTTONE FREQUENCY ....................................... 98
16.6 LISTENBACK ........................................................................ 99
16.7 STATION NAME ..................................................................... 99
16.8 SOFTKEYS .......................................................................... 100
16.8.1 KeyAssignment .................................................. 100
16.8.2 Key Timer ............................................................ 102
16.9 RESET .................................................................................. 102
16.9.1 Reset the USER MMSI andATIS CODE ............ 103
16.10 SUMMARYOFTHECONFIGURATION SETUP .............. 105
17 CHANNEL FUNCTION SETUP .................. 106
17.1 CHANNELGROUP.............................................................. 106
17.2 WEATHERALERT(USAversiononly) ............................... 106
17.3 SCANMEMORY .................................................................. 106
17.4 SCANTYPE ......................................................................... 106
17.5 SCANRESUME ................................................................... 106
17.6 MULTIWATCH ..................................................................... 106
17.7 PRIORITYCHANNEL .......................................................... 107
17.8 SUB CHANNEL .................................................................... 107
17.9 CHANNELNAME ................................................................. 107
17.10 RX LEDDIMMERADJUSTMENT ...................................... 108
17.11 NOISE CANCELLATION ..................................................... 108
17.12 AUDIO FILTER OPERATION .............................................. 109
17.13 SCRAMBLER SETUP ......................................................... 109
17.14 SUMMARYOFTHECANNELFUNCTIONSETUP ......... 110
18 DSC SETUP ............................................... 111
18.1 INDIVIDUALDIRECTORY ................................................... 111
18.2 INDIVIDUALREPLY.............................................................. 111
18.3 INDIVIDUALACKNOWLEDGMENT ................................... 111
18.4 INDIVIDUALRINGER ........................................................... 111
18.5 GROUP DIRECTORY .......................................................... 111
18.6 POSITIONREPLY ............................................................... 112
18.7 AUTOPOSITION POLLING ............................................... 112
18.8 AUTOPOSITION INTERVAL .............................................. 112
18.9 AUTOCHANNELCHANGE ................................................ 112
18.10 NOACTIONTIMER ............................................................. 113
18.11 WAITTIMEFORPOSITION FIX ........................................ 113
18.12 DSC BEEP ............................................................................ 113
18.13 SUMMARYOFTHEDSCSETUPMENU ......................... 114
19 GPS SETUP ............................................... 115
19.1 ORDER OF PRIORITY ........................................................ 115
19.2 COMPASSDIRECTION ...................................................... 115
19.3 LOCATION FORMAT ........................................................... 115
19.4 TIME OFFSET ...................................................................... 116
19.5 TIMEAREA ........................................................................... 116
19.6 TIMEFORMAT ..................................................................... 116
19.7 UNITSOFMEASURE ......................................................... 116
19.8 MAGNETIC VARIATION ...................................................... 116
19.9 NMEA0183 IN/OUT ............................................................. 117
19.9.1 Data Speed ......................................................... 117
19.9.2 Output Sentences ............................................... 117
19.10 INTERNALGPSUNIT ......................................................... 118
19.10.1 Position Data Output ......................................... 118
19.10.2 Pinning .............................................................. 119
19.10.3 Differential GPS ................................................ 119
19.10.4 Logger Interval .................................................. 120
19.10.5 Log Erase .......................................................... 120
19.11 SUMMARYOF THEGPS SETUP ..................................... 121
20 ATIS SETUP ............................................... 122
20.1 ATIS CODE PROGRAMMING ............................................ 122
20.2 ATISCHGROUP ................................................................. 123
21 SSM-70H (RAM4) REMOTE MIC OPERATION ... 124
21.1 REMOTEMICCONTROLS ................................................ 124
21.2 RAM4SOFTKEYASSIGNMENT ...................................... 126
21.2.1 KeyAssignment .................................................. 127
22 CONNECTING A USB DATA TERMINAL TO THE PC ... 128
23 MAINTENANCE ......................................... 129
23.1 REPLACEMENTPARTS ..................................................... 129
23.2 FACTORYSERVICE ........................................................... 129
23.3 TROUBLESHOOTINGCHART .......................................... 130
24 CHANNEL ASSIGNMENTS ....................... 131
24.1 GX2400GPS ......................................................................... 131
24.2 GX2400GPS/E ..................................................................... 134
25 SPECIFICATIONS ...................................... 136
25.1 DIMENSIONS ....................................................................... 138
26 FCC RADIO LICENSE INFORMATION ..... 139
27 FCC NOTICE .............................................. 140
STANDARD HORIZON Limited Warranty ........142
TEMPLATE for the GX2400 series ...................143
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5 Safety Precautions (Be Sure to Read)
Be sure to read these important precautions, and use this product safely.
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cables before incorporating items sold sepa-
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When smoke or strange odors are emitted
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nect the power cord from the socket.
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Do not place the transceiver on an unsteady
or sloping surface, or in a location with ex-
treme vibration.
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the additional gain.
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6.3 COAXIAL CABLE
9+)DQWHQQDVDUHFRQQHFWHGWRWKHWUDQVFHLYHUE\PHDQVRIDFRD[LDOFDEOH
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construction.
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tions.
6.4 DISTRESS AND HAILING (CHANNEL 16)
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The transceiver KDVWKH'6&'LVWUHVVFDOOLQJWKDWFDQWUDQVPLWDGLVWUHVV
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6.5 CALLING ANOTHER VESSEL (CHANNEL 16 OR 9)
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PXVWEHPRQLWRUHGDWDOOWLPHVH[FHSWZKHQDFWXDOO\XVLQJDQRWKHUFKDQQHO
,WLVPRQLWRUHGE\WKH86DQG&DQDGLDQ&RDVW*XDUGVDQGE\RWKHUYHVVHOV
Use of channel 16 for hailing must be limited to initial contact only. Call-
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IURPLWVXVHDVDKDLOLQJFKDQQHOFDQEHUHGXFHGVLJQL¿FDQWO\LQ86ZDWHUV
E\XVLQJchannel 9DVWKHLQLWLDOFRQWDFWKDLOLQJFKDQQHOIRUQRQHPHUJHQF\
FRPPXQLFDWLRQV+HUHDOVRFDOOLQJWLPHVKRXOGQRWH[FHHGVHFRQGVEXW
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:KHQWKHKDLOLQJFKDQQHORULVFOHDUSUHVVWKHPTTVZLWFKRQWKHPLFDQG
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UHTXHVWDQRWKHUFKDQQHOE\SUHVVLQJWKHPTTVZLWFKRQWKHPLFDQGVD\LQJ³go
to´WKHQXPEHURIWKHRWKHUFKDQQHOVD\³over´DQGUHOHDVHWKHPTTVZLWFKRQ
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call the other vessel.
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6.7 Accuracy of COG
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Speed range (knots) Accuracy of COG output to user
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7 CONTROLS AND INDICATORS
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④
⑤⑥⑦⑧
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DIAL/ENT knob
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to select the menu item.
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VOL knob (Volume control)
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phone volume.
SQL knob (Squelch control)
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H/L key
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MENU/SET key
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CLEAR key
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GPS Antenna
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BUSY Indicator LED
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DATA jack
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16/S key
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7.2 MICROPHONE
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menu items.
16/S key
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H/L key
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Microphone
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Microphone speaker
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microphone.
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VHF ANT Jack9+)DQWHQQDMDFN
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GPS ANT Connector
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NMEA 2K Connector
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RAM Remote Access Microphone Connector
Connects the GX2400 to the SSM-70H (RAM4) Remote Station Microphone
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EXTERNAL Speaker Connection Cable:KLWH6KLHOG
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DC Input Cable
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8 INSTALLATION
8.1 SAFETY / WARNING INFORMATION
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8.3.1 Supplied Mounting Bracket
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Desktop Mounting Overhead Mounting
8.3.2 Optional MMB-84 Flush Mount Bracket
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GPS Navigation Receiver
Fuse
Red
Power Source
Black
Antenna Water proof
Deck Outlet
Optional SSM-70H
(RAM4) Remote MIC
Accessory Cables
Optional SCU-38
External GPS Antenna
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MLS-300 and the SSM-70H are
located at a distance that does not
affect the magnetic compass.
Optional MLS-300
External Speaker Optional MLS-300
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