Distress Call; Position Request - Standard Horizon CP180 Owner's Manual

12.9.1 Distress Call

STANDARD HORIZON GPS chart plotters are able to display the location of a vessel in
distress when interfaced to a compatible DSC VHF with NMEA 0183 output and the radio
receives a DSC Distress Call. STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotter also log DSC
Distress calls to review at a later date.
1. Press [MENU] and move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight USER POINTS and press
[ENT].
2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight DSC Log and press [ENT].

12.9.2 Position Request

STANDARD HORIZON GPS Chart Plotters are able to display the location of a vessel when
connected DSC VHF radio and when a Position Request or Report call is received.
STANDARD HORIZON GPS also log DSC Distress calls to review at a later date.
1. Press [MENU] and move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight USER POINTS and press
[ENT].
2. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to highlight DSC Log and press [ENT].
3. Move the ShuttlePoint knob to the right to select POSITION REQUEST and press
[ENT].
GPS Chart Plotters
Figure 12.9.1 - DSC Log - Distress Call
Figure 12.9.2 - DSC Log - Position Request
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