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Regular call
The nature of the Distress call should be included in the Dis-
tress call.
Enter “DISTRESS CALL” in the DSC menu.
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Select the nature of the distress using dial or [
Y
]/[
Z
], then
push dial or [ENT].
• ‘Undesignated,’ ‘Fire,Explosion,’ ‘Flooding,’ ‘Collision,’ ‘Grounding,’
‘Capsizing,’ ‘Sinking,’ ‘Adrift,’ ‘Abandoning ship,’ ‘Piracy’ or ‘Man
Overboard’ is selectable.
• The nature of the distress is stored for 30 seconds after a selec
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tion is made.
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The Distress call confirmation screen is displayed.
• Rotate dial or push [
Y
]/[
Z
] to see the hidden lines.
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Hold down [DISTRESS] for 3 seconds to transmit the Dis-
tress call.
• While holding down [DISTRESS], count down beeps sound and
both the key and display backlighting blink.
• The selected nature of the distress is stored for 30 seconds.
MENU
➪
DSC
➪
Distress Call
(Push [MENU]) (Select icon) (Rotate dial, then push [ENT].)
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