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Table of Contents
1 Manual operation and activation .............................................. 2
2 General .................................................................................... 5
3 Product description .................................................................. 6
3.1 Tron 40AIS EPIRB ............................................................... 7
3.2 FB-42 or FBH-42 Bracket ................................................. 13
3.3 RLS capability .................................................................. 14
4 Registration, Installation and mounting .................................. 15
4.1 Registration of the beacon .............................................. 15
4.2
Change of ownership ...................................................... 17
4.3 Installation ....................................................................... 17
4.4 Bracket installation and mounting .................................. 18
4.5 Mounting the EPIRB in the bracket ................................. 19
4.6 Fitting the front cover ..................................................... 21
5 Operating instructions ............................................................ 23
5.1 Manual activation ........................................................... 23
5.2 Indicator descriptions...................................................... 24
5.3 Automatic activation ....................................................... 26
5.4 Operating scenarios ........................................................ 26
5.5 Self-test ........................................................................... 29
5.6 Deactivation of the EPIRB ................................................ 34
5.7 EPIRB control functions ................................................... 35
5.8 False alerts ...................................................................... 35
6 Testing and maintenance ........................................................ 36
6.1 Every month .................................................................... 36
6.2 Every 3 months ............................................................... 37
6.3 Every 12 months ............................................................. 37
6.4 Every 2 nd year .................................................................. 37
6.5 Every 4 or 5 years ............................................................ 38
6.6 Every 10 years ................................................................. 38
6.7 Hydrostatic release unit replacement ............................. 38
6.8 Shore based maintenance (SBM) .................................... 39
7 Technical information ............................................................. 40