4 September 2007 (updated: 21 March 2008)
Information : Forewarning of date data GPS output
To JRC Global Positioning System (GPS) users:
Customers who utilise GPS date data from the GPS navigator, receiver and plotter, and also GPS receiver installed in the JRC JUE-75A Inmarsat-C models will experience the following phenomena on 17 August 2008 as the date data will output and display 1 January 1989.
The maximum possible duration of the date data from the GPS is 19.6 year. As a result, at 0:00AM (UTC), 17 August 2008, the date data will automatically relapse to the initial commencement date 1 January 1989.
The actual date will be incorrect. The time display and output will not be affected, and the positioning function should operate normally, though may temporarily be interrupted, taking a longer time or fail to fix the position after the date reverts.
Find below list of affected equipment and appropriate countermeasures per model. Contact our service agent or sales representative to arrange countermeasures. Due to age of GPS model concerned, costs for any modifications will be at the customer's expense.
| Equipment | Objective Models | Countermeasures |
| GPS Navigators | JLR-4200 / 6000 | Retrofit to JLR-7700MkII |
| JLR-4110 / 6000MkII | Replace with the GPS receiver converting kit or retrofit to JLR-7700Mkll | |
| JLR-4110MkII / 6800 | Replace the receiver ROM and lithium battery or replace with the GPS receiver converting kit | |
| JLR-4500 / 4510 | Retrofit to JLR-4340 and NWZ-4551 | |
| GPS Receivers | JLR-4300 / 4310 | Retrofit to JLR-4340 |
| JLR-4400 / 5500 | Out of objective | |
| GPS Plotters | JLU-121 / 121P | Add DGPS connection unit (NQA-1481DF) and retrofit to JLR-4340 Or, retrofit to JLZ-700 and JLR-4340 |
| JLU-128 | Retrofit to JLR-4340 | |
| Inmarsat-C model | JUE-75A | Replace internal GPS receiver with new GPS kit (6EZSC00031). Or, input GPS data to JUE-75A from external GPS e.g. JLR-7700Mkll. |
(!) All other JRC GPS and Inmarsat-C models do not require countermeasures.
If any of the above GPS equipment is used in combination with the following equipment, the functionality will be affected.
Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS)
Chart Radar
Ship Security Alert System (SSAS)
Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR)
Other equipment employing the date data from a GPS
For more information, and countermeasures, please contact our service agents or sales representatives.
Contact
Marine Electronics Business Department (Japan)
Tel: +81-3-3348-4099 / Fax: +81-3-3348-4139
Amsterdam Branch Office
Cessnalaan 40-42, 1119 NL, Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-20-658-0750 / Fax: +31-20-658-0755
Seattle Branch Office
1021 SW Klickitat Way Bldg. D, Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98134, U.S.A
Phone: +1-206-654-5644 / Fax: +1-206-654-7030
Greece Branch Office
223, Syngrou Avenue & 2, Tralleon Street 171 21 Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece
Phone: +30-210-9355061, 9355661
Fax: +30-210-9355611
E-mail for general inquiries
For further information: please contact
Japan Radio Co.,Ltd.
Marine Electronics Business Department (Japan)
Tel: +81-3-3348-4099 / Fax: +81-3-3348-4139
Amsterdam Branch Office
Cessnalaan 40-42, 1119 NL, Schiphol-Rijk, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-20-658-0750 / Fax: +31-20-658-0755
Seattle Branch Office
1021 SW Klickitat Way Bldg. D, Suite 101, Seattle, WA 98134, U.S.A
Phone: +1-206-654-5644 / Fax: +1-206-654-7030
Greece Branch
223, Syngrou Avenue & 2, Tralleon Street 171 21 Nea Smyrni, Athens, Greece
Phone: +30-210-9355061, 9355661
Fax: +30-210-9355611