Icom IC-M505

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DSC OPERATION
➥ A distress alert contains (default);
 •Natureofdistress:Undesignateddistress
 •Positiondata :GPSormanualinputpositiondataheld
for 23.5 hrs or until the power is turned
OFF.
➥ The distress call is repeated every 3.5–4.5 min., until
receiving an ‘acknowledgement.’
➥ Push [CLR] to cancel the ‘Call repeat’ mode.
➥ “ ??” may blink instead of position and time indications
when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manu-
ally updated after 4 hours.
D Regular call
The nature of the distress call should be included in the dis-
tress call.
q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
w Rotate [CHANNEL] to select “Distress Setting,”
and push [CHANNEL•ENTER].
--DSC Menu--
Select Item
All Ships Call
Position Request
Position Report
Polling Request
Received Calls
˘Distress Setting
e Rotate [CHANNEL] to select the nature of the distress,
push [CHANNEL•ENTER].
 •‘Undesignated,’ ‘ Explosion,’ ‘ Flooding,’ ‘Colli-
sion,’ ‘Grounding,’ ‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘ Adrift
(Disable adrift),’ ‘Abandoning (Abandoning ship),’ ‘Piracy
(Piracy attack)’ and ‘MOB (Man overboard)’ are available.
 •Theselectednatureofthedistressisstoredfor10minutes.
--DSC Menu--
Select Nature
Undesignated
˘Explosion
Flooding
Collision
<CLR ˘ Exit / ENT ˘ OK>