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NAV6 plus NAVTEX System User Guide
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ALARM OPERATION
ALARM OPERATION ALARM OPERATION
ALARM OPERATION
The NAV6 display contains a buzzer that can generate audible alarms
for the following conditions:
Option Notes
New Message Alert Short beep beep. Not repeated.
Indicates reception of a new NAVTEX message.
SAR Alarm
Morse code: Dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot
dot.. S.O.S. Repeated every ten seconds.
Indicates reception of a message type D, Search
And Rescue NAVTEX message.
Antenna Alarm
Short dah dee, dah dee. Repeated every eight
seconds.
Indicates that there may be a fault with the NAVTEX
sensor or the cabling; see the Fault Finding section
for more details.
The alarms can be enabled or disabled via the [SETUP MODE,
GENERAL VIEW, OPTIONS PAGE]. When enabled, the SAR Alarm and
Antenna Alarm can be set to repeat 5 times or to repeat continuously.
(Tip: When an alarm is active, pressing any of the softkeys will cancel
the alarm. The normal softkey action will not occur).
(Tip: When an alarm is active, an alarm bell icon will flash on the status
bar).
The red LED found above the softkeys, can be setup (on the Setup
Mode
⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
General View
⇒ ⇒ ⇒ ⇒
Options Page) to flash when there are unread
new messages or SAR messages. This can be useful in a noisy
environment where audible alarms cannot be easily heard.
Note : All alarms are silenced if the display is put into ‘Sleep Mode’.
A short flash of the red LED once every 15 seconds indicates sleep
mode is active.