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DSC OPERATION
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Setting the distress information
The nature of the distress call should be included in the dis-
tress call.
q
Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.
w
Rotate [CHANNEL] to select “
Distress Setting
,”
push [ENT].
e
Rotate [CHANNEL] to select the nature of the distress,
push [ENT].
• ‘Undesignated,’ ‘Explosion,’ ‘Flooding,’ ‘Collision,’ ‘Grounding,’
‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘Adrift (Disable adrift),’ ‘Abandoning (Aban-
doning ship),’ ‘Piracy (Piracy attack)’ and ‘MOB (Man overboard)’
are available.
r
The position information appears. Set the current position,
then push [ENT].
• Edit the digit of your position data directly with the keypad.
• Push [6•
] to edit N; North latitude or [7•
] to edit
S; South latitude.
• Push [3•
] to edit E; East longitude or [9•
] to edit
W; West longitude.
• Rotate [CHANNEL] to move the cursor backward or forward.
• Push [CE] to clear the position data.
WXY
DEF
PRS
MNO
Select Nature
˘
Undesignated
˘
Flooding
--DSC Menu--
˘
˘
Collision
˘
Grounding
˘
Abandoning
˘
Capsizing
˘
Sinking
˘
Adrift
<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>
˘
Piracy
˘
MOB
˘-----
˘Explosion
Select item
˘
Exit
˘
Position Request
˘
Received Calls
--DSC Menu--
˘
Set up
˘Distress Setting
˘
Polling Request