Use in "automatic trigger" mode
To use the beacon in "automatic trigger" mode, following the instructions below:
1. Place the beacon on your life jacket using the strap clip or mouthpiece clip (see page 18-19);
2. Attach one end of the gasket in the hole provided on the beacon's cap;
3. Attach the other end of the gasket to a strap located towards the bottom of the jacket.
The gasket must be taut and placed in vertical alignment with the beacon;
4. Arm the beacon and close the jacket.
Caution: Before closing your jacket, position the arming clip facing upwards (cap blocked)
to avoid accidentally triggering the beacon when you close your jacket. The gasket must
be taut, but not too much to prevent it from being triggered at the wrong moment when
you arm the beacon once fitted onto the jacket and once the jacket has been folded.
In a man overboard situation, the jacket will inflate in just a few seconds. The gasket will
become taut and will make the cap slide downwards.
The cap will be ejected after sliding for about one centimetre and the beacon will start to emit
its distress signal.
What happens when the beacon is in operation?
The buzzer emits a sound signal as soon as an AIS-MOB message has been sent by the beacon.
The beacon sends 8 AIS-MOB messages per minute.
When activated:
• The Flash LED flashes 3 times every 2 seconds;
• The red LED flashes twice every 2 seconds, so long as the GPS position has not yet been
detected by the beacon;
• Once the GPS position has been detected, the red LED will stop flashing;
• If the GPS position was lost, the red LED will flash again once every 2 seconds until the GPS
signal has been recovered.
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