Furuno INMARSAT-C FELCOM 18 Operator's Manual page 105

7. Enter your current position in latitude and longitude then press the Enter key. Use
the S, N, E and W keys to enter appropriate coordinate.
Distress Alert Setup
LES ID 303 (KDDI)
Update Time 06:23 02-02-25 (YY-MM-DD)
Position LAT
LON 135:00E
Protocol Maritime
Nature Undesignated
Course 187
Speed 10 kn
Press ESC key to register settings.
Manually input LAT/LON is maintained for one hour and
during initial Distress Call sent within the one hour
period. Navigational Data used in Distress Alerts
is not automatically updated during this time.
Note 1: [Protocol] is fixed at [Maritime].
Note 2: Manually input LAT/LON is maintained for one hour and during initial Dis-
tress Call sent within the one hour period. Navigational Data used in Distress
Alerts is not automatically updated during this time.
Note 3: The latitude and longitude position entered here will be reflected after step
15 is completed.
8. Select [Nature] then press the Enter key.
9. Enter applicable nature of distress then press the Enter key. If the nature of dis-
tress is not specified, [Undesignated] is automatically selected.
10. Select [Course] then press the Enter key.
11. Enter your course then press the Enter key.
12. Select [Speed] then press the Enter key.
13. Enter your speed then press the Enter key.
14. Press the Esc key to show the [Update] window.
15. [Yes] is selected; press the Enter key to register settings.
Note: If incorrect data is entered, Update is cancelled and previous data is re-
stored.
16. Open the cover of the DISTRESS button on the Terminal Unit IC-218 or the Dis-
tress Alert/Received Call Unit IC-305.
17. Press the DISTRESS button (approx. four seconds) until the lamp in the button
lights continuously. The distress alert will not be sent until the lamp in the button
lights continuously and the audio alarm sounds. The message "Sending Distress
Alert" appears on the screen while the distress alert is being sent. When you re-
ceive acknowledgment of the distress alert from an LES, the message "Distress
Acknowledgement Received" appears on the screen, the lamp in the DISTRESS
button flashes slowly and the audio alarm sounds intermittently. To silence the au-
dio alarm, press the F10 key on the keyboard.
The DISTRESS button on the terminal unit of the FELCOM or the Distress Alert/Re-
ceive Call Unit IC-305 cannot be used to silence the audio alarm for incoming distress
or EGC urgency broadcast. The DISTRESS button is for sending a distress alert
for own ship. It cannot be used to silence the audio alarm. Use the F10 key to
silence the audio alarm.
35:00N (Manually input)
7. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
:
Appears when latitude
and longitude position
is manually input.
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