Marine Rescue Technologies Sea Marshall SARfinder 1003, Manual

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12
7.0
HOW
TO
U
SE THE SARF
INDER®1003,
STEP B
Y
ST
EP
Switch on - Press
a
nd
h
old
t
he ON/OFF button.
￬
Press TONE
D
ETECT (this
will
cance
l all b
ackground
n
oise).
￬
Sele
ct
FREQUENCY (You
r
SARfinder®100
3 i
s
n
ow monitorin
g
you
r
chosen
fre
quency).
￬
When
a
n
SOS
Sign
al
is
r
eceived
t
he
alarm will t
rigger.
￬
Press RESET af
ter a
larm
has s
ounded
for
few seconds
.
This will
ca
nce
l t
he
a
larms
a
nd
p
ut
t
he
SARf
inder®100
3 in t
o
t
rackin
g
mode
.
You
r
un
it
will
n
ow
d
isplay
t
he
d
irection
o
f
t
he
SOS s
ignal.
￬
Bring
the
v
esse
l a
round
so
the
SOS
direction ORANGE LE
D is lit
on display.
￬
Chec
k
the
Re
ceived
Si
gn
al
Strength
I
ndicato
r
(RS
SI) t
o
s
ee
if t
he
si
gn
al
is
n
ear
or
far.
￬
Move
t
owards
SO
S targe
t
checkin
g t
he
RSSI,
when
t
he
t
arge
t
is
v
ery
clo
se
a
nd
all f
ou
r
RS
SI ligh
ts
a
re
illu
minated.
￬
Slow
t
he
v
esse
l d
own
t
o
a co
uple
o
f
k
nots.
￬
The
cent
ra
l r
ed
RSI
ligh
t
wil
l b
e
gin
to
flas
h
o
n
a
nd
o
ff
wh
en the
t
arge
t
is
w
ithin appro
x.
100-200m
o
f
t
he vessel.
￬
Stee
r
around
t
he
t
arge
t
and
p
repare
y
ou
r
crew
t
o recove
r
the
t
arget.
￬
The RED bearin
g
LE
D o
n
t
he direction
fin
ding display will
n
ow
mo
ve
q
uickly
a
round
t
he
d
isplay
a
s
t
he
v
esse
l
moves alongsid
e
the
target.
￬
Recove
r
the
t
arget,
s
witch
O
F
F t
he
P
LB and
r
epeat
a
s
r
equired
for
next
t
arget.
10.1 I
f
for
any
r
eason
y
ou
a
re
u
nable
t
o affect you
r
rescue
u
sin
g t
he
SARf
inde
r® co
nta
ct
the
Coast Gu
ard
a
nd
t
e
ll t
hem
y
ou
have
a man in t
he
wat
e
r
wearin
g a 121.5MHz
PLB.
11.0 BASI
C
Test/Checkin
g t
he
SAR
finder system before
u
s
e
1. Switch
SA
Rfinder® on
, P
ress
a
nd
h
old
t
he ON/OFF button.
2. Press TONE
D
ETECT (to
ca
ncel
b
ackground
n
oise)
3. Select FREQUENCY (You
r
SARfinder® is now monitorin
g y
ou
r
chosen
fr
equency)
NOTE
:
If you intend to perform a full power tes
t
you
must only use a test frequency beacon of 121.65MHz .
All
AU9s/PLBs (both LIVE and TEST beacons
)
will transm
it a low
powe
r
signa
l
to appro
x.
30-50mtrs when in the UNARMED
position by pressing and holdin
g
the manu
al
activation button on the fron
t
of the PLB. This can be used to test your
system. REMEMBE
R
that the frequency on the SARfinder® will automatically rever
t
back to the live 121.5MHz
frequency
a
f
ter 20 minu
tes.
4. Press
a
nd
h
old
t
he
a
ctivation
b
utton,
(y
ou
a
re
n
ow
t
ransmittin
g a lo
w
p
owe
r
signa
l t
o
a r
ange
o
f appro
x
30- 50mtr
s
distance
),
afte
r a
few
s
econds
t
he
alarm will
sound
o
n
t
he
SARf
inder®.
5. Leave
t
he
a
larm
t
o
sou
nd
for a
few seconds.
6. Press
t
he
large y
ellow RESET
b
utton (bottom
left
of
d
isplay
)
– this
will can
ce
l t
he
a
larms and
p
u
t
the SARfinde
r®
into the
trackin
g mod
e,
y
ou
r
un
it
will
n
ow
d
isplay
t
he
d
irection
o
f
t
he
SOS s
ignal –
Keep
t
he
b
utton
o
n
t
he
PLB p
ressed down
-
You
sho
uld see
all f
ou
r
RSS
SI
– Received
Signal
Strength
I
ndicator- LEDs light up
in
dicatin
g t
he SOS signa
l i
s
v
ery
clo
se,
the
RSI
- Received
si
gn
al
indicator- will
a
lso
fla
sh to
in
d
icate close p
roximity
t
o
SOS
target.
7. Immediately
Sw
itch
O
ff
y
ou
r
PLB