Operating Instructions and Installation Instructions

7.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisan
importantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeused
forcommunicationsduringsearchandrescue
operations.
FromtheAllshipscallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>
Allshipscall.
1.SelectSafety.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequent
communication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmitted‘Sent’isdisplayed
onscreenandthechannelischangedtothe
speciedchannel.
3.PresstheOKbutton.
4.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
SECURITE,SECURITE,SECURITE
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALL
STATIONS
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyour
vesselrepeated3times,callsignofyourvessel>
Position<Yourvessel’sposition>
Reasonforcall<statethereasonforthesafety
call>
OUT
Receivingasafetycall
Whenasafetycallisreceived:
1.SelectShowinfofromtheoptionstoreview
relevantcalldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthe
channelwillautomaticallychangeafter10
seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespeciedchannel.
3.Listenforthesafetycallmessage.
7.5Individual(routine)calls
Individualcallscanbemadetocontactssaved
inyourphonebookortoanystationbymanually
enteringanMMSInumber.
Note:Whencallingacoaststationthereisno
needtoselectachannelforcommunication.
Ifacallcannotbeacceptedthenareasoncodeis
displayed.
NoReasonNoreasongiven
CongestionCongestionatmaritimeswitchingcentre
Busy
StationBusy
QueueQueueindication
Barred
Stationbarred
NooperatorNooperatoravailable
Unavailable
Operatortemporarilyunavailable
DisableEquipmentdisabled
UnableCh
Unabletouseproposedchannel
UnablemodeUnabletouseproposedmode
MakingaroutineDSCcall
FromtheIndividualCallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls
>IndividualCall.
1.SelectPhonebooktomakearoutinecalltoa
contactsavedinyourPhonebook,or
2.SelectRecentCallstomakearoutinecalltoa
contactthatyouhavecalledrecently,or
3.SelectEnterMMSItomanuallyentertheMMSI
numberofthestationyouwanttocontact.
4.SelectacontactorenteranMMSImanuallyand
presstheOKbutton.
5.SelecttheChannelyouwanttotransmitthecall
on.
IftheMMSIisaCSRthentheradiowill
automaticallytunetothecorrectChannel.The
radiowillwaitforanacknowledgementtobe
received.
6.Ifanacknowledgementisreceived,pressthe
OKbutton.
7.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandspeakyour
message.
8.ReleasethePTTbuttonwhenyouhave
completedyourmessage.
Receivinganindividual(routine)call
Withanincomingindividualcalldisplayed:
1.SelectShowinfofromtheoptionstoreview
relevantcalldetails.
2.SelectReplyonCh##atanytimetoacceptthe
call.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthe
channelwillautomaticallychangeafter10
seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespeciedchannel.
3.Torejectthecall,selectReject.
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