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DSC OPERATION
■ Receiving DSC calls
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Receiving a distress call
While monitoring Channel 70 and a distress call is received:
➥ The emergency alarm sounds for 2 minutes.
• Push any key to stop the alarm.
➥ “Received Distress” appears in the display; then
Channel 16 is automatically selected.
➥ Continue monitoring Channel 16 as a coast station may re-
quire assistance.
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Receiving a distress acknowledgement
While monitoring Channel 70 and a distress acknowledge-
ment to other ship is received:
➥ The emergency alarm sounds for 2 minutes.
• Push any key to stop the alarm.
➥ “Received Distress ACK” appears in the display;
then Channel 16 is automatically selected.
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Receiving an all ships call
While monitoring Channel 70 and an all ships call is received:
➥ The emergency alarm sounds when the category is ‘Dis-
tress’ or ‘Urgency’; repeats 2 beeps sound for other cate-
gories.
➥ “Received All Ships” appears in the display.
➥ Push [ENT] to monitor channel 16 for an announcement
from the calling vessel, push [CLR] to ignore the call.