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DSC OPERATION
t After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the mi-
crophone.
➥ A distress alert contains (default);
• Kind of distress : Undesignated distress
• Position data : GPS or manual input position data held for
23.5 hrs.
➥ The distress call is repeated every 3.5–4.5 min., until re-
ceiving an ‘acknowledgement.’
➥ Push [DISTRESS] to transmit a renewed distress call,
if required.
➥ 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 manually
updated after 4 hours.
DD
Normal 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,”
push [ENT].
e Rotate [CHANNEL] to select the nature of the distress,
push [ENT].
•‘Undesignated,’ ‘Explosion,’ ‘Flooding,’ ‘Collision,’ ‘Grounding,’
‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘Adrift (Disable adrift),’ ‘Abandoning (Aban-
doning ship),’ ‘Piracy (Piracy attack)’ and ‘MOB (Man overboard)’
are available.
• The selected nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes after
selecting is finished.
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