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7.0 HOW TO USE THE SARFINDER®1003, STEP BY STEP
Switch on - Press and hold the ON/OFF button.
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Press TONE DETECT (this will cancel all background noise).
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Select FREQUENCY (Your SARfinder®1003 is now monitoring your chosen frequency).
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When an SOS Signal is received the alarm will trigger.
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Press RESET after alarm has sounded for few seconds. This will cancel the alarms and put the SARfinder®1003 in to tracking
mode. Your unit will now display the direction of the SOS signal.
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Bring the vessel around so the SOS direction
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Check the Received Signal Strength Indicator (RSSI) to see if the signal is near or far.
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Move towards SOS target checking the RSSI, when the target is very close and all four RSSI lights are illuminated.
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Slow the vessel down to a couple of knots.
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The central red RSI light will begin to flash on and off when the target is within approx. 100-200m of the vessel.
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Steer around the target and prepare your crew to recover the target.
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The
RED
bearing LED on the direction finding display will now move quickly around the display as the vessel moves alongside the
target.
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Recover the target, switch OFF the PLB and repeat as required for next target.
10.1 If for any reason you are unable to affect your rescue using the SARfinder® contact the Coast Guard and tell them you
have a man in the water wearing a 121.5MHz PLB.
11.0 BASIC Test/Checking the SARfinder system before use
1. Switch SARfinder® on, Press and hold the ON/OFF button.
2.
Press TONE DETECT (to cancel background noise)
3.
Select FREQUENCY (Your SARfinder® is now monitoring your chosen frequency)
NOTE: If you intend to perform a full power test you must only use a test frequency beacon of 121.65MHz. All
AU9s/PLBs (both LIVE and TEST beacons) will transmit a low power signal to approx. 30-50mtrs when in the UNARMED
position by pressing and holding the manual activation button on the front of the PLB. This can be used to test your
system. REMEMBER that the frequency on the SARfinder® will automatically revert back to the live 121.5MHz
frequency after 20 minutes.
4.
Press and hold the activation button, (you are now transmitting a low power signal to a range of approx 30- 50mtrs
distance), after a few seconds the alarm will sound on the SARfinder®.
5.
Leave the alarm to sound for a few seconds.
6.
Press the large yellow RESET button (bottom left of display) – this will cancel the alarms and put the SARfinder® into the
tracking mode, your unit will now display the direction of the SOS signal – Keep the button on the PLB pressed down -
You should see all four RSSSI – Received Signal Strength Indicator- LEDs light up indicating the SOS signal is very close,
the RSI- Received signal indicator- will also flash to indicate close proximity to SOS target.
7.
Immediately Switch Off your PLB
ORANGE
LED is lit on display.
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