Cobra Marine MR F75 EU Owner's Manual page 29

DSC Operation
Operating Your Radio
Intro Operation Customer Warranty
Assistance
2. Choose one of the following:
Send/Manual/Exit
a. To send an unspecified DSC distress call:
1) With the arrow pointing to
Customer
button again.
Installation
Assistance
2) Press and hold the Distress button for three (3)
Secondary Icons
Distress Button
seconds as instructed on the LCD.
b. To send a specified distress call:
1) Use the Up/Down buttons to move the arrow to
2) Press the Call/Set button to go to the nature
Notice Caution Warning
of emergency selection screen.
Manual
3) Use the Up/Down and Call/Set buttons to
select the nature of your emergency.
4) Press and hold the Distress button after
the position is entered.
Position Entry Screen
c. To abort the distress call process:
If you pressed the Distress button by mistake or
if you have not received an acknowledgement and
want to discontinue the automatic resending of
your distress message:
Exit
1) Option One:
a) Use the Up/Down buttons to move the arrow
to
EXIT
b) Press the Call/Set button to return to
Standby mode.
Transmit INT High
OR 2) Option Two: Momentarily press the UIC button to
return to Standby mode.
The distress alarm will sound to let you know that the
message is being sent. At the end of the transmission, the
radio will maintain a watch on Channels 16 and Channel 70
Distress Waiting
for an acknowledgement. Press any button to turn off the
alarm and return to Standby mode.
If an acknowledgement is received, the distress alarm will
sound again and the responding party's MMSI number will
show on the LCD.
Distress
Acknowledgement
If no acknowledgement is received, the radio will resend the
message at approximately four minute intervals until an
acknowledgement is received or you abort the distress call.
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, press the Distress
SEND
.
NATURE
.
DSC Operation
Operating Your Radio
Intro Operation Customer Warranty
Assistance
Receiving Distress Calls
Main Icons
If your vessel is within range of a DSC Distress call, the radio will
receive the call, sound the distress alarm and switch to Channel 16.
When a distress call is heard: Customer
Installation
Distress Info on LCD
Assistance
1. Press any button to turn off the alarm and return
Secondary Icons
to Standby mode.
Intro Operation Customer Warranty
Assistance
2. Read and write down the distress information on the
LCD (there may or may not be position data shown),
then determine whether you should answer the call.
Distress Info on LCD
Notice Caution Warning
Customer
Installation
Assistance
3. Respond, if appropriate, by pressing and holding
Secondary Icons the Talk button to transmit on Channel 16.
NOTE
Your radio will automatically switch to Channel 16
Notice Caution Warning
upon receiving a DSC distress call.
Regarding Distress Relay Calls
Your radio cannot send Distress Relay calls. Only large ships and
shore stations with specially equipped radios can send these calls.
Receiving Distress Relay Calls
Your radio will respond to a received Distress Relay call in the
same way as it will to a distress call.
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