Section 10 - General functionality

10-2 Using the Fog Horn

An appropriate PA speaker must be connected to the Hailer wiring before the FOG HORN function can be used. The FOG HORN will sound certain international standard fog horn tones through the hailer speaker depending on the mode selected.

1.Press and hold the AIS/IC button for about 1 second to enter HAILER mode. Select FOG HORN and press ENT.

2.There are 8 choices of internationally recognized fog horn sounds and timing:

HORN

(Horn)

Manual operation

UNDERWAY

(Underway)

One long tone

STOP

(Stop)

Two long tone

SAIL

(Sail)

One long, two short

ANCHOR

(Anchor)

One long warble

TOW

(Tow)

One long, three short

AGROUND

(Aground)

Warble sequence

SIREN

(Siren)

Manual operation

3.Scroll through the menu to select a fog horn type, then press ENT to start the selected fog horn sounding. All except HORN and SIREN will sound automatically.

4.The fog horn will sound automatically approximately every two minutes until you press EXIT to cancel it. When the fog horn is not sounding, it is in LISTEN mode.

5.To change the volume, turn the Channel Select knob, or press + or – when the fog horn is sounding.

6.To operate HORN or SIREN, once selected, press and hold ENT button. This will sound as long as the ENT button is pressed. You can then also operate PTT to talk through the Hailer.

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