Receiving Distress Relay From Coast Station - Furuno FS-5075 Operator's Manual

4. DISTRESS OPERATIONS
13. Rotate the ENTER knob to select TELEPHONE or NBDP-FEC and then press the
ENTER knob.
14. Rotate the ENTER knob to select DSC FREQ and then press the ENTER knob.
15. Rotate the ENTER knob to select appropriate frequency and then press the ENTER
knob.
16. Rotate the ENTER knob to select GO TO CALL and then press the ENTER knob. The
distress relay is transmitted to the area ships.
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Receiving Distress Relay from Coast Station

Your ship receives the distress relay when:
The coast station sends the distress relay to your ship (DISTRESS RELAY INDIVIDUAL).
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The coast station sends the distress relay to the area where you are navigating (DISTRESS
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RELAY AREA).
When you receive a distress relay message from a coast station, continue monitoring
distress and safety frequencies. The audio alarm sounds and the LED flashes in red. The
icon ( ) on the tab area flashes and the pop-up message appears on the screen.
1. Press the CANCEL key to silence the audio alarm and stop the flashing of the LED and
the icon. The pop-up message disappears.
2. Watch distress/safety frequency.
If you receive a DISTRESS RELAY INDIVIDUAL with the different frequency from the
transceiver unit, the radiotelephone automatically sets working frequency. Do the following:
1. Rotate the ENTER knob to select CHANGE and then press the ENTER knob.
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to select working frequency and then press the ENTER knob.
4.5 Canceling Distress Alert
You can cancel the distress alert while it is being sent or while waiting for its
acknowledgement as follows.
1. Rotate the ENTER knob to select CANCEL and then press the ENTER knob. The
following guide message appears. You can display this guide message with pressing
the CANCEL key.
2. Rotate the ENTER knob to select CONTINUE and then press the ENTER knob to cancel
the distress alert. After transmitting the distress cancel call, the message appears on the
screen.
3. Press the ENTER knob to close the message window. The screen for the selection of
frequency appears.
4. Rotate the ENTER knob to select appropriate frequency and then press the ENTER
knob.
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Select "CONTINUE"
to start DISTRESS CANCEL
Operation
CONTINUE RETURN