ADVANSEA FX-400, User Manual

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change to channel 70 momentarily and then revert to the previous
working channel.
• While waiting for the reply from the called vessel, WAITING . . . .
appears in the lower line of the display.
INT
INDIVIDUAL
vessel name
REQ POS
WAITING....
Waiting For the reply
• When the called vessel reply to your call, an alert sounds and
RECEIVED POSITION appears in the display.
INT
09:30 UTC +
vessel name
RECEIVED
05 POSITION
Position Received
• Push the SELECT/ENT knob to see the received Lat/Lon position.
7.5 Receiving DSC Calls
Your FX-400 can receive four types of DSC calls; Distress, All Ship’s,
Individual, and Group. Except for Distress, each call type is subdivided into
one or more priorities.
All Ship’s type receives the following priorities: Distress ACK, Distress Relay,
Urgency, and Safety.
Individual type receives the following priorities: Safety and Routine.
Group type receives one priority: Routine.
Also FX-400 can receive the calls of advanced Individual Routine priority;
Position Send, and Position Request. Lat/Lon position from another vessel
can be transferred to the DSC equipped chart plotter, if it is connected.
When your FX-400 receives a DSC call from another vessel or a coast station,
an alert sounds and a Call Received screen appears in the display. The Call
Received screen identifies the time of a call, the caller, the type and the
priority of a call. Also, a number appears in the screen indicating the
number of calls in the log. The call log holds thirty two entries.