Furuno FM-8500 manual Distress Relay, General, Procedure

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3.4 Distress Relay

General

If a vessel in distress is obviously near own ship and is not able to transmit the distress alert by itself, you can relay (transmit) the alert on behalf of the vessel in distress. You may relay a distress alert in the following conditions;

1When the station in distress is not itself in a position to transmit the distress message, or

2When the master or person responsible for the vessel not in dis- tress, or the person responsible for the coast station, considers that further help is necessary.

However, DO NOT press the [DISTRESS] key; it is for use when own vessel is in distress.

Procedure

Watch VHF CH70 auto

(Normal display)

Press the [ENT] key, and press the [SELECT] key. (To select call type.)

Call type <	>
IND TEL ALL	R/A	R/S DST

Refer to page 5-1 for detail of items.

Relay/ALL

(All Ships Call)

To call specific coast station (individual call), select “R/S”, then press the [ENT] key. After that, enter the coast station ID.

Press the [ENT] key.

* VHF Call message *

Format: DIST RELAY ALL

(Display for All Ships Call)

Press the [ENT] key, and press the [SELECT] key. (To enter ID of vessel in distress.)

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Contents VHF Radiotelephone 00080762901 Cancelling a False Distress Alert Page Iii Table of Contents System Confirmation Maintenance Troubleshooting Diagnostic TestFeatures Program numberVii Viii System ConfigurationThis page is intentionally left blank VHF Radiotelephone Operational Overview Controls, Indications ControlsIndications Telephone Operation Transmitting Output powerTurning the loudspeaker on/off ChannelScanning Dual watchRemarks on voice communications PriorityThis page is intentionally left blank DSC Messages DSC Terminal Operational OverviewPos Ship’s position Channel Voice communication channelUTC Universal Time Coordination ACK RQ BQLEDs Controls, LEDsKeyboard Basic Operation When blinking question mark appearsNormal display Selecting and registering itemsPreparing message for immediate transmission Preparing and Transmitting MessagesPrepare message and then transmit it Preparing and storing message for later transmissionKey entry of VHF Status of FM-8500 during DSC CallTurning & Auto ACK on/off Auto AcknowledgeAuto function Manual functionPage Transmitting the distress call Distress call Distress communications 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 TimeReceiving Distress Alert from Other Ship Procedure when in area A1 CS and/or RCC? Progress? Yes Transmitting Dist ACK over CH16 After transmitting Dist ACK Transmitting Dist ACKProcedure Distress RelayGeneral From previous Wait for relay ack This page is intentionally left blank General procedure DSC CommunicationTransmitting Individual Calls Prepare and transmit a message as follows Detailed procedureSelect ROU Received Receiving Individual Call ACK RQ Setting of Able or UnableReceiving individual call message ACK RQ with Auto ACK On FM-8500 sends the ACK BQ signal automaticallyACK BQ Receiving ACK RQ with Auto ACK OffFrom previous When changing communication mode Transmitting All Ships Calls When to use All Ships CallPlace the cursor on ALL Press the ENT key Press the t key. To return to previous menu From previous Procedure for on hook status Receiving All Ships CallsStatus of FM-8500 Procedure for off hook status Detailed procedureSelect END and press the ENT key Page END Example You want to write over file saved under file number Writing Over FilesRetrieving, Transmitting Files Retrieving a fileTransmitting a file Transmit/Receive Message Memory Retrieving a transmit messagePress the 9 Xmtd key at the normal display You can transmit a retrieved message as follows Transmitting retrieved messageReceive message memory Retrieving a receive messagePress the 8 Rcvd key at normal display Select ORDINARY, then press the ENT key Selection of calling type Other Calling TypesTelephone call semi-auto/auto call Individual call Refer toRefer to All ships call Refer toPolling call individual call Position request individual callMedical transport All ships call Neutral craft All ships callMaking Telephone Calls Pstn Call Operation after making DSC call Receiving Telephone Call from Coast Station Registering Other Station IDs and Telephone NosRetrieving This page is intentionally left blank Other Settings Printer Setup Auto/ManualAutomatic printing Printing Timing of 4 key pressing Example Pringout Manual printingExample printout You can turn keyboard click response on or off as follows Turning Keyboard Click ON/OFFAural Alarm Setup This page is intentionally left blank Confirming Own Ship’s ID System ConfirmationOverview Own Ship’s ID can be confirmed as followsAt screen 1 previous page, select V and press the ENT key Confirming ROM VersionAt screen 1 on page 7-1, select RT and press the ENT key Confirming VHF Section SettingsYou can confirm VHF channels registered as follows Confirming VHF ChannelsAt screen 1, select CH and press the ENT key VHF channel statusConfirming Tx Output Power This page is intentionally left blank Maintenance Maintenance & TroubleshootingTroubleshooting Antenna connectorsDiagnostic Test Transmit Power NG This page is intentionally left blank Specifications GeneralTransmitter DSC Section ReceiverProtocol M.689-210-1 Menu List10-2 10-3 This page is intentionally left blank Page Page Load requirements as listner Input sentencesIsolation Input impedance Ohms Max. Voltage ThresholdAP-4 GGA Global positioning system GPS fix dataAP-5 GLL Geographic position latitude and longitudeAP-6 RMA Recommended minimum navigation information Loran C dataAP-7 Front panel ID number Power settingsNature of distress On hook VHF transceiver