Cobra Electronics MR F75 owner manual Receiving Distress Calls, Sending An All Ships Calls

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DSC Operation

Operating Your Radio

Receiving Distress Calls

If your vessel is within range of a DSC Distress call, the radio will receive the call, sound the distress alarm, and switch to Channel 16.

DSC Operation

Operating Your Radio

Sending An All Ships Calls

A DSC All Ships call is used for the same urgency and safety purposes as the Pan and Securite voice calls as well as to send routine messages to all stations at once. It will reach all stations within range of your radio. If you have an urgent, but not

Distress Info on LCD

When A Distress Call Is Heard:

1. Press any button to turn Off the alarm and return

to Standby mode.

life-threatening, situation or a safety warning to broadcast to all vessels in your area, this is the type of call to use. It should be used judiciously for routine calls.

Distress Info on LCD

2.

Read and write down the distress information on the

 

LCD (there may or may not be position data shown),

 

then determine whether you should answer the call.

3.

Respond, if appropriate, by pressing and holding

 

the Talk button to transmit on Channel 16.

NOTE

Your radio will automatically switch to Channel 16 upon receiving a DSC distress call.

Standby Mode

All Ships

To Send An All Ships Call:

1.

In Standby mode, select a channel on which you want

 

to communicate for a routine call. (The radio will use

 

Channel 16 for urgent and safety calls.)

2.

Press the Call/Set button to enter the Call Send menu.

3.

Use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to ALLSHIPS.

4.

Press the Call/Set button to move to the message

 

type menu.

5.

Use the Up/Down buttons to select a message type

 

— URGENCY, SAFETY or ROUTINE.

Regarding Distress Relay Calls

Your radio cannot send Distress Relay calls. Only large ships and shore stations with specially equipped radios can send these calls.

Receiving Distress Relay Calls

Your radio will respond to a received Distress Relay call in the same way as it will to a distress call.

Urgency/Safety/Routine

Urgency Waiting

Routine Waiting

6.

Press the Call/Set button to send the message.

7.

Depending on the type of message you chose,

 

the radio will automatically switch to a voice channel.

 

a. After urgency and safety calls, the radio will switch

 

to Channel 16 and wait for you to press the Talk button

 

to send the urgent or safety message by voice.

 

b. After a routine call, the radio will switch to the channel

 

you selected in step 1 and wait for you to press the

 

Talk button to send the routine message by voice.

DSC equipped radios that receive your message will be automatically switched to Channel 16 or the channel you selected to hear your voice message.

To return to Standby mode without sending a message, use the Up/Down buttons to scroll to EXIT and press the Call/Set button.

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