Installation manual

Chapter 2: Operation

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Operation

DSC calls

In this section of the manual you find information on:

• Sending, acknowledgment and cancel own distress

• Receiving distress calls

• DSC calls for communication

• DSC setup

Sending, acknowledgment and cancel own distress

Sending a distress message

To send a distress message do as follows:

1. Lift the cover over the red distress button and press and hold

the distress button for longer than 3 seconds. For short step-

by-step instructions how to proceed when sending a distress

message see Emergency calls on page iv.

When the distress signal is sent, CH70 and Tx

appear in the display. A 2-seconds beep tone is

heard.

2. The radio watches for a DSC acknowledgement

tansmission on channel 70.

3. To pause the automatic resend procedure press

the soft key PAUSE.

4. To annul the distress message press the soft key ANNUL. See also

Cancelling of own distress on page 27.

5. When a distress acknowledgement is received, start distress

communication on channel 16 to inform about your distress situation.

Note

If no distress acknowledgement is received within a period of 3,5 to 4

minutes, the distress message will automatically be retransmitted.

OWN DISTRESS

WAIT FOR ACK

ELAPSED TIME: 0:00:10

(ACTIVE)

REPEAT IN 2:11

CH: 16

PAUSE

ANNUL

INFO

(Example)