Receiving An All Ships Call - Standard Horizon Explorer GPS GX1700 Owner's Manual

9.4.2 Receiving an All Ships Call

1. When an all ships call is received, an emergency
alarm will sound.
The display shows the MMSI of the vessel trans-
mitting the All Ships Call and the radio will change
to the requested channel after 10 seconds.
2. Press any key to stop the alarm.
3. Monitor the requested channel until the ALL SHIPs
voice communication is completed.
On the display you will notice 3 soft key selections.
These selections are described below:
a. : Accept to auto switching to Channel 16.
Note: If a key is not pressed for 30 seconds or lon-
ger the radio will automatically select Channel 16.
b. : Temporarily suspend switching to channel 16.
c. : Exit to the working channel.
4. Press the
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soft key to return to the channel display.
Received All Ships
Name:Horizon
ID:123456789
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Since: 01:03
ACCEPT PAUSE QUIT
Received All Ships
Name:Horizon
ID:123456789
Category:Safety
CH: 06
Since: 01:03
QUIT
25W USA
SOG:25.0
MP
COG:123
T
33 37.120
N
118 09.580
W
12:56 SAFETY
LOC AM
GX1700