Installation and Operation Instructions

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Example:All,Stations,AllStations,AllStations.This
is:NAME,CALLSIGN,MMSIID,POSITION.Cancel
mydistressalertof:DATE,TIME,NAME,CALLSIGN”
6.R
epeatthebroadcastdescribedinstep5.
Receivingadistresscall
ItisexpectedthatonlyaCoastRadioStation(CRS)will
acknowledgeDSCdistresscallsandwillactasthe
coordinatorfortherescueoperation.
Whenadistresscallisreceivedanalarmissoundedat
fullvolumeandtheLCDdisplaysinformationrelating
tothedistress.
Ifthe A utochannelchangefunctionisenabled;10
secondsafterreceiptofadistresscalltheradiowill
automaticallyre-tunetochannel16.Otherwisetheuser
ispromptedtochangechannelmanually.
Thedetailsofthedistresscallarerecordedinthe
distresslogandtheenvelopeiconwillflashtoletyou
knowamessagehasbeenreceived.Whenconnected
toaRaymarine
®
multifunctiondisplay(MFD)theposition
datafromthedistresscallcanalsobedisplayedinthe
Chartapplication.
Whenthereceiveddistresscallisacknowledgedbythe
CRSorbyanotherstationtheradiowillresumenormal
operation.
Ignoringadistresscall
Y oucanignoreadistresscallbymutingthealarmand
cancellingthedistresscallscreen.
Ifyourradioisalreadytunedtotheprioritychannelthen
the
Ignoreoptionwillnotbeavailable
.
Withanincomingdistresscalldisplayed.
1.Select
Ignorefromtheoptionsdisplayed.
Normaloperationisresumed.
Acknowledgingadistresscall
Distresscallsmustonlybeacknowledgedifthecall
continueswithoutacknowledgementfromaCRS,you
arecloseenoughtothedistressedvesseltobeof
assistanceandarepreparedtorelaythedistresstoa
CRSbyanymeanspossible
.ClassDDSCradiosare
forbiddenfromautomaticallyacknowledgingdistress
calls.Acknowledgementmustonlybemadebyvoice
messageonchannel16.
Afterreceivingadistresscallthathasgoneunanswered:
1.Switchtochannel16tolistenforthedistressvoice
message.
2.WaitfortheCRStoacknowledgethecall.
3.Ifthedistresscallisnotacknowledgedbyanother
stationthenacknowledgethecallasfollows:
MAYDAY
(MMSIofthevesselindistress)
Nameofvesselindistress<repeated3times>
Callsignofthevesselindistress
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel>,<nameofyourvessel
repeated3times><callsignofyourvessel>
RECEIVEDMAYDAY
4.Y ouMUSTthennotifytheshoreauthoritiesbyany
meanspossibletorelaythedistresscall.
Manuallyrelayingadistresscall
Adistressrelayshouldonlybesentif:thepersonor
vehicleindistressisunabletotransmitthedistresscall
itself,forexampleredflaressightedatnightorthe
personorvehicleindistressisoutofrangeofaCRSand
youhavealreadyacknowledgedthedistressbyvoice
message.Y oucanalsorelayareceiveddistressrelay
alertmanuallyifitgoesunanswered.
1.Switchtochannel16
2.Slowlyandclearlyspeakthedetailsofthedistress:
MAYDAYRELAY,MAYDAYRELAY,MAYDAY
RELAY
Thisis<MMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvessel
repeated3timesandyourcallsign>
ReceivedthefollowingMAYDAYfrom<MMSIof
vesselindistress,nameofvesselindistress,callsign
ofvesselindistress>
Messagebegins
Messagereceivedfromvesselindistressordetails
ofthedistress
Messageends
OVER
Distressrelayssentbyotherstations
WhenaCoastStationoranothervessel,hasreceived,
andacknowledgedaDSCdistressalertitmaytransmit
adistressalertrelaytoothervesselsintheimmediate
area.
Distressrelayssentfromotherstationscanbereceived
bytheradio.
Theradiocannotre-sendadistressrelayautomatically.
Ifrequiredyoucanrelayadistressrelaymessage
manually.
Ifadistressrelayissentspecificallytotheradiothen
itcanbeacknowledged,otherwiseacknowledgement
isnotrequired.
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