Clipper Navtex Manual?

[Ubergeekian]

Jumblie has a "NASA Clipper Navtex" installed. From some experiments yesterday, it seems to be a device for displaying lines of gobbledegook. I'm pretty sure it will do something more interesting too, but it's all a bit impenetrable without the manual.

I don't have the manual.

No sign of a "support" or "downloads" section on Nasa Marine's website ... before I harry them, does anyone have a digital copy of a manual for this which they could let me have?

 

[earlybird]

Can't help specifically for Clipper, but on my old Pro (!!), gobbledegook was displayed if the internal battery was flat, ie after a week or so. The cure was to allow a little time to re-charge and press all 3 keys, enter, up and down, simultaneously. Try that.
BTW, stations and messages were received for letters in capitals
Hope that helps.

 

[Poignard]

I have the printed manual here. If you can't find a digital version I could scan it and email it to you.

 

[Ubergeekian]

I have the printed manual here. If you can't find a digital version I could scan it and email it to you.

Thanks. I'll chivvy Nasa tomorrow and see what they say ...

 

[BruceDanforth]

They can be a bit prone to gobbledygook as there's no error correction in the transmission scheme. Try cleaning the aerial contacts first. There are various stations transmitting navtex round the coast and if you can get into the menus you can switch some of them off if they are a long way away as they won't be useful anyway. Nasa have manuals around for their other stuff so it's probably just an oversight on behalf of their web master. I'm sure you will reduce the gobbledygook to just the odd entertaining typo in no time.

 

[skyemark]

Clipper Navtex Manual

Manual available here:- http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf_id=AG3824&dept_id=1

 

[earlybird]

All 4 keys then!

 

[Ubergeekian]

They can be a bit prone to gobbledygook as there's no error correction in the transmission scheme. Try cleaning the aerial contacts first. There are various stations transmitting navtex round the coast and if you can get into the menus you can switch some of them off if they are a long way away as they won't be useful anyway.

Thanks. The interface is - to me - very opaque. I'm used to prodding around a new bit of kit and finding out how it works, but this thing just baffled me.

Manual available here:- http://www.allgadgets.co.uk/ag/product.asp?pf_id=AG3824&dept_id=1

All. Tip-top. Now downloaded - many thanks.