Raymarine RAY50 - 3.9 General Location Requirements

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Makingadistresscall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakean
automaticDSCdistresscall.
Withthespringloadedcoveropen:
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1.PressandholdtheDISTRESSbuttonfor3seconds.
OncetheDISTRESSbuttonispresseda3second
countdownwillbegin,whenthecountdownreaches
zerotheDSCdistresscallistransmitted.
Thedistresscallisrepeatedautomaticallyuntilitis
acknowledged.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton,thenslowlyand
clearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistressinthe
followingformat:
MAYDAY ,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortrue
bearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onre
etc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandany
otherinformation—drifting,aresredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
3.ReleasethePTTbutton.
MakingaMaydaycall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakea
Maydaycall.
1.Pressthe16PLUSbutton.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton.
3.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MAYDAY ,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortrue
bearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onre
etc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandany
otherinformation—drifting,aresredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
4.ReleasethePTTbutton.
5.Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceivedthenrepeat
steps2to4above.
Cancellingadistresscallbefore
transmission
Tocanceladistresscallbeforeitistransmittedfollow
thestepsbelow:
1.ReleasetheDISTRESSbuttonbeforethecount
downtimercompletes.
Whenthebuttonisreleasedyouwillbereturned
tonormaloperation.
Cancellingadistresscallafter
transmission
Adistresscallcanbecancelledafterithasbeen
transmitted.
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1.SelectOptions.
2.SelectCanceldistress.
3.SelectYestoconrmcancellation.
4.SelectOK.
5.PressandholdthePTTbuttonandmakea
broadcasttoallstationsgivingyourvessel’sname,
callsignandMMSInumberandcancelthefalse
distressalert
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