Furuno FS-2575, Operator'S Manual

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4. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
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3.
Rotate the ENTER knob to select nature of distress among the following 11 options and
then press the ENTER knob.
•
UNDESIGNATED
•
FIRE
•
FLOODING
•
COLLISION
•
GROUNDING
•
LISTING
•
SINKING
•
DISABLED&ADRIFT
•
ABANDONING
•
PIRACY
•
MAN OVER BOARD
4.
When you enter your position manually, rotate the ENTER knob to select LAT (or LON)
and then press the ENTER knob. Your position is automatically shown when getting the
position information from GNSS.
5.
For manual entering, use the numeric keys to enter latitude (or longitude). (If necessary,
switch coordinates: 1 key to switch to North (East for longitude); 2 key to switch to
South (West for longitude).) Press the ENTER knob.
6.
Rotate the ENTER knob to select COMM MODE and then press the ENTER knob.
7. Rotate the ENTER knob to select TELEPHONE or NBDP-FEC and then press the
ENTER knob.
8.
Rotate the ENTER knob to select DSC FREQ and then press the ENTER knob.
9.
Rotate the ENTER knob to select DSC frequency desired and then press the ENTER
knob.
MULTI: Transmit the distress alert on three to six frequencies, which you can select among
2 MHz, 4 MHz, 6 MHz, 8 MHz, 12 MHz and 16 MHz, in a transmission. Please note that
2 MHz and 8 MHz should be selected at any time.
SINGLE: You can transmit on the distress frequencies of your choice. Select one frequency
among 2 MHz, 4 MHz, 6 MHz, 8 MHz, 12 MHz and 16 MHz.
AUTO: Transmit the distress alert on 2 MHz at first time (40 to 60 seconds). If the distress
alert is not acknowledged, the following sequence occurs:
2
nd
: 8 MHz, 3
rd
: 16 MHz, 4
th
: 4 MHz, 5
th
: 12 MHz and 6
th
: 6 MHz
10.
Press the DISTRESS key for four seconds to send the distress alert. The audio alarm
sounds during pressing the key, and the key flashes in red. The countdown appears on
the screen during pressing the
DISTRESS key (3S → 2S → 1S → 0S). When the
countdown shows 0S, the distress alert is sent. The audio alarm sounds for two
seconds.
11. When the distress acknowledge call is received, use the telephone or telex to
communicate. For NBDP, follow the procedure in “Communicating by NBDP terminal
unit” on next page. For telephone, follow step 3 on section 4.1.1. When you select
MULTI on step 9, you can communicate via telephone with communication frequency on
which the distress acknowledge call is received. Do the following procedures to switch
the communication frequency;
1) Rotate the ENTER knob to select CHANGE and then press the ENTER knob.
2) Rotate the ENTER knob to select the appropriate frequency and then press the ENTER
knob.