Furuno FM-8900S Operator's Manual page 40

3. DSC DISTRESS OPERATIONS
How to send a distress relay to a coast station
You can send the distress relay to a coast station from the receiving screen for the
distress alert.
1. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [RELAY] in the user options area
then push the knob. If three minutes have not passed from the time the distress
alert was received, the following message appears.
2. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [Yes] then push the knob to open
the composing screen for the distress relay individual.
3. With [TO] selected, push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
4. Rotate the CHANNEL/ENTER knob to select [DIRECT INPUT], [ADDRESS
BOOK DATA] or [AIS TARGET DATA] then push the knob.
[DIRECT INPUT]: Enter the MMSI, where to send the distress relay, with the nu-
meric keys then push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
[ADDRESS BOOK DATA]: Select an MMSI from the [ADDRESS BOOK] (see
section 5.13) then push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
[AIS TARGET DATA]: Select an MMSI from the [AIS TARGET LIST] then push
the CHANNEL/ENTER knob.
AIS target list
If an AIS transponder is connected to the radiotelephone, you can select a MMSI
from the [AIS TARGET LIST].
5. With [GO TO CALL] selected, push the CHANNEL/ENTER knob. The distress re-
lay is transmitted. After transmitting, the WAIT FOR ACK screen appears. The
elapsed time since transmitting is displayed.
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[ WA I T FOR ACK ]
D I STRESS ALERT
ELAPSED T I ME : 00H01M15S