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2. Press the [
NATURE
] soft key.
The “
NATURE OF DIST
” menu will appear on the
display.
BACK
POS/TM
DIST ALERT MSG
UNDESIGNATED
POS: --°--.----
---°--.----
TIME: --:--UTC
NATURE
3.
Press the [▲] or [▼] key to select the desired
nature of distress category, then press the
[
ENTER
] soft key.
BACK
ENTER
NATUER OF DIST
FIRE,EXPLOSION
FLOODING
COLLISION
GROUNDING
4. Press and hold the [
DISTRESS
] key until a distress
alert is transmitted.
5. Perform the steps 2 through 5 of the basic opera-
tion described in the previous section.
Transmitting a Distress Alert by Manually Inputting Location and Time
In case the
GX1400
series fails to get a GPS position fix, you may manually
input your latitude and longitude, and time before transmitting the distress alert.
1. [
]
“
DSC
”
“
DIST ALERT MSG
”
2. Press the [
POS/TM
]
soft key.
BACK
POS/TM
DIST ALERT MSG
UNDESIGNATED
POS: --°--.----
---°--.----
TIME: --:--UTC
NATURE
3.
Press the [▲] or [▼] key to select the first number
of latitude, then press the [
SELECT
] soft key to
step to the next number.
4. Repeat step 3 to set the position and UTC time in
the 24-hour format.
If you make a mistake, press the[◄] or [►] key
until the wrong character is selected, then perform
step 3.
POS AND TIME
2
3°56.890N
123°56.890W
POS:
TIME: 12:56UTC
BACK
SELECT
FINISH
5.
When finished programming the position and time, press the [FINISH] soft
key. The display will return to the previous screen.
6. Press and hold the [
DISTRESS
] key until a distress alert is transmitted.
7. Perform the steps 2 through 5 of the basic operation described in the
previous section.
