Raymarine RAY70 - Making a Distress Call; Making a Mayday Call

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.
Importantinformation
Warning:Readtheexpanded
handbook
Thisdocumentisasubsetofthefull
documentationforyourproduct.For
thecompletedocumentationandsafety
information,pleaserefertotheexpanded
handbook,availableontheRaymarine
website(www.raymarine.com).
Warning:Productinstallation
andoperation
•Thisproductmustbeinstalledand
operatedinaccordancewiththe
instructionsprovided.Failuretodoso
couldresultinpersonalinjury,damage
toyourvesseland/orpoorproduct
performance.
•Raymarinerecommendscertied
installationbyaRaymarineapproved
installer.Acertiedinstallationqualies
forenhancedproductwarrantybenets.
ContactyourRaymarinedealerfor
furtherdetails,andrefertotheseparate
warrantydocumentpackedwithyour
product.
Warning:Potentialignition
source
ThisproductisNOTapprovedforusein
hazardous/ammableatmospheres.Do
NOTinstallinahazardous/ammable
atmosphere(suchasinanengineroomor
nearfueltanks).
Warning:12Voltdconly
Thisproductmustonlybeconnectedtoa
12voltdcpowersource.
Warning:Positiveground
systems
Donotconnectthisunittoasystemwhich
haspositivegrounding.
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