Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

4.YouMUSTthennotifytheshoreauthoritiesby
anymeanspossibletorelaythedistresscall.
Manuallyrelayingadistresscall
Adistressrelayshouldonlybesentif:thepersonor
vehicleindistressisunabletotransmitthedistress
callitself,forexampleredaressightedatnightor
thepersonorvehicleindistressisoutofrangeof
aCRSandyouhavealreadyacknowledgedthe
distressbyvoicemessage.Youcanalsorelay
areceiveddistressrelayalertmanuallyifitgoes
unanswered.
1.Switchtochannel16
2.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthe
distress:
MAYDAYRELAY,MAYDAYRELAY,MAYDAY
RELAY
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyour
vesselrepeated3timesandyourcallsign>
ReceivedthefollowingMAYDAYfrom<MMSI
ofvesselindistress,nameofvesselindistress,
callsignofvesselindistress>
Messagebegins
Messagereceivedfromvesselindistressor
detailsofthedistress
Messageends
OVER
Distressrelayssentbyotherstations
WhenaCoastStationoranothervessel,has
received,andacknowledgedaDSCdistressalertit
maytransmitadistressalertrelaytoothervesselsin
theimmediatearea.
Distressrelayssentfromotherstationscanbe
receivedbytheradio.
Theradiocannotre-sendadistressrelay
automatically.Ifrequiredyoucanrelayadistress
relaymessagemanually.
Ifadistressrelayissentspecicallytothe
radiothenitcanbeacknowledged,otherwise
acknowledgementisnotrequired.
Acknowledgingadistressrelaysenttoyour
vessel
Ifadistressrelayisspecicallysenttoyourvessel
thiswillbebecausethesenderdeemsyoutobein
apositiontoassistintherescue.Thedistressrelay
informationisdisplayedonscreen.
Whenadistressrelayisreceived:
1.SelectShowinfofromtheoptionstoreviewthe
relevantdetails.
2.Ifthedistressrelaywassentindividuallyto
you,selectAccepttosendadistressrelay
acknowledgement.
3.Ensuretheradioistunedtochannel16.
Note:Distressrelaycallscanonlybe
acknowledgedautomaticallywhensentindividually
toyou.
7.3Urgencycalls
Makinganurgencycall
Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereis
dangertoavehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequire
immediateassistance.Urgencycallsaretransmitted
toallstations.
FromtheAllshipscallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>
Allshipscall.
1.SelectUrgency.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequent
communication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayed
onscreenandthechannelischangedtothe
speciedchannel.
3.PresstheOKbutton.
4.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
PANPAN,PANPAN,PANPAN
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALL
STATIONS
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyour
vesselrepeated3times,callsignofyourvessel>
Position<Yourvessel’sposition>
Reasonforcall<Statethereasonforthecall
andincludeallinformationwhichwillassistinthe
rescue.
OVER
Receivinganurgencycall
Whenanurgencycallisreceived:
1.SelectShowinfofromtheoptionstoreview
relevantcalldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthe
channelwillautomaticallychangeafter10
seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespeciedchannel.
3.Listenfortheurgencycallmessage.
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