Users Manual

Operation
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4.4.5 Distress alerts
When in distress, press the dedicated DISTRESS button to send a distress alert. The distress
alerts send own MMSI, ships position, time of the position, and the nature of distress.
CAUTION
Do not test the distress alert as doing so may inconvenience local shipping and
Rescue Centers.
When sending a distress alert, follow the instructions of the ship's captain or
officer in charge.
If a false distress alert is transmitted accidentally, use the [CANCEL] button to
cancel transmission of the distress alert.
And then report the false distress
alert to a nearby RCC (Rescue Coordination Center, in Japan, inform the
nearest Japan Coast Guard.) Information to be reported:
Ship's name, type, nationality, and ID number, the date/time, location and
reason why the false distress alert was transmitted. Also, report the unit
model name and manufacture number/date, if possible.
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1 Quick distress alerts
The following describes the procedure to send a distress alert immediately without using menus.
In this case, the nature of distress in the message is sent as "UNDESIGNATED" by default.
Further, if no information for the position and the time of position obtained within 23.5 hours, the
information are composed automatically as "9999999999" and "8888" respectively.
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Open the DISTRESS button cover.