Receiving An All Ships Call; Receiving A Geographical Area Call - Standard Horizon Quest GX1255S Owner's Manual

6.5.3 Receiving an all ships call

1. An all ships call is received. "RECEIVED ALL SHIPS"
will appear on the LCD, and an emergency alarm will be
heard.
Channel 16 is automatically selected.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Press the UP or DOWN key to select the receiving dis-
tress data:
• MMSI or Station Name
4. Monitor channel 16 or traffic channel until the communi-
cation is completed.

6.5.4 Receiving a geographical area call

1. A geographical call is received. "RECEIVED GEO-
GRAPHIC" will appear on the LCD, and an emergency
alarm will be heard (different from DISTRESS). Then
the requested channel from the other ship is automati-
cally selected.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Press the UP or DOWN key to select the receiving dis-
tress data:
• MMSI or Station Name
4. Monitor the traffic channel for an announcement from
the calling ship.
This feature is only available when a GPS receiver is connected.
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