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DSC OPERATION

➥ A distress alert contains (default);

  •Natureofdistress:Undesignateddistress

  •Positiondata :GPSormanualinputpositiondataheld

for 23.5 hrs or until the power is turned

OFF.

➥ The distress call is repeated every 3.5–4.5 min., until

receivingan‘acknowledgement.’

➥ Push [CLR]tocancelthe‘Callrepeat’mode.

➥ “ ??” may blink instead of position and time indications

when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually

updated after 4 hours.

D Regular call

The nature of the distress call should be included in the dis-

tress call.

q Push [MENU] to enter the DSC menu.

w Rotate [DIAL] to select “Distress Setting,” and

push [DIAL•ENTER].

e Rotate [DIAL] to select the nature of the distress, push

[DIAL•ENTER].

 •‘Undesignated,’‘Explosion,’‘Flooding,’‘Colli-

sion,’‘ Grounding,’‘ Capsizing,’‘Sinking,’‘ Adrift

(Disableadrift),’‘Abandoning(Abandoningship),’‘Piracy

(Piracyattack)’and‘MOB (Man overboard)’ are available.

 •Theselectednatureofthedistressisstoredfor10minutes.

--DSC Menu--

Select Nature

Undesignated

˘Explosion

Flooding

Collision

<CLR˘Exit / ENT˘OK>

--DSC Menu--

Select Item

All Ships Call

Position Request

Position Report

Polling Request

Received Calls

˘Distress Setting

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