Installation manual

Chapter 2: Operation
28 DSC calls
2. Press the soft key YES to go ahead with the
cancelling process. At this stage you have the
option to press the soft key NO to return to distress
sending procedure.
3. The SAILOR 6215 VHF DSC will send the Self-
cancellation call on channel 70 and the display
automatically shows the message that you should
say when cancelling the distress with a radio
message.
4. Press the soft key INFO to scroll to the next display
to proceed with the voice cancel
5. Press the soft key OK to go to the acknowledged
state. Own distress is cancelled now.
Power failure while in distress
In case of a power failure or switch-off during the
transmission of a Distress the SAILOR 6215 VHF DSC
gives an audible warning after power-up and
automatically resumes sending Distress 10 seconds
after power up.
Within the 10 seconds you have the following options:
•Press QUIT to terminate the active distress procedure (acknowledged or
unacknowledged)
•Press CONFIRM (or do nothing) to resume the sending Distress procedure.
YES
NO
DO YOU WANT TO
CANCEL YOUR
OWN DISTRESS?
WARNING
OWN DISTRESS
-- TRANSMITTING –
CANCEL DISTRESS
PREPARE FOR VOICE
CANCEL
CH: 70
OK
INFO
HI/LO
SETUP
TX
VOICE CANCEL
”All stations, All stations,
All stations This is [vessel
name 3 times].
Our MMSI number is
123456789 .” 
OK
TX
VOICE CANCEL
Our position is latitude 
23°23.3234N, longitude
123 °23.3234 W
CANCEL our Distress
Alert of 12:34 hours”
OK
TX
MY DISTRESS
16
WAITING FOR REPLY
ELAPSED TIME 6:16
(ACTIVE)
REPEAT IN 2:11
RESUME
SENDING
DISTRESS IN
8 SECONDS
WARNING
QUIT
CONFIRM