Raymarine RAY91 - Chapter 4 Cables and Connections

6.2Distresscalls
Makingadesignateddistresscall
WhenmakingaDistresscallyoucanspecifythenature
ofthedistress,ifGPSdataisnotavailableyoumustalso
specifyyourcoordinates.
Note:Y ourradiomusthaveanMMSInumbersaved
beforeDSCfunctionscanbeused.
FromtheDistresscallmenu:Menu>DSCCalls>
Distresscalls
1.Selectadistresstypefromthelist.
•Undesignated
•Fire
•Flooding
•Collision
•Grounding
•Listing
•Sinking
•Adrift
•Abandoning
•Piracy
•Manoverboard
IfyourradiohasaGPSfixthenthedistresstypeand
coordinatesaredisplayed,otherwiseyouwillbe
promptedtoenteryourpositioncoordinates.
2.Ifprompted,enteryourpositioncoordinatesand
localtimeusingthe
RotaryknobortheChannelUp
and
ChannelDownbuttonstoentertherelevant
details.
3.Whencompletepressthe
OKbutton.
4.FollowthestepsforMakingaDistressCalltotransmit
thedistressalert.
Makingadistresscall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakean
automaticDSCdistresscall.
Withthespringloadedcoveropen:
1.PressandholdtheDISTRESSbuttonfor3seconds.
Once the DISTRESS button is pressed a 3 second
count down will begin, when the count down reaches
zero the DSC distress call is transmitted.
The distress call is repeated automatically until it is
acknowledged.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton,thenslowlyand
clearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistressinthe
followingformat:
MAYDAY ,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortrue
bearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onfire
etc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandany
otherinformation—drifting,flaresfiredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
3.Releasethe
PTTbutton.
MakingaMaydaycall
Inanemergencyyoucanuseyourunittomakea
Maydaycall.
1.Pressthe
16PLUSbutton.
2.PressandholdthePTTbutton.
3.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MAYDAY ,MAYDAY,MAYDAY
Thisis<statenameofvessel3times>
MAYDAY<statenameofvessel1time>
Mypositionis<statelatitudeandlongitude,ortrue
bearinganddistancefromaknownpoint.>
Iam<statenatureofdistresse.g.sinking,onfire
etc.>
Ihave<statenumberofpersonsonboardandany
otherinformation—drifting,flaresfiredetc.>
IREQUIREIMMEDIATEASSISTANCE
OVER
4.Releasethe
PTTbutton.
5.Ifanacknowledgementisnotreceivedthenrepeat
steps2to4above.
Cancellingadistresscallbefore
transmission
Tocanceladistresscallbeforeitistransmittedfollow
thestepsbelow:
1.Releasethe
DISTRESSbuttonbeforethecountdown
timercompletes.
Whenthebuttonisreleasedyouwillbereturnedto
normaloperation.
Digitalselectivecalling(DSC)
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