Installation manual

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Full DSC operations
Distress Call Including Nature of Distress
To make a Distress Call including Nature of Distress (Method 1):
(GPS connected)
1. Open the Distress Button cover.
2. Press the Distress Button
for less than 5 seconds.
(A 1 second push is sufficient.)
You will hear an Alarm Tone.
3. The radio displays the Pre-Distress Warning
screen. You can choose:
• not to send a Distress Message
(press Back)
or
• continue to the Distress Options
(press Options).
4. The display now shows the Nature of
Distress menu.
Undesignated distress is the first option.
To select a different Nature of Distress option
use the Scroll keys to scroll through the list of
options.
5. When you see the Distress option you need,
press Select.
Example: Collision.
Distress Call
Hold for
5 seconds
or quit for options
Options Back
Nature of Distress
Collision 
Select Back
;Ò
NOTE: This sequence applies to a
radio with GPS connected
(position available).
Nature of Distress
Undesignated 
Fire, Explosion
Flooding
Collision
Grounding
Listing, capsizing
Sinking
Disabled and adrift
Abandoning ship
Piracy,armed robbery
Man overboard
EPIRB emission
DISTRESS