8-3 Distress acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) or distress relay all ships (DISTRESS REL)

1.An alert sounds when a Distress ACK or Distress Relay all ship call is received. Press SILENC softkey (AIS/IC key) to silence the alert.

2.The radio automatically selects CH16 after 10 seconds if no user intervention, or press ACCEPT softkey(AIS/IC key) to change to CH16 immediately.

3.Press +/- button or rotate the CH knob to view details of the distress call.

Details include the user MMSI and nature of the emergency (if specified), also the time and the location (if specified). If the location and time are not specified, these are replaced with sequences of 9s and 8s respectively.

4.Press PTT to make voice contact with the calling vessel. Maintain a listening watch on CH16 and standby to lend assistance

•For a Distress Acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK) sent from the Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities of your country, your radio automatically cancels Distress Mode transmissions and CH16 appears. Press PTT to establish voice contact with the Search and Rescue (SAR) authority.

•The Search and Rescue (SAR) authorities of your country are the only instance allowed to send a Distress Acknowledgement (DISTRESS ACK).

5.Press EXIT key to quit the current DSC receive process.

Note: The call data is stored in the Distress Log and location data (DSC & DSE) sentence is sent on the NMEA 0183 port for indication on a connected chartplotter / MFD.

DISTRESS

87654321

ACK FROM

ALL DISTR

567890123

RELAY

 

FIRE

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00:01

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00:01

8-4 Distress relay individual (INDIV DISTR RELAY)

When an incoming Individual Distress Relay call is received, the alarm sounds and INDIV DISTR RELAY is displayed.

1.Press SILENC softkey (AIS/IC key) to silence the alarm.

2.Press +/- button or rotate the CH knob to view details of the distress call. Details include the user MMSI and nature of the emergency (if specified), also the time and the location (if specified). If the location and time are not specified, these are replaced with sequences of 9s and 8s respectively.

3.ALL MODELS: Press ACCEPT softkey (AIS/IC key) to immediately accept the channel change before the 10s timer expires

4.US MODELS: Press ACK softkey (AIS/IC key) to ACK the call after the 10s delay - for "INDIV REPLY" options, see section 5-15.

5.Press EXIT key to quit current receive DSC process..

Note: The call data is stored in the Distress Log and location data (DSC & DSE) sentence is sent on the NMEA 0183 port for indication on a connected chartplotter / MFD.

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