Installation manual

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To make a Distress Call including Nature of Distress (Method 2):
(GPS unavailable)
1. Open the Distress Button cover.
2. Press the Distress Button
for less than 5 seconds.
(A 1 second push is sufficient.)
You will hear an Alarm Tone.
3a. The radio displays the Pre-Distress
Warning screen.
3b. No position information is available; display
shows, briefly Position too old.
3c. Radio prompts for your position and time (either local if local time offset value is
known) or UTC as standard. Enter your position as described in ‘Basic Telephony
Operations’ / ‘Entering Time and Position’.
3d. Position and Time information is now valid;
You can choose:
• not to send a Distress Message
(press Back)
or
• to enter your position
- use numeric, *, #, and scroll keys,
(then press Done)
or
• to continue to the Distress Options
(press Options)
or
• to override the position entry prompt
to continue to the Distress Options
(keep pressing and holding
Distress Button).
Now apply steps 4-14 in the section 'To make a Distress Call including Nature
of Distress (Method 1)', page 27-28.
Distress Call
Hold for
5 seconds
or quit for options
Options Back
;Ò
Distress Call
Position too old
quit for update
Lat: --°--'-
Long: ---°--'-
Pos at:--:-- UTC
D
one Back
A
ssumes that position and time information not
entered when radio switched on, or that this
information is more than 4 hours old.
Distress Call
Hold for
5 seconds
or quit for options
Options Back
DISTRESS
DISTRESS