Installation and Operation Instructions

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Acknowledgingadistressrelaysenttoyourvessel
Ifadistressrelayisspecificallysenttoyourvesselthis
willbebecausethesenderdeemsyoutobeinaposition
toassistintherescue
.Thedistressrelayinformationis
displayedonscreen.
Whenadistressrelayisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewthe
relevantdetails.
2.Ifthedistressrelaywassentindividuallytoyou,select
Accepttosendadistressrelayacknowledgement.
3.Ensuretheradioistunedtochannel16.
Note:Distressrelaycallscanonlybeacknowledged
automaticallywhensentindividuallytoyou.
7 .3Urgencycalls
Makinganurgencycall
Anurgencycallshouldbeusedwhenthereisdanger
toavehicleorpersonthatdoesnotrequireimmediate
assistance.Urgencycallsaretransmittedtoallstations.
FromtheAllshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>All
shipscall.
1.Select Urgency.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmittedSentisdisplayedonscreen
andthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe
OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe PTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
PANPAN,PANPAN,PANPAN
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
ThisisMMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvessel
repeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
PositionY ourvessel’sposition.
ReasonforcallStatethereasonforthecalland
includeallinformationwhichwillassistintherescue.
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Receivinganurgencycall
Whenanurgencycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevant
calldetails.
2.SelectAcceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannel
willautomaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenfortheurgencycallmessage
.
7.4Safetycalls
Makingasafetycall
Safetycallsshouldbeusedwhenthereisan
importantnavigationalwarningormeteorological
forecast/broadcast.Safetyalertscanalsobeusedfor
communicationsduringsearchandrescueoperations.
Fromthe
Allshipscallmenu: Menu>DSCCalls>All
shipscall.
1.Select Safety.
2.Selectthechannelforsubsequentcommunication.
Thecallistransmitted.Oncethecallhasbeen
successfullytransmittedSentisdisplayedonscreen
andthechannelischangedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Pressthe OKbutton.
4.Pressandholdthe
PTTbuttonandspeakthe
followingmessage:
SECURITE,SECURITE,SECURITE
ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS,ALLSTATIONS
ThisisMMSIofyourvessel,nameofyourvessel
repeated3times,callsignofyourvessel.
PositionY ourvessel’sposition.
Reasonforcallstatethereasonforthesafetycall.
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Receivingasafetycall
Whenasafetycallisreceived:
1.Select
Showinfofromtheoptionstoreviewrelevant
calldetails.
2.Select
Acceptatanytimetoacceptthecall.
Ifautochannelchangeisturnedonthenthechannel
willautomaticallychangeafter10seconds.
Theradioisre-tunedtothespecifiedchannel.
3.Listenforthesafetycallmessage
.
7.5Individual(routine)calls
Individualcallscanbemadetocontactssavedinyour
Phonebookortoanystationbymanuallyenteringan
MMSInumber.
Note:
Whencallingacoaststationthereisnoneedto
selectachannelforcommunication.
Ifacallcannotbeacceptedthenareasoncodeis
displayed.
NoReasonNoreasongiven
CongestionCongestionatmaritimeswitching
centre
Busy
StationBusy
QueueQueueindication
Barred
Stationbarred
NooperatorNooperatoravailable
Unavailable
Operatortemporarilyunavailable
Digitalselectivecalling(DSC)
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