Furuno FM-3000 manual Push Distress for 5 sec. to transmit the Distress call

5.DSC Operation

yPush [DISTRESS] for 5 sec. to transmit the Distress call.

Set is OK

Push [DTRS] for 5 sec

uAfter transmitting the call, the transceiver waits for an ac- knowledgment call on Ch 70.

•The Distress call is automatically transmitted every 3.5 to 4.5 minutes.

Distress

Completed

Wait for ACK

iWhen receiving the acknowledgment, reply using the mi- crophone.

Received

Distress ACK

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1.A distress alert contains (default);

•Kind of distress : Selected nature of the distress.

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

23.5hrs or until the power is turned OFF.

2.The Distress call is repeated every 3.5–4.5 min., until re- ceiving an ‘acknowledgement.’

3.Push [DISTRESS] to transmit a renewed Distress call, if required.

4.Push any key (except [DISTRESS]) to cancel the ‘Call repeat’ mode.

5.“??” may blink instead of position and time indications when the GPS data is invalid, or has not been manually updated after 4 hours.

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