Furuno FM-8700 manual Transmitting All Ships Calls, Purpose of all ships call

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4.3 Transmitting All Ships Calls

Purpose of all ships call

The All Ships Call is used to transmit important ship’s safety mes- sage, safety of life at sea message or meteorological warning.

After transmitting message, you can communicate by voice over the FM-8700.

Coast Station

Own Ship

Figure 4-3 All ships call

General procedure for transmitting an all ships call

Open file to transmit, or prepare message.

Press the [CALL] key.

Begin voice communications.

The procedure for voice communication is shown on the next page.

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Contents VHF Radiotelephone FM -8 7 0 Canceling Distress Alert Safety Instructions Table of Contents Index-1 SP-1Word to FM-8700 Owners ForewordProgram number FeaturesVii System ConfigurationThis page is intentionally left blank Front Panel VHF Radiotelephone Operational OverviewVHF Controls, Indications Turning the Power On/OffAdjusting Volume of Loudspeaker Adjusting Squelch, Selecting Operating FunctionsSelecting Channel Modes, Channels Transmitting Selecting Output PowerTurning the Loudspeaker On/Off Automatic Selection of CH16Scanning Dual WatchPriority Remarks on Voice CommunicationsDSC Terminal Operational Overview DSC Controls, LED WarningsDSC controls LED warnings Key Function/Purpose DSC control descriptionDSC Operational Overview When blinking question mark appearsStandby display Selecting and registering itemsPrepare message and then transmit it as follows Preparing and transmitting DSC messagesWhen keyboard input is prohibited Distress alert transmission and output powerAuto acknowledge is automatically disabled when… Turning Remote & Auto Acknowledge On/OffLimit acknowledge This page is intentionally left blank Distress Alert Transmission DSC Distress CommunicationsDistress call Provide the following information to the coast stationManual Entry of Ship’s Position and Time Canceling manually entered dataEntering data manually Confirming Ships Position and TimeWithin five seconds after pressing the Distress key Canceling a Distress CallReceiving distress alert from other vessel Procedure when in area A1DSC Distress alert received Transmitting Dist ACK over CH16 To transmit the Dist ACK signal, do the following Transmitting Dist ACK signalWhen you should relay a distress alert Distress Alert RelayRelaying a distress alert Manually enter time of distress Press the ENT key twice Wait for relay ack This page is intentionally left blank General procedure for transmitting an individual call DSC Operation for NON-DISTRESS CasesTransmitting Individual Calls Prepare and transmit a message as follows Detailed procedure for transmitting an individual callTransmission time about 0.5 seconds From previousFrom previous After receiving the ACK BQ signal, do the followingReceiving Individual Calls ACK RQ Setting of Able or UnableReceiving individual call with Auto ACK on Received * ACK RQ ID Receiving ACK RQ with Auto ACK OFFPage General procedure for transmitting an all ships call Transmitting All Ships CallsPurpose of all ships call Detailed procedure for transmitting an all ships call To return to previous menu, press the t key From previous Status of FM-8700 when receiving an all ships call Receiving All Ships CallsReceiving an all ships call in on hook status Select END and press the ENT key Receiving an all ships call in off hook status Listen to contents of message How to prepare transmit messages Preparing and Saving MessagesPrepare message as follows Page How to write over files Writing Over FilesExample You want to write over file saved under file number Opening, Transmitting Files Opening a fileTransmitting a file Transmit/Receive Message Memory Opening a transmit messagePress the 9 Xmtd key at the standby display You can transmit a retrieved message as follows Transmitting retrieved messageReceive message memory Opening a receive messagePress the 8 Rcvd key at the standby display Select ORDINARY, then press the ENT key This page is intentionally left blank Other Calling Types How to select other calling typesSelection of Other Calling Types Calling types descriptionDividual calls. Refer to Ships, by using urgent category, that own shipDistress call. Refer to ID numberBasic procedure for making a telephone call Detailed procedure for making a telephone callMaking Telephone Calls Pstn Call Operation after making DSC telephone call Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station Registering other station IDs, telephone numbers Other Station IDs and Telephone NumbersOpening other station IDs, telephone numbers User Preferences Automatic or Manual Printing Printer setupSelecting automatic or manual printing Automatic printingPrinting Timing of 4 key pressing Example Pringout Manual printingExample printouts Turning Key Beep On/Off How to turn receive alarm on/off, select distress alarm tone Alarm SetupThis page is intentionally left blank System Confirmation How to confirm own ships IDConfirming Own Ship’s ID Own ship’s ID can be confirmed as followsConfirming ROM Version No How to confirm ROM version noHow to confirm VHF section settings Confirming VHF Section SettingsHow to confirm VHF channels Confirming VHF ChannelsYou can confirm VHF channels registered as follows How to confirm Tx output power Confirming Tx Output PowerThis page is intentionally left blank Maintenance Maintenance & TroubleshootingTroubleshooting When the power cannot be turned onHow to start the diagnostic tests Diagnostic TestTransmit Power NG This page is intentionally left blank Specifications of Marine VHF Radiotelephone Power Requirements Menu Tree AppendixDist Ship ID POS & Time Distress Dist ACK Marine VHF Channel Frequencies International version Marine VHF Channel ListsPage Marine VHF Channel Frequencies USA version Private Channels U.K. Mariners Weather Channels Included in US versionPrivate Channels Netherlands Inland Input sentences Digital Interface IEC 61162-1 EditionLoad requirements as listner IsolationGGA Global positioning system GPS fix data GLL Geographic position latitude and longitude RMA Recommemded minimum navigation information Loran C data RMC Recommended minimum specific GPS/TRANSIT data This page is intentionally left blank Index-1 Index