Distress - Uniden POLARIS Owner's Manual

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DISTRESS

Note: You must set the user MMSI in
order to send a Distress call.
Please see page 40 to set the
MMSI.
This feature will allow you to transmit a
Distress call.
1. In order to transmit a Distress call,
press and hold DISTRESS for 5
seconds. Then, the following screen
appears and select
If you select
returns to the channel display screen.
2. Press the PUSH – SELECT knob to
send.
3. The Distress call is transmitted and it
waits for about 210 - 270 seconds.
This is continued internally.
After the Distress call has been sent,
the Distress alert will sound every other
second, and it also "shadow-watches"
for a transmission between CH16 and
CH70 until an acknowledgment signal
is received from the Coast Guard shore
station.
4. To cancel the Distress call, press the
PUSH – SELECT knob.
5. When the POLARIS receives a
Distress call, the following screen
appears. If an acknowledgment is not
received, the Distress call is repeated
until an acknowledgment is received
from the Coast Guard shore station.
Note: If the POLARIS receives a Distress call, it will be displayed on
the LCD display. An emergency alert will sound. The name
will be displayed if it is the name registered in the directory.
Otherwise, sender's MMSI is displayed. Latitude, longitude,
and time information will also be displayed if the GPS module
is carried in the vessel that transmitted a DSC Distress call.
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SEND or CANCEL
CANCEL , the display
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DISTRESS
.
SEND
CANCEL
DISTRESS ACK
WAITING
CANCEL
DISTRESS
06/15 10:30A
KENT NEWMAN
FIRE
70.00.000 N
120.00.000 W
DISTRESS
06/15 10:30A
PAUL HUBER
FIRE
70.40.000 N
150.00.000 E
DISTRESS
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NO POSITION