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Table of Contents
1 List of figures ............................................................................... 6
2 List of tables ................................................................................. 7
3 General ........................................................................................ 8
4 Standards ..................................................................................... 9
5 Product description ................................................................... 12
5.1 Product images ................................................................. 13
5.2 EPIRB control functions .................................................... 14
5.3 Cospas-Sarsat system description .................................... 14
5.3.1 Signal detection ................................................... 15
5.3.1.1 Advantages of an included GPS ............... 16
5.3.2 EPIRB registration ................................................ 16
5.3.3 False alerts transmitted by EPIRB ........................ 17
6 Functional description ............................................................... 18
6.1 Tron 40VDR components .................................................. 18
6.2 Main module ..................................................................... 19
6.3 Antenna ............................................................................. 19
6.4 Battery module ................................................................. 19
6.5 FB-40 float free bracket .................................................... 19
7 Installation ................................................................................. 20
7.1 Brackets ............................................................................. 20
7.1.1 Mounting the FB-40 float-free bracket ............... 20
7.1.2 Mounting the EPIRB in the FB-40 float-free
bracket 20
7.2 Replacing the battery ........................................................ 23
8 Operation instructions ............................................................... 23
8.1 Manual operation ............................................................. 24
8.2 Automatic operation from the FB-40 float-free bracket . 27
8.3 Wrist strap ......................................................................... 28
9 Maintenance.............................................................................. 29
9.1 Inspection .......................................................................... 30