Receiving A Dsc Distress Alert - Standard Horizon ECLIPSE DSC+ GX1200E Owner's Manual

9.3.2 Receiving a DSC Distress Alert

1. When a DSC distress alert is received, an
emergency alarm sounds.
The display will show the MMSI (or name) of
the vessel transmitting the distress.
2. Press any of the keys on the radio to stop the alarm.
3. To show the nature of distress and GPS position of the vessel in
distress, press the
4. If a key is not pressed for thirty seconds (by default; refer to the section
"10.3.8 Auto Channel Switching Time") after a DSC call is received,
the GX1200E will automatically switch to channel 16 for you to monitor
distress communications.
5. To immediately switch to channel 16, press the
6. Press the
acknowledgement.
Press the
acknowledgement.
7. If you want the radio to stay on the channel you were on before receiv-
ing the distress call, press the
8. If the position of the vessel distress data does
not include position, the LCD will show " NO
POSITION ".
9. Press the
operation mode.
When there is an unread distress alert, " " icon will appear on the
display. You may review the unread distress alert from the DSC log,
refer to the section "9.12.2 Reviewing a Logged DSC Distress Call."
Page 38
key.
soft key to suspend the
soft key to resume the
soft key to return to radio
NOTE
RX DISTRESS
NOT ACKED
123456789
SINCE
DISTRESS
PAUSING!
soft key.
RX DISTRESS
NOT ACKED
123456789
SINCE
0:01
soft key.
0:01
GX1200E