Icom IC-M506 - Page 63

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D Receiving a Distress Acknowledgement
When a Distress Acknowledgement sent to another ship is
received:
The emergency alarm sounds for 2 minutes. ➥
“ RCVD DISTRESS ACK” appears and the backlight ➥
blinks.
Push [ALARM OFF] to stop the alarm and the blinking q
backlight.
 •Evenifyoudonotpush[ALARMOFF],thealarmstopsafter2
minutes, and then the screen in step w is displayed.
Push a softkey to select your desired action. w
[IGN]
➥Push to return to the nor-
mal operating mode.
  •The transceiver exits the
DSC mode.
  •Bypushing[PTT],thetrans-
ceiver also exits the DSC
mode.
  •The“ ” icon continues to
blink and the Call is stored
in the Received Call Log.
[INFO]
➥Push to display the Received call information. (p. 65)
[ACPT]
Push to accept the call. ➥
And then, push [CH 16] to switch the operating channel
to Channel 16, and then monitor it, as a coast station
may require assistance.
  •Evenifyouhaven’tpushed[CH16]within10seconds,the
operating channel automatically switches to Channel 16. (p.
69)
Push