Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

7.2Distresscalls
Makingadesignateddistresscall
WhenmakingaDistresscallyoucanspecifythe
natureofthedistress,ifGPSdataisnotavailable
youmustalsospecifyyourcoordinates.
Note:YourradiomusthaveanMMSInumber
savedbeforeDSCfunctionscanbeused.
FromtheDistresscallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>
Distresscalls
1.Selectadistresstypefromthelist.
•Undesignated
•Fire
•Flooding
•Collision
•Grounding
•Listing
•Sinking
•Adrift
•Abandoning
•Piracy
•Manoverboard
IfyourradiohasaGPSxthenthedistresstype
andcoordinatesaredisplayed,otherwiseyouwill
bepromptedtoenteryourpositioncoordinates.
2.Ifprompted,enteryourpositioncoordinatesand
localtimeusingtheRotaryknobortheChannel
UpandChannelDownbuttonstoenterthe
relevantdetails.
3.WhencompletepresstheOKbutton.
4.FollowthestepsforMakingaDistressCallto
transmitthedistressalert.
Makingadistresscall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakean
automaticDSCdistresscall.
Withthespringloadedcoveropen:
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1.PressandholdtheDISTRESSbuttonfor3
seconds.
OncetheDISTRESSbuttonispresseda3
secondcountdownwillbegin,whenthecount
downreacheszerotheDSCdistresscallis
transmitted.
Thedistresscallisrepeatedautomaticallyuntilit
isacknowledged.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton,thenslowlyand
clearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistressinthe
followingformat:
MAYDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,or
truebearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,on
reetc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardand
anyotherinformation—drifting,aresredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
3.ReleasethePTTbutton.
MakingaMaydaycall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakea
Maydaycall.
1.Pressthe16PLUSbutton.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton.
3.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthe
distress:
MAYDAY,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,or
truebearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,on
reetc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardand
anyotherinformation—drifting,aresredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
4.ReleasethePTTbutton.
5.Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceivedthen
repeatsteps2to4above.
Cancellingadistresscallbeforetransmission
Tocanceladistresscallbeforeitistransmittedfollow
thestepsbelow:
1.ReleasetheDISTRESSbuttonbeforethecount
downtimercompletes.
Whenthebuttonisreleasedyouwillbereturned
tonormaloperation.
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