Activating Your Beacon - ACR Electronics ResQLink PLB-400 Product User Manual

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Overview
Personal Locator Beacons are designed to be manually activated. They are only to be activated
when all other means of self-rescue have been exhausted. When properly registered as
required, the activation of the beacon tells Search and Rescue who you are, where you are, and
that you are facing a life-threatening situation. Note: Beacon should be activated in open space
with clear view of the sky (eg. Not under any sort of cover or canopy)
How to Activate Your Beacon
To activate your beacon in a distress situation, follow these steps:
1. Unclip the antenna latch from the case and rotate antenna
90 degrees into the upright position. (ON/OFF button will be
exposed on face of beacon once antenna is in upright
position)
2. Depress the ON/OFF button for 2 seconds.
When activated:
The strobe light will flash twice and the
flash once to let you know the beacon has been
activated. The strobe light and Infrared (IR) strobe light
will both then continue to flash once approximately
every 10 seconds for the entire time the beacon is
activated (Note: The IR strobe is not visible to the
naked eye). The red LED will flash approximately once
every 5 seconds prior to the beacon acquiring your GPS
coordinates.
Once the beacon acquires your GPS coordinates, the
flashing red light will be replaced by a flashing
light which will flash approximately once every 5
seconds.
When the red light is replaced by the
indicates that your beacon has successfully acquired
your GPS coordinates and is transmitting them along
with your 406 MHz distress signal.
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