Furuno FS-1570, FS-2570 manual Automatic Acknowledge On/Off, Manual Entry of Position and Time

1 OPERATIONAL OVERVIEW

1.7 Automatic Acknowledge On/Off

The automatic acknowledge feature of the DSC/watch receiver automatically transmits the acknowledge back (ACK BQ) signal to the sending station when an individual, position or polling call is received. (For position and polling calls, respective item on the AUTO ACK menu must be turned on to enable automatic acknowledge.) Automatic acknowledge can be turned on or off at the DSC standby screen by the [5/ ACK/SQ] key. The message ACK: AUTO or ACK: MANUAL appears at the bottom of the DSC standby screen with each press of the key.

Note 1:To give priority to own ship’s communications while own ship is communicating, show ACK: MANUAL by the above procedure.

Note 2:Automatic acknowledge is not possible under the following conditions: Priority: Distress, Urgency or Safety

Com Type: Morse, Fax, Data, No Info

Com Freq: No Info Off Hook

1.8 Manual Entry of Position and Time

If there is no EPFS (Electronic Position-Fixing System) connected to this equipment or the EPFS connected is not working (EPFS error indication appears), manually enter position and time as follows:

1. At the DSC standby screen, press the [#/SETUP] key to display the Setup menu.

Setup menu ****

ALARM

AUTO ACK ERASE MESSAGE POSITION PRINT OUT

SCAN FREQ

VOLUME

TEST

SYSTEM

2. Rotate the [ENTER] knob to choose POSITION and then push the [ENTER] knob.

Position setup **

INPUT TYPE: AUTO

LAT : 34° 41 NORTH

LON : 135° 30 EAST

TIME: 09: 00 UTC

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