19
6
DSC OPERATION
New2001
6
Scrolls
r
After receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the micro-
phone.
• “RCV DISTRESS ACK” scrolls in the channel comment display.
Scrolls
➥
A distress alert contains;
• Kinds of distress: Undesignated distress
• Position data
: The latest GPS or manual input position
data is held for 23.5 hours, or until the
power is turned OFF.
➥
The Distress call is repeated every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes,
until receiving an ‘acknowledgement.’ (‘Call repeat’
mode)
• “RE-TRANSMISSION” is displayed while transmitting.
➥
Push
[DISTRESS] to transmit a renewed Distress call,
if desired.
D
Regular call
The nature of the distress should be included in the Distress call.
q
Push
[MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
w
Push
[
s
] or [
t
] to select “DISTRESS,” and then push
[ENT].
Scrolls
e
Push
[
s
] or [
t
] to select the nature of the distress, and
then push
[ENT].
• ‘UNDESIGNATED,’ ‘EXPLOSION,’ ‘FLOODING,’ ‘COLLISION,’
‘GROUNDING,’ ‘CAPSIZING,’ ‘SINKING,’ ‘ADRIFT (Disable
adrift),’ ‘ABANDONING (Abandoning ship),’ ‘PIRACY (Piracy at-
tack),’ and ‘MOB (Man overboard)’ are available.
• The selected nature of the distress is stored for 10 minutes.
Scrolls
When a GPS receiver is connected, steps
r
and
t
(Current
position/time programming) do not appear. Go to step
y
.
☞
Continued on the next page
