Users Manual

Operation
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2 Distress alerts from the menu
The following describes the procedure to send a distress alert with the nature of distress selected
in the menu. Also, if there is no valid information regarding the position and the time of position,
the manual input is available in that menu.
■ Procedure ■
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On the status display, touch the [DIST-E] button.
The nature of distress is displayed as UNDESIGNATED as a
default value. If the position information is input
automatically by a GPS type device, or has already been
input manually, that information is also displayed.
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Touch the [EDIT]→[NATURE] buttons.
Select the nature of distress from those below and then
touch the [✓ ] button to enter it.
Nature of distress Contents
FIRE Fire, explosion
FLOODING Flooding
COLLISION Collision
GROUNDING Grounding
LISTING Listing, in danger of capsizing
SINKING Sinking
DISABLED Disabled and adrift
UNDESIGNATED Undesignated distress
ABANDONING Abandoning ship
PIRACY ATTACK Piracy/armed robbery attack
MAN OVERBOARD Man overboard
If the valid position and time of the position are already
displayed, skip to step 5 because no entry is needed.
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Touch the [EDIT]→[POS UTC] buttons.
First, set the SOURCE to MAN to input manually.
1. OWN POSITION
SOURCE: Select ship position source from below.
MAN ···· Manual input
GPS ···· External positioning system
CLEAR · No selection
COORDINATE: NE/ NW/ SE/ SW
LATITUDE/ LONGITUDE:
2. UTC OF POSITION