Sunpentown Intl FM-8800D/8800S manual All Ships Call, Sending an all ships call

3. DSC OPERATION FOR NON-DISTRESS CASES

3.4All Ships Call

When an urgent but not life-endangering situation arises on your ship, for example, engine trouble, send an all ships call to request assistance.

After sending the call, you can communicate by voice over the radiotelephone. Do the following before beginning actual communications:

URGENCY priority: Say PAN three times followed by your call sign.

SAFETY priority: Say SECURITE three times followed by your call sign.

Coast

Station

Own Ship

3.4.1Sending an all ships call

1.Press the CALL key. The display changes from standby display to the COMPOSE MESSAGE screen and the CALL TYPE is displayed in reverse video.

2.Press the ENT key￿￿￿to￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿open￿￿￿￿the￿call type list￿. ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿

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3.Rotate the CH knob (or press up / down arrow key) to choose ALL SHIPS and press the ENT key.

4.SAFETY is selected; press the ENT key.

5.Choose SAFETY, URGENCY, or DISTRESS as appropriate followed by pressing the ENT key.

6.TCmd1 is selected; press the ENT￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿key. ￿￿

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