User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Section 1 - General Information
- Section 2 - The Radio Menu (MENU)
- Section 3 - Radio Setup Menu (RADIO SETUP)
- Section 4 - DSC Setup Menu (DSC SETUP)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- 4-2 Enter or View Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI)
- 4-3 Maintain Your Groups (GROUP SETUP)
- 4-4 Response to Individual Calls (INDIV REPLY)
- 4-5 ATIS MMSI & ATIS Functionality
- 4-6 DSC functionality options (DSC FUNC)
- 4-7 Response Type to LL Polling Calls (LL REPLY)
- 4-8 Automatic Channel switching (AUTO SWITCH)
- 4-9 DSC Test Reply (TEST REPLY)
- 4-10 Set the inactivity timer (TIMEOUT)
- 4-1 DSC Setup - Menu Options
- Section 5 - Sending and Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-2-1 Make a Routine Call (INDIVIDUAL)
- 5-2-2 Retrying a Routine Call
- 5-2-3 Acknowledgement of an Individual Incoming Call (INDIV)
- 5-2-4 Recall the Most Recent Incoming Call (LAST CALL)
- 5-2-5 Call a Group (GROUP)
- 5-2-6 Call All Ships (ALL SHIPS)
- 5-2-7 Call using the Call Log (CALL LOG)
- 5-2-8 Call using the Distress Log (DISTR LOG)
- 5-2-9 Call using the Sent Call Log (SENT CALL)
- 5-2-10 Request the LL Position of a Buddy (LL REQUEST)
- 5-2-11 Make a DSC test call (DSC TEST)
- 5-3 Receiving DSC Calls
- 5-2 Sending DSC calls
- 5-1 What is DSC?
- Section 6 - Distress Calls
- Section 7 - Installation
- Appendix A - Technical Specifications
- Appendix B - Troubleshooting
- Appendix C - US & ROW VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix D - EU VHF Marine Channel Charts
- Appendix E - MMSI, FCC and License Information
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Section 6 - Distress Calls
6-1 Sending a Distress Call
1. Open the red cover labelled DISTRESS to expose the red Distress key.
2. TO SEND AN IMMEDIATE DISTRESS CALL (Undesignated):
HOLD DOWN the DISTRESS key for about 3 seconds, until you see the distress call
sending message (DISTRESS CALL SENDING) on the screen.
The whole display starts to flash and beep loudly.
DISTRES CALL
►UNDEFINED
FIRE
FLOODING ▼
DISTRES CALL
>UNDEFINED
HOLD DISTRES
2 SECONDS..
DISTRESS CALL
SENDING...
Or, if time is available, specify the nature of the distress
3. TO SEND A DISTRESS CALL with Distress type:
4. Press and release the DISTRESS key to display the following categories. Use the CH knob
to scroll to the category that describes your situation:
UNDESIGNATED Undesignated
FIRE (Fire)
FLOODING (Flooding)
COLLISION (Collision)
GROUNDING (Grounding)
LISTING (Listing)
SINKING (Sinking)
ADRIFT (Adrift)
ABANDONING (Abandoning)
PIRACY (Piracy)
OVER BOARD (Over Board)
5. Hold down the DISTRESS key for about 3 seconds, until you see the distress call sending
message (DISTRESS CALL SENDING) on the screen. The whole display starts to flash and
beep loudly.
WARNING
A valid USER MMSI must be entered into this radio before these DSC functions can be
used. See section 4-2 Enter Your USER MMSI (USER MMSI).
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