Installation manual

7.2Distresscalls
Makingadesignateddistresscall
Whenmakingadistresscallyoucanspecifythenatureofthe
distressandifyoudonothaveavalidGPSpositionavailable
youcanspecifycoordinates.
OK
HI
- - - - DSC MENU- - - -
I NDI VI DUAL
DI STRESS
ALL SHI P
OK
HI
- - - - DI S TRESS- - - -
EVENT SETUP
POSI TI ON S ETUP
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BACK
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OK
HI
- DI S TRESS EVENT-
UNDESI GNATED
FI RE
FLOODI NG
OK
HI
DI STRESS POS
LAT: 1 2
O
34. 5678 N
LOT: 1 2 3
O
45. 678 9 W
UTC: 1 2 :3 4
OK
HI
FI RE
LAT: 1 2
O
3 4 .5 6 7 8 N
LOT: 1 2 3
O
4 5 .6 7 8 9 W
UTC: 1 2 :3 4
BACK
HI
SEND DI STRESS
HOLDI NG DOWN
DI STRESS BUTTON
BACK
D12816-1
1.PressandholdtheMenu/DSCbuttonfor2seconds.
TheDSCmenuisdisplayed.
2.SelectDISTRESS.
TheDistresseventlistisdisplayed.
3.Selectadistresseventfromthelist.
•UNDESIGNATED
•FIRE
•FLOODING
•COLLISION
•GROUNDING
•LISTING
•SINKING
•ADRIFT
•ABANDONING
•PIRACY
•MANOVERBOARD
4.Selecttherelevantdistressevent.
•IfyourradioisreceivingavalidGPSpositionthenthe
distresstypeandcoordinatesaredisplayedon-screen,
otherwiseyouwillbepromptedtoenteryourposition
coordinates.
5.Ifpromptedenteryourpositioncoordinatesandlocaltime
usingtheLeftArrowandRightArrowsoftbuttonstomove
thecursorandtheNumerickeypadtoentertherelevant
digits.
6.SelectDONE.
7.SelectOKtoconrmdistressdetails.
8.Followthestepsformakingadistresscalltotransmitthe
distressalert.
Makingadistresscall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourproducttomakeanautomatic
DSCdistresscall.
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D12810-1
OK
RX HI
DIS TRESS
UNDESI GNATED
...3
COUNTI NG DOWN
OK
RX HI
DIS TRESS
UNDESI GNATED
...2
COUNTI NG DOWN
OK
RX HI
DIS TRESS
UNDESI GNATED
...1
COUNTI NG DOWN
OK
RX HI
DIS TRESS
UNDESI GNATED
TRANSMITTING ...
CANCEL
PAUSE
RX HI
DIS TRESS
AWAITI NG ACK...
REMAIN ING TI ME
TO RESEND..04'20
OK PAUSE
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RX HI
DIS TRESS 00'01
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1.Openthespringloadeddoorontherearofthehandset.
2.PressandholdtheDISTRESSbuttonfor3seconds.
OncetheDISTRESSbuttonispresseda3secondcount
downwillbegin,whenthecountdownreacheszerothe
distresscallistransmitted.
3.Waitforanacknowledgementofyourdistresscall.
Thedistresscallisrepeatedautomaticallyuntilitis
acknowledged.
4.PressandholdthePTTbutton.
5.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MAYDAY ,MAYDAY ,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortruebearing
anddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onreetc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandanyother
information—drifting,aresredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
6.ReleasethePTTbutton.
MakingaMaydaycall
InanemergencyyoucanuseyourproducttomakeaMayday
call.
1.Pressthe16/9or16PLUSbutton.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton.
3.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MAYDAY ,MAYDAY ,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortruebearing
anddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onreetc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandanyother
information—drifting,aresredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
4.ReleasethePTTbutton.
5.Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceivedthenrepeatsteps
2to4above.
Cancellingadistresscallbeforetransmission
Tocanceladistresscallbeforeitistransmittedfollowthesteps
below:
1.ReleasetheDISTRESSbuttonbeforethecountdowntimer
completes.
Whenthebuttonisreleasedyouwillbereturnedtonormal
operation.
Cancellingadistresscallaftertransmission
Tocanceladistresscallafterithasbeentransmittedfollowthe
stepsbelow:
Digitalselectivecalling(DSC)
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